Altogether, that makes it a perfect tool for off the ground or overhead thump casting techniques. It is also lightweight, which means you can move the rod pretty quickly through the cast. This rod blank picks up the lead off the ground very quickly. Perhaps that is the point, this rod could almost act as a casting aid to a slightly less experienced angler who has been working on a good off the ground casting technique. The Xenon Quartz is a powerful rod because it can chuck a 7oz lead with bait a pretty long way, but loading up the bottom half of the rod, the part which holds the most power, was pretty easy to do. Personally, I wouldn’t bother pendulum casting with these rods because there is simply no need. I found the optimum casting weights for distance were between 170- 200g and that was with an off the ground casting technique. Tronix advertises this model as being effortless to cast and they are not wrong. I put a bit more effort into my second cast and the lead flew fairly nicely. ![]() After having a tentative first cast with a 200g weight, it quickly became apparent that this lightweight rod was crisp and powerful with a quick recovery in the rod blank. That is not to say that you couldn’t use a fixed spool reel with the Quartz, I just wanted to mix it up. I decided to stick a small multiplier on this rod, fully loaded with 0.32mm monofilament. It has a stiff tubular tip which can, apparently, cope with strong tides and adverse weather conditions. The Quartz has a casting rating of up to 225g of lead. I decided to kick-off my casting session on the beach with what I saw as the most powerful of these three rods. In fact, I thought the overall cosmetic aspects of these rods were all pretty tasteful and well thought out. They pushed together really nicely with well finished spigots, and Tronix has even added a non-slip finish to the female section of the spigot which makes pulling them apart a whole lot easier. Each rod is in three pieces with a fixed reel seat. The first thing that occurred to me was how incredibly lightweight they all were. Once on the beach, I unpacked and put each of these three rods together. All of the specifications for this new range can be found on the Tronix Fishing website. Furthermore, they are all fitted with quality Fuji K Alconite guides and a Fuji DPS reel seat as standard. ![]() ![]() Each one of these rods comes in a pretty decent black padded rod bag, which I thought was good. There are two different rod lengths to choose from in each model, a choice between either 4.2m or 4.5m. The price point for these rods starts at around £200 and goes up to the £300 mark for the more expensive rods in the range. Tronix has just launched three new rods in the XENON range and I was given the opportunity to try them out. James Madsen beach tests three new Tronixpro beachcasters in its Xenon range, the Quartz, Zero and Plasma
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