Zenaq Fokeeto Ikari Jigging Rod

The Fokeeto Ikari is a new generation of Offshore Jigging rods. The new Fokeeti Ikari is a super elastic offshore jigging rod, featuring Zenaq’s novel proprietary technology: the “Ikari Blank”. Until now, blanks this thin, have never had the lightening-fast recovery, or extreme durability of the Ikari, which makes them ideal for all types of jigging. No longer do anglers have to bring a variety of rods with them in order to properly work different types of jigs; the Zenaq Ikari rods excel at working all types of jigs, from Slow and Short to semi-long and even Long jigs.

The Ikari blanks used in the Fokeeto Ikari jigging rod series feature a Carbon x Carbon structure; a carbon core within a high performance carbon tube, bringing to the rod outstanding breaking strength. In the Ikari blanks, there is a solid carbon core inside the hollow elastic carbon tube. This design dispels the notion that high elasticity correlates to low strength and durability. Such a structure allows for the Ikari blank to be ultra-sensitive and extremely durable but still have the fast recovery that jigging anglers seek. Also as the Ikari rod bends, the Carbon core stores energy. The more it bents, the more energy it stores, giving the rod a remarkable recovery speed. At the same time operability has improved, as the Carbon core reaches all the way to the tip, enabling the rod to respond to your motions as a unity.

Another unique characteristic of the Ikari blank is that it reverses the relationship between effort and fatigue. The more the lifting power on a rod, the less strength the angler needs to use, making reeling in a fighting fish easier than ever before.

Ikari rods also allow anglers to go after bigger fish with lighter set-ups, due to the blank’s unprecedented elastic limits. With these rods, fatigue and missed strikes are concerns of the past. Ultralight, ultra-sensitive and ultra-strong, these rods have been designed to maximize your enjoyment of the offshore jigging experience.

The Ikari blank lets the angler feel precisely what is going on, underwater, as they relay much more feedback to you through the rod, than hollow blanks could.

Overall, when Zenaq was developing the Fokeeto rods they achieved the characteristics of the perfect blank. They balanced the blank’s wall thickness, the core diameter and the taper of both to maximize performance. A blank that is too thick is unpleasantly heavy and stiff. On the other hand, a blank that is too thin has poor strength, low durability and even lower recovery rate when jigging. The Ikari blank’s precisely-rolled outer shell, supported by its meticulously-engineered carbon core, makes it a perfect balance of all characteristics.

What do the above mean for the Off Shore Jigging angler?

• The Fokeeto Ikari’s high elasticity and sensitivity make this rod ideal, for any kind of jigging style. Whether Slow-Pitch, or High-Pitch Jigging, the Ikari’s ideal action and smooth recovery, convey the best action to your jig.
• The fast recovery accelerates jigs through the water column faster, improving their action and enabling the angler to cover more area, with less effort. Ikari rods help you save your energy for fighting the fish.
• You do not have to worry about your rod breaking during a fight, as you would with a high-modulus tubular graphite blank.
• The Ikari blanks act as shock absorbers, to protect the modern superlines from breaking. For situations where thin main lines and/or leaders are imperative for success, Ikari rods ensure that you can use your line to the fullest.
• The Fokeeto rods are built to absorb more of the load, to take the stress off your body so you can enjoy the fight more.

The FB64-5 rod is combined with a baitcasting reel, best suited for all types of jigs, in depths exceeding 100 m. These rods are great for targeting medium to large Rockfish, Blue runners and many other pelagic species.