Palms Shore Gun Evolv Shore Slow Rods EV21

One could argue that the Shore Slow fishing technique is the “Spiritual Child” of company Palms, but also a child of a notorious Japanese angler, named Numata Junichi. The Shore Slow fishing has its origins in Slow Pitch jigging from a boat and it is the evolution of that technique from the shore. The Shore Slow is now famous worldwide and it is practiced by experienced anglers, as an In Shore technique that requires finesse and experience. The pillars of this technique are the special rods and the special jigs which are made exclusively for Shore Slow.

The Shore Slow is targeting a great amount of fishes from White Seabream to Amberjack, Groupers and Dentex. Its great advantage is that it can unlock fish even at times when they don’t eat actively, while it can explore specific parts of the water column with great consistence and in detail. Company Palms invites you to the fascinating world of the most technical fishing style with jigs, called Shore Slow. Meet the best rods worldwide for this technique, in particular the Shore Gun Evolv 991 to 993, launched by Palms in 2021, featuring all the latest innovations in the development of a rod and high quality peripheral equipment. The SFTGS / SS rods are equipped with K Series Single Footed guides, with stainless steel frame, in Frosted Dark Gray color. The rings are Fuji Alconite.

With the Shore Slow technique, an angler’s purpose is to use his jig, to catch fish that either do not feed actively, or seem weary and do hunt aggressively. In this case the presentation of our jig is controlled with milder rod moves, than those of Shore Jigging and their motion is more detailed, more focused and more precise. In Shore Slow, our jig fishes more at a particular spot and doesn’t “run”, or goes through the water column quickly from the bottom up to the surface as in Shore Jigging.

Another reason why this particular type of Shore Jigging is called “Slow” is because there are longer pauses between two sets of rod jerks, as Numata Junichi himself clarifies, in one of his most important interviews ever. However, in the Shore Slow technique, one can apply fast jerks, as with Shore Jigging. For more information about this fishing technique, we recommend you to watch a series of tutorial videos made by Palms here.

The rods Shore Gun Evolv have been designed specifically for the Shore Slow technique and they are world widely known as the best rods for it. All the models have the same length, 9 feet and 9 inches (a little over than 3 meters) but they have different Casting Weight and a different action, starting from the lighter model 991, up to the heavier Model 993.

The rod that someone will choose depends on many factors, but mainly it depends on the weight, type and way of usage of the jigs. For example, the 991 Shore Gun Evo can cast jigs up to 30 gr and handle them with light jerks, which will make them look like small baitfish, when the 993 model can handle jigs up to 60 grams imitating bigger fish, that move more actively and will be preyed upon by bigger predators.

The Palms Shore Gun Evo for Shore Slow possess the necessary tip sensitivity and accuracy that are needed, in order to accurately present slow jigs. If we are to take a closer look to their properties, we could say that they lay on the verge of Regular in strength and Fast in action, but they really go beyond that. Their blank has been manufactured with the X-Carbon Technology that offers many benefits, amongst which is the necessary progressive response, in order to handle the jigs and to easily tackle fighting prey. The X-Carbon Technology is an effective reinforcement system, that helps the rod improve its performance, by cross blending carbon fibers, in an X shape. Along with weight reduction, the rigidity of the blank, and its twisting power towards any direction has been increased. At the same time they have the ability to place solid hooks and have such strength in their blank capable to bring ashore the strongest fish. These are the reasons why the Palms Shore Slow rods can not be replaced by other rods, in fishing with Shore Slow jigs and thus have created a new fishing school and a brand new style. Equipped with Stainless Steel Fuji guides, Fuji Reel seat and a natural cork handle, the Palms masterpieces are an one way road in the Shore Slow field.

Palms' new line of rods for 2021 - 2022, Shore Gun Evolv, have been categorized according to the target species and the fishing style, in addition to achieving long-distance casts. The 17 Shore Gun Evolv rods have been redesigned and rebuilt in 2021, to incorporate several changes for this season in the fields of Shore Jigging, Shore Slow, Eging, or Flatfish fishing.

The layout and distribution of Carbon material in the lower part of the blank has been redefined, emphasizing the sense of grip and creating a feeling of greater safety and confidence during the cast. The number and the exact positioning of the Fuji K Series guides has also been redesigned, to further improve the balance and release the potential of the blanks. Building on the high potential of the blank, for the construction of which highly elastic carbon material is used, Palms has managed to offer comfort to the angler, while accomplishing long and accurate casts, free of unnecessary wobbling. Palms has paid attention to each and every single detail to accomplish an impeccable result.

For most models the concept of the grip has been redesigned and the distribution of the guides has been adjusted to increase performance during hard battles. The handles for the new series are being constructed exclusively with natural cork, to increase the feeling of safety when holding, as the natural cork creates the unique feeling of "sticking" in the palm. It may not visually win us over at first glance, but the "beauty" lays within it, as the functionality and comfort it offers, especially after long hours of fishing will reward us.