Carpenter Strike Eagle

1st writing in many months!!  Dunno what topic to write. Carpenter has released few major lure models in past 3 years i.e. Strike Eagle (Oct 2020), Utahime / Diva (Jan 2021) plus the special Seafrog Evo 105 (May 2021).
2018-19 sees a lot of Carpenter released 120gram lure class. BF120, GeNei 120, Hayabusa 120 and in April 2019 new color for Maihime 120 was released.

Lets talk about Carpenter Strike Eagle.
It is said that Strike Eagle (SE) appeals with effective movements different from those of Gamma (y), Bluefish (BF), Maihime (Dancer), Ge-Nei (Illusion), and Hayabusa (Falcon) with target fish mainly amberjack i.e. Hiramasa of Genkai Sea and other Seriola sp and GT. In Konishi's blog, it is said that SE is often good for tidal and wind waves.  So far i have not seen any video or youtube regrading the action of SE lures.

I have been told that Hiramasa of Genkai Sea is very picky and sensitive to bait fish and the diet depends on season.

SE started with KLL042A lure and normal production sales started in October 2020. Strike Eagle is planned to be 30g, 45g, 60g, 75g, 100g, 120g, 150g, 200g, 250g and  350g. It can be adjusted to the size of the bait fish, so if it is completed, it will be more effective lure chasing the Hiramasa.

Frabkly speaking, I am a little bit confused and amazed on the sub-model of SE lures i.e. Normal, L-Quite, LL-Quite and Active version.  So with different lure weight of 10 sizes, all together there will be 40 versions of Strike Eagle lures!!! And for collectors there plenty of lure colors!!!

As the time of this writing, I managed to know 3 sizes of lures produced i.e. SE100, DE150 and SE150 while few models are in prototype version e.g. SE120, SE150 rattle version, SE250 currently tested with Captain Tashiro-san of Sunrise in Genkai Sea.

Below is the specification of produced SE

SE100 Normal / 215mm / approx. 100g / F

SE100 L-Quiet / 215mm / approx. 89g / F

SE100 LL-Quiet / 215mm / approx. 85g / F

SE100 Active / 215mm / approx. 99g / F

SE150 245mm / approx. 146g / F

SE150 L-Quiet / 245mm / approx. 130g / F

SE150 LL-Quiet / 245mm / approx. 124g / F

SE150 Active / 245mm / approx. 145g / F

SE250 Normal / 295mm / Approx. 242g / F

SE250 L-Quiet / 295mm / Approx. 215g / F

SE250 LL-Quiet / 295mm / Approx. 205g / F

SE250 Active / 295mm / Approx. 240g /

As for hook size:
SE100 / hook weight (per piece) approx. 8g or 9g / SP ring 250Lb

SE150 / hook weight (per piece) approx. 13g (11g or 15g can be used also) / SP ring 350Lb

SE250 / Hook weight (per piece) Approx. 20g / SP ring 350Lb

As for rod, almost all Carpenter rods can play SE e.g. EP series, SLP series, PJ series, BLC series, TBL series, F3 series, MH series, etc., rods that match the lure weight, wave conditions, and fish conditions.

Luckily Current lure color for SE is only three Blue Pilotfish,  Black (Metal) and  Blue Back Hologram.  There is also two special color produced for SE250 i.e. Limited Color Tokara Special and Limited Color Genkai Nada Special.

I am quite surprise that SE lure is also design to target GTs of Tokara.

Below pictures were taken from official Carpenter website: 

SE250 Limited Color Tokara Special

SE250 Limited Color Genkai Nada Special

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Lure MAX and line MAX and notation of drag value are reference levels. Please consider casting methods and fighting methods etc. as it changes with the person who uses it.

Those who are expert the basics of loading method properly can use bigger lures and even use thicker lines.

Rod weight is a numerical value when measuring the prototype rod. Please acknowledge that there are some errors at the time of the product.

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