• Underspins (Deep Structure & Current) — the 7'3" length maximizes casting distance and line control when working an underspin over deep clear-water structure or tracking fish through river current; the Fast tip keeps the blade turning naturally while the Medium backbone drives the hook home at distance
• Worming & Light Plastics — incredible sensitivity to feel the lightest tap, with enough backbone to drive light-wire hooks home instantly
• Weightless 5" Senkos — the Medium Fast blank loads a weightless Senko perfectly for effortless skipping and long-distance casting on casting gear, with the backbone to move fish away from cover on the hookset
• Texas-Rigged Finesse Worms — the crisp Fast tip telegraphs every subtle tick and pressure bite, but total presentation payloads must remain within the 1/4–3/4 oz limit to properly load the blank
• Topwater Lures — ideal tip speed and length to effortlessly walk small-to-mid-sized topwater plugs, poppers, and unweighted soft plastics across structural edges
• Lighter Freshwater Baits — perfect for handling downsized jigs, smaller spinnerbaits, and finesse swimbaits that require a lighter touch but stouter backbone

MB872 — 7'3" Medium Fast Casting. The Finesse Enforcer.

Freshwater Techniques

• Smallmouth Bass: The open-water smallmouth specialist. Exceptional casting distance and line control for underspins and finesse presentations over deep rock transitions and current breaks.
• Black Bass: The ultimate weapon for weightless Senkos, light Texas rigs, trick worms, and downsized finesse jigs.
• Walleye: Excellent tracking and responsiveness for working hair jigs, small minnow plugs, and live-bait rigs over deep transitions.
• Northern Pike: Highly capable of handling mid-sized inline spinners and target-casting soft plastics around shallow weedlines.

Inshore Saltwater Techniques

• Speckled Trout & Redfish: Exceptional crossover capability for working jigs along shallow flats or pitching plastics around oyster bars where a sensitive tip feels the lightest grass tick.
• Snook: Great for throwing lighter twitchbaits and paddletails along sandy beach troughs or shadow lines where accuracy is paramount.

• Northern Pike Inline Spinners (Large Blades): Safe for small to mid-sized pike, but #5 or #6 French blades create massive water resistance that can overload a Medium power Fast tip. Keep to smaller blade sizes and lighter retrieves; step up to the MB873 or MB874 for large pike presentations with big blades.
• Heavy Cover & Overloaded Payloads: The MB872 Medium power and 3/4 oz ceiling are not appropriate for heavy cover extraction, heavy-wire hooks, or any payload exceeding 3/4 oz total weight. This blank is engineered for finesse and medium-light applications on casting gear — overloading it kills sensitivity and risks blank stress on hard hooksets in cover. Use the MB873 for medium-heavy applications and the MB874 for heavy cover and power fishing.

• Blank: 45-Million Modulus Toray High-Modulus Carbon Fiber with Nano-Resin matrix system — optimized for impact resistance and high toughness to eliminate the brittleness associated with high-modulus graphite
• Guides: American Tackle TiForge Air — premium, marine-grade 316 Stainless Steel frames featuring an insertless, hardened stainless-steel ring design to maximize sensitivity, eliminate ceramic ring blowout, and minimize tip weight
• Grips: Dense EVA split grips — tackier feel when wet, built for long days
• Reel Seat: American Tackle ECRS Exposed Graphite Reel Seat

Built in small batches. In stock ships immediately. Reserved builds ship in 3–5 weeks.