Black Diamond

The Black Diamond distills Hearty Rise's light-jigging experience into a soft-blank, thin-line series for oversized fish on undersized jigs. Six one-piece models on a 6 ft 5 in, 1.96 m blank pair three jig classes with both handle types: 60, 120, and 210 g in casting and spinning versions. Line ratings run PE 0.6-1.5 on the 60 class, PE 0.8-2 on the 120, and PE 2-4 on the 210, with rod weights from 123 to 158 g on 99 percent carbon construction.

The soft action is the point: even at a slow retrieve cadence the blank keeps the jig swimming naturally, which suits slow-pitch style work where the rod does the animating. The reserve in the mid and butt sections is what lets the light line classes stay connected to large amberjack-class pelagics. For anglers who want to hunt big fish on small metal jigs and fine PE, this is the series' stated brief.