Super Duty Rods
Heavy-duty HM60 graphite baitcasting series for power fishing: punching, flipping, and big swimbaits
The Lew's Super Duty Speed Stick is a heavy-duty bass casting series based on HM60 graphite blanks with a raw graphite finish. The primary applications are power fishing, punching heavy mats, flipping thick cover, throwing large swimbaits, and running heavy topwater at extended range. Blanks are HM60 multilayer multidirectional graphite with no external paint, which reduces blank weight while maintaining stiffness.
Guides are stainless steel frames with aluminium oxide inserts. Handles are full-length Winn Dri-Tac for grip in wet conditions; bass-model versions use a full handle while split-grip versions appear on some multi-species skewed models. Reel seats are Lew's Soft Touch skeletal design. All six rods in this sub-lineup are baitcasting and span 6'8"–7'11". Three models include a left-hand (LH) designation variant.
The series breaks into two functional categories: the 6'8" and 7'6" H fast models are punching and heavy cover tools; the 7'11" MH mod-fast, H fast, and XH mod-fast models are long-handle designs suited for open-water power presentations, giant swimbaits (up to 10 oz on the XH), and pier or bank-style distance casting. The XH model at 30–80 lb line / 4–10 oz is the heaviest rod in the series.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 6 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
- Models
- 6 casting
- Length
- 6'8"–7'11" 2.03–2.41 m
- Power
- MH–XH 3 classes
- Action
- F–MF
- Line
- 12–80 lb
- Lure
- 1/2–10 oz 14–283 g
- List price
- $189.99–$199.99
- Released
- 2020
Rods in this series
6 models| Save | Model | Length | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD68H | 6'8" | H | Buy from Lew's | |
| SD76HLH | 7'6" | H | Buy from Lew's | |
| SD711MH | 7'11" | MH | Buy from Lew's | |
| SD711MHLH | 7'11" | MH | Buy on Amazon | |
| SD711HLH | 7'11" | H | Buy from Lew's | |
| SD711XHLH | 7'11" | XH | Buy from Lew's |
Model notes
2 of 6 modelsThe 7'6" H fast left-hand model is a versatile punching and topwater tool in this series; noted in third-party review as an effective topwater rod for distance casts given its length and fast action.
The heaviest rod in the lineup; 30–80 lb / 4–10 oz and 7'11" length is built for giant swimbaits, heavy kicker-style rigs, and situations where fish must be turned quickly. Mod-fast action allows large baits to load for distance.