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I just went into a tackle shop and asked for a heavy duty spinning rod and left with a wynchwood riot cork 10ft 3lb tc... It doesnt look like a spinning rod.. more like a carp rod.
if you still want it pop back and buy it,
My maths is suspect so....I think 100 to 200 gms is about 2 to 4 ounces??
Enlighten me S63?
The OP found my post helpful, that's good enough for me
Most spinning rods are a bit short for bank-fishing, the extra two feet will often come in handy if the margins aren't "manicured" to death. I've never understood why spinners are believed by "The Industry" to want rods no longer than they were happy to use in the days of built cane; my 10' spinner is now the only carbon rod I'm guaranteed to use at least a couple of times a season, and I love the extra reach.
The optimum casting weight for a 3lb. test rod would be three ounces, about 80g., but four or more ought to be chuckable with a slow "lob".
It looks as though your rod will handle everything from light bass-fishing, through dead-baiting with small legered baits or medium-sized float-fished ones, down to chucking big lures (which is what you wanted, no?) and, of course, carp fishing ... though as the optimum line for a 3lb. rod is 15 pounds b.s., you'd be looking at pretty chunky carp before you needed it.
It will also be good with a bait dropper, and as a marker/depth-finder rod. All in all, it should do what you want, and a load more besides, so don't worry too much. Fish can't read "Carp" on a label and avoid accordingly.