About this product
Crony Warrior Trolling Rod – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Tanzania.
A trolling rod is a completely different tool from a casting rod and it is worth being clear about why. It never casts. It sits in a holder with a lure 30 metres behind the boat, takes a strike that arrives at trolling speed, and then spends the next twenty minutes to two hours bent into a horseshoe against a gunwale, a chair or a harness. Everything about the design follows from that: short, so the fish has less leverage; thick-walled, so it survives sustained load; and built around a heavy reel seat and a gimbal butt rather than around a light tip.
The 30-50 lb class is the middle of the trolling range and the most useful single outfit on this coast. It covers sailfish, wahoo, yellowfin tuna to a good size, dorado, kingfish and most of what comes up behind a spread off Dar es Salaam. Lighter than that and a wahoo will spool you; heavier and you are carrying more rod than the fishing needs on an ordinary day.
CRONY’s Tuna Warrior series is organised by line class rather than lure weight, which is standard for trolling rods – the number that matters is what the drag can pull, not what the lure weighs. The code reads straightforwardly: PTWTR, then 56 for 5 ft 6 in, then 30 50 for the 30-50 lb class.
CRONY does not publish guide type, reel seat, blank material or rod weight for this model in retrievable form. We have listed what we can source and left the rest open rather than filling it with guesses – ask us and we will tell you what the rod in the shop actually has on it.
Buying a Crony Warrior Trolling Rod in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the crony warrior trolling rod at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every crony warrior trolling rod is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which crony warrior trolling rod suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Spare parts and replacements for the crony warrior trolling rod are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Pricing on the crony warrior trolling rod is quoted in Tanzanian shillings, VAT included, so the figure you see is the figure you pay at the counter in Dar es Salaam.
Browse more Trolling & Boat in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on fishing rods, see this overview on Wikipedia.
CRONY Tuna Warrior Trolling Rod PTWTR563050 - 5 ft 6 in, 30-50 lb