As bluewater jiggers discover species like yellowtail kingfish, samson fish, amberjack, even bar cod and hapuka, that have lived relatively unmolested on the deeper reefs for years, the need for a real brute rod to extract them became a priority for the Australian Rod Builder, Ian Miller. Sure, that killer TCurve Deep Jig 400 was fine in 90 per cent of situations, but sometimes even it struggled to get these big critters heading for the surface. And that's why we now have the Deep Jig 500!

The 500 has benefited from extra layers of cloth being included in the butt half when the blank is manufactured, but it still retains that trademark lively tip section to really make those jigs dance.

The Deep Jig 500 is available in either threadline or overhead configuration and is built with quality Fuji componentry, carbon fibre bindings, and well-shaped, comfortable fighting foregrips. Both rods are 1.65 metres long, of single piece construction, and are capable of fishing 300 to 500 gram jigs with ease - the rest is up to the angler!