A Project Long in the Making from Fin-ch
A rod that focuses on bottom-contact sensitivity, designed for rockfish and everything that lurks below.
Even in Japan, Genkiman—one of the pioneers of Seto Inland Sea rockfish fishing—says this is one of his favorite styles.
After countless test-and-error sessions, the CANARIA series finally welcomes the new COCO77.
The Spark: A Reunion with Tomo Shimizu
Genkiman attributes the birth of this rod to his renewed partnership with Tomo Shimizu, with whom he has developed rods for over 15 years.
The two share a deep mutual understanding when it comes to building rods that are easy, fun, and highly specialized.
Rod-making is all about compatibility—and they know each other's fishing styles, personalities, and field knowledge inside-out.
For All Creatures of the Bottom
The CANARIA COCO77 is not restricted to a specific target species.
Though it began as a rockfish rod, it was tested throughout Japan—from Okinawa to Hokkaido—and adapted for a wide range of bottom-dwellers.
Caught during tests:
Saltwater: Grouper species, scorpionfish, greenling, fat greenling, rockfish, etc.
Freshwater: Largemouth bass, catfish, snakehead, carp, and more.
MAGNUS Blank Construction: Born for Bottom Contact
COCO77 is built with the MAGNUS method, creating blanks with:
Metallic precision in sensing the bottom
Excellent casting power
Strong but responsive flex that bends like a whip
The ability to lift strong fish without forcing the angler
Toray’s support allowed thousands of design iterations until they found the ideal one.
The result: A tip so responsive you can feel a snag before it happens—and often unhook just by twitching the tip.
This is the ultimate bottom-game weapon.
Action: Crisp Fast Taper with Natural Bend
COCO77 features a slightly soft Fast taper (closer to Regular than Extra Fast).
It has a crisp response without the weighty feel.
The delicate tip + powerful belly combo makes it ideal for subtle manipulation, while still capable of proper bend during a fight.
Casting & Lure Handling
Casting weight: 7g to 50g (up to 60g for advanced users)
Light rigs: flicked with the tip
Heavy rigs: weight loaded into the belly for momentum
Works well with:
Texas rigs, Jika rigs, free rigs, bullet rigs
Bottom-retrieved jig heads