The spool lip of my Stradic 1000MgFB has a diameter of 39 mm. The gap from the bottom of the spool lip bevel to the front of the spool skirt is 13.5 mm. Slipperybob, when you say the spool lip is smaller, do you have both this reel and the 1000FK? Have you tried interchanging the spools? My FMgB wor...

Shimano claims this reel brings in 31" per handle turn. It has a 6.0:1 ratio. I wonder how this can be. I own a Stradic 1000 FMg with the same ratio. I measured its retrieve as 26.5" per handle turn fully spooled with 4 lb. mono. Unless the spool diameter and/or the oscillation speed has greatly inc...

Great followup. Thanks, Dr Trevorkian.

Thank you for your extensive answers. Reflections: 1. I agree that 2-piece rods (without a spigot joint) generally transition to backbone closer to the tip (a product of the need to have the base of the top section wider, to fit over the top of the butt section). 2. Thanks for your willingness to ch...

Dr Trevorkian, Your tussle with that walleye must have been a thriller! Thanks for the description of the Kage UL rod. Some questions: 1) Did you buy the 1-piece or the 2-piece version? 2) I don't see rod weight listed in Daiwa's online catalog. Do you know what it weighs? 3) Is that first guide a 2...

9e6Running straight braid shouldn't be a issue what so ever. now saying I know when spiderwire or fireline I cant remember which one first came out it was grooving guides on rods like 20 years or more ago. I think you're remembering Stren Kevlar braid, which quickly was taken off the market for tha...

Hogsticker2 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:17 pm

"The powers also run upwards to a full half power less...."

I absolutely probably won't fully half-understand this yesterday.

Two warnings about 8 lb. Gliss: low knot strength and, because of its limpness and wispiness, snarls that are very hard to pick apart from spinning-reel birdnests. I've caught bass and panfish on 6 lb. Nanofil without a leader in stained shallow water and in clear water early and late in the day. I ...

These plastics last so long when glued to jigheads that I just slip a few rigged with different head weights into a cellophane bag when I am fishing afoot and slide them into a pocket of a tackle bag. There is no effect on the cellophane bag.

Thanks, Zander!

Anybody know what the guide ring material is for this rod (or if not, for other IMX Pro JWR's)? The material is not specified on the manufacturer's page for this combo or for IMX Pro rods.

Nice! It will be a rush to catch fish with these complex and well-finished constructions.

Curious as to why you did not test the 8 and 15 lb. strengths with the PR knot, especially given the inconsistent FG knot results with the 15 lb. line. Does the PR knot not work well with thinner lines, or were you just more interested in the higher-strength lines?

Thanks for the response and pictures, poisonokie. I didn't understand that one of the sentences I quoted referred to a rod pictured in a prior link.

poisonokie wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:45 am

I could see how they would be better suited for finesse setups, but executed correctly they're super comfortable. ... I don't imagine it would feel too comfortable after a short stint of use.

I'm not understanding something here.