STELLA is in a class by itself .

Jackall Aska 60
KVD 2.5

That's some cheap metal right there! Reminds me of a travel putting green/putter I used , dropped the putter and the head broke just like that.

Dobyns champion 765 flip, it has a nice softer tip which should work nice with I-slide 185 and bull shads It's the Expride 7'3mh cranking paired with a conquest 101. Adrena is the 6'10ml, will be paired with a new aldebaran for jerkbaits (x80 trick, 110jr, and 110. Will continue to use the xx JBS f...

Dobyns champion 765 flip, it has a nice softer tip which should work nice with I-slide 185 and bull shads It's the Expride 7'3mh cranking paired with a conquest 101. Adrena is the 6'10ml, will be paired with a new aldebaran for jerkbaits (x80 trick, 110jr, and 110. Will continue to use the xx JBS f...

I haven't used that specific model yet, but will in a couple of weeks...maybe sooner.

Dobyns champion 765 flip, it has a nice softer tip which should work nice with I-slide 185 and bull shads It's the Expride 7'3mh cranking paired with a conquest 101. Adrena is the 6'10ml, will be paired with a new aldebaran for jerkbaits (x80 trick, 110jr, and 110. Will continue to use the xx JBS f...

Pepper spinnerbaits are very good overall, the hook is exceptional and really the best I've seen on a spinnerbait. The war Eagles are good, but I find them to not be as durable as they could be, the lead head gets marred quickly and for me, after a few fish the wire eggs out the head. They do work t...

The new ones are lighter, I like the cosmetics better and the blank feels more crisp. Overall, I dig them! The reel locking system is a step in the right direction also! I generally like cork handles better than eva, so the return to form for the crucial feels good to me. Cork is actually solid qual...

slipperybob wrote:Also works like a shim for some reel seats that may have to much of a gap. If you somehow have an aluminum real seat.

I don't know if any recent real seats needs them.

Yup. Watch out for those Abu Rod reel seats!

iatacs19 wrote:I just received my Metanium MET101HG and couldn't figure out what the paper/stickers in the bag were for.

Thank you for any clues on this!

Reel foot protectors.

That's a hell of a haul! Nice job!

yes and it isn't a 200 dollars rod not even 140. it was not ment as comparison(not possible) only as example for the action. but there are much better rods for bottom contact for that money. for all what's been written here this had to be a "wow" rod with amazing sensitivity almost too good to be t...

cndbasshunter wrote:Oh yea!

Lefty has arrived!

The hatred, I have for you... is GROWING!


Awesome, hope to have one SOON!
Is that from the NA market or was it from Japan ( where it was purchased from)?

Do any of the casting rods come with a cranking style action? I can't seem to find the tapers of the rods anywhere and I'm looking for a new cranking rod for the year. Not that I know of. I think they are all bottom contact oriented. I may be wrong. the rod can be used for many styles bottom contac...