don't start getting personal fella's [-X User reviews and opinions are welcome, it's what the forum is all about. Just because someone doesn't share your same perspective does not mean they are wrong or speaking falsehoods of tackle they've sampled. It just means their opinion is different than your...

that's it? I thought you said it was LONG!

thanks for sharing D.R.

Elseil officially broken in now Dan?

ChuckE wrote: The knobs are riveted on the Sol handle and are not removable.

Heh... something I didn't know..

They did the same thing with the Fuego..

Not really an issue if you choose to swap out the handle all together, but it is a bit of a bummer.

It's true that the ito is tuned for better casting, but I haven't noticed much difference between either of the 3 reels with heavier lures, like I have with lighter lures. Yup... actually, with all the supertuned Daiwa reels (Type R and Type R+ tuning), the intent is to improve casting performance ...

Instead of switching my scorpion mg 1001 from one rod to another (St Croix, PC66MF2 10-17 lbs, 1/4 - 3/4 and Shimano Crucial CRC-D70M), I decided to buy one more baitcasting reel for one of both reels. My questions: 1. Does the Scorpion Mg fits better to the Crucial or the St Croix? If you're going...

ask shimdailoomis

Lightninrod wrote: Btw, the Elseil is not as 'purty' as the Diablo but it's surely NOT ugly, just more subdued cosmetically.


Dan

Yeah.. but wait until you make that first cast... lol

Type R+

Or, if you need the family room... find a way to import a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR FQ400. Lancer Evolution with a 400hp 2.0L turbo 4. AWD, Active Yaw Control, and a bunch of other crazy stuff. 0-60 said to come in about 3.8 seconds. But you can justify it by telling your wife "It's got 4 door...

LOL Seatrout...

Seatrout wrote:OK, I understand Cal.

By the way, it's a really good looking woman and some cute children on the last photo.
But who's 'that handsome devil' to the right!

/Seatrout

Awww.. gee, thanks

and of course, these...

and these...

Actually Seatrout, my reasons have more to do with reasons like these: