Does the brake dial get in the way or irritate your fingers when palming?

Maybe take a look for an Orochi XXX Mat Bucker or Destruction? Those rods sound similar to what you are looking for.

I really like Toray Polyamide Plus and use it for pretty much everything.

I think that will work actually, I dug up some Ikas I had and played around with some similar hooks and it feels like it should be fine. I can try to fish this next time I get out to get a better feel although I can't guarantee a fish will cooperate with me to really put it to the test

The Bush Serpent is a sick rod. I have used it for 5 inch senkos and it handled them great. Extremely sensitive as well (to me at least). Casting a 6 inch might be pushing it because of the lighter feeling of the solid tip. What hook do you use for the ikas? I don't fish them but think you can poten...

Seeing that it has those dark spots around the filler already I think the cork may have been exposed to moisture/had some trapped under the plastic somehow and could be slightly rotted? Just a thought.

Should've put some oil on and around it and applied heat via a soldering iron around the screw, which would've warmed the oil to seep into the threads and expanded the aluminium just enough. That's what I do to Daiwa 'suicide screws', that have locktite red applied to them ex factory. Daiwa suicide...

Thanks for posting this, I was thinking the exact same thing after my last outing with this reel. My question is, if I bought one from say TTT, is the spool a direct drop in or do I have to add a bearing to it? Thanks!

What's everyone's thoughts on using a 4-8 oz rated swimbait stick for punching thick coontail? I'm looking to put together a big big bait and punching stick. All my punching is done from a kayak because the places I fiah that have big bass and mats are for non powered boats only. Also getting a new...

What's everyone's thoughts on using a 4-8 oz rated swimbait stick for punching thick coontail? I'm looking to put together a big big bait and punching stick. All my punching is done from a kayak because the places I fiah that have big bass and mats are for non powered boats only. Also getting a new...

For anyone interested, JDM Tackle Heaven now has both versions up for preorder. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet, don’t know why postponing the inevitable :lol: Oh and I gotta say, with the name Dire Wolf Wild 7, this rod better be absolutely bad ass Thanks for the heads up! I am in the same positi...

Should've put some oil on and around it and applied heat via a soldering iron around the screw, which would've warmed the oil to seep into the threads and expanded the aluminium just enough. That's what I do to Daiwa 'suicide screws', that have locktite red applied to them ex factory. Thanks for th...

Yeah they do. From my understanding between the models there is a change in guide placement as well so even though they use the same blank this also supposedly contributes to the different characteristics in how the rod handles and behaves.

I have mine set with 4 blocks on and dial set at 2. With this I can cast as far or further than other reels on the same rod and seem to get great distance and control. Don't need to fiddle with it when changing lures or anything too. Any blocks off then I tend to backlash quite a bit. Of course I wo...

A little late seeing this however if you are still in the market I installed a Lorex wifi system earlier this year that works well and doesn't require a monthly subscription. Feel free to PM if you want to learn more about it