I only throw black and blue now.

I experimented one day where I brought 1 of every color that I own and would just switch colors after every fish. I went through several colors and they all caught a fish.

Did you ever find someone or somewhere that you could send your reel too?

This is my fear with the Magseal Steez A2--I don't know where you're supposed to pick up this oil or how to clean it out properly!?

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Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:55 am

Finally a new Metanium DC


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This is dope! A friend of mine brought me back a 23 Met 100XG from his trip to Japan and it's a thing of beauty.

St. Croix - never held one that felt good in hand. Tip heavy as all hell. The actions were too powerful/weak, and the looks are God awful. The new victory looked good on paper, drove to the shop, picked them up and was so unimpressed. Balance is so bad. I don't get the Dobyn hate. Especially when t...

I had a similar problem on one of my Chronarchs--it was 5383 on the schematic that Slazmo posted. I forgot what it's called, but one of the 2 prongs/teeth was broken and the line guide was stuck stationary.

Fished the Rapala Ott's OG Slim earlier this week and caught a couple of nice fish--then it broke into 3 pieces...

It has a really nice tight wobble and runs great--just don't slap the water and be gentle with them.

I'll be picking up some more.

Might want to also consider the Dark Sleeper rod. I just recently picked up the Oneten Special, which is rated with a fast action and it's definitely rated correctly. I would imagine the regular taper on the ZCE would be a bit too slow--especially since it'll have a more moderate taper being a crank...

Never owned a Champion Extreme rod, I'll take people by their word that the HP rods are indeed overrated. The only Dobyns I have in that area are DX806 and 807 swimbait rods, which perform well in my mind for what they are (broomsticks). I do have an Xtasy, which I don't feel is overrated; it hangs...

I ended up purchasing a Leviathan Omega Swimbait Heavy from TW through the sale. It's a bit longer since it's 8', but it has a nice parabolic bend do it. It bends deeper down the blank than a Dobyns Champion 795SB. Only issue that I found is that the handle is made up of 2 pieces and they don't alig...

Heck, I mix other soft plastics inside my Geecrack bags. The more stank the better. Was fishing with my buddy a few weeks back and he sprays Bang garlic all over his chatterbait, and within a couple casts he hooks into an 18 pound salmon on the CA Delta. Sucker was pulling his 19' boat and ripping ...

How do you guys remove the caps on the Daiwa power handles with the big foam knobs? It's the knobs with the 2 circles that you need some sort of key to remove. You need this https://www.anglerscentral.my/products/special-knob-cap-wrench-for-daiwa Or you can bend an old fork and use it I was looking...

How do you guys remove the caps on the Daiwa power handles with the big foam knobs? It's the knobs with the 2 circles that you need some sort of key to remove.

How you finding the durability on them to be? As a terminal nerd with mild ocd I'm always looking for better ways to organize. I've had one for around a year, (think the XL) that I keep all of my small trout stuff in, (split rings, snaps, spoons, etc) So far it has proven to be a little tank. There...

I didn't start bass fishing till 2008; so I don't have anything substantially old. If I had some lures that were 30+ years old--I'd be hanging those up on a wall!

I ended up buying a Leviathan Omega 8' Heavy for glides ;(

It was between one of these and the Leviathan and I needed a glide bait rod.