I went and checked out the new victory rods today at TTT. I threw my 6.2oz alphas on to check the balance point of a few models. 90FC3298-633E-498E-84A9-2536C1A2D22D.jpeg 7’1”MHF 5DA3B7C3-FA0B-4079-80E6-F710B7333E91.jpeg 7’4”HF 33C92616-9B5C-4EEE-9A82-4415DD3EF615.jpeg 7’3HXF Overall they felt very...

Interesting. All of the rods coming out on launch are longer than I normally like, so I guess I'll have to wait and see what the rest are. Maybe they will have a 6'8" MF for all-around use. Would be a nice bushwhacking rod.

Cal wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:06 am

bwjay wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:47 am

Will someone please buy a few and let us know? Cal?

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Excellent. Looking forward to reading your thoughts!

Maybe this is Trey taking a step back, trying to improve profit margins, intending to hand over production to someone else and spend more time fishing and with family. If sales are lower due to the increased prices that might be fine with him. It is unfortunately a watering down of the brand with th...

Lol. Looks like Kistler heard that most people wouldn't buy one of their rods at full price, so they just upped the price so the sale prices are higher too. It would've taken a lot for me to be a guinea pig for one of the new rods at the old price, let alone the new price. Welp, good thing I'm not i...

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It's Bootytrain. He's a former member and huge Shimano fan boy. He used to get triggered all the time on here an BR so he created his own YT channel. He uses some of his own reels like his engetsu and claims a subscriber sent it to him. He does do budget BFS stuff and aliexpress parts which is good...

I was a paddle knob fan but I finally got a Stradic Ci4+ 3000 and I've been liking the T knob. I take my hand off the knob a fair amount of time when I'm letting a bait sit or as I'm slowly dragging or hopping it. When a fish bites I gotta jerk my hand back to the reel and sometimes I can't quite fi...

If only looking at sensitivity the NRX 893 is as good as I have fished for jigs and unweighted senkos. YEah, from a pure USDM sensitivity point of view, the NRX 893c is the choice. But for some reason I want to try something new that also has a bit more sex-appeal (together with the 2019 Antares) t...

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not sure i understand the heavy guides throws off the balance thing. I like both Loomis and St. Croix but I know with my Loomis spinning rods they are balanced properly and the guides are normal?? Is St. Croix not designing the rods properly? I hope these new rods offer some longer lengths if they ...

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