No more Thailand crap please. Magnesium framed Z with 1016 spool thank you. With Made in Japan stamped on reel foot.

Custom NFC MB 736-1 X-ray. It's great!

Awesome work!

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Sun May 17, 2020 3:43 am

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Sat May 16, 2020 11:04 pm

X2! Where is that hood from?

I turned it myself. The acrylic is from Beartooth Woods.

How did you do it? 1st inner hole for ULH and then shaping outer dimension for perfect? Looks very good!

Daiwa Steez/Alphas CT TW.

Original spool casts even 2g lures. You can also use that for thicker lines and heavier lures if need. Much more versatile than pure bfs reel.

https://i.imgur.com/he9NCVi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QpjrWa6.jpg I've built both. What you want to know? Theres arbor inside in every part. Very easy to install, if you use those AT own winding checks. Fits mostly reelseats. These aren't light as CFX or Batson grips are, but very nice. Ps. Rear pict...

It's normal. Almost every x-ray blank has some of those cosmetic errors. Does not affect performance.

Sleeves yes, Covers not. I use only custom rods and most of them are w/o varnish (or coating on blank).

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Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:48 am

Looks like you got me to Willy Wonka's candy room Mar Duke

There's my "big baits" setups.

Croix LT Musky casts ~2-10oz
Rainshadow Eternity 1-2oz.

All others something between that.

And this is how 2021 Pixy is borne. Never know. Even if its called an Alphas...A shallow SV version of the Alphas AIR can still be inthe Pixy family...kinda like that awkward in law I kinda want it to be made out of magnesium, not aluminium. The added color Pixy's are known for would be another plu...

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Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:45 am

I can't tell too much of a difference, to be honest. The Steez is more refined, like the thumb bar and stuff, but I can't say it's $150-$200 more refined.

Its's incredible how people is afraid to say the true composition of the material. I saw composite, polymer, fiber alloy (here on Brazil). It's just plastic, to reduce costs and increase profit. I fish under 33-38C temperatures, I would never trust a plastic worm gear even more so, with a metallic ...

There’s a special way they cure their grips they have yet to divulge to me. Been trying! If I can readily cure them so they have all the same properties and durability, I’ll dive in head first. Are you curing yours in any special way? That’s a pretty technical grip. Cool stuff. 😎 I put epoxy throug...