I use mono to tie to the spool about 12-18 inches long. The mono is chosen to protect the spool and rod when I am spooled by a large fish.

Charles

On mine I have performed the carbontex drag upgrade and have founf no noticeable improvement over the stock OEM bearings with orange seal bearings. I use the OEM bearings.

Charles

Went to the forum from a reference url on a Texas based website.

Charles

Recoil guides is a generic style. I have heavy wire ones on a Loomis BCR802 rod and light wire ones on 2 NRX rods. One NRX 854 rod is currently being replaced as the 2 of the light wire guides have broken off rings and 2 light wire guides have had the wires on the guide ring break and protrude outwa...

The off-the-shelf Z-bone Kistler rods typically use 4.5mm Fuji micro guides.

Kistler is ~50 miles from me and I am working on 2 new made-to-order 7 ft Z-bone rods and the final guide setup remains is the last step to firm up.

Charles

Would be interested in how many people are using modified Albright leader knots with the 4-4.5 mm micro guides.

Charles

Check Cabela's for yellow lenses.

Yellow lenses are used in shooting sports for cloudy days or low light conditions. I used them many years for skeet shooting. Their use in bright sunlight will nearly blind you.

Charles

I have paid $36+ each with shipping added for 2 separate orders Core 50mg7 OEM spools from Shimano.
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Charles

Houston, TX to Woodland, WA for 7ft NRX insured for $500 in a heavy cardboard tube weighing a total of 5lbs shipping weight was $39.64 via UPS ground.

Charles

I use Core 50MG7's and Chronarch 50MG7's for drift fishing and wadefishing for redfish and speckled trout.

Charles

The Japanese lines conform to specified line diameters for most of their products. So they will get more yards/meters of the JDM and Sunline USA lines on the reel spools when compared to US line diameters.

Charles

My experience with my NRX852C has been to get distance I need to get the weight greater than 1/4 oz using a Core 50 with 20lb Sufix braid, 12lb Sniper, and 12LB Super Natural. With 3/8 oz (scale weights) I can get a real distance with a 8-10mph wind at my back while wading or drift fishing. Casting ...

The 5 inch Bass Assassin weighs 7 gr or 1/4 oz without any weight and most of the jig heads weigh more than their nameplate value. The Core 50 with 12 lb Sunline Super Natural Mono, 12 lb Sniper FC, or 20 lb Sufix braid handles the Bass Assassins and plain hook quite well on an NRX852 or MBR782 GLX....

I use the grey/clear brake collars on 3 Core 50 reels that use a variety of NRX rods and lure weights. On the light stuff - bass assassins with no weights are used with 1 or 2 weights out depending on the wind direction.

You can PM me for any more info and we can talk.

Charles

Which blank did you have in the Kistler LE? //have you tried this reel against the Core 50?

Charles