Very nice fish. Definitely a good one to start the year off. My first few this year have been dinks!

Any other Pflueger, Abu Garcia, or BPS grips will fit the handle. Shimano grips will not. You can order the grips through Pure Fishing, or buy a replacement handle from BPS's website for like $10, and swap the grips.

WOW. That thing is gorgeous. So sorry for your loss.

This prolite special doesn't have dual cast control, as the previous prolite finesse did. It's a special purchase item, and isn't very similar to the old one at all. The breaking system on this guy most closely resembles a daiwa reel, with a fixed inductor and a magnet inside. I'll take some picture...

mcm83 wrote:If you Just bought it, fish it hard...like you stole it...it's still under warranty...tune it up after the warranty ends. So if anything goes wrong while under warranty, it's covered.

Man this thread is just full of great quotes...also good advice.

The green and black td-z and the shimano would be Pizz Customs. I don't know pizz personally, but have seen him around this and other forums, and he seems to be a pretty good guy. I know the work he does is stunning.

Reel 1: sick
Reel 2: sick
Reel 3: sick
Reel 4: sick
Reel 5: ehhh, i dont know about that one.....just kidding, SICK!

Nice. Calfish productions definitely set the bar for reel painting pretty high.

Not that I'm aware of. I know the Alphas/Sol work pretty good together, but I think all you have for the advantage is the new HSTA advantage and the Tierra. Not many options for the Advantage.

Nice. Those old Abu roundies have an abundance of upgrades that can be done. Got any pics of this monster? I'd like to see it with the handle and knobs.

Thanks. I figure it was a good way to make a $9 reel look and perform a lot better. The handle is a 100mm I found, from some old browning reel, and the star drag and tension cap are from the same reel. I replaced the bushing under the tension cap with a bearing, and put 4 more in the handle, two in ...

Definitely nice combos there. The sols are beautiful reels.

haha...seems we had the same idea yesterday....you win though, your pictures were better! I'm no Calfish!

No problem man...I don't know where he was catching them, but this is his dad's charter company. http://www.amicksdeepseafishing.com/ He says all the captains they have working for them are pretty good, but he usually only works in the summer. I don't know about HHI, but I know Savannah has some pre...

Do they still make these? Can't find one anywhere. Anybody have a link?

Thanks for the info. :D I hope they are out at Hilton head, need to do some research... :idea: I know the bite about 45 minutes south in Savannah is good, if you know where to go. A local guide is probably your best bet. A buddy of mine who does charters was pullin in a few last weekend in the 30"-...