The surface is highly reflective. Now I have to say, "It ain't heavy, it's my Antares!". At first I was going to put it on the G-Ax for that metallic/black thing but I believe it's going to be spooled with 16lb test MachineGun Cast and mated with the Super Destroy III for heavy crankin', jerkbaits a...

Have to run a few errands, then I'll be back with the photographic stylings of Johnny A!

One word:
UNBELIEVABLE!!!
more to follow

Easy to tell if it's stolen goods, just look at the serial numbers of some of the more expensive reels. If they have been reported stolen then he's a fence. Seems pretty unlikeley though. i would bet that he has a conduit into the big boys and they have cut him a sweatheart deal. I did this all the...

Mr. Ito is working on a millionaire based reel, like the one Jun had on his site when the show was going on. I saw it on a Japanese blog. I'm not considering it too attractive!

Perhaps the accounting dept. came back from vacation!

Cal wrote:Darth Hydra has now transformed to Darth Hound (as in blood hound).. nice work and report.

One other note.. keep your eyes peeled this summer for a special run of Pro Blue and Deadly Black Illusion Vision X-110's

Pro Blue Vision 110s are over the $70.00 mark again (n ebay).

Let's just put it this way, I just ordered a Megabass Diablo from MegabassUSA. I don't believe I'll be purchasing them from ebay anymore.

I was thinking about the yen value topic but I didn't even want to take that detour! Here's the problem with the US based distributors, they aren't getting any breaks from special deals from distributors, factories or currency value shifts. What we have now is competition, big time, that didn't exi...

I am with Top on this one, if the japaneese tackle etailers are getting 50% on premium high end tackle then I am going to blow a gasket. $250 on a $500 reel is just BS . I realize they have overhead, but for etailers it should be minimal . These are not fair profits for etailers. IMHO The funny thi...

Fact: For all but the smallest volume dealers, the list price on DOMESTIC Japanese reels represents a markup of about 50%. That does not include freight or any of the retailer's other overhead. e-Tailers have overhead too. I am pure capitalist and don't have a problem with a guy making a fair profi...

I recommend smoothies for the tdz. I have them on one of my ito 103m and they work great. Provides consistency and smooth starting.

IRAX wrote:OK SO WHO'S GONNA BE THE FIRST RECEIPIENT OF THE 103H STEEZ!!!!!!!!

Well, if you're standing up, sit down. If you're sitting down, stand up. I'm not waiting on the Steez, I'm waiting on the Antares DC.

I bought a pair of SOSpenders with the auto-inflate for this years season. Nothing is foolproof but wearing a PFD is a good start.

Okay, I guess this is my first post as an official representative of Brooklyn Bill's Tackle Shop. 1. I accepted Bill's offer because I know him to be a person of integrity. I think I have a good reputation for providing accurate information or directing a question to someone who may know more. That ...