BasserJim

Honestly if it doesn’t I’d be shocked. There’s only a couple of mass production rods that don’t have rampant issues with this.

For a regular 4-5 inch finesse worm, a 1/0 hook is WAY big.

I go with 20# Daiwa Samurai

Yes, those are the MSRP prices. Heaven is us owning an incredibly light, sensitive rod and my favorite, incredibly flawless reel. The Conquest comes with a Limited Lifetime Warranty just like the rest of the Loomis brand, and is eligible for the no questions asked expiditor program. The spool oil on the 2500 HGS is REALLY shallow. Plus, this reel is the same frame. I primarily wanted the upgraded drag and higher gear ratio.

It’s about perfect for how I like to hold my spinning rods (3 fingers in front of the frame/foot of the reelseat). That’s the bad part with a rod company trying to balance things from the factory, everyone prefers somethingba but different.

Steve, the rod is pretty incredible. This was with my Stella 2500FE before the FI arrived. You can see the balance point.

My review without fishing it is that it is a bad rod. Super light and sensitive, and the spiral x wrapping gives the blank a really awesome and distinctive look

Thanks so much to Gary and Brian at The Tackle Trap for getting my little slice of rod and reel heaven on earth shipped my way this week. 843s SJR and a C3000XG. Can't wait to test this thing out on some smallies!

Yakn, I was speaking strictly of my local USPS delivery people only. The system as a whole..... well my momma taught me that if you can’t say anything nice....

Scrapped them for parts. Made new knobs.

When you find the boneyard from the “reel knob experimentation” in the bottom of one of your reel boxes.

I've got a rod coming tomorrow that I had to pre-order that I didn't even pay MSRP for!

Never pay MSRP for anything!

I really don’t believe in bribing someone to get them to complete their most basic job functions. If you have a driver willing to go the extra mile and leave packages in a nonstandard location, put them inside for you, etc by all means show some appreciation. My USPS, UPS, and FedEx Express drivers are all fantastic. That FedEx ground driver left A LOT to be desired on more than one occasion. The new guy that has the route seems pretty good though.

So I always have packages sent to my office, so that someone can sign for them. Last time I was waiting I checked the tracking later in the day and it said: "Delivery Exception: No one to sign or business closed" or something like that.... I called FedEx, got through to the local supervisor, and was raising holy hell. He was taking his driver's side saying we must have been out to lunch, didn't open the door, etc..... I confirmed the time of attempted delivery and asked the supervisor if he had an email address. He said of course I do, why. Told him I was going to send him 16 different timestamped security footage angles of an open office with 3 people in it and a FedEx truck never even coming within a block of the property within any direction. About half an hour later a very angry driver showed up with my package