thehooligan

Thanks man. Its pretty much mint. Out of the 7 cq's i had before this, the only one i didnt regret selling was my 14' 101. The older 50/51s are the best

Conquest # 8, this ones not leaving the arsenal

Nothing more fun then catching big bass on light gear. I havent fished anything heavier then my medium light adrena this season and dont plan on changing that...

Both of those rods are overkill for an avail spool. Look into something light action, maybe medium light...

Id also go metanium, that nrx will be super tip heavy with that little alde on it...

Nice reel ^

Nice choice man

Couldnt agree more. I learned on my dad's berkley fiberglass rod with mitchell 308 from the 60's. Used that combo up till about 5 years ago. The best is absolutely not a requirement, but i will say highend tackle will make you can grin all day long

If the rod is pretty parabolic then braid is fine. I mainly fish fast to xfast rods so im 99% of the time i have copoly/mono on.

Yea, id stick with the tdz, drop in the steez sv105 spool.

Haha, ive been thinking alot lately about grabbing an Antares Hg, but then i tell myself save that money for more bfs gear !!

*** & Tatula for a brand new combo. Id hunt down a used curado I though, ive seen guys selling them in the low $100 range...

Nice reels Mark

Despite the reel lockdown problem which they fixed, the horrible guide system, or even the really bad balance, you cant compare an nrx to a carrot stix rod !!

^ Sweet combo !!

Nice choice for your first Daiwa !!

Probably a bad batch or old stock. 8lb hybrid is my go to line, i always use a clinch knot. Hasnt failed me yet...

Awesome rod John

Pretty much everything has been covered, but ill add that japan has tons of fishermen and lots of pressure on there lakes. They take a finesse approach and use light line, shallow spools, and very light baits. Daiwa, shimano, and Abu have been making some awesome bfs reels for years and its finally catching on a little bit here now. Also, if you really check out daiwa/megabass & shimanos highend lineup, theres so many more options for high line capacity reels. I dont use abu's, but i give them credit, jdm abu is really pumping out the most bfs reels in there lineup at the moment. Daiwa is the only company thats going to be marketing anything close to finesse here in the US with the alphas sv 105...

Its on a super eiger x7. Covers all my 1/8oz plastics and moving baits from 1/4-1/2oz

lol, yea jpangler and hedgehog have them...

Same IS with new sv105 spool.