rippin-lips

New to the forum and was told about this thread from a few members. I'm located in Western Md Cumberland to be specific. 1hr from Morgantown Wv and 1hr from Hagerstown Md.

Thanks everyone. I'm in Cumberland Md which is 10 minutes from Wv and Pa state lines. It's an hour west of Frederick and 1hr east of Morgantown Wv.

Sadly it has the acs reel seat on it and I can't stand it. Sucks because I like the rest of it.

Thanks Lou I took a look at them. I don't like the handle design though so I'll have to continue my search.

I have all Lews casting reels currently and love them. The tournament pro is by far the best bang for your buck. You can pick them up all day for $160 new. That being said don't waste your time on the regular speed spool or the lazer mg. I had the regular speed spool and sold it a few days later to a friend. It was noisy. I have a few of the tournament speed spool models and one tournament mg in the 5:4:1 model. I use left hand retrieve so my options were limited at the time but now the BB1 is on the market in a low ratio lh model.

I have a kistler micro mag for my shallow cranks and it works for me. It's my only cranking rod so I can't compare it to anything else. You can get on on sale right now for $99 Might be worth a shot. http://www.kistlerrods.com/p/fishing-rod/c-Mic-Magnesium-Fishing-Rods/MicMgCBCGGM70.html

Not entirely correct. BB1 RH 10 5.1:1 21" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.1 oz. $159.99 BB1L LH 10 5.1:1 21" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.1 oz. $159.99 BB1HZ RH 9+1 6.4:1 28" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.2 oz. $159.99 BB1HZL LH 9+1 6.4:1 28" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.2 oz. $159.99 BB1SHZ RH 9+1 7.1:1 31" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.2 oz. $159.99 BB1SHZL LH 9+1 7.1:1 31" 160/12 14 lbs. 7.2 oz. $159.99

I switched to nothing but Lews reels and have yet to be let down. I received a BB1 for Christmas but don't have a rod for it yet and also it's freezing where I live. I can't wait for the spring though to try it out. I own 5 right now. 1-tournament pro ss 2- regular tournament ss 1-BB1 1-tournament mg ss I reel LH so it was my only choice for a cranking reel from them at the time. I'll probably sell it to my buddy and replace it with a BB1 here in the spring.

I went ahead and picked up a Kistler micro mag 'swimbait special' that they had on special for $120 shipped. It's a 7'3" MH fast action so it can be used for a lot more.

I'm in Western , MD and have been fishing since I was a small child. My father loved to fish and I've been doing it since I was in diapers. I'm now 31