Elwood aka Ted Striker.

You alright fellas Has anyone used daiwa steez fluorocarbon ? If so : What's it like ? How is it stretch wise ? What did you think of it ? Look forward to hearing from you all . Cheers aye. Elwood .

Have you considered the abu revo winch or abu revo toro winch? Are they in your price range? If not : What about searching the auction sites to pick one up , for around half the retail price?

You alright hooligan. Its got to be worth a try hasnt it. Ive just ordered 4lb, 6lb, 8lb and 10lb to try out for my spinning and baitcaster set ups , so will get back to everyone with what i think of it aye. Being a newbie though i can onlly compare it to gamma edge fluoro and just how i found it to fish with in genral , but will let everyone know anyway though ok fella. Would still like to hear from anyone with experience of the line if possible though . So come on fellas !!! Whos tried maxima fluorocarbon as a reel line ? Look forward to hearing from you all . Cheers aye. Elwood .

You alright fellas. Have any of you used, or are using maxima fluorocarbon at all? In the tackle tours fluorocarbon sequel it had less stretch than toray superhard , coming in second just behind sunline shooter fc for the stretch test and wasnt bad for deformity aye. It looks good in the lab considering the price doesnt it and the fact you get nearly twice as much line on the spool compared to toray and sunline for cheaper . So , Can anyone give any on the water info and experiences of this line that have used it? Look forward to hearing your views . Cheers aye. Elwood .

Meant to say . Cheers for your responses fellas . I would like to think I'm definitely going good now and on the right track . Cheers again . Cheers aye. Elwood .

You alright WRD. You was definitely right about 8lb fluoro needing line conditioner aye. Just for the less friction and smoothness of the cast I can see how it's much needed for more distance in casting . I will be ordering the line conditioner you mentioned and some sunline fluorocarbon and braid . My st croix lbt is a finesse xfast But as you said its underrated and I was using jighead weights probably above its truer rating So casting it we'll over loaded was easier due to feeling the weight more I'd imagine aye. I've realised a swing-ish swipe of the arm with a swift flick of the wrist at the end of the the arm motion at the right release point and the NRX was casting like a dream aye. Skeletor6 you alright fella. Still a newbie to lure fishing fella aye. Much more used to casting slower action rods for uk species such as barbel, carp, chub, roach etc . Totally agree with regards to learning the sensation and such . The aim is definitely to use fluorocarbon It's just the fluorocarbon I had on my tatula had far to much stretch so I put braid on my unspooled steez for now until I order some sunline shooter or sniper which will be today . Glad I did as it was a reel eye opener for everything I was doing wrong with regards to casting and striking at weed and such aye.

You alright fellas. Put braid on steez today and put it on the nrx and what difference from when my tatula and fluorocarbon was on it . The G Loomis NRX 893c ??? AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The fluorocarbon on my tatula had miles too much stretch and was all wrong aye.

Tartan, the light at the end of the tunnel . Need to here that aye. Perhaps thats what i need . Thought i was casting like a pro on the St Croix Lbt on my first outing lol . Do you think 8lb sunline shooter would give me a better casting distance as well as sensitivity fella? Was looking at sunline sx1 also but have heard about re-coil guide damage with braid . What do you reckon? Look forward to hearing from you . Cheers aye.

Cheers for your response fella aye. My fear seems to be closer to being confirmed . I just bought this rod new + $88.00 shipping to the uk + customs tax etc and gutted would be an understatement . I might increased my jighead weight to 1/2 of an ounce and see if that makes it a little better and with the 7:1.1 retrieve of my reel it might keep the bait swimming a foot off the bottom on a slow straight retrieve which seems to get better results with my target species . Heard a lot about the bait monkey on here . I think in future i will arm myself with a bunch of bananas lol . I could send it back and change it for a lighter power but thats another $88.00 return charge and then id imagine another $88.00 to send the new lighter powered rod back and then customs etc aye. Heard a lot about the bait monkey on here . I think in future i will arm myself with a bunch of bananas lol . Braid should increase the casting distance a bit shouldnt it? Do know if the braid would damage the re-coil guides on the rod though? Look forward to hearing from you . Cheers aye.

Cheers for your response fella . My st croix lbt is also xfast action and the nrx 893c is only my 2nd xfast action rod ive used so unless the nrx xfast action is a lot faster than the st croix lbt xfast action then maybe . But it seems just seems as if the nrx is too powerful for my application . I was advised by many that it would be fine and that 3/8-1/2 oz was the sweet spot on the 893c . Could it be that the rod maybe faulty? or maybe something else? Look forward to hearing you views . Cheers aye

You alright fellas been busy for a while but glad to be back at it aye. I recently purchased the g loomis nrx 893c g as my second baitcasting rod purchase and paired it with a daiwa steez but until i get the new suline shooter im using my tatula type r on it at the moment . problem is for some reason the rod is not loading properly on the cast and is casting nowhere near as far as my 7 foot st croix ltb rated as a medium light-medium with the same reel, same jigheads and trailers . I know the rods are of different ratings but after doing quite a bit of research and talking i was given the impression that 3/8ths + trailer was the sweet spot on the nrx 893c so what could be going on. Im casting 3/8 jigheads with 2" - 3" berkley power grubs and also tried zoom swimmin fluke jr . My reel is loaded with 8lb gamma fluorocarbon and i havent used line conditioner yet . Also was disapointed with the sensitivity of the rod a little but have realised this could be down to the fact that gamma edge fluoro has a lot of stretch compared to most tests ive seen doesnt it. Was considering changing the line to 15lb spiderwire invisi-braid or putting the braid on the steez as i use it on my spinning set up and not had any problems with it but have heard and seen issues braid damaging the re-coil guides aye. Could it be i have been unfortunate of receiving a rare dodgy rod ? or am i doing something wrong due to misinterpreting or misunderstanding information ive been reading and the people ive been talking to? Has anyone had or heard of this problem? Anyone got any ideas what could be wrong or how to fix? Look forward to hearing your views and experiences fellas . Cheers aye.

It's like The Matrix (the film ) Rod company names . Model numbers . Rod lengths . Line ratings . Casting weights . Rod action ratings . Downloading ........................ Updating ......................... ################### ################### Lol . Can I start this post again ???

That's meant 893c not 892c aye. What's with me with regards to this post? Lol .

Cheers for your response Hootie aye. (Stiff breeze Lol ) I know the G in g loomis stands for Gary . On the loomis website when listing the different model numbers, applications, line ratings etc , after the 892c jwr bit (for example ) some models have a G after them don't they. Does that mean green.

It's 02:00 over here in the uk now aye.