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Alpster

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  1. Where I live, if it's electric only, you must remove your gas tank. If you have a built in tank you must remove the propeller. All of the big glass boats must keep the outboard tilted up so the Ranger can see the prop is gone. That's how it works around here. Ronnie
  2. Mee too, Avid Ronnie
  3. This is how I solved the problem. Home made spooler from scrap parts around the garage. Ronnie
  4. Is this topic not appropriate for thiis forum?? I think your topic is fine. Someone else apparently hijacked your thread rather than starting a topic of his own. I think all is good. As for your question, flouro has a tendency to be stiff and unrully. I like Flouro leader material. I agree with Deadeye, mono would be a better choice for crankbaits. JMHO Ronnie
  5. I am wondering if you have been puttin the 'Kibbles' on the in the bowl on a regular basis. Sounds like a revolt to me. Seriously, I hope your snoot heals up quick. Ronnie
  6. Basschaser57, G-Loomis MBR783 Slate= IMX graphite, 6'6" Med Heavy, Fast action 10-17lb line & 1/4-3/4oz lures. Factory rod retails for $235. A very nice rod indeed. I hope this helps. Ronnie
  7. RM, Beautifull work as always! You guys are making me feel bad with all this artwork on the rod grips. LOL Here's how a lazy guy does a split grip. This is my 7' MH Mod action Lamiglas "crankin stik" (spiral wrapped of course). Silver metalic base wraps with Black overwraps. Cork is a store bought 4-1/2" foregrip turned around backwards and a rubber butt cap. The guides are not underwrapped. Ronnie
  8. If it's been in salt water, it might be the salt reacting with the gel coat. Try some "GoJo" or "Goop" hand cleaner (no grit) and a 3M (green) Scotchbright pad (you can get them in the grocery store). We cleaned a friend of mine's boat with this and it came out like a new nickle. Ronnie
  9. Just got to tell us where to send upgrade $. I would be more than happy to support the site. Ronnie
  10. The first 30 miles of interstate 55 from Laplace to Pontchatoula is a bridge like in Catt's picture. I fished under that bridging every day for many years. Great memories! Ronnie
  11. Except for finesse and ultra light fishing, all the time! JMHO Ronnie
  12. You are going to love that rod. I now have 5 IMX rods and they are a dream to fish with. Ronnie
  13. Awesome grip work Keith. I have to admit that I used premade grips on my latest rod builds to save time. You have inspired me to get the junk cleaned out of the garage and get the lathe set up and start building grips. The dark burl is very classy looking. Ronnie
  14. http://www.frontierrods.ca/ Frontier rods (G-Loomis of Canada) seems to have legitimate connections to Loomis, but their rods are not billed as IMX on their website. They call all their rods X-series. They may be very good rods, but I am very doubtfull that they are regular G-Loomis IMX quality. JMHO Ronnie
  15. This guy has a long standing good reputation and I know several guys personally that have bought from him. Many here on the forum. No bad reports, yet. You can bet that I will know if the rod is anything but perfect when it comes out of the box. Thanks for the heads up, I will pull the old surveyor's inspection on it for sure. Ronnie
  16. Nice bass Dan! Way to git er dun. Thanks for posting the pics. Ronnie
  17. Avid, Whoa buddy, you got me all teared up here. :'( I appreciate your kind words and I too, am gratefull to you and the others on the board that contribute so much to my experience here. Among a 1000 things I am excited about the Fork trip, meeting you is high on the list. Ronnie
  18. I think that EWG hooks are the greatest invention since peanut butter. They are more weedless, have a smaller diameter (profile) and I have noticed no problems with hookups vs bites. An improvement if anything. If you are breaking EWG Gammie's catching fish then I want to fish with you! Ronnie
  19. If you use gas cans instead of milk jugs you won't need as many. Ronnie
  20. Try 50lb power pro, it's 12# diameter will work fine on your reel. You will have less line digging with the larger line. I use it on all but one of my Shimano baitcasters. It performs flawlessly. JMHO Ronnie
  21. I have been thinking for a while now that the SJ722 IMX that I built for the Stella was a little too much rod for the 1000FB, so I built the Lamiglas noodle rod. The noodle rod is cool and a lot of fun, but is more suited to panfishing. I bought a Shimano Twin Power 2500 from a forum member and it is perfect for the SJ722. Tonight I hit up Fatfishfarmer on ebay for a DSR820S GLX for the Stella, it's a dropshot rod, but I will use it for a finesse rig also. Even though I like to build rods, somehow this guy sells factory rods cheaper than I can buy a comparable blank and parts to build it myself. I don't know how he does that, but I'm in. If you are considering a Loomis rod, you have to check this guy out. Ronnie
  22. I agree that the Citica combo would work for you. Check out this thread, it's a good read for those new to baitcasting. Good luck. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1151590913 Ronnie
  23. Their bicycle parts were around in the late sixties, I used to work in a custom bicycle shop as a kid and we used their parts regularly. According to their website they got into fishing in the early seventies. I have a Bantam Mag reel that I bought in 1980. Ronnie
  24. I'm still not clear if you are interested in a casting rod or spinning rod. The Loomis rods that fishtank and flechero suggest above are only available as baitcasters. Ronnie
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