Derek1

That’s awesome. I wish I had something like that around me. I would happily pay a bit more for my soft plastics and hard baits to support a good local shop. Unfortunately it would take more then my $20 a week to keep the lights on. I really hope he does well.

Lol

That’s awesome

Red Milwaukee utility knife.

I use 30# on most of my casting reels. After my first season never have problems. Also have way less trouble with braid on spinning reels. Then I did mono.

That’s a pretty sharp looking reel

I didn’t realize they stopped. I bought a whole family of them a few years ago.

Try the spro rat. They come in three sizes. Get the biggest one you can throw on your gear. Lots of fun.

That’s gotta be pretty tough to beat.

Not enough for me either. Water was low to start. Then it just got worse. It was hot also. 1 or 2 one to two hour trips a week. I would have tried to put more time in if the fishing was better. It was just rough all season.

What I’ve found is once you up your regular budget to try something new. That will become your new regular budget. There’s no going back. Trust me

Yeah, all of them do more then one thing.

I put 20 on mine. If I’m not mistaken that’s a 6 pound mono diameter. I only used it twice, for a couple fish. But no trouble. I also believe the reel was made to hold 40/45 yards of 8 pound mono or flouro I don’t remember. That’s closer to 30 pound braid. You might have more 15 on there then you think.

It’s basically a Swiss Army knife for anything that’s not great on your medium heavy. I have a couple 6’6” -6’10 medium ish rods. There great.

That thing is sweet. That’s a bit steep $ for a spinnerbait. But I’d try it.

Definitely go after, not before. Lol.

Cool, glad it all came to get her for you. I’d probably find myself in trouble if I lived that close. I’d be there wiggling rods every rainy Saturday

I don’t frog with it. If I remember correctly the falcon website says it was designed to be a shorter frog and jig rod. If you wanted a shorter frog rod I imagine it would be good. It does a lot of things we’ll. You can count grains of sand while dragging a jig in shallow water. It’s super sensitive. It’s done everything I’ve tried within its weight range.

I agree 100% with this post. Pretty spot on description of the rod.

What line do you have the finesse jig rod in. I have it in the Cara. I don’t think of it as that soft. I just got it half way through last summer, so don’t have a lot of time with it yet. I throw a 3/16 bullet weight and a 6” worm on a 3/0 hook no problem. I don’t have heavy grass or cover though.

On the finesse jig rod I have a currado 150 mgl. With 30 pound power pro. It’s a sweet set up. On a side note, you mentioned small pond and not needing to go to heavy. I have caught all my 10” Swimbait fish. Along with all my mag draft and big paddle tail fish in small ponds. to the point where I usually bring a Swimbait and heavy rod to the pond. I’m also gonna bring a BFS rig this season, so go figure. Lol.

I agree with @Catt there a bit weird. All of the falcon rods I have will fish above the listed weight. They also fish there listed low end just fine. I have the expert head turner and used it to fish every thing from jigs t Riggs spinnerbait and chatter baits. It does great. In the Cara line I have the eye crosser and finesse jig rod. The finesse jig rod would be what you would call a normal mh. It will handle most of your t rigg and jig needs. Also throws chatter baits and spinner baits really well. The eye crosser, is basically a shortage amistad. It’s friggin awesome. Easily my favorite of the bunch. It handles all my heavy rod needs. From heavier t rigs 3/8’s to 3/4 ounce jigs. Will throw a chatter bait well also. Does awesome with 5” plus soft Swimbaits. Great 6” mag draft freestyle rod. Great shorter heavy power rod without being to stiff at the same time. I find them all very versatile.

I wanted one for a while also. The mini maxes where $8 I think. Not sure what they are usually. I think the vatalion was $26. I went with my 10 year old grandson. So he would run out of patience. And make me move quickly. I try to only buy stuff I don’t run into at the usual stores. On a regular basis. And that’s just about everything there. his favorite part was the free pickle the woman gave him. I live in mass. Didn’t think I needed a heavy rod either. Then I got one. realized I needed another pretty quickly.

Small haul from the expo this morning.

That thing is a friggin monster dude.