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I think it depends on where you live. In the southeast throwing a big bait absolutely makes sense. You have a shot at double digit bass regularly. Up north I’m not sure. I still think you’re weeding out the little guys and generating on average bigger bites. Honestly sometimes when I go out I’d prefer to catch a single 6lber than a bunch of dinks. Sometimes I just want to catch a hundred of whatever bites.

Pricing is spot on and aggressive. I feel at those prices things will move quickly.

Steez “the one” with a 3000 vanford.

It you can deal with the size the Steez “the one”. I use mine for nearly everything.

The power makes a significant difference as well. I have an extra fast g Loomis jwr and an extra fast st Croix drop shot rod. As you can imagine they are very different on the water. What are the weight ranges for the two sticks?

I hope you find some peace and can enjoy the time you have left to the fullest. This may be goodbye for now, but we’ll all meet again.

Did a trade in with them two years back. Great folks awesome selection.

893 can do that, but the 873 offers the upside of being able to go heavier. I sold my 893 and kept my 873c, but at the time I was living in Tennessee where the cover is heavier than where I live now. Going back I’d swap them as I almost never need to go above 3/8ths here and even that’s pushing it. Both are great sticks and have superb actions. Try them if you can, at least get them with a reel and line+weight to see how they load. A couple of my friends hate how the 873 loads a 3/8th oz total package.

I really like the look of most of Daiwa and Megabass rods. I think the P5s and Steez rods have such a cool “it” factor to their style. I would even go out on a limb and say I prefer the legend lines of st Croix more than the NRX. Even the snot green legend x is alright lookin in my book.

With some of the discounts I’ve been able to snag the last year they are worth it. They are incredible rods. They also are fugly looking.

I own multiple NRXs and they all have mediocre fit and finish. You can ask them to make it right but the replacement almost guaranteed will have some other issue. Loomis isn’t on the same level as the JDM brands.

The 873 has been my favorite NRX+ model. Followed closely by the 893. I own a 843 and have had a chance to fish a 903. From my perspective I prefer the 7’ rod. Unless you really need the length to bomb from shore there’s something really fun about the 843. It pretty much does everything 1/4 to 1/2 for me. The 873 does everything bottom contact 3/8 to 3/4. I realize I just said I prefer the 843 over the 903, but love the 893. The reason is in the JWR taper I feel like the 893 is electric and the extra length makes it a light weight pitching dream. The 853 just didn’t resonate with me. I hope this helps.

They are almost certainly are going away. The last time MB blew out inventory like this was the US Destroyers. I’d expect a revamped line to be announced by ICAST. I don’t see the X10 line replacing them because of the actions they have and how different they’d need to be for American anglers. Maybe we’ll see a legacy line be reborn with some p5 tech? At this point I’m not sure where MB wants to push their high end sticks.

I’d not use the 873 for a chatterbait. To be honest I sold my Xbites within a couple months after buying it. It didn’t fit with the type of fishing and cover in the lakes I fished.

The 7’1 will be lighter just because all things being equal it’s 5 inches shorter.