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SW has been the best place to buy Lamiglas rods, carrying pretty much all of them with free and quick shipping on a rod purchase, and easy to find discount coupons. It will be a shame if that service suffers. For general outdoor gear to dress shoes and 400 thread-count sheets, I was a sierratradingpost junkie for decades, and got some incredible deals - $550 retail Marmot Goretex III light shell for $130 - good thing about that, it will last 30+ years. Since the original owner sold the company and they franchised, the good deals and good customer service went out the window.

I can give you one advantage - any time instant retrieve is an advantage, baitcaster is superior to spinning tackle. Here throwing (light) weighted lures in skinny grass to redfish. A second advantage to baitcaster is accurate casting. While manual bail habits make it easier to feather outgoing line from your spinning reel, there's nothing like thumb on a baitcaster for modulating cast distance. I'll put in a plug for my 7'1" Omen Green ML - I was able to fish 1/8-oz on Lew's Custom Inshore with 12-lb fluoro, but shallow spool reels do this job better with braid. Toray graphite rod, very light in hand, very fast with a softer tip. I'll also put in a plug for 13Fishing warranty support. The only rod I've ever broken (in 50 years). But it was a high-stick reaction set - I was lifting the lure out of the water when a red snagged it at the boat - the redfish exploded and so did the rod - still landed him. I considered it abuse and called expecting a discount replacement. They said it was warranty and sent me a new rod.

Avail lightweight clear knobs on a couple of cobbled L and UL reels. Libra SX 1500 with Daiwa double handle and IOS hex shaft adapter. Shimano low-geared C1000S UL - the handle has a Livre base, and inexpensive 72-mm Gomexus carbon handle that fits the base like it was made for it. Low-geared reels with short-pitch double handles are great both for speed retrieve and feeling the other end of your line. Originally bought the ebay Gomexus double with hex shaft for the reel on top, but Gomexus hex shaft didn't have tolerance to fit the Libra slot. The Livre base came from a single handle from closeout stock, but didn't like the handle weight without counterbalance. and if you're wondering about the paracord, part of a home-made rod leash for kayak fishing.

you can't go wrong trying different brands - just don't mix different brands of soft baits together in your tackle trays. The different plasticizers used in different formulations often cause the different brands of soft baits to melt together if they're touching.

A Japanese friend on FFR forum OP'd a thread about Nyu-kon, which we would call "breaking it in right" - even in the west, we leave room for karma and luck. The example of a shattered rod through klutz or even a fish explosion is blamed on never breaking it right. In Shinto tradition, breaking the object in right gives the object and owner success and long life together. Paraphrasing Takeru, the object doesn't know what it is until you use it for its glory. And after all that, you have a gorgeous display piece there. For a collector, you would devalue it just by lining it. I love the knobs, though, and they sure make me want to take it fishing.

check seller hprbearings on ebay. You don't have to buy Boca or VXB to get good bearings. He should have them buy size, also by reel model, stainless, shielded, hybrid ceramic,, etc. If you're looking for heavy duty drive bearings, you probably want stainless shielded, Abec 5 or 7. I've bought sets of 3 Abec 7 unshielded stainless from him for $25, and for spool bearings in Abu surf reel, a full zirconia ceramic pair for $35 (VXB wants $90 for one bearing). He specializes in reels, also sells carbontex drags, inexpensive upgrades like worm shaft bearings to replace bushings for $8. He sells full hybrid ceramic conversions by reel model. Just found his website - google HPR Bearings. Another good bearing supplier (by reel and size) is RC Bearings (google) A third source, used by many friends, Fast Eddy Bearings (google) answering out of turn, below, shielded bearings come lubed, and lube has a finite life - it's a good idea to swap out with cost-effective bearings if you're going to the trouble to rebuild a mileage reel.

the important question/answer should be, has anyone ever had a product Delivered from this company? But as far as rejected orders go, many legitimate suppliers are currently not taking orders from countries to which they have lost reliable shipping in 2020. Mako in Ukraine makes titanium bite traces with the most incredible tiny and stealthy hardware. I'm a junkie for them with toothy salt fish. They used to sell on ebay, but no more, and their website rejects US orders with a "cannot ship to USA" reply. back with a record to report. I placed an order with Hedgehog for Air Bearings and trim parts, late Sunday night, and it was just delivered - that's something like 36 hours. Fed-Ex is no longer stopping in Anchorage, but non-stop from Japan to Memphis.

If you go by Jun at Japan Tackle, he says PE 1 line, 0.17 mm (=0.006") is the lightest you should try casting on a baitcaster. Keep in mind, going this low, you want shallow spool reels to keep the spool inertia down. PE 1 braid diameter is 10-lb in Sufix 832, and 20-lb in YGK. This Lew's SP fishes 1/8 oz great, with centrifugal brake set about 6-7 for the light lures I'm fishing 20-lb Sufix 832 (0.23 mm) on Super Duty and Tournament Pro. I use Air bearings on the braid reels, and have these deeper spools backed each with a 25-yd spool of 25-lb Seaguar red (0.47 mm). They fish great for me. Will fish 1/8 oz, but especially well with 1/4 and 3/8 oz. They far out-cast fluoro, essentially giving me the same fishing with less effort, which can also widen your backlash fudge room.

When shipping first got tough after April, I was searching the web for a Century Stealth surf rod - OOS everywhere, as most tackle became, most places. Found two websites, one Malaysia, one China, with prices that looked way too good, though the shipping costs they listed sounded realistic for rods. Both sites had perfect English, testimonials, site maps, and photos of brick, mortar, and inventory. Looking at both websites and especially prices, easy to convince yourself both were from the same source. I e-mailed both to ask how they were shipping. When neither replied, I went elsewhere and had Rich Hedenberg build me a custom - RH Composites. back with a record to report. I placed an order with Hedgehog for Air Bearings and trim parts, late Sunday night, and it was just delivered - that's something like 36 hours. Fed-Ex is no longer stopping in Anchorage, but non-stop from Japan to Memphis.

I've been loading up on hard-core YGK and Duel braids from Japan, and studying their stream trout plugs. Our winters on the coast consist of two things - imitating 6" mullet for a few big trout with Corky's 7/8-oz neutral-density soft "balloon" twitchbait, and reds and many pan size trout imitating glass minnows - go-to lure is YoZuri Pins minnow S. My last order included a gang of 35 mm crankbaits to throw on the salty UL rockfish rod this winter, same 1/16 oz weight as 50 mm Pins S, but smaller overall, and I like the reported slow retrieve action, because reds and trout sip tiny glass minnows. If needed, will swap the hooks with #6 Owner single plug hooks.

I may be the longest-winded Seaguar fan extant - knot strength - but many have passed them up in braid. I have Smackdown on two offshore rigs, and don't plan to replace it until needed. The best-behaved braids I've fished (inshore and a little FW) are Sufix 832 and Florida Fishing Products Distance (pretty much OOS all year). What has my attention is YGK X-braid and Duel "Wire" from Japan. These are fine-filament braids with a hard core, hard silicone coating, and reported to have some elasticity before they break. What really got my attention, for the same diameter, they're over twice the breaking strength of 832. First spool, 22-lb PE1, I loaded on Team Pro SP, and love the way it casts light lures. Two spools of PE1.5 let me go from 15-lb 832 on my shallow spool surf reels to 30-lb. and this UL, replaced 6-lb Sufix 832 (PE0.6) with the same diameter X-braid and a whopping 14-lb test.

I agree with everyone who says you need a baitcaster - work the learning curve and educate your thumb. My favorite $100 spinning reel is the Tica Libra SX, but in the 1500 size. The reel is all metal and in this size, the weight difference is insiginficant. The Libra SX 1500 is a choice size for 8-lb. Note the Libra SX 3000 size matches Shimano 4000 - a big step up. Tica doesn't have quite the smooth gears as Shimano (who does), but very well balanced and built to last. It also has selective anti-reverse. Where it shines, Libra has the same spool stroke as the newer Shimanos based on '18 Stella (read as long cast), and you see here how well their IOS locomotive drive manages line lay - there's 200 yds stacked braid on this spool. This is a low-geared reel, which I prefer, and for speed I pimped it with Daiwa double handle. I also like their line roller better than any Shimano (all the same up to Stella) - I replaced all my Shimano line rollers with MTCW titanium - of course I fish the salt, and would eventually have to replace Shimano chromed brass line rollers, anyway. Tica is based in the PNW, and sells direct on Amazon. Libra SX is derived from their offshore Cybernetic, and a powerful little reel. Last month, loaned the Libra to a buddy on our trip, and he got a limit of speckled trout on it - the reel has also never cast a wind knot. Here's the Libra SX1500 out of the box + 8-lb copolymer. Tica America C/S was also good about getting me a spare spool.

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vacation kitty in the Texas tropics

both my daughters are natural fishers - they took to it, and fish completely without anxiety and klutz, which only women can do. My older daughter fished one fly for two years on our tailwater (not one pattern, one fly) My younger daughter, though, her favorite part of fishing was always the fillet table.

USPS has been messed up since April, recovered a bit, and got messed up again for Christmas packages. Japan Post didn't even try, they just shut down in April - current status is running domestically, but not shipping EMS to international hubs because of dependence on airline routes. In April, I had an Express Mail package get routed from Chicago ISC into Canada and delivered 6 weeks later. I think the point is buy from the big brick and mortar shops in Japan. They all scrambled to work out shipping with DHL, UPS and Fed-Ex (none go through Chicago or LA ISC, but Anchorage and Cincinnati ISC). DHL and Fed-Ex deliver from Japan in in 3 or 4 days - UPS a little longer, because they shut down on weekends and holidays. Buy enough to make $25 shipping worth your while - and especially Asian Portal, if they have what you want in stock, $100 purchase gets free DHL Express, and with their already discounted prices. My last Japan Tackle purchase was shipped on a Friday and delivered on Monday - DHL - I was floored. Anything from random ebay vendors, you're taking a gamble, but a friend on FFR recently bought two Japan rods on ebay and had 2-week delivery.

I just mentioned this on another thread. My discontinued Cabelas Salt Striker 3-pc travel rod is definitely made on the TFO Traveler blank. Might be worth looking into https://tforods.com/conventional-fishing/

Sorry I can't say anything about Triza rods - looked them up and they look like high grade rods, which today means thinner-wall, light-in-hand rods made with helical graphite layers (Toray graphite). I have a couple of Toray graphite rods, and both are shocking for their light weight. You probably want to match them with your lightest reel. I carry 3-pc spinning and casting back-up rods in my kayak hold (fly rods in there, also), but mine are basic. I picked up my casting backup rod on a great-buy Cabelas closeout - it's built on the same blank that's used on the TFO Traveler - basic stiff-tip MHF. It saved me on one trip where a 1-pc Toray graphite broke (warranty replacement) - it did great there, and on another trip where I rigged a second lure the day before, then fished it all day the next (18-kt wind and we caught nice reds). It also goes out every time I rig a fly rod first, and just about always gets used. Tackle Direct sells very nice house-brand rods. I have two of their Platinum Hook offshore rods, and both are excellent. My back-up 3-pc spinning rod is their IM6 travel rod, and pretty blue blank. I also loan these rods when friends join us on a trip, and one of us loans them a kayak, as well. In spite of the marked lures, it throws 1/4-oz quite well.

yeah, I know it's weird to quote yourself... Showing this again, because since the first photo, I swapped the reel on the NS Black Hole rockfish - this is the UL rod that I'm confident to take out on the kayak. In March, took out my new Vanquish, was imitating glass minnows and caught specs, then thought better about taking that reel out on the kayak. Moved the Vanquish to a nicer rod (Yamga Blanks TZ Nano 83), bought a JDM Stradic C2000SHG (equivalent to FL1000, but $60 less from Asian Portal), and pimped out the new reel a bit with Livre handle. This is now the reel I match on the NS Black Hole rockfish. I've upgraded the line to YGK X-braid, a whopping 14-lb test in PE#0.6 (v. 6-lb in Sufix 832). We could start a whole thread on reel pimp with a functional purpose, but I love spinning reels with either double or counter-balanced handles - they make a difference in feeling light lure action and light takes. They also keep the bail from rotating under gravity if you're fishing a rig and your line length is critical. Since I brought it up, here's the YB 8'3" Nano - incredibly light rod, especially matched with the Vanquish. and I've really pimped out the Vanquish since then, doubling spool capacity, etc. At Arroyo dock fishing last month I was able to cast the YB/Vanquish combo into the dark past the neighbor's dock light, and my buddy Lou noted I was consistently taking fish there that he couldn't reach on his 7'6" Major Craft. Between the Black Hole and Yamaga Blanks combos, I caught 5 doubles on tandem 2" swim shad rigs, including a redfish+ladyfish double on the YB. I have a really big Frabill telescoping net just for dock fishing.

answering out of turn, those are Winn grips sleeves http://www.winngripsfishing.com/search/?q=spinning+rod

salty UL for seatrout, 8' NS Black Hole rockfish rod from Korea ML for 1/8 oz lures, 7'1" 13Fishing Omen Green MM for most everything else, 7' Crowder E-series Lite (IM6)

Probably, your star drag was too loose - I fish mine inshore and work them over frequently. You bought a sweet reel. I think every thread should have a photo - here's mine with the inexpensive but nifty EVA knobs from Ukraine. Just finished rebuilding it with new spool bearings, new line and, especially a good cleaning. Since it spends some time as backup in a kayak lap hatch, also got it a Pelican box Lew's and I go back to BB1-N, fished a BB-25SW for a long time before retiring it. Now I have four, two LFS, Super Duty G and the reel above; two BPS, Custom Inshore and a new SP. The reel above and the SP both have S2 pinion, and it does make for a stronger drive. Also, the drive side pinion bearing isn't involved with the spool, so you can put low-inertia bearings on the spool and keep a stronger shielded bearing on the drive. Of the four I own, Custom Inshore is my least favorite, doesn't seem as strong as the others, and doesn't lay line evenly across spool width - like it needs a spool shim. ________________________________________________________ Seriously Dash, you probably hadn't turned the drag star far enough to allow drag washers to overcome the freespool latch friction, and drag was letting the handle turn free. I've noticed, in particular when I didn't have a spool in the frame, it's a really strange feeling when you push up on the thumb-bar and the drive engages in reverse. If you took it down far enough to remove the thumb bar, you have to get the thumb bar aligned in its slots in the clutch plates, but I don't think you were there

key lime with a glass of iced tea in August

22" endemic Guadalupe bass hen - 15" in our fast hill country limestone is a lunker - we call these Texas brook trout. I caught her at a bat cave vent, and she got this big eating baby bats that fell in. This is the only bass species that can retreat into the aquifer to survive our droughts. There were no C&R records in 2005, and submitting a record for this species then would require killing her for a liver biopsy due to genetic dilution by introduced smallmouth. However, her blue sheen (v. copper) is pretty good indication she's all Guad. I released her and told her to go breed. for comparison, this pup is from one of two remaining A-strains of endemic bass, protected from smallmouth genetics by an aquifer recharge barrier (the creek disappears underground). here's where they live this one is clearly a smallie hybrid

my favorite St. Croix is 7'2" MM Legend Glass - my go-to inshore spinning rod. Remarkably light in hand for S-glass, and crisp moderate action. Here starting the morning at a tide pass (stacked with bait) using a wake bait. It also gives just the right action to TSL grasswalker, which is basically a neutral-density, subsurface, dog-walking jerk bait that gets right in the zone in shallow grass. I'll normally fish my MM baitcaster drift fishing a kayak with the wind behind me, but you can count on spinning tackle to be little affected by the wind...