WOW, This Is Hard To Believe

[Tim Kelly]

10 hours ago, MickD said:

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected.  Too long out of engine school.  And this makes it even less likely that one can have a balanced outfit if one doesn't palm the reel.

 

London, UK, right?  You fish smalleys in the Oneida River in UK?  I love London.  I hope it's still as great a city as it was 22 years ago when I was last there.

 

Yes London UK. No smallies though unfortunately. I have to put my hands in my pocket and fly over the big pond to play with smallmouth fins! I'm very lucky to have some very generous friends who take me out when I come over, which has been every two years in recent times. 

 

I fish the Thames here a lot, mostly for perch, but also pike and zander.

 

 

The manic expression is what happens when you try to use a camera's smile detector to take the picture for you when you are on your own. LOL

 

 

[TxHawgs]

22 minutes ago, Tim Kelly said:

 

Yes London UK. No smallies though unfortunately. I have to put my hands in my pocket and fly over the big pond to play with smallmouth fins! I'm very lucky to have some very generous friends who take me out when I come over, which has been every two years in recent times. 

 

I fish the Thames here a lot, mostly for perch, but also pike and zander.

 

 

The manic expression is what happens when you try to use a camera's smile detector to take the picture for you when you are on your own. LOL

 

 

I'm pretty sure that's the biggest perch I've ever seen, wow lol! Do u know what the record for perch is over there? Oh yea, Up the Blades!

[Tim Kelly]

I think the UK record is a bit over 6lb. That one was a high four. My biggest was 5lb 4oz, the exact same weight as my biggest smallmouth!

 

Blades?

[TxHawgs]

27 minutes ago, Tim Kelly said:

I think the UK record is a bit over 6lb. That one was a high four. My biggest was 5lb 4oz, the exact same weight as my biggest smallmouth!

 

Blades?

Had a friend from over there, and know I can't think of where he's from. But it's one of the football teams over there. Just thought u might of found it funny hearing someone from the states say that. And the sz of those perch are insane. Do people eat them over there or more so just for sport?

[Tim Kelly]

Just for sport. We really don't eat what we catch traditionally. other than trout and salmon, but even that is rarer now. We have had a bit of an issue with the recent migration from eastern european countries, where they are used to eating what they catch. It has caused tensions.

 

I follow rugby and cricket, not really football at all. Sorry not to get the reference.

[EllisJuan]

10 hours ago, Tim Kelly said:

 

Yes London UK. No smallies though unfortunately. I have to put my hands in my pocket and fly over the big pond to play with smallmouth fins! I'm very lucky to have some very generous friends who take me out when I come over, which has been every two years in recent times. 

 

I fish the Thames here a lot, mostly for perch, but also pike and zander.

 

 

The manic expression is what happens when you try to use a camera's smile detector to take the picture for you when you are on your own. LOL

 

 

 

Nice.  I am going over there in late April and thought about fishing...

[Tim Kelly]

I would love to offer you a trip out. April though is the trickiest month. It's the closed season on the rivers, so only really canals and some lakes available, and it's spawning time where the fish become very difficult to catch. If you come over at any time other than the March-June closed season I'd love to take you out.

[Smokinal]

I didn't read all the responses but I catch as many fish, if not more, on my $40 rods as my buddy does on $300 rods. No way I'm spending more than $70-$80 on a rod; ever.

[EllisJuan]

2 hours ago, Tim Kelly said:

I would love to offer you a trip out. April though is the trickiest month. It's the closed season on the rivers, so only really canals and some lakes available, and it's spawning time where the fish become very difficult to catch. If you come over at any time other than the March-June closed season I'd love to take you out.

Thanks man.  I really appreciate that.  I am only going to be in London for 3 days then on to Paris, then Venice, hop on a cruise ship in Rome, etc.  It is my first trip over to Europe, and we are going to be all over the place for 18 days.  I doubt fishing is going to fit in anywhere, but it would be cool to catch something over there to check another continent off my list.

[Tim Kelly]

Hope you have a fantastic trip. If you ever feel the need to come back at a better time of year, drop me a line.

[EllisJuan]

Just now, Tim Kelly said:

Hope you have a fantastic trip. If you ever feel the need to come back at a better time of year, drop me a line.

Will do.  Thanks again for the generous offer.

[fishindad]

16 hours ago, ww2farmer said:

I'm with you............My tournament partner uses his old GLX's mixed with a few newer ones, when I "borrow" one of his rods I always reach for the old ones. He has lost a few to breakage and they get replaced with newer GLX's and I just don't care for them.

 

My first "expensive rod" was a USA made Fenwick Techna AV, a 7' M spinning.........and I swear to god I could feel more on that rod with mono, then any other spinning rod I have ever owned and used with braid since. I broke that rod a long time ago, and what Fenwick replaced it with was sad compared to that old USA made Techna AV. I was so disapointed with it, I sold it, and have never bought another higher end Fenwick since it seemed you were getting HMG quality blanks (which are decent for the $$) in a gussied up package, for more $$.

Exactly! I don't know what it was about those original Technas. They were incredibly sensitive and strong. And I agree, once they made the rods overseas, they were never the same. I haven't bought another Fenwick either though they still make very nice rods.

[iabass8]

3 hours ago, Smokinal said:

I didn't read all the responses but I catch as many fish, if not more, on my $40 rods as my buddy does on $300 rods. No way I'm spending more than $70-$80 on a rod; ever.

 

[TxHawgs]

13 hours ago, iabass8 said:

 

   I didn't read all the responses but I catch as many fish, if not more, on my $40 rods as my buddy does on $300 rods. No way I'm spending more than $70-$80 on a rod; ever.        Thanks for lettin us know lol. Sorry man just messin w ya, I couldn't resist.

[Smokinal]

I guess we can't give opinions on forums anymore; my bad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[IndianaFinesse]

1 hour ago, Smokinal said:

I guess we can't give opinions on forums anymore; my bad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He's just joking with you about the probability that your rod buying resolution will last.  Many people have claimed they will never buy a 100+ dollar rod, before breaking down and trying one.  And once you've used one high end rod, there's no going back!

[Smokinal]

Oh it's all good. I'm having fun with it. I was buzzed on

when I posted that and can see how it may have come across as a little cocky.

It takes a lot more than a comment from some random on a forum to rustle my jimmies.

And you're right; I probably would like a light, sensitive rod if I ever tried one.

Carry on bros; all good.

[bigfruits]

On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 5:23 PM, Smokinal said:

I didn't read all the responses but I catch as many fish, if not more, on my $40 rods as my buddy does on $300 rods. No way I'm spending more than $70-$80 on a rod; ever.

 

wow, that's crazy. he really needs to practice.

[Oklahoma Mike]

1 hour ago, bigfruits said:

 

wow, that's crazy. he really needs to practice.

 

Both hilarious and brilliant!

[HookRz]

On February 10, 2017 at 10:19 PM, TxHawgs said:

$220! Man I never come across stuff like that. I would of bought 10 of them lol. So Field & Stream have brick and mortar stores? Did you have many different models to choose from? Let me know when u want to sell the 843C.

Not a huge selection. They had them marked down to $440 since the end of summer, and rand a half price sale the last week of January. They still problem made money on them. Never pay full price for GLoomis. 

One drop shot model still failed to sell. It's an Erie thing. We grow up on the water. When you learned to feel an 8" perch inhale a minnow in 65' of water with your fiberglass rod and 10# mono at age 8 $550 rods are a hard sell. 

It all reminds me of "softball guy". If you didn't learn to hit as a youngster that space age composite bat might help. If you did, you just need a decent bat and a good pitch to hit. IMHO, of course. 

If I can't sell the NRX, an 893JWR actually, to Joe Club guy I might put it on the board. Frankly I've taken a liking to it playing in the yard, but I'm a big believer in using the same rods till muscle memory makes the rod an extension of your arm. I can't see what it would replace. My 7'1" old model legend elite I got for cheap, which it harder to do with St. croix,  is still going strong and I don't even have to think when pitching it. Just happens. 

[kcdinkerz]

Didn't shimano release rods with the spiral x or whatever blanks already?