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Old 07-11-08, 04:37 PM   #26
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Like you Raul, (when I was a kid, dino age), we used a new rod every time we went fishing. We walked into the woods and cut down a hickory sappling. They were anywhere from 6 to 8 feet long. With some dacron line and a hook we would catch bluegills and perch till we used up the worms we dug up. Back then the only other choice we had was dads steel or fiberglass rods that weighed a couple of pounds and a primative casting reel. We opted for the hickory because after the first attempted cast we couldn't pick out the nest. Bless dads heart for giving us the chance and not using the hickory on us for the nests. I bought my first spinning reel when I was in the third grade. Bought it from an Army and Navy store. Then a little later I moved on to the Mitchel 300's. Which I still have and work well.
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Old 07-18-08, 11:00 AM   #27
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thanks for all the advice. I decided to go with the Daiwa megaforce with the twitching bar. I got it at sportsmans warehouse for 54.99. I got home a put it on the rod.WOW its a whole other world.I had a shakeshere reel that i think is only worth about 5$ it came with a rod I bought. The Daiwa megaforce was well worth the money. I can cast about the same distance but I can get more accurate and i was having fewer backlashes. So far i am very pleased with it.
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Old 07-18-08, 08:11 PM   #28
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I've got the expensive twitchin' bar reel, the Viento (got it for christmas), and I love the twitchin bar. It's great for bringing in slack after hopping or draggin a worm or other lure, and it is also great for imparting a bit of action to a lure to coax that finicky fish to bite. Just be careful not to use the twitchin' bar to try and pull out a snag or reel in a fish, you could break it.

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Old 07-22-08, 01:56 PM   #29
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Now team that Daiwa megaforce up with a Berkley Lighning rod 6'6" MH or 7' MH rod from walmart for $35 and you have on he** of a set up i have 3 myself and i rate them as the best set ups i have. Even above my Rick Clunn reel and 100$ scheels Rod. You will be happy with that reel for a LONG LONG TIME.
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Old 07-22-08, 02:02 PM   #30
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Now team that Daiwa megaforce up with a Berkley Lighning rod 6'6" MH or 7' MH rod from walmart for $35 and you have on he** of a set up i have 3 myself and i rate them as the best set ups i have. Even above my Rick Clunn reel and 100$ scheels Rod. You will be happy with that reel for a LONG LONG TIME.
amen I am a big fan of those rods as well
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Old 07-25-08, 03:10 PM   #31
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Rods don't change much. I like to hit the garage sales around a lake area. You woud be shocked what you can pick up because of a divorce or some gy doesn't want what was hot 2 years ago. I have built a decent little stash of good to great quality rods this way. Picked up a Fenwick HMG and a Berkley Bionix 2 weeks ago for $20.00. The Bionix needed a new eyelet on the end because the ceramic came out. $3.99 and it is a warrior again.
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