02-12-12, 05:39 PM | #26 |
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I went outside and practiced for 15 minutes.lol This thing isnt like the old garage sale baitcasters Ive thrown. pretty darn nice. I got the left handed retrieve which will help me.that's what all my spinning reels are. I doubt if I ever get as deadly accurate with it as my spinning reels I've fished for 20 years but Ill sure try.
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Should a great reel, hope you enjoy it, it should treat ya well! Curious as to what line ya got for it?
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Just thought I'd add - I am of the opinion that a good real placed on a cheap but right sized rod is way more valuable than getting an expensive rod and a soso reel. I am going to test this idea over the year by placibg my abu 1600 (now with orange seal boca bearings) on a 7' shakespeare micographite spinning rod that loads right when I throw 3" senko knockoffs. If it works good longterm, I will strip the blank and properly convert it to triggerstick, with microguides.
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WTL, I agree with some of what you said but would add this, if you are fishing reaction type baits the reel is the more important of the two, but when you start fishing contact type baits were sensitivity is king, I would put more money into the rod.
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Maybe, but I use powerpro, which does more for sensitivity with a 20 dollar spool than I could do with a 400 dollar rod.
But we are talking tradeoffs here. Besides, any way you cut it a light action rod is pretty light. I think maybe the more expensive blanks get a better return with heavier sizes.
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blackstang93, you have a very nice set up. You may have forgotten the specifics you read here but by your choices it seems you quickly learned the concepts.
Nice work. If I would've started bait casting with your beautifull set up my vocabulary would probably be cut in half. Have fun!
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If that is what you believe then I respect that, but I can tell you without doubt that if you put a 20 dollar spool of braid on an ugly stick, it still will be light years from what an upper end rod can do for you in the terms of sensitivity.
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Im talking about marginal utility here. Forget ugly sticks, I agree they are too heavy. But you stll make up waaaaaaaaaaaay more ground by switching from mono to braid than you do by going from a $40 graphite rod to a custom rod on a loomis blank.
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Again, I respect your opinion but I don't think that I could disagree with you more.
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Thats fine. We are coming from different areas. My goal has always been about getting my moneys worth. If I lose 1 or 2 fish because I didnt throw hundreds more at the monkey, oh well.
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Sure, and of course if I were wealthy, I would sink more in my rods. I think the veritas range right now are the best value. But by cutting a couple corners on rods, I can buy more gas and get more time on the water and more bass. I have never caught a bass at home, while admiring my recent purchase.
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Stang it sounds like you have a nice set up. I don't own a Chronarch but I do have a Veritas rod and I really like it. Good luck and before you know it you will be far more accurate with the baitcaster than you ever were with your spinning reels, that's one benefit of a baitcaster.
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P.s. Don't do that unless you want practice at cutting out a backlash.
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LOL!!! Nice
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Eegads, a Cubs fan.....They'll let anyone in here. HAHA, Just messin with ya man. Here in NW Indiana, it either Cubs or Sox, but I'm a Cards fan as well. I have no doubt your going to love your new outfit!
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hahahahaha!
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headed out to test my new rod and reel at an actual lake. What's the over/under on how many backlashes?
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I ended up having about 4 backlashes.LOL It would only happen when I tried to make long casts. I was thumbing the line correctly. I'm not sure what exactly went wrong. I was throwing into 10-15 mph wind.Maybe that had something to do with it.
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Wind will make it a lot more difficult. If you can cast side armed this will help.
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