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My thought process on buying the dragger 2 was a poor man's eye crosser or I want an eye crosser but don't want to spend $250.00 (at that time) for a frog rod. It works very well for what I wanted but would probably have little value to you since you already have an eye crosser. Maybe if you needed a dedicated shorter budget frog rod and didn't mind losing some sensitivity vs. the cara. It definitely has more power than my 6 series pitching stick. 😆 Another reason I like the dragger 2. It's a 7 power rod rated 3/8-1 3/8. I have no problem launching a pad crasher as far as I need it to go and it has enough power to get them out. Far enough that my aging eyes occasionally have a hard time tracking it from the shore anyway.

I'm not sure if you have the 6-17 lizard dragger or the 7-17 dragger 2 but I can vouch for the 7-17. It's a monster for a shorter frog rod at $100.00. Just enough tip to launch a bait and more than enough backbone to drag them out. It'll definitely handle other baits as well. I've thrown 1/2 ounce spinner baits and larger worms on mine and it worked well. Probably make a good carolina rig rod too but ain't nobody got time for that. 😆

I almost forgot to update the thread. I was able to get out for a retro day on Father's Day. Kind of a rough day being Father's Day and free fishing weekend in Ohio. People everywhere at the local park I was able to get out to. I was able to catch this monster on the retro setup though. 😆 Small but healthy looking. That set-up works way better than it has any right to. 6'0" medium Fenwick Venture rod from around 2000, the first decent casting rod I ever bought. It was my first time using the 40ish year old Shimano Bantam from Goodwill on the water and it still works very good for what it is. 40ish year old Culprit fire and ice original worm, 12 pound Big Game, 3/16 lead bullet weight and 3/0 worm hook. Ooh, vintage! Fishing with the old Shimano and Big Game actually made me think of Catt (RIP) quite a few times during the trip. 😊 Also caught a glimpse of a bald eagle, a gold colored carp, a deer or three, a muskrat, a heron, and a bunch of ducks and geese. All in all, a fun little fishing/nature watching trip that I'll definitely do again. Hard to see but the golden carp is there.

Wife wanted to stop at a garage sale today. Found these for $3.00 a bag. Sealed 11 inch mister twisters with the old cardboard hang tags and I'm thinking the culprits are from around the same time frame. I'm guessing mid 80's to early 90's. What a cool find! Thinking about taking an old school trip in the near future.

Looks similar to a bait keeper off the old Eagle Claw HP hooks. They work very well.

5-6 for mono or copoly, 6-7 for flouro, 7-8 for braid. Works for me. 😂

Bandito bug's work fine when you can get them from Ollie's for $1.99. I believe they were supposed to be $2.99 a bag and at that point the price is a little iffy. Full retail pricing? No way! On a side note I ran across a Jon B. video years ago. It had to be one of his first videos on YouTube. It's literally the only time in the last 35 years that I wanted to punch a 13 year old in the face. 😂 Not a fan of any of the other googies either including that Martin kid. Lol. I'm not even sure if Scott is still sponsored by them or not.

Pulled this out of it's porch pond summer home and moved it into the basement aquarium winter home yesterday. If it gets much bigger it might be moving to it's frying pan retirement home! 🤮

Never thought I'd see the day Gary's 3rd biggest fan boy would see the light.💡 I've been waiting ten years to see WRB in a Falcon thread speaking positively about the brand. 😂 J/k. Glad you like your Falcon, Tom.

You'd probably learn pretty quick that you can't afford it and don't have enough time to manage it properly.😂 You'd need a huge tank to keep a bass properly and they require a lot of maintenance. I hear they are extremely messy fish and I believe it. So get a juvenile fish and keep it in a 60 gallon aquarium? What do you do if or when it gets to a pound? You going to eat your pet? In most states it's legal to catch and bring a fish to your private body of water but highly illegal to take a fish from your aquarium or pond and release it into a public body of water no matter where it originally came from. It sounds like a neat idea but in reality, it probably isn't. If you really want a fish that is kind of bass like, get a 60 gallon or larger aquarium, a good filter, a heater, and get an Oscar. The one I had always reminded me of a bass.

Pro mix is good line. Nothing fantastic but cheap and works well. I have it on one of my reels currently. Suffix Tritanium is probably my favorite inexpensive, under the radar nylon line. Strong, cheap, lower stretch for a nylon line, and handles well on a bait caster. Yozuri Hybrid is another very good line but it's a little more mainstream. 😆 Strong, low stretch, and cheap as well. Then again almost all mono or copolymer lines are pretty good anymore.

A new Bass Pro opened by me about 2 years ago. Still haven't stopped in. Lol. A new Academy is going to open in August and I am pretty excited about that.

I never really fished it much so I'm not real sure. If I remember correctly the idea was to use just enough weight to get the legs/flappers working. I think it would work alright but it would most likely come over any thicker vegetation as opposed to through it. It would probably be similar to fishing a toad and letting it drop down into any open pockets. You certainly wouldn't be punching with it. Lol.

Might work great for you, who knows. I never owned one. I remember for a while when they came out they were the greatest value in fishing then all of a sudden, kapoof, they were the worst value in fishing. 😆

Rage rigged is weedless rigged using a weighted swim bait style hook. As far as I remember the term "rage rigged" was coined by a member here named Matt (I believe) a long time ago.

Bucoo lizard dragger 2 is an excellent shorter, (7ft) less expensive frog rod.

I really like the Zoom mag duece as well. Candybug is definitely a go to for me. Junebug would be a close second.

Looks almost just like an Abu Garcia Torno from 25 years ago. Lol. 😂

You might find out you like it. Theoretically the rod should have a better balance point with the handle in front of the reel seat.

OMG! Too funny. 😂 I kinda want to buy some BR merch now and watch a bunch of videos. Something about that Glenn guy seems so trustworthy!

If @Glenn doesn't change "You" to "I" and add this to his signature... Missed opportunity. 😂

I would and actually have. I ordered a Falcon Lowrider that no one had in stock at the time from Amazon and they "lost" it. The next day it showed up even though the status still said lost. I actually thought about keeping it and not saying anything for a day or two. The whole time the rod was "lost" and I could have gotten a refund. I did the right thing and let them know the rod was delivered and to keep the charge on my account. The person I spoke to actually seemed pretty surprised I called and let them know. I try and have some decency and integrity in my life, karma and all that. Not that I agree with Amazon's business practices, I don't believe they use forced labor in their warehouses. I tend to think the drivers could make an easy escape if they needed to and could probably bring a few "slaves" with them. 😂 Then again a troll is going to do troll things so I believe you probably would keep it. Next time I cross a bridge, I'll drop a nickel over the side for you. 👍

Nah, I drive to Shenzhen from Ohio once or twice a year and buy direct. 😆

I'm guessing from the pictures and dk mentioning he might want to trade it in, he already has the rod. I just suggested Carolina rig because its called the lizard dragger and it was as far as I know, designed to be a Carolina rig rod. I said it 3 times for comedic effect because dk2429 asked about it eleventeen times. 😂 Oddly enough, apparently not dragging lizards. 😆 You can go back to casts_by_flys first post when he started this thread and start reading from there to get some other ideas of what the rod might be good for. I believe it's been talked about previously. For $50.00 I doubt you'll find a better rod in the Falcon line up for whatever technique. If you can't find a use for it, I'm sure you can sell it and make a few bucks for what you have in it. If you really want to trade it in/up and Falcon won't work with you, you might be able to see if someone would work out a deal on an already broken Falcon rod and some cash or whatever before you break a perfectly good rod to trade in. I had to cut an already broken rod once for warranty and it just felt wrong. I'm not sure I could break a new, unbroken rod and not just because I'm a 98 pound weakling. I'd also feel bad about doing it. 😁. I guess you could always Bill Dance ceiling fan it if you had to.

This has nothing to do with me but my wife is ambidextrous. She's actually left handed but in the past being left handed was a sin, so she learned to write with her correct hand and not her dominant wrong hand. 😆 Her writing is actually about the same using either hand today and she can do most things equally well with both hands. As for me and this topic, with casting reels I cast with the correct hand, switch to the wrong hand to hold the rod and reel and retrieve with my correct hand. I do this for the same reason my wife learned to write the way she does. Back in the day (a Thursday if I remember correctly) it was a sin to do it any other way. 😂 Spinning rods are cast with the correct hand and stay there for the retrieve which is performed by the wrong hand ✋. All kidding aside it wasn't that long ago that left handed casting reels where a lot harder to find. Most fisher people around 45-50 and older probably do this as well. It makes no sense but it's what we had to use and learn on and once you learn/do something for so long it's hard to relearn/change. Even if it wasn't that hard to relearn (I'm pretty sure I could) all the reels I have now are right handed. It would be an investment to switch them all out. So I just continue to do what I do.