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bought mine off ebay, as well. no problems.

odd. i usually have several parts left over.

got the otterbox for an iphone. it feels a lot safer now.

They were winning? SECSECSECSECSEC touche'. 8-)

whatever you do, never tie a 3/16 oz. ballhead/zoom finesse worm on it...forget it, don't try it, don't even bother. especially, if you're on the same lake as i am. 8-)

no bash here but, my suspicion is that the primary reason for kvd's success lies with the equipment buzzing between his ears...more so than those between his hands.

the "22" refers to the type of handle on the rod. glx and imx spinning models use the "22" handle configuration.

if you gots no doubt, keep 'em. if you gots doubt, sell 'em, upgrade 'em or give 'em to the yancy streeters down the block.

you may wanna add rod/reel used for each fish. not for the faint-hearted tho...at the end of a year's time, most folks are usually surprised at how little is needed to catch most of their fish.

the christmas day snow was fun. am way over this white crap out in the yard now.

have fished the 703 and the 803 side by side...both are excellent rods and either will do what you're looking for them to do. that said, i much prefer the glx...in my hands, it is the more accurate of the two for pitching...the more sensitive, as well. ymmv.

i got the reactions of a slug. slow reel + slow rod = lost fish for me.

they looked like devo on crack.

have not used the avid mm but, if history follows suit, am gonna guess it's awfully close to the 843. in my hands, the avid mhm and the loomis cbr845 fish bad close to each other in terms of power and action...as does the avid hm and the cbr847. any slight difference between them may come from the difference in handle lengths...the handle on the cbr series is an inch or so shorter than the avid handles...if the handles were identical, one would be hard pressed to tell the difference between them.

probably a good reel...the certate series have quite a following around the wide world of web. that said, can't see one in my future...rarely use a spinner anymore.

children of the sun. lotta memories with that one.

depends on which loomis we're talking. outside of the cbr series, am not a huge fan of the mossybacks, bronzebacks, gl2's and 3's or any of the other composite models...good rods, but there are a lot of good rods out there that can match their performance. the glx models, however, are still gold standards...in my hands, still not beaten in terms of crispness, lightness, responsiveness and sensitivity. can't speak to the nrx...yet.

i give fisher 30 days to land on his feet.

bds2 in caramel apple. pulled a 5-fish, 32# sack with it this spring...including a 9.75 and a 7.5.

packers/steelers...with the pack in a close one.

x3. there are a lot of good rods out there that, imo, equal or surpass most of the different series' that loomis makes....perhaps, even imx. that said, of the brands i've tried thru the years (the le's, the dobyns, the kistlers, etc.), none of them equal or surpass the glx in my hands.

never had the binding issue with any of the older stradics, either. that said, have to agree with sirsnookalot here...the fg sold for $119 new...even nib, a discontiued fg should go for a little less than that $100. ymmv.

good to see you back, burley. not necessarily in that condition but...

i will if everybody else will. 8-)

i have been for many a year.