okiefisher8

Thanks for the heads up on the trade in ending today. I was planning on going on Friday till I read this last night. I woke up this morning to make the trip and picked up the new carbonlite. I thought about picking up chronarch 50e but decided I would save the money and use it to upgrade my current curado 50e.

I think they are great reels for the money. I usually pick one up for myself every time they go on sale. They will be $25 a few times throughout the year. My two brothers and my dad each have one without any problems either.

They are $320 at TW and Basspro. I'm not sure why they had them so cheap. I saw the deal on another forum and immediately started calling around. I called 4 Academys and only two had the zillion in stock. One store had them for $250 and another for the $130. I had to jump on it and picked up the last two they had.

I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. I just picked up two Zillions for $130 a piece at my local academy. I had to call around as most of the stores were sold out, but if you have an Academy in your area, I would definitely check it out.

They didn't have the 744 available online, but I called the Cabelas in Ft Worth and they had one in stock and sent it to me for that price and did the $5 shipping as well. You could try giving your nearest Cabelas a call and see if they have what you are looking for

Just picked up the 744 havent used it yet. They are on sale on cabelas website for $229.99 if that would have any influence on your decision. A few of the champions are on sale too. Just not sure which model

You might want to take a look at the Falcon Cara. Also, at $230 a bit above your price range, Cabelas has the Dobyns dx763sf for sale. I haven't tried the Dobyns rods so I can't tell you how the perform but I have heard nothing but good things about them and have two casting models on the way, and at $100 off that's a pretty good deal. Edit: my dx744 just came to the door as I was typing that, can't wait to try it out!

I don't think you'll be disappointed in the Mettle, especially at $25. I picked one up on sale and I haven't had any problems with it. Just get there early, they go fast!

I have the chance to pick one of these up that someone used as a spare. Is this a good buy? Whats your opinion on this trolling motor? What are the pros vs cons? http://www.firstchoicemarine.c....aspx

I don't think you'll be disappointed. I've got a winch on my deep cranking rod and it has been a great reel for me.

How'd you mess up a batch due to a bad siphon? What has been wrong with you brews? I'd like to know this too. My roommate's first batch had a little bit of hops and grains in it because he kept the siphon to low, but other than that, I'm not sure what could go wrong

Welcome! I just got my first bow a few months ago, can't wait to really get out there and use it.

It is supposed to be 8.0%-9.0%. I'm hoping it turns out well, were in the fermenting process right now

How many of you brew your own beer? I'm brewing my first batch. It is just a tripel belgian kit. My roommate is doing it with me (it's his second.) Does anybody have any special tips or a certain brew they like?

x2 I usually try to do the same thing, or at least keep it somewhere around there.

Has anybody that has used this had any problems with the line bleeding? I've got 65# fireline on one of my reels and by the time I'm done fishing it my hands are green.

I haven't tried any of the rods you mentioned but I picked up a Falcon Cara Composite Cranker II about a week ago. I haven't gotten to much use out of it, just some casting try it out. It loads up the deep cranks nicely. It is a 7'6" MH rod but is $20 above your price range, you might also check out the Cara Deep Runner it is a 7'3" MH rod. Both have the a nice parabolic bend, and they are both made in USA. I have had great experience with all my other Cara's and Falcon's customer service.

Same thing happened to me, they were running out fast.

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Your right. IMO you can't go wrong with either choices. Go to the store and see which one fits the best in your hands.

Nice. I've been looking at getting a kayak. Just don't have the funds right now.

Take a look at the dobyns website. Looks like there is one in Kissimmee

Rods: Falcon Reels: Abu Garcia Line: invizx, powerpro Hardbait: h2o, xcalibur Softbait: gene larew, ragetail Storage: Falcon FTO

I use a 7' m falcon cara. It's a fast action, on a Stradic ci4 with 20# power pro and 6# invizx leader.

I'm gonna have to say the cavitron as well. Many of the colors have produced for me.