Darren.
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Just started and like it already! Thanks for posting, @Glenn!
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Been deep sea fishing 2x in my life, both in the early 90s. King Mackerel's over 4' and lots of 'em. False Albacore, blues, and much more. Great times, though I'm not exactly built for that, as my belly needs at least 2 or 3 Dramamine to get me thru the trip, LOL. Your trip sounds absolutely awesome. Good luck on getting a Van Staal.
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Welcome aboard! We've also got some reel repair guys on the forum, @J Francho, and @Delaware Valley Tackle who'll chime in with thoughts.
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Got an email several days ago from BPS on the merger and what it means, what to expect, returns, etc.
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Never looked for a curve, wouldn't worry if there is one, really.
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Boga for accuracy and reliability... Also bought a luggage scale off eBay based on another poster here on the forums. It works well, pretty accurate, as well.
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Keep at it! Here's to speedy recovery!
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Agree with @r83srock that, at least in my opinion, there isn't a huge difference. I had a similar experience when I had an Avid and compared it to one of my Carbonlites, I honestly didn't think the difference was that big. I no longer have the Avid, upgraded to a Legend Tournament and while I do think it has a little more, I'm not sure it is an order of magnitude. I also have Premier rods and they're pretty good, too. So Carbonlites, Premier, Avid, Legend Tourney, all good and transmit well -- to me. In your range, Croix is a great choice, based solely off my experience.
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Ditto. No skunk since I started using it.
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Please don't let this thread go down the FG knot road! If you search the forum you'll find a TON of posts about braid. Braid w/o leader, braid w/leader, brands, etc. It is a very popular topic here. Suffice it to say, my preference is braid+leader. I use Power Pro regular in 10#(spinning) and 20#(on casting) and 15# Power Pro Super Slick 8 on spinning. If I were to buy another spool today I'd go for the SS8 again. I like it. I've used several brands and just find PP best to my liking. Boils down to personal preference, really. They all have positives and negatives.
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Welcome aboard! I fish Shimano Stradics from the FI to CI4+ and in between. They are hands-down my favorite reels in feel and use. I have spent time hands-on with Pflueger Presidents, and several other brands and simply prefer the feel of Shimano better. Great brand and great reel, the President, just wasn't my choice. I have also have a Diawa Lexa 2000SH (gave to one of my sons) and really like it, too. I think Daiwa makes fantastic reels. You'll find opinions all over the place. Since you want an "everything" reel, you probably want at least a 2500 or 3000 size (same as 2500 but deeper spool). My preference is for 1000 size for everything. But that's me. Best advice is take your rod to a local Bass Pro/Cabelas/etc., and put several different reels on it. Which feels best in your hands? Do you like a tip light feel or a tip heavy feel? Do you like beefier reels or small profile?
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Welcome aboard! Def show to the fish and game authorities.
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Welcome aboard! Used to work in Rochester, lived in Caledonia. Wasn't in a big bass-fishing-phase of life back then, but did fish Gravel Ponds. @J Francho, @ww2farmer are just two of the many fishermen in your area that can provide some great insight into the lakes there. Good luck!
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Post some pix/link! Where'd ya get 'em?
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Very sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.
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Good stuff, man!
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I had some 8# vanish years back. Don't recall problems with it breaking or anything. But obviously some do not have issue with it, while some do. I'd look at your knots for one. Are you tying them carefully and slowly cinching down, using saliva to moisten (if u need to)? And how many fish have you caught with the Vanish leaders you've been using? Is this an anomaly? Yeah, I know, you may have had a PB, and you lost a fav lure, so anomaly may feel more like a devastating blow! I get it. Happened to me, too. If you've completely lost confidence in the line with this experience, there's no reason to keep using it, IMHO. If you want to stick with fluoro, as @ww2farmer suggested, try Red Label. Or you can go with a copoly/fluoro bond like Yo-Zuri Hybrid which is crazy strong.
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Congratulations!! 7.5 is mine, too.
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LOL. I have somewhat opposite story in that I was spinning, then I went casting, and back to spinning for 95% of my fishing. Have told it before and it is entirely a personal preference, should not fall into the "spinning stinks" or "casting is the best" argument because xyz... So let me say that you can do almost everything with casting gear. I did find I liked it better initially. I am down to one casting setup, well, two in that I've got one Chronarch 50e and two rods. A MH and ML. The ML loads great with really light soft plastics. I honestly found I could throw most everything with it that I could on spinning. The reason I went back to mostly spinning is simply that I have less issues with it - especially skipping, windy conditions, etc. I will say that I set out to conquer all that with casting and did pretty well. It just got to the point where I ended up asking myself if it were truly an advantage to use casting. My answer was no. So to your question, it seems you're getting the response that you might actually want...casting. You know when you flip a coin say three times over a couple choices and when the flips are done it tells you what you really want.
