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no like theres a little gap its a design flaw it catches the line when you cast it and engage the bail it slips into that little slot instead of the roller

your right about that but the bail arm i got it last year and a design flaw there is just a small little gap and it catches on there instead of the roller and im afraid to sand it down in case i mess it up but it catches the line and its slowly starting to cut a little ridge into it and its driving me nuts i like the reel aside from that problem

its actually a sahara spinning reel and where can i see the daiwa reels you guys mentioned so i can check them out

yeah ratio doesnt mean much to me but im looking for something extremely durable because i tend to throw my rod and reel a lot when i lose a nice fish so i have a shimano right now the shedona i think and it is nothing but a pain in the butt to me i saw the pfluger surpreme xt but thats just such a pricey reel i was really curious about the pinnacle reels but i wanted to see if anyone has used them

im in the market for a new spinning reel i have a shimanno and the problem with the bail arm is driving me nuts so i came to the conclusion new reel im willing to spend up to about 150 for a reel and saw the pinnacle reels which look for nice im gonna use it for mainly soft plastics and jigs looking for something that is durable strong and can hold a good amount of 10# line so any tips would be great

thanks for everyones help ill deff have to look into those rods and check them out

im in the market for a new spinning rod and ive been looking and theres so many choices micro guides, regular guides whole 9 yards thats why i came here for help im looking for a spinning rod between 100-160 dollars more looking for a cork split grip then that eva maybe the rage micro guides isnt a big factor just a 6'6 mh rod any tips or ones people have in that price range that are pretty sensitive all input would be much appreciated cause im about to pull out my hair looking

i was at my bps and was looking at a new spinning rod and they had both the element 21 wild black carrot stix and the st croix rage rod both roughly the same price and both have the micro guides but other then that they cant be any more different so my question is does anyone own either one or have used either one espically the rage rod cause they boast about the new grip making the rod extremely senseitive but any advice would be great

im in the market for a float tube for fishing small lakes and a lot of farm ponds in my area this summer im looking to spend between 100-180 dollars on one and need some advice on what kind or if anyone has any and how they like them all input and suggestions would be great cause im having a tough time

im in the market for a float tube to fish small ponds and small lakes where its trolling motor only i decided on a float tube now the problem is which one im trying to spend between 100-160 for one i saw the white river ones the classic teton and the caddis Nevada gold float tube but im really stuck between the caddis and the white river the nice thing about the white river its slighty cheaper then the caddis but the caddis looks like it has more options so anyone have either one or own a different brand they own they really like all suggestions would be great

thanks for all the tips luckily im going tomorrow to see hank parker have some demos so while im there ill just jump around to all the vendors and see what one feels right i saw cashion will be there too sadly there rods are up near 200 bucks

thanks for the tip i saw mixed reviews for both most of the time it was one bad review for the duckett and a few mixed for the rage so i guess for the same price ill go with the duckettt only problem i noticed all the pictures only show the bottom stripping guide and the the the split grip none withe the actual micro guides which bugs me

thanks for the tips i do use a weightless zoom trick worm instead of a senko for dead sticking i throw it out on a 3/0 texas rigged and just let it do its thing down usually they hit it on the drop or pick it up off the bottom and thanks for the tip with the jerk bait i fish a lot of farm ponds and the one i fish is pretty deep and i heard about the jerk bait trick before but now i know the water was too cold for it luckily lately its been extremely beautiful weather ( 50s some day up near mid 60s) in pa which was a delight for me but thanks for the bucktail idea ill have to try it

thanks for all your tips and that was the one thing i wanted to know about the rage is the grip cause i do use cork and i like the looks of the split grip cause my bc is split and i love it looks like i got some thinking to do luckily the eastern sportsman show is 15 minutes away from me this week

Im looking for a new spinning rod for roughly around the 130-160 range and i came across both the rage and micro magic my question is which do you think would be a better choice they are roughly the same price and both seem like good rods the only thing i noticed is the rage is a full grip design while the duckett is a split grip but aside from that which one or a different brand in the group would you pick? im looking for a 6'6 medium maybe mh action for light jigs weightless worms and light worm action

thanks for all the tips guys my problem is im not a good jig fisherman and the biggest problem is right now its so cold up here i cant really get out and work on it so i guess just wait till spring and keep working at it im still practicing on how to feel when you get a bite which is slow process for me

i came across one of my old bass masters magazine and i read about jigs that hit that market at that time that are slow falling like the zero gravity jig which drops i think 1 foot every 3 seconds my question is has anyone used them or have them if so how do you like them cause right now i love up north and a lot of the underwater vegatation is dead and there is some spots but for the most part just hard structure and i was thinking about getting some

thanks for all the input and advice im gonna go with a 6'6 m for light finesee and other small baits i just wish my bps had them at the store though

does anyone have them or use them i was looking at a 6'6 medium action spinning rods and looking at reviews its tough to tell if its worth the money a lot of people say they like them then theres the reviews they are horrible so i thought id ask people here since everyone on here has helped me out prior so anyone with any input would be great (im looking for a micro guide spinning reel 6'6 range for roughly between $100-180 dollar range) if anyone knows any other good micro guide spinning rods please mention it im having a tough time trying to find a good one

ive been looking for a new spinning rod and i see so many choices but i do like the perks you get with micro guides so my question is who do you think has a good spinning rod with micro guides for a middle prince range (100-150 dollars) i saw the cabelas series rod and it looks nice for the price too but anyone have any other companys they might have or seen all advice would be great

The one pond i fish at is owned by my friend and the problem is the food chain is messed up and theres an overstock of 8-12 inch bass all very skinny big head and i know what that means selective harvest to get the whole order back into control but the problem is i dont have the heart to kill them i love bass probably more than my own grandmother and well the good thing is i have other ponds that are low on bass and the blue gills are starting to over run those ponds so i was going to transport the fish and put them into the ponds to equal out other food chains so i can have multiply ponds in good condition without killing any but the problem is transport i wont have a boat since the size of the pond but i do have a jeep so i would have room for plenty of tubs i was thinking maybe those large plastic storage tubs with an arieator pumping in them since the drives would all within a 20 minute drive max but i do need help with any other ideas to keep them alive during transport or if anyone has a safer better way to get them from point a to b

thanks cause i was looking at the blackfins with the 580g green mirror since i do a lot of pond creek fishing so ill go with my original choice thanks

i do use the kvd line treatment a lot on my other reels and line and i was very surprised how well it worked but overall do you think suffix elite is a pretty good line for a spinning reel? most of the time i either do a small lipless or weightless worms on it since i got a new bc reel that will cover a lot of other lures ie spinner baits larger cranks jigs topwater etc so now it wil mostly come down to weightless soft plastics and small lipless cranks on my spinning reel

i was wondering if anyone owns a pair because i came across them they seem nice and i'm looking for a new pair of sunglasses and there half the price of costa sunglasses even for the mirrored ones so i wanna know if anyone has them and how they like them

no no dont apologize im kinda curious too because i live in pa and a good chunk of the time im fishing cold water too and i was curious about that p line anyways cause im going to bass pro today and im split between the p line and the suffix elite