Everything posted by iabass8
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Question about a Curado DC setup - lure too light?
I have no idea what you're talking about.....the OP clearly...in his first post... he's trying to throw a 1/8oz weight + rage craw on a MH rod...hence my comment. This thread has nothing to do with you and your crappie jigs.
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Question about a Curado DC setup - lure too light?
A 1/8oz weight + rage craw + 12# mono is more than enough total weight to throw in your setup with ease.....i cast/pitch 1/8oz + plastics on Mh rods and 12# fluoro all the time with no problems.
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Weightless Senko line
BC-12# shooter
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6th Sense Vega Frog 70
I live in frog country. Hard pass on this frog at its price. It's the same size as the big gabbot but the big gabbot has a custom hook /w perfectly placed hooks at a softer body.
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~Fantasy Fishing League~
We have 2 spots available for our long standing fantasy football league 8 person league 50$ buyin via paypal F&F .5 PPR QB/2RB/3WR/TE/2Flex/DST 6 bench spots +3 IR for covid ONLY 6 of 8 make playoffs /w 1 and 2 seed getting first round bye. Waivers are FAAB /w a 100$ budget Draft is Sept 6 at 5pm CST payouts: If the league ends week 1-7, you guys just get a full refund. If the league ends somewhere after completion of weeks 8-13(50%+ of the season), the top 2 teams /w the best record get 1st/2nd place. Tie breaker is most points. If the league ends after week 14, the 2 bye week teams get 1st / 2nd place. If the league ends after week 15, the 2 teams that won in week 15 to advance will get paid out 250$ for highest score in week 15 of the two winning teams. The other winner gets 150$. If the league ends normally after week 16: 1st:300 2nd:100 PM me for any questions. payment is due before invite is sent.
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Nylon vs. Fluoro
Clam chowder is the worst and you wont change my mind.
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Favorite lure(s) on a 734c
Theres a lot of 734s.....and different companies make a 734....what rod are talking about?
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Bagley Balsa B...
New Bagley are hit or miss. Quality isn't great and the adage "buy 10 only 1 runs correct" is fairly true /w them. If you're wanting to try the B1, try the Black Label "wreck" that cliff makes. I'm not a big black label fan but the wreck is one heck of a bait at it's price. Better alternatives are the WEC E-1, Jawjacker J1, Brians bees bee1. E-1 will the most expensive. The J1 will be hard to come by until rob makes more stock. The Bee1 you can find on TW oddly enough. Fragile bait though but it's good. i like the brat for smallmouth.
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Shimano Curado DC 150 Gear Ratio
350:1. you can always slow down.
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Skip Cast-Thumb Control on Bait Caster
i don't understand the alphas sv being fragile statement. it has brass gears and an alumnium frame. I use mine for flipping/skipping plastics....it's rock solid. OP, there is no magical when/how to apply braking for skipping. people do it differently /w the same efficiency. practice is the only thing that will help.
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Any guess as to when Shimano reels will be available again?
Buy from any of the larger jdm vendors. Will likely get here faster than usps.
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Trigger location
yes
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Review out on Dobyns Xtasy Rods from TT.
I love the xtasy 725 for shallow heavy cover wood /w jigs 3/8-1/2oz. rod is the bomb. didn't like the 755. the only thing I like about the NRX was the blank. the handle, guides, reel seat, and overall build was dog poo. hopefully the revamp coming is better. I do have a custom phenix k2 that is on par /w the NRX and built waay better.
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Dobyns Rod Question
should pull right off but you can take a box cutter blade and just slice it down the middle. it's just foam for the guides.
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Show off your Stuff
Hate that it's a righty. Love everything else. Handle is bomb.com.
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The situation at Berkley
https://www.berkley-fishing.com/Berkley-contact-us.html
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Dobyns and Powell Rods
he worked /w powell 15+ years ago. the numerical system gary uses on his rods isn't unique to his brand. quite a few companies do it.
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Shimano Antares A vs Bantam (sensitivity)
it's the mag frame. I notice it as well on certain reels.
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Cleaned reel now wont work
A spool shaft has a "t" pin that seats in the bottom of the pinon gear. when those are seated together correctly, turning the handle will move the drive gear/pinion gear which will in turn rotate the spool. On some reels, tension is needed from the drag and/or CC knob to press down onto the drag stack and keep pressure on the gears to mesh. make sure those aren't loose. If you can move the handle forward and not backward, your AR is correct. If it's rotating backwards w/o resistance, you might have missed the sleeve. reels aren't complicated. you likely missed something small.
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Which bait cast reel would you want in distance cast contest?
it's very, very....very easy to find people to do what you want. And there's a handful that are top notch. Tuning a reel, correctly, is very easy. It takes time and some trial and error over time but fishing reels, namely casting, are very simple pieces to work on...regardless of the brand.
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What is Tom Monsoor saying here? - Swimjig content
it was just for sponsors. Tom did and has always poured his own jigs. you can't buy his off the shelf. The closest thing to them is Super K/Brovarney. His hooks are a touch different due to how he bends them but they are definitely a lighter wire which is why you see him just reel set. Tom is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet and will even let you snipe one of his jigs when he isn't looking.
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Is there an easy way to take this side plate off?
You’re going to need to remove the handle side plate. I believe the other end of that is held In by an eclip
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Daiwa Zillion 10.0 SV TW...?
"zero adjuster" is just a preset CC knob that gives the spool , ideally, a very small amount of play. it's not an upgrade, or different form of CC knob. It's just a very tight CC knob. nothing more, nothing less. you can still rotate the CC knob and over time it will get easier to turn if you loosen them. a reel having zero adjust or not shouldn't have any bearing on a purchase. it's literally the same thing as your "regular" CC knob. They are also not all set correctly. 1 of my 2 steez SVTW was too tight, 1 of my 2 steez A TW was too loose and the morethan PeTW I just got today was too tight.
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Why buy a high end reel (metanium dc, steez...)? Are they worth it?
chicks dig the long ball.
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1.5 on a medium heavy?
705cb graphite or glass is perfect for 1.5/2.5. Not a good 4.0 rod