Lendiesel22

Its a good deal, being able to BS about stuff with people that have the passion for it.

possible, I have to find a use for it.....its a cool rod.

Has anyone heard of an H2O Rema rod? I just got one at a pawn shop. It has a carbon fiber handle, batson guides that are metallic blue, and it says 6-6" on it but it's 6-1" on the tape. I have never seen one like it.

all one pc, at 13 years old I found they out perform 2 pc. I will never go back even in travel situations.

Saturday is looking good, I have a few things I am going to run through the tester.

I am a knot freak as well. if they are not perfect I dont throw it.

There are several types of mono that I have trusted since I started fishing hard at 13. Back then I fished a spool until it was flat beat up. Drag it through sticker bushes and overhanging trees, catch a bunch of fish on it and use it until I could not get a knot to hold. I knew what I could and could not do with it, and that is kinda the problem with this, I have to figure out what I can and cant do with each set up to effectively get a hook in em. I am going to start testing different set ups and find a happy zone. It begins Saturday.

LMAO right on

Thanks fellas, getting a lot of really good feed back on this....I appreciate it.

Mine was a lot like this, but left handed. I cant use right handed. My 1st fish with is was on a blue and black jig and pig. I was 13 and taught myself how to use it, asked my dad a bunch of questions to figure out the finer points.

Next question, I like the 4-5ft of leader ......what is your preference on leader length? why?

right on, I will be looking into them for sure. I have been really pleased with the 832 so I am going to fish this year with it. Might mix a new one in as these start to wear a little.

Kanzen eh? 50/20 seems like a beefy set up. I am not opposed to trying it.....have you fished 832? if so how do they compare for you?

I can dig it.....lets go test it out! lol

Tom, tying direct.......I am always so concerned I am not getting hits bc they can see it. I go direct on a jig and pig in cover but nothing else. You tie direct a lot?

Mitch, they were slack line sets for sure. The ones I caught on the hack attack was on the reel so it was tight line. I might up it to 14 and change the hookset.

The 2nd one Sat morn was audible for sure lol, follow up with a blue streak of F bombs. hahaha ahhhh dammit. Live and learn.

Right....thought the same....checked the rod out and its all good. Made sure of that....its my 7ft Mojo Bass plastics rod and I cant do without it, lol. You might be right and the spool of floro might be crap. I am going to go up to 15-17 and use more of a sweep type hook set and see how that does.

right on.....yeah I am sure its not either end of the knots. The uni is still intact and tight, and I use a palomar on the business end. Looking at the broken end when I get it in looks like a stress break, its pulled thinner, and has a milky look to it.

no issues with digging in or problems of any kind, I wound it on super tight with a dacron backing and its been great. Like I said I wasnt a braid guy til this spring and the 832 changed my mind. Handles great, super long casts if I need to, and sensitivity is fantastic.

BPS floro

I got 3 nice fish on a hack attack swim jig and didnt have an issue, seemed like bc the line was tight when hit the shock was less.

Also when I drop the drag back it feel like after I set the hook the 1st 3 cranks or so is just the handle turning not the spool, I hate that.

I can dig it, honestly I really dont feel like I am using a flippin stick in heavy cover type hookset, but I guess its just too much. The breaks are coming like 2ft from the bait. I had the uni knot and 3 or so ft of leader each time. If you guys spooled up with 20lb 832 what would you have put on for leader? I thought 12 was the right play.

I am fishing 20lb 832 on my bait casters with 4-5ft of 12lb floro leader. I am snapping fish off on the set, had it happen on a jig bite, a senko bite, and a rage rig bite. Pretty much the same deal all 3x. On the pause I see and feel the line flick, see the line moving away so I know he has it, reel down and set back to my left about 10 oclock and SNAP. I figure using 4-5 ft of leader would take most of the shock out of the hookset, but I lost 3 fish Saturday. Am I too light on the leader? Should I move up to 15-17-20lb? I am not breaking off at the uni knot, I am coming back with 3ft or so of good leader. I was not a braid guy until this year and I really like the 832 but its not worth it to fish braid if my leaders are breaking. I am fishing the leader to stay as invisible as possible so if I go up in size leader is that counter productive?