fishballer06

The wrinkles are spot on

My Avid 7' Medium with a fast tip feels like it was made for a keel weighted Keitech. I love that rod for Keitech's.

A paper clip is a perfect way to organize by hook size without spending $50 on a Bass Mafia box.

I believe it is actually. I remember seeing a clip of Ike over the webcast saying to his marshall "2 and 3/4.... nah, tell them 2 and a half".

I'll be needing some of those. This size works great on a fish head spin in the summer.

The real question is "Is Jacob a member on here?"

Phone was lost 6 days ago and has been underwater ever since. That thing is a goner, even if he does somehow still recover it.

I want to say it's around 8-9 pounds.

13.2 pounds on the SV103

SS SV is a smaller/finesse type reel, SV103 is an all around work horse type reel.

Say what you want about TW, but daddy just picked up an SV103 for $202.

Interesting morning so far. There are guys throwing cranks, jerks, spinnerbaits, carolina rigs, and sight fishing.

I've got 3 of the top 5 right now. I hope this can keep up!

3 ci4's and 3 Chronarch MGL's and none of them have ever given me a single issue. I know people dislike the oncoming of composite materials replacing metal, but the fact of the matter is that companies are using these materials because they see an advantage to using these materials. A big company like Shimano would not use a chincy material that they know they would have to warranty out and put a bad taste in their customer's mouths.

Combs Lucas Lane Zaldain Jones Jr. Just saw it's a 16" size limit. Wow, that will make it tough if you're having a rough day.

The Classic doesn't start until tomorrow

I live a 1/4 mile from the original F&S that ever opened... My bait monkey is pleased every time I drive to/from work.

The love the DR version. High quality baits, quality paint, great hooks that don't need replaced from the factory, and they run true out of the package. I bought myself a dozen more whenever I found that sale price. I'm tempted to get more too.

I'll second the fly tying classes. If he learns to tie his own, he'll be even more eager to learn, and even more proud whenever he catches a fish on a fly that he hand tied himself.

If I didn't already have a full stock of line, I'd be all over this.

It's shocking to see a bass through the ice be that dark in color. Normally they turn white during the icy winter months. Very nice fish!

Glad to see you active again, FishinDaddy. We missed you at Christmas time.

I don't think everyone is realizing the demographic for these rods. Every single one of these rods are built for a very specific purpose/technique. Techniques that the average fishermen probably just gets by with something else that he already has. Even further on the average fishermen aspect, these are Legend Tournament rods. These are $300 rods. Again, something that the average fishermen isn't spending for a rod that is specific for just one specific technique. The fishermen who is going to go out and buy that 9'11" Flipping Stick isn't the guy who throws everything into his Honda Civic and goes down to the local pond. The guys who are buying these rods are competitive tournament fishermen, guide services who are on the water almost every day of the week, or the guys with deep pockets who always want the best edge they can have no matter what the cost is. These are people who know what they need and they know how to treat their equipment. If these rods were being offered in the Triumph line ($80-90 retail), then yeah. You might see Joe Schmoe's buying these and breaking them because they have no clue what they even have. As for St. Croix not knowing what they're making with these rods, I beg to differ. St. Croix isn't just blundering blindly into a rod over 8 feet in a power that they've never made before. We're talking about a company that has been in the rod making business 70 years. A company that has been producing rods much longer than the traditional bass rods for applications like trout and musky fishing. From just looking at the St. Croix website, I see that they make a 9' Heavy powered musky rod in multiple different product lines. So this is certainly an area where they have familiarity with.

Should work for frogging too.

Looks like St. Croix is revealing their extra long rods to go with BASS now allowing rods up to 10' in length. What does everyone think of these sticks? https://www.bassmaster.com/news/st-croix-debuts-half-dozen-extra-long-legend-tournament-bass-casting-rods-bassmaster-classic