gtaylor1023

hey all Thanks so much for all the great info and reaffirming some of my suspicions. I grew up on the North Branch of the susquehanna in Bradford County. I think i will stay away from the high dollar rods as per so many responses. I think the Avid / Avid X and then new releases from shimano at icast '15 are great choices as well. I have always tied the Palomar knot on my flouro but i have been hearing different knots, especially the knot by Shaw G. seems to be pretty good as well. found here I currently live in Houston ( just moved 2 weeks ago), MT for a few months a year, and visit NEPA quite a bit. I think i am gonna go with the Ci4 lines from shimano in Spin and baitcast.

Ah, ok. I didn't want to be the newbie who takes up a whole page with new threads. Maybe just ask for PM's?

Hey all, first post here and I used to be a very active fisherman back in my jr high and high school days, you know before life started. Now my daughter is 14 and we are starting to really enjoy fishing together. I used to, and still do, have several dedicated outfits for various techniques or target fish but everything is pretty old - kinda rusty being back in the homestead house garage for 15 years. I am looking to upgrade everything and before anyone questions budget, spending a bit of money to update is no problem. I'm not an equipment snob so if there is a better bang for my buck i'd be open even in the BPS / Cabelas named lines ;-) All that said - i was always a light tackle guy fishing creeks and rivers in NE PA and my favorite outfit was the old quantum micro combo. It was a little tiny 4'6" with 4 lb mono. Those were the good ole days. IF anyone has one in good shape - email me :-) Questions: I understand all the new lines out, fluro / braid / hybrid etc but do any of you use braids or are there any available in the 4-6 lb range? I want to outfit all my reels in the same general family, call me a fanboy i guess. Shimano seems to be the king but do they have a dedicated flipping reel like abu does with the winch and its 20+ lbs of drag. Is that rating of drag even needed? Leaning toward St Croix rods, probably in the legendary line somewhere - anything better or a better bang for the buck? Maybe the shimano Crucial line? Hooks - was always a Lazer guy before gammy / owner and the rest came to my area...is trokar worth it? I have read on this site the difference between its cutting pt vs needle point and the damage to plastics - that still the general thought? PowerPro or Suffix 832? Plastics - i was always a strike king guy over Powerbaits...the SK Rage tails seem highly regarded any others i should know about? Cranks - It's hard to outrun the success KVD has had with his named cranks - but i have read issues on them getting hung up in certain profiles. Is there another one to look at or more of a trial and error thing. Transporting 8'+ rods on a plane. Any of you guys travel with large 1 piece rods ? If so how do you do it? Best knot for flouro? i have read on several posts on this site about a "bargin bin" what & where is that? Last time I bought high end gear G. Loomis was private and had a no questions asked warranty. I see they are now Shim-Loomis and that is gone. Any high end rod builder offering that other than TFO? Thanks for all your help and time answering any of the above questions. I know you all are busy and take time out of your days to help lowly upstarts coming out of retirement like me and i appreciate it. If anyone has custom gun / long range shooting questions I can help there. Greg