Columbia Craw

Thank you all. My stuff is organized. This one bait was misplaced but there was no way I could recall dropping it in the toad (trailers) bag. Just too much. I have so much life stuff on my plate right now I’m shorting out I guess.?

My club team member Sean asked to borrow a specific buzzbait I told him I had. You think I could find it? In my quest to seek out the holy grail also known as this buzzbait I went through so much tackle I had a head ache. I finally found it in a TW tackle bag where I keep my toads. It was on the bottom covered in packages of toads. So I came to a painful conclusion. I have too much tackle or dementia. I am at the point my accumulation of tackle and even combos is actually a distraction. If I was thirty years younger it might not be an issue but at this point I’ve reached That point. That’s all.

When I cut the backlash out.

The one with handle on the right and the one with the handle on the left.

I have a bit of experience with the Tatula SV and would get the Elite for jerk baits.

Champion 764CB RM.

Not a chance in you know where.

Sieberts baby!

I went high end on my first combo. Fenwick Lunker Stik 555 with an Ambassadeur 5000C. Big bucks.

Shipping container.

They are back. A once popular bait after Davy Hite won a classic with these, they slipped out of favor and were dropped. But they are back they catch fish. FYI

The answer to the OP’s question is yes, based on my experience with my 755. Fishing a nano resin based blank is a different animal. Dobyns offers weight ranges for each model. The low ends and high ends are do able but not optimal. Look at the middle of the range and that is the optimum performance weight or the “sweet spot.” That is a rule I apply to any purchase of a Dobyns rod. So far so good.

The only good thing about DST is it keeps me from forgetting how to set my watch.

So I picked up the 704C 735C and they will at some point go to our club’s student anglers. The first thing I noted was how light they are. Both are balanced really well, typical Dobyns. Blanks are lightly sanded but you can still feel the ridges from the compression wrap, a little smoother than the Kadens. Guides appear to be the same as used on the Fury series. Ample guides ( listening Daiwa?) and laser straight placement. Clean wraps and apoxy. Overall Fuji reel seat and blue accents. Foam grips are large enough for bigger hands. Taper and powers are consistent with the Fury equivalents. I’m pretty impressed and at 99 bucks and free shipping from Dobyns web site, these are a really really good value. Now to fish them some.

I picked up two of the new Maverick Series casting rods. If anyone is interested I’ll post some photos and comments.

Ima Rumba is my go to. I have others but this bait gets bit.

What he said.

I can honestly say Tom, you bring one of the most unique and refreshing perspectives about the sport and other life based outlooks I have seen. Getting older isn’t, at times all that much fun. Value yourself and what you offer up. I sure I do.

Spunk Shad Ott’s slim side Chick Magnet Odds and ends from A Jay’s Bait and Tackle.

I’m a big fan of the Elite models period.

Sales drive product.

Champion 704CB or Kaden 734CB would both meet your needs.

Smack down has been really good. I recently spooled some Suffix 131 and I’m really impressed thus far.

Sieberts has a tungsten shaky head with the screw lock that is hands down my favorite.

Hypothetically if I was going to have one of those two models stolen it would be the Champion 733.