SPEEDBEAD.

LOL, young 'un you don't know the first thing about Sheetz. You're in the new territory. I have eaten at Sheetz #1. ;D

I'd put it up against yours.

That's like peanut butter without jelly, Kool Aid without sugar and fries with no ketchup. It just shouldnt happen. ;D

Oh, got some connections here and there. ;D Still looking for the black and sissy.

Yep, it comes that way. Ito is a pretty distinguished designer. If I am not confusing him with another, he also does (or did) work for Megabass on some of their cooler looking baits. I have an Ito Pop Max that is just sick looking.

Was out a couple weeks ago and picked up a hitch hiker on one of the rods in the boat.

I thought you might like the shirt. I have family in Knoxville and cousins that went to Tennessee. It's a safe bet that I get a t-shirt when they see me. They get a kick out of a PSU grad wearing a UT shirt. ;D

Chronarch 51mg on a custom spiral wrapped Alpster rod, 6'8" MH Shikari pitching BEAST. ;D

Curado 301D on Okuma 7'6"H and a little 3:16 to wet your whistle.

Here is the rod paired with the STX. The bait is a 3:16 Freestyle Lavender Shad.

WHOA!!! Don't hurt yourself counting past 10 ;D

Change it? Sure, I get that. Do away with it? Sure looks like the ol' "bait and switch" to my untrained eye. But can't you walk into a Shimano dealer and trade over the counter?

I have a Pflueger president spinning reel and it has worked for me just fine. I bought it from Senko77 a while back and it is still catching fish. As for Muddy, he is still around. I just spoke to him the other day. He is doing his own thing and is perfectly content.

If that makes a difference to you, put an extra scoop of wheaties in your morning breakfast. ;D

Whoa nelly.... How can a product be sold with that "service" as a selling point and now that the product is no more, the "service" goes out the window as well? What happened to the "upgrade" if you model was no longer in production? That is a new one that should ruffle some feathers. I handn't heard that stipulation before. Hypothetically, what is to stop Loomis/Shimano from changing a couple call letters, say MBR changing to HBR (making that up, of course), and saying, "Sorry Charlie, that rod is no longer in production."

It is definitely heavier than the Loomis, but I'm not exactly petite either. A couple ounces either way does not bother me. The butt section is wider, like a traditional flipping stick. It balanced well with the STX and I really like the feel of the ACS reel seat.

I won my rod in the last give away. Before receiving my rod, I had the opportunity to handle the Carolina Rig stick won by BadKarma42. Needless to say, I was very excited to get mine in the mail. I got the rod on a Thursday and immediately hit the lake. In the time I've had the rod, it has been used on 5 trips. The rest of this review will be notes from my experiences. I threw jigs, frogs and swimbaits on the rod. -This is a big stick, considerably larger than the C-rig rod. -It is rated as a Fast taper and it is definitely fast to x-fast. -Fit and finish on the rod is impeccable. Very nice accents on the guides and I love the look of the winding checks on the blank. Blank color is a deep blue in the sunlight. -The rod is very sensitive. IN MY HANDS (so no panties in a bunch), the rod felt as sensitive as my BCR 854 GLX while pitching a jig. No joke. -For jigs and frogs, I found the rod to be perfect. Pitches were accurate and distance was great. -I found it less favorable for throwing swimbaits as I prefer a little slower rod for loading up and launching baits. The accuracy on shorter casts was still nice. -Fighting fish is not an issue. This thing is a beast. -The telescoping portion of the rod felt very secure and locked in place nicely. I paired the rod with a Revo STX/braid and a Curado 301d/P-Line CXX for the testing. The rod handled both reels and lines without a problem. Overall, I really like the rod. I can see it used for flipping and pitching more than swimbaits in my boat. It is a fine stick and for the price point, it will be MORE than competitive once people start using them. Will I buy more? Yes, based on the sensitivity alone. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to try the rod. Good luck with your endeavor. Wayne PS: I will be waiting to see a large capacity reel from Pinnacle.

I won my rod in the last give away. Before receiving my rod, I had the opportunity to handle the Carolina Rig stick won by BadKarma42. Needless to say, I was very excited to get mine in the mail. I got the rod on a Thursday and immediately hit the lake. In the time I've had the rod, it has been used on 5 trips. The rest of this review will be notes from my experiences. I threw jigs, frogs and swimbaits on the rod. -This is a big stick, considerably larger than the C-rig rod. -It is rated as a Fast taper and it is definitely fast to x-fast. -Fit and finish on the rod is impeccable. Very nice accents on the guides and I love the look of the winding checks on the blank. Blank color is a deep blue in the sunlight. -The rod is very sensitive. IN MY HANDS (so no panties in a bunch), the rod felt as sensitive as my BCR 854 GLX while pitching a jig. No joke. -For jigs and frogs, I found the rod to be perfect. Pitches were accurate and distance was great. -I found it less favorable for throwing swimbaits as I prefer a little slower rod for loading up and launching baits. The accuracy on shorter casts was still nice. -Fighting fish is not an issue. This thing is a beast. -The telescoping portion of the rod felt very secure and locked in place nicely. I paired the rod with a Revo STX/braid and a Curado 301d/P-Line CXX for the testing. The rod handled both reels and lines without a problem. Overall, I really like the rod. I can see it used for flipping and pitching more than swimbaits in my boat. It is a fine stick and for the price point, it will be MORE than competitive once people start using them. Will I buy more? Yes, based on the sensitivity alone. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to try the rod. Good luck with your endeavor. Wayne PS: I will be waiting to see a large capacity reel from Pinnacle.

I believe you can get the new Kistler in a spiral wrap as well.

Custom builders. I have two and I love them both. One is built on a Shikari 6'8" MH blank. Great little pitching rod for lighter jigs. The other is an 8' Loomis Back Bounce rod that I use for small to medium swimbaits. Both sick, both crafted by Alpster.

Perfume? More like Marlboro and Budweiser... ;D

Bass Pro Extreme combo I have the 6'10" ML rod and it is sweet for split shot, light shakey and drop shot.

I hate you. Just drink it, sissy. You crystallized uric acid.

Not true at all. I have had the 7'6" Carrot for three years and have not had a problem. The equipment gets used, not abused. This rod is still working just fine.

You must be delirious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont agree with BB on alot of things. This, however, is one of them. Boo Baltimore!!! ;D