Redlinerobert

A tick on your tock? Now that's a bad day.

Over the slop.

These little buggers should do the job. 3/4 oz, and that tail!

Good workhorse reel for the price.

'Attsa Nice! Congrats on the new acquisition pal.

Just picked up some yellow Samurai braid. Spooled up my Aldebaran on my Horny Toad Special. I've not had a chance to try it out yet. Results to follow.

LOL at this thread. ;D

ME-JI-CO! ME-JI-CO!

X2.

I agree but is it $300 better? Seriously if I'm spending that much on a rod I'd expect it to beat a rod like the Vendetta no matter who's doing the review. I mean they shouldn't even be in the same ball park. Not saying that those guys at Tackle Tour have the finale word on it but they do test a lot of tackle and they seem to have very high standards consider that they compare most rods to G.Loomis GLX That's just it. It doesnt have to be $300 better. The Cumulus rod is Shimano's flagship. It has to be priced accordingly. Im sure youre getting a great stick for the money. Heck, look at the new Megabass Arms rods. They go for a cool grand! Is that rod 3x better than the Cumulus? Like I said earlier, I personally, dont like either rod. The Cumulus is too minimal for my tastes. I'm also not a fan of Garcia products. But that's just me.

you're looking at this all wrong. Start making money, then you can fish anywhere you want.

Tackletour shmackletour. Cal doesnt know what he's talking about. ;D Those two rods do not compete in the same market class. The guy looking at the Vendetta more than likely is not considering the Cumulus, or vice versa. I'm not knocking the Vendetta. Hell I honestly don't like either of those two rods. However I will tell you that if you were to hold both rods, there is no question that the Cumulus is the more refined stick. It's just like shopping for cars guys. The same guy looking at a Subaru WRX is not looking at a Murcielago, or vice versa... And for those of you wondering, Cal is a good friend of mine, so I can bust his chops from time to time.

The one I had built. There is a thread somewhere here about it.

The current Mexican president is the only one that has had the balls to do it. Because of his crackdown on drugs, thousands have lost their lives. It's a battle that sooner or later had to be fought. For this reason I've curtailed any travels to Mexico. It simply is not safe to go there right now. Kudos to him for doing what he is doing.

Although it's not a GLoomis, the best Senko rod I've had the pleasure of using is my Gan Craft Killers Junk. Paired with a Steez 7.1 and 55 Samurai braid, I use a Gamy 5/0 EWG. You can almost feel the fish fart as he passes by your senko... http://www.gancraft.com/killers00/junk.html

Pond king. Good for her!

6 pack of Corona or Modelo's. Coke or two. Water. Bag of Doritos, and a couple bags of Jack Links Peppered Jerky. I have a tradition of drinking a beer after the first fish I catch.

Burley, A guy with your screen name should not be wearing those types of shoes. Now if your screen name was Frenchie, Toodles, or Snookie, then maybe.

Horny Toad + Lake X =

Thanks for sharing that Dave.

Welcome to the world of braid. I was a diehard power pro guy as well. As you fish it more, you'll find that it is really good line for the money. I've found that there are a couple lines which are MUCH better, mainly Sufix and Daiwa Samurai braid. Give them a shot, and you wont go back to Power Pro.

Really? After 8 seconds, I couldnt listen anymore.

Anytime pal. See you in September!

Wow. You can not pay for better advertising than that.

CA sucks.