CrankFate

I know. I thought the new one was going to be awesome. The whole advertising media got to me. It was terribly disappointing.

The rod is most likely the problem. With fast bearings and a shallow spool any quality reel will throw light as long as it’s on the right rod. I might not catch many fish, but I, myself, have never seen a BFS spool implode because of wet mono ?

It pains me to see this. I will be even more in pain if you are fishing for bass with this reel in 2020. If you are targeting largemouth bass and small mouth bass in fresh water, the last thing in the world you should be using is this reel. Go get a new reel (any new reel) that is at least 6000 sizes smaller than that. Brand new, in the lighter metals of the current day, this reel weighs 21.50 ounces. A bad rod and reel set up that weighs 5 ounces less then this, including the rod, is most likely too heavy for the task. Just pack that away into the sentimental storage box and move on.

In small water in the north, I suspect that In some places, the fish hibernate right into the spawn without feeding, unlike the way they do in much larger bodies of water.

It could be worse

I don’t recall seeing any garden gnomes randomly strewn about...... just sayin’

I have a 13 year old cub cadet self propelled lawn mower. Aside from someone else dropping the recharger brick into a bucket of water ruining the charger, So I can’t use the ignition starter anymore, it still works perfectly. I’ve never cleaned it. Never serviced it. Just put gas in it when it runs out (maybe twice a season). Usually starts on one or two pulls the first mow of the season. I don’t just go out and buy stuff just because there’s new stuff to buy, except for some of my fishing gear. IMO, the problem isn’t really that it’s a throw away society. It’s more of a “the grass is greener” society. It’s not. Everything new isnt always better. Example, my 4 year old modest iPhone’s battery failed, leaving me about 30 minutes of battery life on a full charge. So I bought a new one for $700.00. Yippee! It’s nearly exactly the same as my old broken one. There is nearly no difference at all. It just looks different. That is the problem, IMO. Too many people are too psychologically fixated on how much “better” something basically identical is, because it’s “newer and better.” Most of these newer better things are just different words for the same things in The advertisements. Yes, a new TV after 10 or 11 years will be much better than the old one, but for most things it’s all psychology and keeping up appearances. I speculate that because you will still be the exact same person after getting that “newer better” thing, that all these people are suffering from depression because they think they will be transformed into the pictures in the ads when they get the thing, but they wake up a week later still their same old self. There’s more to happiness and life than new and better things. All you have to do is see all the rich famous celebrities on cell phone videos in quarantine on TV. That is their entire life 99% of the time. Home, alone, all by themselves. OK, cabin fever. I’m done.

^This. If it must be a DC reel, it is a sacrilege to not get a Metanium DC for that rod.

I wouldn’t use P Line Cxx on a small spool diameter bass reel. It is a great line, but for other applications.

I would say wait until next month. On the water, in real life, according to anyone out there, these fish are not catchable yet, according to everyone you’ll meet. Take internet reports with a grain of salt.

I don’t have any $500 rods. Because, IMO, there’s no $500 rod that you can’t buy something comparable to or better than for somewhere between $200-350.

What I really wanted to say when I saw this was someone didn’t want you fishing there and put that there As a curse to put a hex on you so you don’t catch any fish. But then, I was on Facebook today and came across this: https://www.facebook.com/mattbatyfishing/videos/613727366029840/

All over the place. I like the idea of American made products. Japanese rods still have the best QC, even if they’re not made in Japan. IMO, the best thing that happened to St Croix was moving production to Mexico.

I save all old T-shirts to become hand towels For fishing. I hate slime on the rod grip. I reuse fish slime shirts by leaving them outside in the sun between outings. But if there is any helpful advice I can give about fishing it’s this: if you must wipe your hands on your pants, wipe them on the front of your pants, so you don’t transfer the fish slime to the seats in the car. Or, on the front of your shirt (if you don’t mind ruining it). There is nothing worse than permafish smell in the car.

I know two people (brothers) that get it just from being around it at certain points of the season.

Nope. Checked out some water. No signs of life. Still too cold here. Early season basically stinks. Maybe next month.

3 mile walk in the park, including running up two very, very long staircases. Had to get the kids outside. The big staircases are fun to ease back into it.

Nooooo! Just go straight to the spool with 1/2 inch laid across the spool or as a c with line wound over it. Then wind it on tight, like 4-5 lbs of drag tight. I cannot do a backer or tape. I can feel the difference. If there are holes Or grooves in the spool and you leave a tag, it’ll never slip. You’ll break the spool shaft long before the line slips on the spool.

Brings me back to thinking small rock bass. They can attack a Yamamoto Senko all day without making a mark on it. LMB will damage it.

I’m too cheap to buy tungsten. It’s too expensive. I go with copper from China or steel from BPS.

First time I got it was weed whacking a field in shorts. Where I got hit with rocks and debris and got a cut I got a little of it here and there. Got it on my ankle this time last year climbing through rugged terrain covered in vines. The branches scraped my ankle because I had the socks that only cover my feet on that day. Got it in the scratch from the bare vines. Without a scrape or scratch, I don’t get it.

I sprayed roundup for weeks at one point. I’m glad I don’t have lymphoma.

I refuse to let a deadly virus force me to wear sweatpants. I am wearing various types of jeans and slacks that contain 2-5% spandex, every day, while working from home.

15lb braid would be my choice if I had to put one line on all of my reels.

I prefer the small spro style swivels for almost all uses.