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Went back to an old favorite of mine these days.

@Bigbox99 Question did you buy the Elf/Cadence reel? I ask more out of curiosity but also as curiosity got the best of me I’ll be darned if I can find that reel anywhere. If you don’t mind could you pm me or even share the link in this thread as again I’m confused as to why I can’t find it. Thanks in advance.

For what it’s worth I for one will not not judge you even though I at this stage in the game enjoy casting whenever I get the chance to fish, I have fond memories of catching smaller perch in Minnesota as a kid and using them to try to lure a northern pike to grab one under the biggest red and white round plastic bobber that was in my tackle box. Heck if I could find the time I know if I picked up a dozen or two fathead minnows I could catch a fish pretty much every time I threw one out as I’ve watched more than a handful of folks do it on my favorite retention ponds. As long as it’s legal you do you and I can’t wait to see Big Momma when you finally catch her and share the photo with all of us. Keep on keeping on my man👊🏻

Maybe someone who owns the reel such as @Bazoo can help you out with a schematic as I believe he owns 2 of them currently 🤔 I also believe someone shared a site that has schematics online.

Did you try calling BPS’s service center? I ordered a replacement handle with zero issues and timely shipping. The only caveat is you’ll need to find a schematic for the reel if your friend doesn’t have one.

If you know the song I’d say Ken fits right in😉 Very sharp.

@Swamp Girl Your photos and more importantly the scenery in them that you shared are as beautiful as your writing skills, the love you feel for your land and the animals that share it with you is felt in your words. Although I’ll never get my wife to live in such a remote area and truthfully I’m not sure I could at this point in my life either it makes me happy to see it hasn’t been overtaken by people with too much money and in my opinion zero respect for the beauty created long ago by someone or something depending on one’s personal views.

I’m going with @Tennessee Boy in skipping the internet advice but my internet advice is go visit a local tackle shop relative to where you’re planning on fishing and have them help you out.

A win is a win my friend 😉 @Mike L Speaking of a win although I’m grateful for the win I’m hoping we can just go out and win from the start if that makes sense 😬

@BassSteve I’m not going to lie I’m the guy that doesn’t get into the small details like that, no offense to anyone who does but I didn’t notice any difference which could be to the fact I’m not catching or even targeting very large fish in the waters I currently fish.

I’ve said it before the only reel I’ve sold or traded in that I regret is the original SLX 151 XGA. I currently have a SLX MGL HGA but I still regret selling my SLX, it was for me at least a set it and forget it reel that fit my hand perfectly.

Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it and hopefully seeing some bass Pics as well.

I’m not sure what you decided on but here’s my choice. I do enjoy an ice cold Landshark but man those things give me a wicked headache in the morning and that’s after only 2-3 of them.

I fish small retention ponds and although I can say for a fact there are crappies in them I don’t catch them nearly as often as I feel I should based on a lot of misinformation I’ve read/heard prior to joining here. The crappies tend to hang out in the colder water/deepest water which is relatively shallow here. I’m not saying I don’t catch them ever but another misconception at least by me is they will “overtake” a pond, with that said I’m not trying to say they aren’t fighting for the same food source as the bass but they definitely aren’t overtaking any of the ponds I fish as I catch more bluegill and bass than crappie.

Beautiful fish and a just as beautiful location. Your facial expression shows just how much fun you were having which is really awesome.

Could you please explain this.

@Smirak The bass over here in Illinois seem to like fire tiger also, for me at least I feel it replicates a bluegill which makes up the primary food source in the retention ponds I mainly fish.

@A-Jay I’m sitting in a work trailer with 3 other men who can’t figure out why I’m over here laughing to myself as they didn’t see or hear the video you shared 😆

@Flyfish-mt The website is Shelton’s Clothing. It was posted on the sale page on here awhile back but I just looked and it seems the deal is still available. They have both left and right hand versions in 6.3:1 only.

🤯 Holy Cow that’s one killer kayak. Looking forward to reading about your adventures in it.

Like many of you all on here I’ve been working outside to some degree my whole adult life and at 56 my fingers don’t fair well when they get cold and I’ve not found a set of gloves that I like for fishing. With that said I stopped at my favorite retention pond after work for about 45 minutes yesterday with the temperature being right around 32 degrees with a steady breeze straight from the West blowing at me and I was rewarded with this little guy who fought really hard in the cold weather on my light powered rod. With that said it’s supposed to get to 70 degrees this weekend in the Chicago area.

So was his counterpart over in Detroit although no one is coming close to Stafford right now.

@Bazoo I will add that again although I really like my Med light Crankin Stick it’s definitely 🤔soft throughout the entire blank and I feel if you’re looking at precision casts it’s not ideal for this scenario, but I can really bomb them lighter lures out there. Also if you don’t mind please share the combo as I love shopping the fishing aisle at my local WalMart.

I’m a bit confused by your statement as it appears to me at least there are quite a few bfs rods and reels to choose from domestically. I will use the example of Dobyns rods producing both an ultralight and light powered bfs rod and I will use 2 companies as an example of also producing “bfs” rods and in one example reels as well and they are Abu Garcia who has a Revo bfs reel along with the Xenon bfs reel and Bass Pro Shop who is arguably one of the biggest names in the fishing game like it or not producing a bfs style rod in the Carbonlite technique specific series. I’m not trying to be argumentative but again I’m just a bit confused.