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Exactly the same for me in the lakes I fish in NY.

The Bizzbaits Dizzy Diamond is my go to 99% of the time when I am Neko fishing.

This has become my go to braid to use on all of my finesse setups. I’ve tried quite a few, and to me this is very hard to beat for the money.

Bizz Baits Dizzy Diamond has been my go to for the neko rig for about the last 3 years now.

Definitely felt it pretty good up here in NY.

I am pretty happy with both the Tsurinoya Partner, and the Kuying Freestyle Walker travel rods that I have. I give the edge to the Tsurinoya though because it comes with two tip sections with slightly different ratings, so it is a little more versatile.

All of my conventional reels stay generally stay with the stock handle knobs. I tend to change out the knobs on my BFS reels to wood though. There is just something I prefer about the wood knobs on these smaller finesse setups.

I’m a sucker for wooden handle knobs, so I made a little change to two of my favorite BFS reels.

Keep an eye on your emails if you have an Omnia Premium membership. My account was coming up for renewal next month. I just got an email offering me an upgrade to the premium pro account for 1 year for $5. I believe a year of Premium Pro is normally around $50.

Well unfortunately my recently purchased Taylor didn’t work out. I ended up noticing a defect that I hadn’t caught when I initially purchased it. I ended up returning that and after looking around a little I brought home this Guild. So far I think this worked out for the best, as I am finding this Guild to be easier to play for some reason over the Taylor. I actually prefer the sound out of the Guild as well.

I go with Simms for my waders, and Korkers for my boots. I am currently using the Simms Freestone waders, and Korkers Buckskin boots. I love having the ability to swap different soles onto the boots for different scenarios. It makes them great for pretty much all situations.

The humidity in my house is actually quite low right now due to the wonderful northeast winter. My house is hovering around 30% humidity right now. I have a D’Addorio humidity pack setup in my case that came with a headstock pack, and a sound hole pack. I’m hoping that will be enough to counteract this crazy dry air we currently have. As far as a setup goes, I haven’t had one done yet. I do have a Taylor Guitars certified service dealer about 20 minutes from me, so I figure I will likely take it there at some point to get that done.

I believe Reset Reels is the only company that currently has an aftermarket spool for these. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of their prototype spools earlier this summer, and it performs amazingly well. I can bomb little 1.5-2g hair jigs quite a distance with their spool.

I played drums for years when I was younger, but was always interested in playing guitar. I finally decided that the time was right, and I’m going to finally get off my butt and try to learn. So with that in mind I picked up my first guitar about a week ago to start my journey. I ended up going with a Taylor 110e. I wouldn’t call what I’m doing so far as playing guitar, but so far I’m loving trying to learn.

I bought an SS Air when they first came out, and I really enjoy using it. I actually like it enough that I recently bought a second one. The reel is super smooth and light with a super controlled braking system. As far as how it compares to the Aldebaran I would say they are about equal in smoothness. The Aldebaran is definitely more finicky to get dialed in, but isn’t too bad to adjust once you get it dialed in. I will say though that my least favorite part of the Aldebaran is the brake adjustment dial. It’s very stiff, and the numbers are very hard to read. I have perfect vision and I still have an issue seeing them half the time. In my use I would say that the main difference between the two is in the casting. The SS Air is a much more controlled and forgiving braking system, and the Aldebaran offers slightly more casting distance. I really enjoy both reels, but if I had to choose just one I think my pick would be the SS Air.