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Seems the deep little n doesn't have the goby color anymore, care to post a pic of one of yours? been searching, cant seem to find a goby little n just to see what it looks like thanks

Good stuff! I've got 5" green pumpkins hula's, I'll be picking up the 176 in all sizes tomorrow, any particular size working?

I understand it's fall fishing, they're pushing bait into the shallows, moving baits I'm guessing would be good, cranks, jerks, I'll be throwing out shaky minnow. Having never fished there, any particular place to concentrate on? any particular color for softbaits/trailers? I'll be in a kayak. Thanks

hmm something new for me to try

I won a tournament and splurged. I acquired the NRX+ CRR (new <wholesale>) and accompanied it with a Metanium MGL (used) 6.2:1. I'm curious what you feel is the best use for this combo. Relatively new to bass, but experienced enough to win a tournament. I know I'll get a different view from just about every different fisherman, been doing this long enough to realize internet information, still want to hear from the fine people here. Thanks

So IF...you were to put a Metanium MGL on this rod, best use? I understand it is very versatile, and bottom contact fishing would suit it best, that being said, what would you spool it with and how would you fish it? Co-poly mentioned earlier, I have no experience with co-poly.

I actually own an Okuma X series twitching rod, now makes me think it would be an excellent bass rod.

Almost forgot. From the mid 80's, before marriage, before kids, before career. Edit: and before I knew how to hold a fish for a pic lol

i didn’t see Metanium MGL mentioned, but i did a search on “metanium mgl vs daiwa elite” very interesting result from the AI google thing. seems the Elite does have better castability, and is available in our inventory, so that is now a front runner. i’m still going to work on getting my hands on the coveted metanium mgl in the mean time though and do my own comparison. working in the fishing department i get a LOT of first time fishermen, first thing i tell them: “10 fishermen, 10 different ways to rig and 10 different ways to go after same fish” and go on to explain how i go after say trout, which i explain is a good place to start before jumping into the realm of salmon fishing, which is pretty popular around here. so i appreciate EVERYONE’s answers here, thanks much

if i was at home i’d post a pic with some stripers from back in the day when i used to fish the delta in CA. they’re in the umqua river down south from here, but don’t go down there. i have a dedicated shaky minnow rod as you described, have a couple really, i’ll put up what rods are currently in my arsenal, just wanted to get the NRX+ because, well i can. it might be a redundant rod at this point, but, i’ll make good use of it one way or another. My elbows take a hit after a full tournament, especially two day events with two pre fishing days, that’s like 32 hours of casting in a 4 day period, wrenching my whole life didn’t help. i do like my Vandfords, have several, one resides on my poison adrena. love that rod. so always looking for best light weight rods for the sake of my elbows. if you ever make over here and i still have my big blue, we’ll go shrimping in hood canal. cheers

I have, they have no Metanium MGL's. But they do have Metanium's.

So I just landed on a NRX+ 873C CRR, got it at wholesale. I'll explain my experience if you haven't read my other post's. Fishing my whole life, last 25 years salmon, steelhead, trout, halibut, tuna, rock fish, black bass, basically ocean bottom fish. Mostly trolling salmon here in the PNW. I own a 23' North River, 17' Alumaweld drift boat, and for the last couple of years, an Old Town AP136. Most my attention has been bass tournaments out of my AP136 last two years. Since I started doing bass, I got hooked.....bad. Pun intended. I've only been bass fishing since I got the kayak. The kayak was intended for mountain lakes, things changed. Got dq'd from most of my events last year, this year I pulled a win out of my arse. So while I took home some prize money, not even close to breaking even on all the traveling. But, I'm retired, and this is my retirement gig, this and working part time at a national sporting goods store in the fishing department, go figure. So I get some good deals on gear, we're starting to get more inventory, as of late, some NRX+'s. So I splurged on one, the 873C CRR. While I know my way around a rod and reel, bass is still relatively new to me. Oh...and I 'borrowed' some electronics from my big boat, the 23' NR, so yeah, I have FFS on the kayak. I hate to say it but without it, I'm lost, due to lacking basic bass skills, but I'm learning. I've learned enough to pull out a win, so I'm doing something right. Hence, the splurge. So now I'm trying to pair a good reel to my new NRX. A lot of head scratching. Trying to stick to what we have in inventory, but it's tough. My most used method is shaky minnow. My second favorite method is wacky ned rig. Won my tournament on those methods alone. Then weightless senko, did ok on crankbait, got my PB on a square bill. I've never caught one pitching and/or flipping, never had one on a spook or frog, I take that back, I was trolling a spook on the same lake I won at on a practice day and nailed a 17" and a 12" within 15 minutes trolling back to the dock. But you get the point, there's a lot of methods I have yet to conquer. Here are the reels I've considered so far, but completely open to suggestions: First runner up is a Curado MGL 151 HG, because it's in stock and I get a good break on it. Second runner up is a SHIMANO METANIUM MGL B 151HG while not in stock, it just seems to compliment this rod so I've read Third is METANIUM MGL 16 or 24, same as above. Fourth is Metanium MGL 150 B because it's newer and bigger in size from what I've read I'm ok buying something not in stock, I've bought used off of Ebay, it's a crap shoot. But for the record, not spending 4-500.00 retail on a reel, I don't have those kinds of skills to warrant such a buy. 250-300 is my limit, I've scoured Ebay today to look at the offerings, pretty sketch, some of these guys want an arm and a leg for something that looks like it got ran over by a lawnmower. Looking at the sold ones, there were some ok deals out there. For the most part, I'm making this rod a bottom contact rod, so I'm looking for the right reel. I'm not stuck on those listed above, the part that sucks is not being able to walk into a store and put some of these reels in my hand before I buy. Some of the reels I currently own are a couple of Antares, SLX DC, a couple of Tatula's, Tranx, couple of old Curado's E7's. From my reading, the Metanium MGL 16 is pretty small, have no idea about the Metanium MGL 24, It would just nice to be able to pick one up, pair it on the rod and hold it before buying. Which I'm able to at my work, but inventory is pretty limited, so it's why I'm coming here to hear from you good folks. Sorry for the long read. Cheers.

So we didn't have the FR 765FLIP, but we have the SWS 765FLIP, it's the Sportsmans Warehouse/Dobyns model. Not sure what is different between the two, but being my first flipping rod, I'd probably never know the difference. But for what I paid (employee discount) not going to complain

I'm sold, FR 765FLIP will be in the garage tomorrow

So let me ask this: how important is having a real sensitive rod for pitching and/or punching? Can I get away with say a Dobyns Fury? say the FR 765FLIP for flipping and the FR 735C for pitching? Two methods that are not in my arsenal .... yet. So my guess is I'm not missing out on much as far as "best rod" for f/p'ing. I'm also a firm believer in "buy once".

Half way through the vid, great stuff! I had to laugh at "You always want to check that lan to see whether it's frayed, if it’s frayed you need to bite off about a foot and re-tie" bite off .... lol

Just watched a YT on pitching with this rod, he says he likes the parabolic bend in it for pitching, I currently use this for my swimbait rod, it's cheap enough, although I don't mind spending $$, I just want to buy once. https://www.sportsmans.com/fishing-gear-supplies/casting-rods/dobyns-rods-fury-casting-rod/p/1425663

I know this has been covered HUNDREDS of times. And I know 10 fishermen, 10 different ways to fish for same fish. In the internet world...hundreds/thousands of fishermen. In this case it's about a particular rod. I have no experience in flipping and punching, but want to. This rod is a front runner for me: Shimano Expride B Casting Rod - 7ft 3in, Extra Heavy Power, Moderate Fast Action EXC73XHB because of availability of what's in the store I work at. I've noticed most people like the 7'4 to 7'11 range, I've seen reviews on the one mentioned that makes it a great F/P rod, would like to hear from the experienced people here. I should mention the store I work in, if you feel you want to browse the selection, feel free. Sportsmans Warehouse. NRX+'s are also available, the 873 CRR is on my radar, just because of the versatility. MY experience is 2 years of bass, bank and kayak (mostly kayak tournaments), 25 years fishing the Columbia River and the rest of the PNW for salmon, steelhead, trout, walleye, halibut, tuna from my 23' North River, striper bass when I lived by the Delta in California, blue gill when I was kid (first rod was a plastic rod from the back of a comic book). Thanks

so far the 873 CRR is a front runner, might get a poison adrena as well

any thoughts on the 893c?

first is shaky minnow. I use my TFO for that currently, won my last (only) tournament on that rod. Drop shot would come in second, throw a lot of spinner bait and chatter bait after that. I haven't done much t-rig, only because I'm not familiar with it, but want to, I know there some giants in the tullies. T-rig and pitching is next on my radar to master. oh and yes, I do use FFS (borrowed it off my salmon boat).

On 82nd, same lot as Pizza Smizza and Panda, I work Monday and Tuesday mornings, stop in. I'll be the guy with the mustache, cant miss me.

what rods do you prefer over the NRX+?

ok, so here's the long story, I'm a retired airline mechanic, and now I work at a sporting goods store in the fishing department part time for the discount. I've only been bass fishing last two years or so, but...been salmon, steelhead, halibut, tuna, trout, walleye fishing for the last 25 years, I own a North River '23 and a drift boat and a kayak, and have been doing kayak bass tournaments since I started bass fishing out of my Old Town AP136. I'm hooked on these tournaments, won my first one few weeks back. So now, these NRX+'s just showed up in our inventory, I get a pretty decent price break, I'm actually surprised how much, don't ask. Here's what we have in stock now: 853C JWR 854C JWR 873C CRR 842S SJR 843S SJR Here's the thing about inventory at this store, might not come back, I've seen certain items show up, and once gone, not come back. I got my AP136 while we had it stock, that was two years ago, haven't seen it since. So now I want to take advantage of the NRX+ inventory while it's available. My current line up of rods are GCX 845C CBR, Dobyns FR 735C, Dobyns FR795SB, Shimano Poison Adrena 2610ML-SB, TFO OPT S 704-1, Shimano Zodius C72MHA, Shimano Curado CDC610MA, Diawa TTRU731MHFB, Diawa TTU731MXS, and a couple of others I've converted from walleye and such. I would say I'm pretty good on the finesse side, but how many is too many right? Let me what you think. Thanks for all the responses so far.