Gen 3 STX w/ 7' Fenwick HMG MH/F

Ardent F500 w/ 7'6" Fenwick HMG Flippin Stick

Yes! I did.....

 

Got a new Shimano Curado (7.1:1) + Shimano Crucial combo (6'8" MH-Xfast)

 

We'll be on top of ice for quite a while more here in Indiana, so I'm itching to get out there and rock and roll with this baby!

I picked up a revo sx 30 and a BPS carbonlite rod to go with it during the classic sale. My wife got me a revo sx baitcaster for our anniversary at the end of October (if that counts as winter), which I paired with another carbonlite rod.

 

Those Carbonlite rods are amazing rods. I have one that i use with the Carbonlite baitcaster. Man is that rod sensitive!

Well, winter has arrived again so plenty of time to add a few more combos.  So far I picked up a used Fuego 6'10"MXF spinning rod to go with a Supreme XT that needed a companion.  Got my first rod designated for crankbaits...a 7' ML Crankin Stick, and will be putting a Carbonlite on it that had been sitting alone.

 

Also have a replacement coming for the Falcon Expert 7' M that I fell and broke a few years ago.  Have a spare Patriarch XT that may go on this rod.

 

Looking forward to a couple more items if finances allow: Fenwick Elite Tech Smallmouth 6'10" MH Med-Fast, Kovert 6'9" MH Spinnerbait and a Tatula reel...possibly the Type R.

 

EDIT:  Have been reading great things about the Tatula rods as well.  Who knows, may add one of those to my arsenal.

Ive got a new Dobyns 805CB w/Diawa Tatula, a Powell Squarebill rod w/Pflueger Patriarch, Powell 705CEF w/Diawa Zillion Type R, and a Powell TW Jerkbait rod.

Recently got a Powell Endurance 714 c paired up with a Quantum Smoke 151. Super light weight, gonna be in the fifties this weekend so hoping to give it a good test run.

This guy! Diawa tatula type R and matched it with a Falcon Cara Amistad.

No Combos yet but did grab 2 more Omens

 

7'3" M/F

7'3" MH/F

 

Was really hoping hookuptackle was gonna have their deal on Chronarchs again but they didnt this year. HopefullyI'll get 2 Chronarch CI4s before season starts.

Chronarch 201E/St Croix LXC71MHXF

Been doing some air travel to my fishing destination recently.

 

Accordingly, I've started the St Croix Tidemaster Inshore Travel Rod Collection. 

 

The M, M/H & H casting rods and most recently the M spinning model.

 

Very nice.

 

A-Jay

I picked up a 6'10 medium light cumulus for dropshots & flickshake. An Aldebaran mg for crankin, and a bfs xg for topwater & jerkbaits.

In the market for a good crankin rod.

No combos for me yet...did get another *** 7'3MH and I have an *** 7'3MH on order

Still in the fence for reels

Not everything is new, but these are the new set ups I have put together

 

Lews TP/Dobyns DX744c

Lews TSS/Dobyns 735c

Lews TP/Dobyns 705CB

Daiwa Tierra 2500/Dobyns DX742SF

Not everything is new, but these are the new set ups I have put together

Lews TP/Dobyns DX744c

Lews TSS/Dobyns 735c

Lews TP/Dobyns 705CB

Daiwa Tierra 2500/Dobyns DX742SF

When I bought my first Lews, about 3 years ago, I mounted all of them on Dobyns rods. Seems Lews and Dobyns, go together like biscuits and gravy.

Hootie

not a new combo per se but this will create a new combination when my rocket is saddled up on my pitchin stick...

 

 

SWEET Reel -

 

But 9.0:1 ~  Holy Smokes !

 

Go easy on the first few fish - other wise they may smack you in face on the way in . . .

 

 

A-Jay

This was the "winter of my content!"

 

First Megabass rod....Rattle Viper on First ever Steez 103HA

 

G Loomis CBR 781 .....2nd Steez 100SHA

 

Dobyns 704CB Glass......Daiwa TDZ 103

 

Dobyns 764CB Randy McKabee.....TDZ 100

 

G Loomis 721......Daiwa Red Airy Pixy

 

Quantum Smoke.....Daiwa Alpha Ito 103.

 

I'm done!! 

No your not!!!

My new whippy stick.   me -->  <---- bass    T minus 5 months until I can use it.   

 

The Wife--------> <------you when she finds out about all the new toys your buying yourself....

It's a good thing that's the PG version you posted. 

My Tatula 100HL was waiting for me when I got home today. This reel is incredibly smooth right out of the box. When I pulled the reel out I was really surprised with its size. It is not a big reel at all. fits perfect in my hands which is the one thing I was worried after only being able to handle a RH one. Once I got it dialed in, this thing can really cast and it can cast with ease. I didn't get too long playing with it outside. 15 degree weather and a light freezing mist doesn't agree /w mono or my cold hands.  This is going to be a long 4-5 months

I purchased a Okuma Komodo a couple months ago, and a Phenix M1 over Thanksgiving sales. Really impressed with the reel after a complete teardown.

My judgement on the rod is still out. The trigger is closer to the reel then what i'm use to.

No your not!!!

 

Hard to believe, but I've gone for several months without buying a single piece of fishing gear!  Gasp!

 

But......I HAVE spent about $3000 on motorcycle gear for my new BMW F650GS. 

 

I tend to favor one hobby at a time......at this moment it's riding my motorcycle.  Fishing has to wait until conditions get right......all these fronts coming has upset fishing down here!