2 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Going for the stealth attack I see...interesting.

Yes Sir ~ one of my favorite approaches in fact.

And that Pro Bone color (tan back bait)

Has a sweet iridescent sidewall thing going on that didn't come through in my pic.

Might be able to see it better here 

A-Jay

Glad to see people getting shipments. I have an order in with Tackle Direct since Dec 30th that is "moving within the USPS network". Still has like 2 more stops before it gets shipped to my state. Then it's wait and see when it get's delivered.

 

Nothing you can do except wait I guess.

 

BTW: Tackle Direct---ACES!

8 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Glad to see people getting shipments. I have an order in with Tackle Direct since Dec 30th that is "moving within the USPS network". Still has like 2 more stops before it gets shipped to my state. Then it's wait and see when it get's delivered.

 

Nothing you can do except wait I guess.

 

BTW: Tackle Direct---ACES!

It's been hit & miss for me too.

Had an order that arrived at a USPS office from a vendor on 17 NOV and I got it last week.

Another one was initially shipped on 17 Dec - got that one today !

Must be something about the 17th  . . . . 

Decent chance TW is getting a fair amount of Stimulus business.

 

But if you use it to buy baby chickens

You'll get your money for nothing

and your chicks for free !

 

?

A-Jay

 

1 minute ago, A-Jay said:

Must be something about the 17th  . . . . 

?

A-Jay

 

Or the 45th Parallel...?...J/K

Glad to see you got your merch.

Tatula Elite 100HSL(189.99) and a Tatula 6'3 MFB(129.99)to put it on. 

 

I am SUPER excited, as I feel like I got a solid deal on both.

19 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 

Decent chance TW is getting a fair amount of Stimulus business.

 

 

 

Guessing it has more to do with the Covid situation. Took a long time to get 2 spools of 10 lb fireline and a jerkbait shipped out. Guessing they are running with very limited staff.

 

There is a stimulus? We didn't get our original checks for like 6 months, if there was another one we may see it in time for the memorial day sale if lucky?

Abu Garcia, Veritas spinningfg rod, 6.6 MH

38 minutes ago, cgolf said:

Guessing it has more to do with the Covid situation.

 

I'm sure every online retailer is affected except for maybe Amazon.  I highly doubt people are using their stimulus to buy fishing tackle from TW unless you are specifically referring to the crowd on this website.

 

The good news is that its winter.  So some of us have nothing but time.  If I was waiting on lures and reels and rods in June, that would drive me crazy.

20 hours ago, A-Jay said:

It's been hit & miss for me too.

Had an order that arrived at a USPS office from a vendor on 17 NOV and I got it last week.

Another one was initially shipped on 17 Dec - got that one today !

Must be something about the 17th  . . . . 

Decent chance TW is getting a fair amount of Stimulus business.

 

But if you use it to buy baby chickens

You'll get your money for nothing

and your chicks for free !

 

?

A-Jay

 

There's been absolutely no updates on my package up until yesterday. This morning I looked and voila, out for delivery. Should be at my house when I get home.  

 

And BTW, when did you go all Dire Straits gangster on this post? This little ditty wasn't OG on that post. 

3 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

There's been absolutely no updates on my package up until yesterday. This morning I looked and voila, out for delivery. Should be at my house when I get home.  

 

And BTW, when did you go all Dire Straits gangster on this post? This little ditty wasn't OG on that post. 

Hope you get it ~

And the was a late edit . . . just for you.

A little something to perhaps brighten up your day.

A-Jay

Haven't bought much lately, but treated myself to couple purchases with some of my tournament win monies.

I received my Shimano Vanford last week from TW BF sale. It's the first time I invested in a good spinning reel because I would rarely use spinning gear, but I'm sure I will be using it a lot more now. I've always wanted a Ci4+, but never could pull the trigger, but the Vanford seemed like a no brainer.

 

It's going to go on a Custom NFC X-Ray MB-733 that I just built specifically for the Vanford, with red wrapping and a red custom decal that matches the reel.

 

One thing I was puzzled by was the set of washers that was in the box. I seen it says they are used to create a different winding shape, but I have no clue what difference that makes.

 

 

On 1/12/2021 at 10:37 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Haven't bought much lately, but treated myself to couple purchases with some of my tournament win monies.

Nice! What reel model is that?

21 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

One thing I was puzzled by was the set of washers that was in the box. I seen it says they are used to create a different winding shape, but I have no clue what difference that makes.

 

The washers go under the spool to raise it up in relation to the bail, so that the line winds evenly when you reel in.

 

Ought to be a diagram where to put them in the little manual that comes with it.

1 hour ago, kayaking_kev said:

One thing I was puzzled by was the set of washers that was in the box. I seen it says they are used to create a different winding shape, but I have no clue what difference that makes.

  I just went through spool shimming exercise over the last couple of days - honking big new surf reel, though. Matching with an 11' H Tsunami Air Waves, for throwing 2-oz spider weights on a bait rig.    

See how the initial wind trial doesn't go to the bottom of the spool?  

If I kept going, it would bulge and stack up at the front end of the spool, and wouldn't quite fill.    

 

Your new Vanford is much easier to shim than this surf reel - Tica Samira, who also make this same reel as the Surf Pro for Daiwa.  (Heck of a buy for 1/3rd the price of the Daiwa - I don't mind shimming.)

I had to remove the fiber-composite washer from its detente in the spindle, 2 spool BB and spacer, and click-spring to install my shims.  

Great result with 315 yds 35-lb X-braid

The reel also has a cool drag feature.  The center knob attaches the spool and sets the max drag.  The outer drag adjustment will back off from there and instantly return to your max set point.  It works like a lever drag.  

 

Save those Shimano spool shims - they will be solid gold for you.  I've swapped braided lines on two of my Stradics, and both needed shimming the second time to get good braid lay.  Yours will simply pop into place after you remove the spool.  

 

You should have two thickness shims, two of each - call them shim and half-shim.  I had to use 1-1/2 on both of my high-use Stradics to spool them the 2nd time (each).  A new Vanford will be properly shimmed from the factory.  But they will compress with use, and you'll need them later.  

54 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

The washers go under the spool to raise it up in relation to the bail, so that the line winds evenly when you reel in.

 

Ought to be a diagram where to put them in the little manual that comes with it.

So will I need to install one, two, or all now, or just wait and see how it's retrieving first before installing any of them?

13 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

So will I need to install one, two, or all now, or just wait and see how it's retrieving first before installing any of them?

I have been fishing Shimano reels for a couple of decades and have NEVER installed one.

32 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

So will I need to install one, two, or all now, or just wait and see how it's retrieving first before installing any of them?

 

18 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

I have been fishing Shimano reels for a couple of decades and have NEVER installed one.

 

I agree with roadwarrior. Either you won't need to install any of them, or you will. If you do need to, it's easy and doesn't take but a minute.

 

Easier to just not worry about it until you know.

1 hour ago, bulldog1935 said:

   

 

Great result with 315 yds 35-lb X-braid

 

 

Wow you got 315yds on that shallow spool!!   

32 minutes ago, galyonj said:

Either you won't need to install any of them, or you will.

 

Easier to just not worry about it until you know.

I love this advice.

When I first broke into commercial construction I got paired up with an older guy who was a couple of years away from retirement. His advice to problems was to "just ignore the problem until it goes away". ? ... I had a feeling right then I wouldn't learn much from him...?

 

EDIT: BTW @galyonj, I'm not making fun of you, I know exactly where you were going with this. ?

 

5 hours ago, Crankin4Bass said:

Nice! What reel model is that?

A Daiwa Fuego SV

Picked up 2 300 yard spools of 10 lb Fireline that will spool up 10 reels for me so like A 5-10 year supply since the stuff lasts forever. Also a Dual Hardcore Flat SP that I will compare to the Yu-Zuri version to see if they are the same. I do like Ayu colored baits so hoping this one will be a winner.

 

I had some Trapper Tackle trebles in my cart but couldn’t get myself to buy them and got the jerk instead. Also put the Zippo hand warmer picked up over the weekend to help me keep dexterity in my fingers when fishing in cold weather. 
 

Odds and ends - line, terminal tackle, jigs, jigheads, lipless, soft plastics, swimbait, etc.

 

15 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

I love this advice.

When I first broke into commercial construction I got paired up with an older guy who was a couple of years away from retirement. His advice to problems was to "just ignore the problem until it goes away". ? ... I had a feeling right then I wouldn't learn much from him...?

 

EDIT: BTW @galyonj, I'm not making fun of you, I know exactly where you were going with this. ?

 

 

No worries, I totally got what you were saying.

 

This is a lesson I'm continually trying to learn: There are problems worth looking for, and there are problems that aren't. And it behooves one to understand the difference.

 

This? This isn't a problem worth looking for. He'll know whether it's even a problem the first time he reels in a decent-length cast. Until then, it's just taking up space in his mind that it doesn't deserve.

My fiance is going to butcher me, but I got an itch to do some resupplying.

 

8 Rat-L-Traps

4 Baby Bull Shads

6 Jackhammers

12 Dark Sleepers

2 Whopper Ploppers

2 Spooks

6 Packs of Zakos

6 Packs of Senkos

8 Packs of Finesse TRDs

And terminal tackle.

 

 

The fallout probably wouldn't be so bad if I didn't just get 3 of the Lew's KVD reels... And of course some Dobyns rods to attach them to.