1 hour ago, scbassin said:

8 speed Digitaka

hmm. I’ve been watching them every couple days and never saw them come into inventory. Do they have an email watchlist that I’m not seeing?

Dear sir,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Items out of stocks are under requesting of re-stock to the maker although even roughly schedule is still not announced yet.

If you are regitered to our member , you can use "Resock Notification" so that you will receive the notification when the item is restocked.

Sorry for inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

best regards,
Hana Digitaka

I would not worry to much about a "dedicated frogging reel." 

 

I've been fishing this for 30+ years

 

 

Landed a bunch of these last week, 20lb Power Pro, 30+ year old Berkley Series One IM7 casting rod, medium heavy, 3/8-1-1/2 oz. Preferred the 5:1 ratio of the Citca vs. the 6:1 ratio of the Curado's. Felt like I had more leverage / power with the Citca. 

 

 

Note: this 40" | 13lb-8oz. pike was caught on the lightest casting rod I packed for this trip....an old Cabela's branded Fish Eagle II CX2 GC703, medium power, 1/4-3/4 oz seven foot rod. The pike hammer the spoon...then dove into two different weed-beds. It was quite a fight.

 

Tight lines!

 

Mine is the Kastking Deadbolt

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