Just got this in today. Bad picture since I was in a hurry to go to my classes...

 

Sweet combo   . Which model is your rod, Super Elseil?

^Yep. Good guess haha. Sadly I won't get to use it till next Friday...

^Yep. Good guess haha. Sadly I won't get to use it till next Friday...

 

Well, I have no idea when my Cyclone advantage is going to get here to be paired with the my metanium so at least you can look at it

^Yep. Good guess haha. Sadly I won't get to use it till next Friday...

 

sweet combo !!

New knobs for the BFS

It's all about what makes each one of us happy. I'm just glad I found a group of people who share my passion for all things fishing. Keep the posts coming.

New knobs for the BFS

 

Knobs look great booty.

A few of the ladies

 

 

 

New knobs for the BFS

Sweet contrast you got working.

New knobs for the BFS

They look great!

 

Out of interest, how do you like your Aldebaran? I picked one up a couple of weeks ago and I'm slightly underwhelmed by it.

They look great!

 

Out of interest, how do you like your Aldebaran? I picked one up a couple of weeks ago and I'm slightly underwhelmed by it.

Its actually my favorite reel. What is underwhelming about it to you? Maybe I can help?

I expected it to be a better finesse caster I suppose. It does 1/8 fine, but any lighter it's no where near as good as my little morrum 3601 sx with an avail spool. Love the fast retrieve speed, but it just doesn't seem to be much of in improvement in light bait casting than a curado to me.

I expected it to be a better finesse caster I suppose. It does 1/8 fine, but any lighter it's no where near as good as my little morrum 3601 sx with an avail spool. Love the fast retrieve speed, but it just doesn't seem to be much of in improvement in light bait casting than a curado to me.

Yeah those avail spools are super shallow. I've thrown SK Bitsy Minnows which are 2.5 grams or 1\16th a good distance as well as 1/16th rooster tails even farther. What rod are you using? That's going to be 75% of the battle in throwing light lures. I use mainly a Major Craft Volkey BFS rated down to 1\32.

It's an MHX blank I made up for it. Tried the Volkey, but prefer my MHX.  Going on holiday to Spain tomorrow chasing bass, so I might learn to love it a bit more there. 

It's an MHX blank I made up for it. Tried the Volkey, but prefer my MHX.  Going on holiday to Spain tomorrow chasing bass, so I might learn to love it a bit more there.

Oh and flush those bearings out. I also have a Revo LTZ and I'm hard pressed to see a difference in performance between the 2.

Anyone in this forum have experience with KTF honey comb vs Avail?

New knobs for the BFS

Where did you get those knobs? Those look amazing.

Where did you get those knobs? Those look amazing.

You can get them from Rakuten.

 

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/getfish/item/dress_ld_op112/

You can get them from Rakuten.

 

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/getfish/item/dress_ld_op112/

Yep this is where I got them. They are about a gram lighter than advertised.

hated the lews knobs so a buddy said try out abu eva knobs. fits on the lews just fine these are large eva knobs from abu

New knobs for the BFS

 

 

 

Who makes those handles?  Never seen them before.  

Who makes those handles?  Never seen them before.

Avail

Those knobs really complement the lines on the reel. Looks space age. Like it.

Those knobs really complement the lines on the reel. Looks space age. Like it.

 

 

I was thinking the same thing.  I like the ergonomics and the finish-  they look very comfortable.  

 

 

I looked around for a while yesterday and couldn't find them...  Booty where did you get these?  

 

My favorite casting and spinning pics. 

 

duckett ghost 6'8 mh with shimano chronarch 200e6

 

fenwick hmx 6'0 m with daiwa aird 2500sh