16 hours ago, Master Bait'r said:

I finally just pulled the trigger on an Orochi XX Perfect Pitch.  I'll be putting my Exsence DC on it.  Can't wait!!  

One of my favorite combos, perfect for frogging and heavier jigs.  Right amount of power and tip.  The balance is great too with the heavier Exsence reel.

 

I had to let the perfect pitch go though, luckily I know where to find her again...

7 hours ago, JBradley500 said:

This is my first post. I've enjoyed reading this thread so much, I wanted to sign up and add a little. Here's the big brother and little sister.

 

 

very nice intro!!!

My Current Setups For This Year's Trip to El Salto:

From left to right:

1. Megabass Orochi XX Tour Versatile paired with a 7:1 Shimano Metanium

2. Megabass Black Jungle Power Versatile paired with a 7:1 2016 Shimano Antares DC

3. Dobyns 735 champion paired with 8:1 Shimano Exsence DC

4. JDM Megabass Orochi XX Pitch Perfect paired with 8:1 Daiwa Steez Limited SV 105xh

5. Dobyns 746 dx paired with 9:1 JDM Zillion TW SV

6. Megabass Diablo Fast Move paired with 7:1 Shimano Metanium MGL

7. Megabass Super Red Demon paired with 7.9:1 SV103

8. Dobyns 805cb champion paired with Shimano Conquest HG 6:1

16 hours ago, stk said:

One of my favorite combos, perfect for frogging and heavier jigs.  Right amount of power and tip.  The balance is great too with the heavier Exsence reel.

 

I had to let the perfect pitch go though, luckily I know where to find her again...

 

 

Yeah I've fallen in love with the XX series bigtime.  I got a FSS last season and loved it so much I started making moves to replace most of my stuff with them.  So light, so powerful, so comfortable and such versatility in the blanks...  To me they are just about perfect.  Doesn't hurt that they're so d**n sexy either!  It's hard for me to say a $300 rod is a great value but I definitely find them superior to many rods I've tried that cost even more.  

 

I feel like that will be a perfect frog/jig/spinner/C rig type combo and it will still work when I go down to the shoreline too.  

6 hours ago, mwh33 said:

My Current Setups For This Year's Trip to El Salto:

From left to right:

1. Megabass Orochi XX Tour Versatile paired with a 7:1 Shimano Metanium

2. Megabass Black Jungle Power Versatile paired with a 7:1 2016 Shimano Antares DC

3. Dobyns 735 champion paired with 8:1 Shimano Exsence DC

4. JDM Megabass Orochi XX Pitch Perfect paired with 8:1 Daiwa Steez Limited SV 105xh

5. Dobyns 746 dx paired with 9:1 JDM Zillion TW SV

6. Megabass Diablo Fast Move paired with 7:1 Shimano Metanium MGL

7. Megabass Super Red Demon paired with 7.9:1 SV103

8. Dobyns 805cb champion paired with Shimano Conquest HG 6:1

Ohhh! El' stellar senior!

On 2/15/2017 at 0:00 PM, JBradley500 said:

Thanks! We go crappie fishing in the spring for several days, and last year was the first with that UL spinning setup and it was the best i've ever had. I haven't used the new casting setup yet, but the decision on what to buy was based on the UL experience. Sold my old (heavy power) setup to my dad because he likes fishing in underwater forests a lot more than i do.

An avid UL with a Ci4+ is tough to beat in the UL department. Wouldnt get rid of mine for anything.

16 hours ago, mwh33 said:

My Current Setups For This Year's Trip to El Salto:

From left to right:

1. Megabass Orochi XX Tour Versatile paired with a 7:1 Shimano Metanium

2. Megabass Black Jungle Power Versatile paired with a 7:1 2016 Shimano Antares DC

3. Dobyns 735 champion paired with 8:1 Shimano Exsence DC

4. JDM Megabass Orochi XX Pitch Perfect paired with 8:1 Daiwa Steez Limited SV 105xh

5. Dobyns 746 dx paired with 9:1 JDM Zillion TW SV

6. Megabass Diablo Fast Move paired with 7:1 Shimano Metanium MGL

7. Megabass Super Red Demon paired with 7.9:1 SV103

8. Dobyns 805cb champion paired with Shimano Conquest HG 6:1

Little fish slime and dirt on that cork youd have them beauties lookin Right my friend

 

HI, 

There some nice set up here ... you guys in US don't have the same mentality as us, in France. Here if you show people that you have great combos, you are treated, they say it's useless ... but if we give to them, they take ... lol ... In France, you can't show everything you have. 

 

Here is mine, 

- MajorCraft Volkey 70H - Shimano Chronarch 151HG 

- Shimano Zodias 1610MH - Shimano Met' 13 

- Megabass French Limited F4-68X - Shimano Met'13 HG

- MajorCraft Corzza 69M - Shimano Scorpion 201 14'

 

I just grab recently a Shimano/Jackall Poison Adrena 172H for my frog setup, and a Powell Max 704CB, my first amarican rod, but I think i felt in love with the Poison series, and I'll try to get the 172MH-G and and 1610L +/- BFS for this year. 

I had to grab one since they're being discontinued by Daiwa for some reason. 7:9 SV103 with a few little changes. 

HH air hd spool bearings

worm shaft bearing upgrade

SV spool spring mod

90mm carbon handle

rcs cork knobs

black accent parts

1 minute ago, rippin-lips said:

I had to grab one since they're being discontinued. 7:9 SV103 

with a few little changes. 

HH air hd spool bearings

worm shaft bearing upgrade

SV spool spring mod

90mm carbon handle

rcs cork knobs

black accent parts

 

Did you get that from Gary?

3 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

 

Did you get that from Gary?

I bought the reel through a friend that works for the Tackle Trap. Gary, doesn't really do much from the store these days. He works from home most of the time. 

29 minutes ago, rippin-lips said:

I had to grab one since they're being discontinued by Daiwa for some reason. 7:9 SV103 with a few little changes. 

HH air hd spool bearings

worm shaft bearing upgrade

SV spool spring mod

90mm carbon handle

rcs cork knobs

black accent parts

Love the stealth look! Nice modifications!

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 4:55 PM, buzzed bait said:

 

very nice intro!!!

got to love family! not identical twins, but I bet they work well together. good looking first post

Replaced my MH Powell Endurance with a Shimano Zodias ML 7' for dropshots and finesse. 

I finally got all of my reels spooled up on Saturday, and situated on the rods I want them on (for now).

I got to enjoy the weather and fish for a while Saturday afternoon and yesterday.

Don't mind the duck, she likes to watch me fish. 

On 2/17/2017 at 3:46 PM, rippin-lips said:

I had to grab one since they're being discontinued by Daiwa for some reason. 7:9 SV103 with a few little changes. 

 

 

Maaaaannnnnnnn......I was thinking the same but had been successfully holding off.  Now I see your pics.  In conclusion, I hate you.

1 hour ago, Chris at Tech said:

 

Maaaaannnnnnnn......I was thinking the same but had been successfully holding off.  Now I see your pics.  In conclusion, I hate you.

I held off for about 2 months and then I couldn't keep it out of my head any longer. Just buy one. You won't be disappointed. Here's another pic with its younger twin from today. 

13 minutes ago, rippin-lips said:

I held off for about 2 months and then I couldn't keep it out of my head any longer. Just buy one. You won't be disappointed. Here's another pic with its younger twin from today. 

What kind of hook keeper is that? looks homemade

54 minutes ago, bigturtle said:

What kind of hook keeper is that? looks homemade

Nah, it's a very hard to find Japan only hook keeper. Good luck with that search.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding! It's a cable tie, or zip tie as most of us refer to them. Easy to find. 

20 hours ago, mllrtm79 said:

I finally got all of my reels spooled up on Saturday, and situated on the rods I want them on (for now).

I got to enjoy the weather and fish for a while Saturday afternoon and yesterday.

Don't mind the duck, she likes to watch me fish. 

 

What is that spinner second from the right?

1 hour ago, PatrickKnight said:

What is that spinner second from the right?

It is a really cheap R2F reel (made by South Bend) that I got at Walmart last spring when my bail spring took a crap in the middle of the weekend.

It was a $17 combo, I just put the rod butt in my shop for spooling reels, spooled the reel up with Sufix Elite, and have been using it since. 

The rod that it's on is a 7' Abu Garcia Vengeance

Edit: maybe it's a 6'6"... I just use it lol 

Edited February 21, 20179 yr by mllrtm79

I see that you love JDM too, nice set up with Megabass ... Jackall ... but there's a brand I don't really see, is DEPS ... I got a some DEPS lures, that's work pretty well. 

But never handled a DEPS Sidewinder rods (maybe one day, just to fish a couple hours with it )... looks so powerfull ... anyone here got some ? 

Also like the "Style of Deps"

Check out the pair on this... 

 

Nice!  Let us know how they measure up!  

my step dad use to say WOZER!!!