2 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

The Spartacus would look good on the new regular Lightning Rod.  The 66M is a good jerkbait stick. 

I already own a Bass X 6'6" MF for JB. I thought about maybe doing 2 pieces rod setup to fit car trunk.

 

4600 C5, 4600 C3, 5600CL Rocket, 5600AB.  All modified to some degree.

 

6500CS Rocket

I've been coveting this 7' Legend Xtreme for years and it feels awesome to finally have landed one. I think I'm going to run the Tatula LT silver edition on it because.. well it looks pretty awesome. 

 

 

7’ M Legend Elite/Tatula LT 2500

 

 

 

 

Hah back to back legends w/ tatula LTs.

18 hours ago, punch said:

I've been coveting this 7' Legend Xtreme for years and it feels awesome to finally have landed one. I think I'm going to run the Tatula LT silver edition on it because.. well it looks pretty awesome. 

 

 

I've been doing the same now for the last year and it is awesome!!! Enjoy that setup!

You guys sure do have some sexy stuff lol

Here's my current St Croix lineup. I have other stuff but this is the Croix family picture:

 

 

 

L to R: 

Legend Xtreme 7' M - Tatula LT 3000 Silver edition

Legend Tournament Pro 7'1 MH Swimjig with a brand that can't be named 

Legend Tournament Pro 7'1 M Plastics - Lews Tournament Pro G

Legend Tournament Pro 6'8 M Jerkbait - Tatula 100

Legend X 7'1 MH - Tatula 100 

Legend Glass 7'2 MM - Lews Tournament Pro 

Avid X 7'4 H - Tatula 100

Avid X 7' M - Shimano Casitas 

Have some Ray's Studio Red Frame screws on the way for my Fuego CT. Do they use the same 2mm head Hedgehog Studios screws do? Going to buy the Wera driver, but want to double check size first. I have sent the seller a message but figured I'd ask here too..

 

Edit - Yes they use the same 2mmn hex head.

Ok, got the screws and hex driver today! Any tips to not mess up the anodization on the screws? Go very slowly? Anything else?

2 hours ago, HazeRVA said:

Ok, got the screws and hex driver today! Any tips to not mess up the anodization on the screws? Go very slowly? Anything else?

I know the handle nut trick involves covering the nut with a sandwich bag. I would think the hex driver might slip if you do the same thing. My best solution has always been to keep the bit seated tight so it doesn't slip.

4 hours ago, HazeRVA said:

Any tips to not mess up the anodization on the screws? 

By all means use as much care as you can, but at the end of the day you are sticking a hardened steel tool into a far far softer hole.

 

 

 

Haha thanks guys!

 

And... Done! Love it. 

All finished up and back together. 

13 hours ago, rippin-lips said:

 

 

 

Looks great dude.  About how many hours did the entire process take?  

 

 

Last year the rain robbed me of wade-fishing opportunties and I am already champing at the bit to get out there.

It's a Loomis SJR6400 IMX with a Stradic FJ1000 on it.  I want to get into making and fishing hairjigs in a bunch of the small suburban streams around where I live and I think this might be the perfect rod for it.  The low end of it's rating seems way way off, 1/64oz does not even come close to loading the tip.  But once the lure weight gets up to around 1/8oz it really shines.  It will cast well up to around 3/16oz and the power/taper is about perfect for MWF and Slider fishing as well.  Right now I have 6lb Supernatural mono on it but I cannot get it to feel like I have it spooled on correctly, it might still be a little thick for the small spool.  If it doesn't work out I am going to try a few of the fancy JDM monos before I give up and use braid/leader. 

2 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

Looks great dude.  About how many hours did the entire process take?  

I’d say roughly about 8hrs total. 1-2hrs in taking it apart and prepping all the parts. 1hr worth of cleaning all the parts for when it was finished. 5hrs in the whole paint process. Then another 1hr to put it all back together after it sat for a week. 

@BaitFinesse thanks! Really digging it. Looks so good on the Abu Vendetta. Yes it is the Ray's Studio knob and screws. Next up red brake dial screw then I think I'm done with this one. Maybe red knob caps. 

 

Shimano TranX 201 HG (7.2) 

Did a little organizing/cleaning today; 2019 lineup shot

 

1 hour ago, BaitFinesse said:

Day 45:  the Daiwas still do not realise I am a Shimano.

everyone needs atleast one oddball friend right? Had to try one...

1 hour ago, CaptPete said:

Did a little organizing/cleaning today; 2019 lineup shot

 

That looks awesome!

1 hour ago, BaitFinesse said:

Day 45:  the Daiwas still do not realise I am a Shimano.

Hah I was gonna sing "one of these things is not like the other.."

I'm a finesse addict, these are gonna be my 3 combos in the rod locker this year: 

 

 

L to R 

 

Daiwa Tatula Elite 7'1 M AGS Ehler rod w/ ballistic LT 2500 - dropshot rod 

Gloomis GLX 852S JWR w/ ballistic LT 3000 - small swimbaits/wacky/shakey head

St Croix Legend Xtreme w/ taula LT 3000 silver - ned/neko

 

I'm really excited to pit each rod against eachother to see which one is really superior. The GLX and Legend are new to me. Last year the Daiwa AGS was a total pleasure, so we'll see if these two are THAT much better. 

On 1/19/2019 at 10:04 PM, punch said:

 

Daiwa Tatula Elite 7'1 M AGS Ehler rod w/ ballistic LT 2500 - dropshot rod 

Gloomis GLX 852S JWR w/ ballistic LT 3000 - small swimbaits/wacky/shakey head

St Croix Legend Xtreme w/ taula LT 3000 silver - ned/neko

 

I'm really excited to pit each rod against eachother to see which one is really superior. The GLX and Legend are new to me. Last year the Daiwa AGS was a total pleasure, so we'll see if these two are THAT much better. 

Man, at this point you might as well get a MB Addermine and have a complete "test".  ?

 

What line are you using on these combos?  

26 minutes ago, fishwizzard said:

Man, at this point you might as well get a MB Addermine and have a complete "test".  ?

 

What line are you using on these combos?  

I'm going to run 10lb powerpro superslick v2 this year