Got email from my rod builder

 

Swapped out the cheap foam thing to cork on my falcon rod. Not only that, added new tip on it. 

 

 

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I need a bigger boat. 

12 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

 

Stumbled on this new Cousins E-glass cranking rod, 7'3" Med Heavy. The price was to good to pass it up. My son was tickled. He loves glass rods.

17 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

  The guy kept dropping the price and I threw on the towel and bought it.   "Just stop, you win"  "I'll buy it"  

I started 2019 with one Pixy, now I have my fourth on the way to me.  Same reason as above.  

On 3/30/2019 at 4:55 PM, bh91 said:

The tatula is definetly not as nice as the stradic .. in my opinion unless I was one of the unlucky few that get a imperfect rod 

What did you like better about the Stradic?

3 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

Do you consider that a Pixy or an Alphas?  It's an Alphas Air Stream Custom with Pixy sideplates and Pixy spool.  Aluminum frame Pixy maybe?

Tim’s (hoohoorjoo) reel was an Alphas air stream frame with Alphas type F sides. The gears are from a pxr. 

4 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

Lol I saw that.  Same guy I got my Alphas from.    

Yea, one more price drop and I would have been unable to resist.  Let me know if you ever want to sell it. 

 

3 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

Do you consider that a Pixy or an Alphas?  It's an Alphas Air Stream Custom with Pixy sideplates and Pixy spool.  Aluminum frame Pixy maybe?

 

10 minutes ago, rippin-lips said:

Tim’s (hoohoorjoo) reel was an Alphas air stream frame with Alphas type F sides. The gears are from a pxr. 

Yea, with the guts and spool being a Pixy I am inclined to call it a Pixy but I think it's a toss up.  Maybe it's a Pixhas? Alpixy? Plphas?  

 

I got an Airy Red Pixzilla from him as well, can't remember if I posted it though. 

 

It's now living on a P3 Criffhanger but I don't have any glamour shots the combo yet.  

That other site is very dangerous...

 

I mostly get my stuff there for a heck of a good deal. 

3 hours ago, microotter said:

What did you like better about the Stradic?

Smoother and more consistent drag, better durability ( bail seems to sometimes get stuck for some reason , and is  loose for some reason on the tatula for being my newer reel ) other than that it reels smoother than other budget reels 

3 minutes ago, bh91 said:

Smoother and more consistent drag, better durability ( bail seems to sometimes get stuck for some reason , and is  loose for some reason on the tatula for being my newer reel ) other than that it reels smoother than other budget reels 

Thanks! I have only fished with my Tatula on 3 or 4 trips, but so far I like the bail and how it closes better than on my Stradic.  That may change the more that I use it. So far I am happy with both reels. 

I’m done for a while.

 

I recommend the Mgxtreme2 to anyone who wants a small, light, solid reel. 

 

I also recommend the KLX Heavy Mod should be made with much bigger guides.

 

 

 

 

 

Airy Red Pixzilla on a P3 Criffhanger.  Got it out for some pond hopping on Wed and am loving it. It’s fun as hell and is looking like a great combo for a lot of the overgrown ponds I fish.  The reel puts my thumb to the test though, I think I am going to bump up to 10lb Sniper from the 7lb I'm using now to get a little more overrun forgiveness. 

2 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

That's a pretty fast spool. I have one in my Silver Mica.  Assuming the magnets are the same between the Airy Red and Silver Mica the spool is really only super fast when pitching and roll casting and behaves normally when casting over your shoulder.  That has been my experience at least.  

Hah, that day was all pitching, roll casting, and one-handed flicks to get the lures around shoreline cover and to try and keep the thin tip from impacting said cover.  I maybe made a dozen normal casts all day at most. 

New setup 

23 hours ago, Mr. BattleArmor said:

New setup 

Clean look

Yes, the blue on blue is great. 

On 4/7/2019 at 8:49 PM, Burke said:

That other site is very dangerous...

 

I mostly get my stuff there for a heck of a good deal. 

I really shouldn't ask this because I'm sure it will hurt my bank account but what site are we referring to?

 

12 minutes ago, TBAG said:

I really shouldn't ask this because I'm sure it will hurt my bank account but what site are we referring to?

 

Don't think it allows on here for the typing of the three letters in the name.

58 minutes ago, Big-Bass said:

Don't think it allows on here for the typing of the three letters in the name.

PM me?

On 4/20/2019 at 5:13 PM, Mr. BattleArmor said:

New setup 

I like it. I can’t quite make out the model but how do you like it. 

I've got three of these combos now and I tell you what, the green/gold combo with the Curado K and the IMX Pro really look great together, they match so well. Oh, and fish pretty good too!

 

Untitled by Caleb Bender, on Flickr

Untitled by Caleb Bender, on Flickr

I wound up going with an Abu instead of a Scorpion, but an old friend heard and sent me this with some copoly and a few other things.

 

 

I've got the latest and greatest goodies coming from Japan. Stay tuned everyone

Alphas SV105P on the Tatula Elite 7' M/MH Ehrler AGS. I couldn't take the 80mm stock handle, so I bought a cheapo carbon fiber one off Amazon, unknowing if it would fit or not. It does fit, but there's a slight amount of in/out play on the knobs, so I have some spacers coming to tighten up the tolerance, still not awful right out of the box though. This is pretty much my favorite rod/reel combo at the moment, it throws 90% of my tackle, and most of it really well.