Sweet reel, Maico! That ones definitely on my bucket list.

Nice reel maico, I just picked up a conquest 51s that should be here tomm, can't wait...

Nice reel maico, I just picked up a conquest 51s that should be here tomm, can't wait...

Congrats....You are in for a treat.

Im amazed at how smooth this reel is. Came in yesterday, threw some power pro on real fast and ran down to the river to test it out. By far the smoothest reel ive ever used before. Very happy with my purchase, just have to figure out how to use the svs braking, lol.

 

Also have a carbon fiber zpi handle coming soon, I have zpi knob bearings and extra shimano knobs waiting....

 

 

Very nice, thehooligan.

Gotta love the Conquest - probably my favourite reel.

BTW, did you purchase this new?

BTW, did you purchase this new?

 

Bought this used off another forum, but it looks brand new. Started off-loading some of my fishing gear to cover some medical bills that came back to haunt me and was able to sell some motocycle parts to cover it.

 

So i sold my curado 51e, a fenwick elite tech rod,  and some lures and had just about enough cash so i pulled the trigger on this one and couldnt be happier. The spool is even more shallower then the one my daiwa pxl-r. I was pretty surprised, calls for 100yards of 6lb line so i think im going to spool it with 10 or 15lb power pro.

Simply stunning. Nice conquest!

Bought this used off another forum, but it looks brand new. Started off-loading some of my fishing gear to cover some medical bills that came back to haunt me and was able to sell some motocycle parts to cover it.

 

So i sold my curado 51e, a fenwick elite tech rod,  and some lures and had just about enough cash so i pulled the trigger on this one and couldnt be happier. The spool is even more shallower then the one my daiwa pxl-r. I was pretty surprised, calls for 100yards of 6lb line so i think im going to spool it with 10 or 15lb power pro.

Glad to hear you got everything sorted out.

Congrats on the purchase. I've been looking for a NIB Conquest SS for some time.

Nice reel maico, I just picked up a conquest 51s that should be here tomm, can't wait...

 

It is amazing what a simple flick of the wrist will do with this reel...small/light baits really take off.  Congrats!

You guys are killing me with the Conquest talk! Must resist......

My three current frontline combos:

 

Daiwa Aird 7' ML/XF, H2O Xpress Mettle, 10# mono (not sure on brand) - General plastics

Daiwa Ballistic 7'11" M/R, H2O Xpress Mettle, 10# Sufix Elite - Long-range cranking, mostly traps at the moment.  This combo's casting performance is ridiculous.

Handmade glass 6'8" M/M, H2O Xpress Menace, 10# Yo-Zuri Hybrid - General cranking

 

  

 

All of these have been super-tuned and had the drags upgraded with carbontex washers.  Also have a 7'2" ML/F Ballistic spinning rod on the way, which will be my new finesse plastics rod.  The Aird/Mettle combo is pretty good at throwing weightless 4" flukes, but it's definitely limited.  This setup is a ball to fish because even a small bass puts up a good fight.

 

Also have a 7' M/F Abu Garcia Vendetta V1 paired with a C3.  I just don't use it much since that reel is too slow for my style of fishing.  I hardly ever throw heavy baits that warrant the C3's torque, and I don't fish for anything bigger than 24" catfish and the occasional potshot at snagging a carp.  Eventually I'll probably replace the gears with 6:1 gears from a C4, maybe use it for frogs or swimbaits, or big spinnerbaits.

 

Also got a Pflueger President WLPL baitcaster waiting to be painted and rebuilt, and a Citica E waiting to be torn down, repainted, and fitted with 7:1 gears and a 4-bearing handle.  I plan on having it painted to match the rod my Menace is currently residing on, and then it will be my all-around cranking combo.  Not sure what's going to happen to my President WLPL yet.

That custom rod looks sick! I'm such a fan of that style grip.

That custom rod looks sick! I'm such a fan of that style grip.

 

Thanks!  Built that rod myself.  Actually it's been rebuilt twice after the initial build, which was four or five years ago, and the last time I stripped down the blank and repainted it.  The butt is black and transitions to metallic purple from midway up the blank to the tip.  It was never going to win any lightweight contest, so I decided to go for balance instead.  It balances exactly on the reel seat locking nut with a reel clamped in place.  Weight is 18 ounces for the entire rig, but in hand it feels much lighter than my Mettle/Ballistic combo though that combo is actually two ounces lighter.  I'll take balance over light weight any day.

 

I also love this style of handle.  Split grips are fine, but when you get right down to it they really don't do anything a full grip doesn't do.  The woven-graphite tubing allowed me to extend this rod's length 4", up from 6'6".  It also made possible the balancing—I epoxied three or four 20 gauge shotgun slugs into the hollow handle to balance it out.

 

That carbon-fiber hydro-dipped Citica E done by Piscicidal would look great on this rod.  I've got something similar planned for my Citica, though it may take a while to get it put together.

What green reel is that

What green reel is that

 

A custom-painted H2O Xpress Mettle.  It's probably going to need to be redone sometime, because the topcoat I used turned out to be not quite up to the job.

Front deck of my boat yesterday....

 

 

Core 50mg7/Cumara

Chronarch 200e7/ 854 GLX

Curado 50e/Avid

Metanium XG/ 854 GLX

00 MOD those are sweet setups! How do you like the 854 glx?

I love it.  The reason I have 3 now.  I use it mainly for jigs, but I always seem to have a couple of those tied on all the time.......

 

Jeff 

What series is that 854? Mbr?

Both of those are BCR 854 GLX

That was to many Shimanos at one time, so I thought I would throw in a little Daiwa.

Steez EX 7.1 / Steez Compile-X

 

 

Two setups I recently got.

 

Shimano Core 50/Kistler Zbone MH70

Daiwa T3/St.Croix Xtreme M68

UL Baitcast Combo?

what reel is this, is it one available or a rare reel, Orange is my fav color and that is beautiful, lol I go through this thread at least once a month

what reel is this, is it one available or a rare reel, Orange is my fav color and that is beautiful, lol I go through this thread at least once a month

 

That is the Daiwa Presso: http://www.japantackle.com/Daiwa/Daiwa_Presso_Bait.htm