MiceNReets Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 New to me… picked up this little fella recently 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User bulldog1935 Posted February 10 Super User Share Posted February 10 Made a 4th plunge into the Darker Side. As much as I liked my Smith Plugger matched w/ Quatre 1-power finesse rod, I missed it on Smith FO-56 S-glass rod, and picked up this black BC420 to match with the 1-power. Followed it through two 5-day Yahoo auctions with price drop. When it didn't come back for a third time, had my noppin broker Masamichi contact the seller, and he found it for me on Mercari. This is mostly a tale of casting the black Isuzu small-frame synchro reel. I first loaded the deep stock spool (2 small centrifugal blocks) with YZH 10-lb for backing, and topped with a working layer of 5-lb Ultragreen mono. Casting loaded 1/8-oz jighead required full-time thumb, like the good old days. But even with full thumb and the little 5'4" rod, the little reel rocketed 1/8 oz past 100' - total fun, and a feeling of power. Swapping in the TryAngle braid spool w/ mag brake crossed over into Nutso. Final mag adjustment w/ PE#1 casting 2 g - consistent high-arcing 80' casts into the wind with zero backlash (no thumb). My target for this reel is 3+ g, which is where the little rod takes off, fishing half the distance the reel will cast its light end. The nutso part, synchro reels aren't supposed to do this - this result gives my Steez w/ Roro-X spool a run for its money. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newapti5 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2024 at 8:50 AM, bulldog1935 said: Made a 4th plunge into the Darker Side. As much as I liked my Smith Plugger matched w/ Quatre 1-power finesse rod, I missed it on Smith FO-56 S-glass rod, and picked up this black BC420 to match with the 1-power. Followed it through two 5-day Yahoo auctions with price drop. When it didn't come back for a third time, had my noppin broker Masamichi contact the seller, and he found it for me on Mercari. This is mostly a tale of casting the black Isuzu small-frame synchro reel. I first loaded the deep stock spool (2 small centrifugal blocks) with YZH 10-lb for backing, and topped with a working layer of 5-lb Ultragreen mono. Casting loaded 1/8-oz jighead required full-time thumb, like the good old days. But even with full thumb and the little 5'4" rod, the little reel rocketed 1/8 oz past 100' - total fun, and a feeling of power. Swapping in the TryAngle braid spool w/ mag brake crossed over into Nutso. Final mag adjustment w/ PE#1 casting 2 g - consistent high-arcing 80' casts into the wind with zero backlash (no thumb). My target for this reel is 3+ g, which is where the little rod takes off, fishing half the distance the reel will cast its light end. The nutso part, synchro reels aren't supposed to do this - this result gives my Steez w/ Roro-X spool a run for its money. BTW how's the Silver Wolf treating you? Still running strong? I have been eyeballing one on JDM sites. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User bulldog1935 Posted February 11 Super User Share Posted February 11 @newapti5 I reported my Silver Wolf here My Zillion with Ray's SV spool here I had a good year, my 3 Daiwas are jewels, my 4 Isuzus are jewels. Regards 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgf91 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Ordered a custom ALX rod and it just showed up. I requested to have one of their spinning rod models made into a casting rod. 7 ft L+ Trickster. Rated 1/16 - 1/2. I'm hoping this would be a versatile rod to pair with my Metanium Shallow spool. I saw on their custom section of the site they had carbon grips so of course I had to order carbon grips. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newapti5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 15 hours ago, msgf91 said: Ordered a custom ALX rod and it just showed up. I requested to have one of their spinning rod models made into a casting rod. 7 ft L+ Trickster. Rated 1/16 - 1/2. I'm hoping this would be a versatile rod to pair with my Metanium Shallow spool. I saw on their custom section of the site they had carbon grips so of course I had to order carbon grips. Do you feel the carbon handle is a bit too slippery? Edge rods have similar designs and I always find them too slippery to have a firm grip during hookset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgf91 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I haven't had a chance to try it out. The rod arrived the day before my shift started so I've been working. I'll finally have a chance tomorrow. I'm not sure if it'll affect my grip during hook set because I use the palm/spider grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgf91 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 7 hours ago, newapti5 said: Do you feel the carbon handle is a bit too slippery? Edge rods have similar designs and I always find them too slippery to have a firm grip during hookset. For the response above so he gets the notification lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmeansdistortion Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 New combo for migratory rainbow and brown trout. '23 Calcutta Conquest BFS XG and a Smith Troutin'Spin 7'4" 5-16g. It's spooled with 50m of YGK #0.8 16lb. It's a very light combo, tipping the scale at 10.3 oz. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User GreenPig Posted March 5 Super User Share Posted March 5 40 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said: New combo for migratory rainbow and brown trout. '23 Calcutta Conquest BFS XG and a Smith Troutin'Spin 7'4" 5-16g. It's spooled with 50m of YGK #0.8 16lb. It's a very light combo, tipping the scale at 10.3 oz. Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Motoboss Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, redmeansdistortion said: New combo for migratory rainbow and brown trout. '23 Calcutta Conquest BFS XG and a Smith Troutin'Spin 7'4" 5-16g. It's spooled with 50m of YGK #0.8 16lb. It's a very light combo, tipping the scale at 10.3 oz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyecrazy Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I’m a sucker for wooden handle knobs, so I made a little change to two of my favorite BFS reels. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric 26 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 @walleyecrazy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Duty Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 45 minutes ago, walleyecrazy said: I’m a sucker for wooden handle knobs, so I made a little change to two of my favorite BFS reels. Was just looking at this bfs rod. The wood is drawing me in! (That's what she said, lol) https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802814315187.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.68083cddq83qKt&algo_pvid=fd946f15-578c-44b3-8c10-20b6aaee9823&algo_exp_id=fd946f15-578c-44b3-8c10-20b6aaee9823-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis!USD!230.45!115.22!!!230.45!115.22!%402103010b17097483865997667ef139!12000023310584055!sea!US!4058319755!AC&curPageLogUid=BZIkMh8eTUGe&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-Bass Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/5/2024 at 10:55 AM, redmeansdistortion said: New combo for migratory rainbow and brown trout. '23 Calcutta Conquest BFS XG and a Smith Troutin'Spin 7'4" 5-16g. It's spooled with 50m of YGK #0.8 16lb. It's a very light combo, tipping the scale at 10.3 oz. Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandersnatch Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/6/2024 at 12:27 PM, walleyecrazy said: I’m a sucker for wooden handle knobs, so I made a little change to two of my favorite BFS reels. I have several sets of beautiful wooden a roro knobs that just sit in a box because they weren’t practical pull fish out of heavy cover. It annoys me but a flat knobbed daiwa paddle handle just gets it done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyecrazy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 3/16/2024 at 5:57 AM, Bandersnatch said: I have several sets of beautiful wooden a roro knobs that just sit in a box because they weren’t practical pull fish out of heavy cover. It annoys me but a flat knobbed daiwa paddle handle just gets it done All of my conventional reels stay generally stay with the stock handle knobs. I tend to change out the knobs on my BFS reels to wood though. There is just something I prefer about the wood knobs on these smaller finesse setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swhit140 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Sold 2 older 2017 Tatula SV reels and added 2 of the new 2024 Daiwa Tatula 100. Also 6 new Powell Rods, 2 of the Max series & 4 of the Naked series when they had the BOGO(the 4th rod is in the closet with no reel 😏) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiceNReets Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 7 hours ago, swhit140 said: Sold 2 older 2017 Tatula SV reels and added 2 of the new 2024 Daiwa Tatula 100. Also 6 new Powell Rods, 2 of the Max series & 4 of the Naked series when they had the BOGO(the 4th rod is in the closet with no reel 😏) Very nice. I’m really liking my new tatula 100. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User bulldog1935 Posted March 27 Super User Share Posted March 27 I got your Black. OK, sorry, How about Back in Black? New SLP Works Zillion bought as 7.1-geared body only, finished out with my favorite (I know, not yours) Studio Composite handle, Ray's Studio SV spool, to fish PE#1 braid. A few details - I do my own gunsmithing, have gagets and concoctions around. I black oxide powder-coated the handle knob caps, also the stainless steel G-Nius hook keeper, and stainless handle-nut retainer screw. The handle nut retainer itself is black rhodium plated Isuzu part that I swapped out of my Headhunters reel. I love the trademarks on this reel, but they're tough to see, and even tougher to photograph. yep, it's black 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newapti5 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 10 hours ago, bulldog1935 said: I got your Black. OK, sorry, How about Back in Black? New SLP Works Zillion bought as 7.1-geared body only, finished out with my favorite (I know, not yours) Studio Composite handle, Ray's Studio SV spool, to fish PE#1 braid. A few details - I do my own gunsmithing, have gagets and concoctions around. I black oxide powder-coated the handle knob caps, also the stainless steel G-Nius hook keeper, and stainless handle-nut retainer screw. The handle nut retainer itself is black rhodium plated Isuzu part that I swapped out of my Headhunters reel. I love the trademarks on this reel, but they're tough to see, and even tougher to photograph. yep, it's black TBH too dark for me to show off the new toy to others. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User bulldog1935 Posted March 28 Super User Share Posted March 28 @newapti5 if you notice, takes 5 photos, each showing different subtlties. And except for a few friends, these are the guys I want to show off to. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Head Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I love it. Flat blacks and grays are my favorite. I've always preferred subtle over flashy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubaka Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I just had too....Met DC/Poison Ultima 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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