The Last Coco

[quote]All my rods have some missing eyes/broken eyes so I have considered just buying new ones[/quote] Depending on how nice the rods are, might be worth getting them repaired. As to your question about spinning reel size, the larger spools can help with longer casting distance. If you don't ...

[quote]They will probably bring him back on 2nd night of b2b[/quote] Yeah this seems like the obvious spot for his return. Maybe his fresh legs give us a boost on a segababa and we can win the next 2 and put pressure on the suns as much as possible....

[quote]What do you make of the Salinity[/quote] Never fished the salinity but Waterloo rods seem to have a good enough following. I dont know anything about their manufacturing pedigree though. I think their lower end rods, like the salinity, are made south of the border and the higher end lines ...

[quote]I have been doing it wrong apparently. I choose my inshore tackle from my bass arsenal and take the stuff I don't mind tearing up [/quote] Oh yeah I hear you on that. Since I've started building, I've come to realize there are whole swaths of people (especially in Texas and florida) ch...

[quote]Do they have a showroom where you can handle the goods?[/quote] If you're asking about Kistler, yes. You can visit their facility in Magnolia, TX. ...

Kistler makes several rods in that price range. All except their bottom teir rods are assembled in Texas. I'd be very leary of any custom builders offering rods in your budget. I build rods. A decent blank and components is going to run ~$125 at a minimum. Most charge $125-150 for a build fee so...

Lake ohkissa in Mississippi is close and worth a trip...

AliExpress often has legit deals on real products. A couple of things I look for before spending money on there: - store name: if it's just "Shop1234567" etc... then they never even bothered to change the auto generated name. This usually is a eyebrow raiser. - how many followers do they have...

[quote]Naji Marshall has been referred to as the Knife by AD and Joel.[/quote] Right. Naji is "the knife". That moniker came from Willie differentiating him from his teammate that is the "Swiss army knife."...

[quote]Any of you folks had hang ups? What did you do? [/quote] I'm a little over 3yrs sober (12/16/2020). I had tried AA in the past off and on and it never worked for me. When I quit this time I white knuckled for 4 months and then did some group outpatient therapy that really helped for th...