Thread: Budget Combo bobber fishing trip

I got to going through some of my long rods that I hadn’t fish in awhile and picked out one for this Morning’s trip .
I picked a 7’ Daiwa Laguna ULF and paired it with a KastKing Zephyr SFS 1000 reels . One of the older models .
I believe I paid $40 for the rod , and caught the reel on sale for less than $50 at the time .
So a complete combo costing less than a C note . ( I’ve been reading too many books lately ) .
Spooled with dark green Daiwa J-braid 1.5# diameter with a 3# Floroclear leader .
My Tungsten handtied jigs were the lures used .

Fishing the Town Pond this week , I’ve got to talk with a few of the regular walkers , that walk the half mile track that partially surrounds the the pond on three sides .
Catching up with them, I found out two of them had had heart attacks . Too much of that going around these days .

The fishing was slower than it had been and in an hour and forty five minutes I managed to land five fish .
Two shellcrackers and three gills .
The combo performed flawlessly , with a couple of the fish pulling drag a little . One of the bluegills fought like a shellcracker and I was surprised when I saw what it was .
Before I take it fishing again , I plan on swapping the reel for a Daiwa Fuego 1000 LT , just because the colors will match up better .

The sky was overcast , with the temps in the mid 70’s , with a light wind occasionally.
Nice morning!

Afterwards I put up my tackle and joined the walkers and got in a mile in just over 19 minutes. Not Olympian , but for an old man I’ll take it !

Nice looking combo and fish. Love the longer rods and the price is right at under $100. I've had two heart attacks, last one in 2013. Also had chronic back issues and finally decided to do something about it and started walking six years ago. Lost 40 lbs. total, 25 the first year. Now I actually enjoy my walks and no longer have back pain since I started walking. 19 minute miles is pretty good for us older folks, keep it up.