Thread: Now that it’s done

I get to play with it and find it’s personality. I was lucky enough to get off of work a few hours early and had the boat hooked up not long after I said hi to my queen. Wind was the word of the day. Steady between 11 and 15 and some gusts that made me glad I was hiding in the river. I went to an area that I don’t fish much and it paid off. I might have been able to scratch together a dinner for mom and I but it would have been meager. I caught enough fish but a lot of them were small. Some of the usual players showed up, and a whisker trout stole the show. He wanted no part of coming to meet me. Still learning this new line and I’m very impressed with it so far. Y’all know I use Nanofil a lot and this casts very close to as good as it does and is a lot tougher. I may have found a new friend. Thanks Michael, it’s working out well. My take on braid is that it comes stiff and uncooperative but begins to soften with use and it’s personality changes. I’m liking it a lot. I fished over three hours and had zero reties but a few plastics did get trashed and replaced. The rod shoots a bait like a champ and everything about it is as good as I hoped it would be. So light and responsive and the sensitivity wanted for nothing today, even in todays stiff wind. They weren’t the big thumps every time but I was feeling bumps and hits on windblown bowed line. I was impressed. I also was able to see the line jump on a few so this lines visibility wants for nothing better. I’ve been trying some of the fluorocarbon leader but it does some things that are different than the mono I’ve been using, and I’m not sure I’m a fan as yet. Old ways are sometimes hard to part with. The catfish was a tough fight and I was liking the way I could control a surprise fish, even if he wasn’t a real big one. The reel is working well and I’m liking the weight combination. I think it weighs 5 1/2oz so all in I should still be under 8oz with rod, reel, backing and line. I need a couple of batteries for my scale before I’ll find out. All in today I’m real happy with the way it’s come together and the way it works. I’m looking forward to some crappie to play with and feel the thump we all live for. Thanks for following along with me and this build, it’s gone pretty quick and has been fun. Here’s the pics, and most of all I’m praying that everyone and their families are all OK in the storms that have run through the middle of the country today. I can’t even begin to imagine. I hope your weather improves and your able to get out some and get a few. Look for me and wave or holler or blow the horn or something when you see me. Til then……Skeet

This was the line that I got in the mail from another member that had some he wanted to share. Y’all are the best.

Third cast got this one to come visit. The first good gill on the new rod.

And this little powerhouse made my day. They’re tough on the little stuff.


And both of these guys tried to steal my new rod! The nerve! For no bigger than they are they sure fight above their class.