Spent a few hours with my Daiwa Procyon

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06-19-2018, 06:53 PM
gillchaser999

Spent a few hours with my Daiwa Procyon

Got to throw some Trout Magnets for two to three hours today . 6’ Daiwa Procyon UL with a Shimano Sahara 500 and 2# P-Line .
Almost an hour fishing Big Lazer PFA gave up four , three gillls and one small warmouth .
Then when I got home I spent just under two hours at our town pond and caught two gills and a small bass . Tough bank fishing this time of the year . Kirby
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06-19-2018, 07:29 PM
Alphahawk

Pretty fish.

Regards

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06-19-2018, 07:34 PM
gillchaser999

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Pretty fish.

Regards

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Thanks , I love catching the warmouths . They have awesome colors IMO. Kirby
06-19-2018, 08:07 PM
skeetbum

Good catch Kirby. I also got a new 6’ up rod recently and love catching the Warmouth and gills. I’m sure mine isn’t near what you show there but I’m having fun with it. Love throwing the little stuff.
06-19-2018, 10:49 PM
gillchaser999

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Good catch Kirby. I also got a new 6’ up rod recently and love catching the Warmouth and gills. I’m sure mine isn’t near what you show there but I’m having fun with it. Love throwing the little stuff.

This Daiwa Procyon is from the second line from Daiwa named Procyon. They’ve been replaced by a newer version that doesn’t include any UL rods . Shame . Rod was reasonable, IIRC , around $80 . I have a couple 7 footers in the black Procyon that preceded these . They’re nice rods . I use them for micro jig and float fishing .
Occasionally Daiwa will put out a line of rods with an UL . I give them all a try that are under $100 . Most are under $50 .
The 5’6” Triforce is a great little rod for throwing weightless worms or wacky worm fishing with 3” Senko s . $30-$40 . But they’re getting hard to find . .
Daiwa and St Croix are the best , easily available UL’s out there IMO .
06-20-2018, 08:18 AM
StantheMan2567

Nice catch with the artificial offerings , Trout Magnets have found a place in my UL tackle rotation this year. Dab a little Slab Sauce on them and hang on. The new St Croix I bought this year is slowly becoming my favorite rod in the arsenal. I am doing a little deep vertical jigging with it now that it has gotten hot, and so far no complaints. Coupled with braid, the sensitivity is great. The Diawa rod looks nice also. The California Dude has caught my attention with a JDM Diawa UL.

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06-20-2018, 10:44 AM
SpeckledSlab

Thanks for the UL products info. Good thread.
06-20-2018, 12:41 PM
gillchaser999

Broke out my black 7’ Daiwa Procyon UL . Paired with a Shimano Symetre 500 with 2# Visious . Paid a visit to a friends property who lives on a nice size pond . The only problem is he has about 200 feet of shore located in the shallow upper end of the pond . Though I might catch a couple gills , but decent size crappie and hooked a jack (chain pickerel) . The jack I got all the way in , but he flopped and cut or broke my line as I was trying to slide him up a sloped bank to get a hand on him .
Fished for over an hour , until I lost my shade , and never got another bite .
Ive not been fishing much lately . Been caught up shooting my rimfire . It feels good to get back out there .
I need to clean out my boat and get it ready for a few trips . Gillchaser
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06-20-2018, 12:47 PM
gillchaser999

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Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Nice catch with the artificial offerings , Trout Magnets have found a place in my UL tackle rotation this year. Dab a little Slab Sauce on them and hang on. The new St Croix I bought this year is slowly becoming my favorite rod in the arsenal. I am doing a little deep vertical jigging with it now that it has gotten hot, and so far no complaints. Coupled with braid, the sensitivity is great. The Diawa rod looks nice also. The California Dude has caught my attention with a JDM Diawa UL.

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I love my St Croix UL’s . The Panfish and Trout Series are nice rods . They don’t seem as soft as my Triumphs , Avids , and Premiers . Id like to try one of the JDM rods also . Wouldn’t mind trying a Loomis Panfish too. Gillchaser
06-20-2018, 12:51 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

Wouldn’t mind trying a Loomis Panfish too. Gillchaser

JDM > Loomis

I have several Loomis rods, and they're all nice. My JDM rod beats them all, though.
06-20-2018, 01:22 PM
gillchaser999

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

JDM > Loomis

I have several Loomis rods, and they're all nice. My JDM rod beats them all, though.

LOL ! db4d, after reading your posts over the years , I think you may have more UL’s than I do . Gillchaser
06-20-2018, 01:30 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

LOL ! db4d, after reading your posts over the years , I think you may have more UL’s than I do . Gillchaser

I do have a bunch! ;)
At one time, I had seventy rods (and I'm not a spider rigger.) I've "cut back" to thirty now. (I sold 27 fly rods alone!) :yikes

What's left is a mixed bag of fly, spin, and some Euro rods/poles.

But hey -- I don't smoke, drink or chase other men's wives. I don't bowl, play cards, or watch a lot of sports. My passion is fishing, so I don't mind spending a little money on it. :)
06-20-2018, 03:11 PM
gillchaser999

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I do have a bunch! ;)
At one time, I had seventy rods (and I'm not a spider rigger.) I've "cut back" to thirty now. (I sold 27 fly rods alone!) :yikes

What's left is a mixed bag of fly, spin, and some Euro rods/poles.

But hey -- I don't smoke, drink or chase other men's wives. I don't bowl, play cards, or watch a lot of sports. My passion is fishing, so I don't mind spending a little money on it. :)

I’ve got several fly rods I need to sell . Use to be my number one way to catch em . Until all those years of shooting archery caught up with me . I probably have 25+ fly rods . Gillchaser
06-20-2018, 03:19 PM
gillchaser999

Hey db4d , I have a question for you , just curious.
Out of all of the rods you’ve owned , which one have you fished with the most ? I would guess it would be the same as the one you’ve caught the most fish on as well .
Mine is a 5’6” St. Croix UL 4 piece travel rod . Guess cause it stays in the truck all the time . That little rod has caught some fish , some my PB .
If I could only keep one , that would be the one . Gillchaser
06-23-2018, 04:56 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

Hey db4d , I have a question for you , just curious.
Out of all of the rods you’ve owned , which one have you fished with the most ?

I'm gonna have to think about that. :)
07-01-2018, 08:09 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

Hey db4d , I have a question for you , just curious.
Out of all of the rods you’ve owned , which one have you fished with the most ? I would guess it would be the same as the one you’ve caught the most fish on as well .
Mine is a 5’6” St. Croix UL 4 piece travel rod . Guess cause it stays in the truck all the time . That little rod has caught some fish , some my PB .
If I could only keep one , that would be the one . Gillchaser

Sorry I'm getting back to you so late. I thought about it ... forgot about it ... got busy at work ... then remembered again. :)

I tend to fish in phases -- pick one or two outfits and fish with them for awhile and then do something else. For the last year or so, I've been fishing a lot with my lone JDM rod (Yamaga Blanks Blue Current) for bluegill and a St. Croix Premier for bass. This is all casting jigs from my float tube.

As for what I've caught the most fish on, I'd have to go with my float rods or my 12-18' telescopic poles. I've caught loads of fish on those outfits, mostly because I use live bait with them.

It's hard to pick a favorite rod. They're all fun and all do a different job. I will say this, though: my favorite fishing trips of the year are my saltwater fly fishing trips. :biggrin
07-01-2018, 09:31 PM
gillchaser999

Where do you fish with a float tube ? Around here on the south side all of the water reservoirs won’t allow float tubes . You can’t even get in the water with waders on .
I own three of them . A friend of mine and I floated the Ocmulgee river a couple of times . I’m guessing mine probably need new tubes , they’ve been hanging in the garage for about 3-4 years .
Used to fish saltwater inshore 3 or 4 times a year too . It’s been awhile. Gillchaser
07-02-2018, 06:42 AM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

Where do you fish with a float tube ?

Charlie Elliott is my favorite tubing spot. Most of the ponds are great for tubing.
07-02-2018, 11:32 AM
redearhoosier

While I've owned three different St. Croix versions in the Panfish, Premier and Triumph, I'm REALLY wanting to try out JDM tackle.

I think the Premier is the best bet of the St. Croix lineup. It was more sensitive than the Panfish and just a little more than the Triumph from my experience.
07-02-2018, 07:44 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by redearhoosier

While I've owned three different St. Croix versions in the Panfish, Premier and Triumph, I'm REALLY wanting to try out JDM tackle.

I think the Premier is the best bet of the St. Croix lineup. It was more sensitive than the Panfish and just a little more than the Triumph from my experience.

I used to own a St. Croix Avid 6' light (not UL) rod that was sweet. I sold it as part of my rod culling process, but I kinda regret that one. Very nice rod and similar in price to the lower-end JDM rods.
07-02-2018, 09:41 PM
gillchaser999

I have the 6’ Avid UL , and two one piece 6’6” Triumph lights and a couple two piece 6’6” Premier lights . Nice long lining rods . Also own a 6’ one piece Premier light .
The St Croix lights are nice all around rods . Gillchaser