New Rods Arrived

As I stated last week, I bought two new to me rods from another member. Both 6’6” UL with President 6925’s for the winder. A Browning airstream htsc20 and a Leland trout slayer rainbow edition. I’m truly a kid at Christmas. The Leland may even get some salt water play for some sea trout and mangrove snapper. Both are in excellent condition with no discoloration on the cork. I also get to try the airwave guides on the Leland. Now for line, and it might take two or three tries to satisfy my ocd for this. My local river fish are going to get a visit soon. I’ll post some pics with the fish they catch soon.

Congrats on the new toys in time for Christmas

Merry Christmas!!! Nice quick snatch on those ! You will enjoy em! If you don’t just send em to me I’m sure I could put em to use ! :Rofl

Sounds like you got a deal on some good stuff Tim

Yeah, I saw you jump on those rod and reels minutes after they were posted. It's always fun to order things and get that Christmas morning feeling when they are delivered.
I'm sure you'll find the right line and the right application for those "new to you" rod and reels. We'll look forward to hearing of your many adventures with them.

Congrats!


Regards


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Enjoy your new toys! I think you will like the Leyland TSS. Makes the little guys fun to fish, and a bruiser will open your eyes. LOL. Nice!
Bob

The first step to recovery is admitting that you have an addiction. Have to admit, I was tempted.

I am sure you will enjoy them! Sounds like you are hooked.

I hope you get much enjoyment from them!

Spooled up the Leland with the tiny guides with some Stren Crappie 2lb, and have some fireline crystal 3lb on another reel that I’m going to try on the Browning. Now I just need the most expensive thing in our lives these days, a little time to try em out. Thanks for all the responses.

You did well, good lines also. Merry Christmas.

Went today, check out my post in the FL section titled “One Fish”.

Finally went yesterday with a friend and we tangled with some shad, great fun. Small ones about 14” and they got bigger and more attitude from there. We caught about 30 fish so we got a pretty good idea of what to expect out of the rods. The Browning has 2.5lb troutist wild and the Leland has some area Meister in 3lb. Had to use a 1/16 to get down in the current, and the longer casts were also a plus. Both the rods performed as good or better than I had hoped. The only line breakage was just before the knot after 8 or 9 fish and I believe that I should have retied. The Leland was in Phil’s hands and got quite aa workout. Loaded up nice and then the drag would sing. The Brownings softer action was by no means a hinderance and took a lot of the punishment before the drag went to work. Overall very pleased with everything, especially the line. East to see the wild and the orange in the meister was easy enough to see even in the low light overcast morning. Hope this helps someone. All money well spent so far.

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Finally went yesterday with a friend and we tangled with some shad, great fun. Small ones about 14� and they got bigger and more attitude from there. We caught about 30 fish so we got a pretty good idea of what to expect out of the rods. The Browning has 2.5lb troutist wild and the Leland has some area Meister in 3lb. Had to use a 1/16 to get down in the current, and the longer casts were also a plus. Both the rods performed as good or better than I had hoped. The only line breakage was just before the knot after 8 or 9 fish and I believe that I should have retied. The Leland was in Phil’s hands and got quite aa workout. Loaded up nice and then the drag would sing. The Brownings softer action was by no means a hinderance and took a lot of the punishment before the drag went to work. Overall very pleased with everything, especially the line. East to see the wild and the orange in the meister was easy enough to see even in the low light overcast morning. Hope this helps someone. All money well spent so far.

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Good to get your input on the lines. All of the lines I now use are JDM and I don’t think I’ll be reverting back to any US market lines. While they are a bit more expensive I think the extra cost is worth it.

Regards


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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Finally went yesterday with a friend and we tangled with some shad, great fun. Small ones about 14” and they got bigger and more attitude from there. We caught about 30 fish so we got a pretty good idea of what to expect out of the rods. The Browning has 2.5lb troutist wild and the Leland has some area Meister in 3lb. Had to use a 1/16 to get down in the current, and the longer casts were also a plus. Both the rods performed as good or better than I had hoped. The only line breakage was just before the knot after 8 or 9 fish and I believe that I should have retied. The Leland was in Phil’s hands and got quite aa workout. Loaded up nice and then the drag would sing. The Brownings softer action was by no means a hinderance and took a lot of the punishment before the drag went to work. Overall very pleased with everything, especially the line. East to see the wild and the orange in the meister was easy enough to see even in the low light overcast morning. Hope this helps someone. All money well spent so far.

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Great report, thank you. Did you ever try the fireline you mentioned in an earlier post?
Bob

Not yet Bob. I have several lines on a want list, and that’s one of them. So is the Ester and Japanese PE line. Only have so many rods. The inner me wants to order em all and work em out, like a new gun with different ammo. The smarter me knows that would be a dumb move and I might not give some of what I try a fair shake. Jeez, I used the Nanofil 2lb for two years before I went looking. And I have to say that as easy as that stuff casts, anything else has a big set of shoes to fill. I’ll holler when I get it done Bob.