With the new one

It was ugly and unfinished but I had to fish it. Took the 6’1” Pfenix with my new to me Presso 1025 for its first spin this morning. Didn’t score on the first cast but it wasn’t long before I had it all bent up and having fun.
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Y’all get off easy today, that’s the only pics I thought to take. Got one ten inch and used the same jig all day. Caught about a dozen good gills total and some real nice redbreast and a bunch of smalls. Those little fish really light up the rod, sensitivity is very good. Used some Sufix Nanobraid in 2lb and liked it fine except being dark green it’s hard to see. Only took three rods and gave em all a spin but wanted to spend time with the new one. It even shoots well but not as responsive as the other builds in recent past. This one has a soft tip as expected but more bone in the middle than the Fenwick offering in the same length. This un is 6’1”. The best fight of the day was from a 9” fish that was built bigger and tougher looking than the rest. He pulled drag a few times and made me think I had a shellcracker on. Thanks for coming along, hope to see you out soon…..Skeet

Nice looking combo and some nice fish .
Your new rod has a similar action to my Abu Garcia rods .
Thanks for the pics !
The only way for me to connect on some bigger fish is to get out in my boat , and it’s just too hot for that right now .
Looking forward to the fall and early winter fishing .

Very nice. Glad the new rod works good for you.

New rod looks good.

Congratulations on both the rod and successes!

Beautiful fish and the new build is lookin good. What's next?

Very nice on the rod, I bet that better built fish felt goodJumping Jacks Icon

Nice catch. I take it the 1025 worked out OK?


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Very nice , glad you got out.
ive had some nasty heat , and very slow fishing.
new rods a beauty.

Moon, no plans other than an 8’ 20-40lb rig for a friend. Other side of the spectrum.

Alpha, all good but a little noisy. Smoothest I’ve had in my hands for a while. Drag was ok and wasn’t as loud as Victors. The one gill I spoke of had it making some racket though. I had to adjust the speed of my cast or it doesn’t cast well. If I cast it hard and fast it doesn’t go anywhere. Slow it down some and it’s just fine.

I see you turned the rear grip to get the shape some of the JDM rods have. Looks great!

Mirage is soft but with some pretty decent backbone. I am thinking of building a bfs rod on the 61 blank.


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Thanks Danny. That’s the shape I wanted but couldn’t find it in eva so this is what I came up with. Very comfortable. What I learned was to not overpower the blank for the best cast. Lots of fun, now……where do I put it? Racks are kinda full.

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Moon, no plans other than an 8’ 20-40lb rig for a friend. Other side of the spectrum.

Alpha, all good but a little noisy. Smoothest I’ve had in my hands for a while. Drag was ok and wasn’t as loud as Victors. The one gill I spoke of had it making some racket though. I had to adjust the speed of my cast or it doesn’t cast well. If I cast it hard and fast it doesn’t go anywhere. Slow it down some and it’s just fine.

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Nice looking rod, skeet. Sounds like it has to load up some before you cast.
Bob

Nice way to break it in.

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Thanks Danny. That’s the shape I wanted but couldn’t find it in eva so this is what I came up with. Very comfortable. What I learned was to not overpower the blank for the best cast. Lots of fun, now……where do I put it? Racks are kinda full.

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Glad it worked out with the rear grip. While it is a shame eva was not available, cork is giving it a nice look.

Yes, it’s best to not cast too hard with Mirage. I would sometimes while fishing out of the kayak and the tip would get into the water lol! What amazes me about it is the sensitivity (among domestic offerings) despite having quite a moderate action.


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That sure is a nice looking stick. I’m glad you got to put a bend in it. Also, those presso reels sure are nice. I’ve been using mine quite a bit lately and have been enjoying myself. Is that a donkey tail jr you are using for bait?

Hey Michael, been wondering where you got off to. It’s a donkey tail and I’m using a horsefly a lot too. Stinkin gills are smokin em! Thanks for the good words on the rodeo. It’s a fun one to add to the stable. I added a couple of guides to the tip section of my Lightning Rod yesterday and it looks a lot better loaded up now. Had to give mom her tables back so I’ve put up the machine for now. Hope you’ve been doing OK. Have you gotten out and made a fish story or two for us? The Japanese heads are super sharp and the BG-1 is doing pretty good too. I’ve been fishing alone so I can remember to get into the stuff I haven’t tried yet. I need more time. Hope to hear from you again soon.

Tim, all is well my way. I’ve got a few trips I need to post where I got into some really nice gills for this area. My oldest is 6 and she seems to like fishing with dear old dad so I’ve been enjoying that when we can go. I broke a rod on Saturday and boy did it hurt. I’ve got a local shop that’s going to try to do like a small sleeve. The break is pretty close to one of the eyes about 5 guides down. He said it would be 10 bucks and they do a good job so I figured I’d see what he comes up with before I order a new rod because I can’t find the tip section. I’ll try to get a couple trips posted soon. Maybe tonight. I tried to send you a pm and your box was full a few weeks ago. Should have just shot you a text. Glad to see you still after those pretty panfish.