Okay Ill start with a few things
The first is Triangle Taper Fly Line by Royal Wulff Products. Amazing stuff. Depending on line size the first thirty to forty feet or so of the line is like the front half of a double taper fly line which then tapers very fast down to a long skinny running type line the rest of the way. So you pick up that head and cast and its kinda like a shooting head distance is incredable. But the whole front end is tapered so everything lands delicately. Distance and delicacy, it's amazing. And you can roll cast the stuff farther than some people can overhead cast. It's the only line Ive ever used that I can shoot line on a roll cast. I've used the stuff for twenty years now and will probably never buy another brand of fly line. Ever. It's perfect. Only one of maybe four or five fishing related things I can say that about after a lifetime of fishing. Five stars
Carrot Stix Rods, So in the interest of full disclosure let me start off by saying they gave me four of these things. No strings attached tho, if you like em tell people about it, other than that no strings. Well I've taken one fishing about five times now and I've learned enough about it to say a few things about one. I've been using a 6'7" TI spinning which is their top end rod. The first thing you notice is the guides. Wierd huh? They were designed by the legendary Doug Hannon and are called the Micro Wave guide system. Their web site says they give you increased accuracy and distance and quite a few people on different forums said it was noticable with braid. Well I've been fishing mono and honestly couldn't tell a difference in distance. BUT that doesn't mean I don't thing they are awesome but for another reason altogethor. You see the first stripper guide is two guides in one, a larger guide then a smaller forcing guide right in front of it on the same frame. Then the rest of the guides all the way out the rod are the same size, which is tiny. Which means they add zilch to the rods weight compared to conventional guides. Which to me makes the rod amazingly sensitive. It's easily the best jig, grub, swimbait type rod I've ever used. The blank is very lightweight and has a fast action and combined with the tiny guides you can feel the lure better than any rod I've ever used. I have to admit I do not like the the little hook keeper loop. Instead of a loop like most rods it's a very snazzy double bent wire hook. Looks great but when I snag the bottom with a jig and pull the rod back and let the line go suddenly to free it the line sometimes gets behind this keeper. But that's pretty much my only quibble with the rod. It's very different looking with the micro wave guides but it's extremely functional. It fishes extremely well, is comfortable and super super sensitive. If your in the market for a high end top of the line performance rod for things like jig or worm fishing I doubt you will find a better rod anywhere. 4.5 stars
Bass Pro Shops Extreme and pro qualifier Spinning Reels
I tried so hard to like these things. I've owned like three or four. Loved the big round spools loved the way line came off them. Loved the way they took line in. Everything about em. But, BUT they just wouldn't hold up to as much use as I put them thru. By the end of each ones first year they were coffee grinders. A complete tear down and lube job seemed to help for just a week or two. I tried, it just didn't work out. 1.5 stars
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