Snarking Up The Wrong Tree

Status
Not open for further replies.
worldwood said:
Yea that sucks.. after I got mine I posted about it on a fishing group and LOTS AND LOTS of people have had similar issues.... I'll never order another rod online.

My father has 5 or 6 St. Croix rods, and a stradic Ci4 on each one. Must be nice LOL

Yesterday at the tackle store I was picking between the Fenwick eagle and a St. Croix triumph... A cheaper St. Croix, about $80.. The Fenwick was 60...

But the guy that worked there told me he doesn't usually recommend a cheaper product, but in this case he'd recommend the Fenwick over the triumph, he said unless I wanted to shell out more money on a better St. Croix the Fenwick was the better rod. He said lately the triumph blanks have not been as durable...

Of course I got online and started checking reviews on each... I found cases of each breaking... All rods can break though... But on several sites the Fenwick eagle had a higher rating than the triumph. And I love saving a little money lol


Honestly I would of really liked the St. Croix panfish rod... But it was a hundred bucks... I only had $90 with me. That's life.


Above I say all rods can break... Which is true... But I have been using the same 2 ultralight 4'6" ugly sticks for YEARS. Both paired with a now discontinued Abu Garcia Cardinal with side drag ring... And my father used them for years before giving them to me. My kids have used and abused them as well... Strong cheap rods and reels... But it was time to try something new.
Click to expand...

You'll like the Eagle. I have a 7' medium light, that I use for pitching crankbaits for walleye. It's been a great rod for the 2 years I've had it. It's very comfortable in the hand and balances pretty well. Like you said, any rod can be broken. It won't be as durable as an ugly Stik, but is definitely more sensitive. As long as it's taken care if it will be fine.

I have a $30 okuma celios ultralight for panfish. Its an ok rod, but I have a guy that's going to build me another ultralight from a St Croix blank. I'm pretty pumped about it and can't wait to give him the go ahead on it probably this next month. The guy built me a couple ice fishing rods this past winter that turned out great.

I finally got out fishing tonight for my first time since the ice came off the lake. It felt great to fight quite a few pike and a couple walleye on the long rods.
 
45-70 doesn't kick that hard -- of course, that may be due to the weight of the rifle.....
 
My light guidegun and 430grain homebrewed boolits loaded ++p certainly kicked...
Hunted a few years whith that combo. Even competed in a 300m rifle competition and scored well. Ripped the skin open just where the shoulder meets the "colarbone?" when at a station where we had to shoot as many shots as possible in a minute at a 10cm plate @300m standing up between each shot fired from "flat on belly" .
Fixed the bloody mess thanks to some ductape and finished the remaining stations shooting from the weak shoulder..

Some pix of the gg.
Fallow-buck after intence stalk.
AbBgTT8.jpg

Red-doe shot while chased by Fia.
RKj9YQR.jpg

Moose-cow. The massive wound was made by a volvo v40 two hours before i shot the still very much alive moose that my ol dog Fia(now passed away:() had found and bayed.
Uu1fBM0.jpg

Hawg shot while Fia and Zelda(also in dogheaven:() bayed..
ylAeC1Z.jpg
 
Just got back from a few days out in the woods. So good to get my batteries recharged a bit.

I'll throw a post up with a few pics when I have some more time.

Until then, here is a teaser pic. What an exceptional knife.

ZbULBmw.jpg
 
91bravo said:
It does if you are shooting heavy cast bullets 450gr +. Try shooting some 500 grain Garret Hammerheads from the bench...:D
Click to expand...

my preferred hunting bullet is a 485 gr spitzer -- and I've shot 560gr postell bullets out of it comfortably as well.
I'm shooting a full stocked "Gemmer" style Sharps that weighs about 14 pounds -- it doesn't kick that hard, no matter what I'm feeding it.
 
ac700wildcat said:
. It won't be as durable as an ugly Stik, but is definitely more sensitive. As long as it's taken care if it will be fine.

I finally got out fishing tonight for my first time since the ice came off the lake. It felt great to fight quite a few pike and a couple walleye on the long rods.
Click to expand...

I remember reading something G Loomis said years back... Something like "I can build you a rod that you can't break, but you won't want to fish with it"

You can have good sensitivity, or good durability... But, in my price range anyway, you can't have both...

Congrats on getting some fishing in. I'm going through fishing withdrawals right now because of all the rain...

But Friday I head to Georgia... All night catfishing and bowfishing... From Friday to Sunday. Looking forward to it. A little rain isn't going to stop me, but hopefully the weather cooperates.
 
Warrior you still mess around with slingshots? What's your current favorite?

I use the Hammer for bowfishing... But will probably be picking up another SS... Even though the Hammer can be used both ways, and I have both heads, i prefer to keep it set up for fishing.

I haven't used a regular bow for bowfishing since I dialed this thing in. It's straight up badass for bowfishing.

View media item 3818
 
worldwood said:
Warrior you still mess around with slingshots? What's your current favorite?

I use the Hammer for bowfishing... But will probably be picking up another SS... Even though the Hammer can be used both ways, and I have both heads, i prefer to keep it set up for fishing.

I haven't used a regular bow for bowfishing since I dialed this thing in. It's straight up badass for bowfishing.

View media item 3818
Click to expand...
Haven't messed with them for some time now. Never really was into it that much, but would plink from time to time.
 
Haven't been and and wont be around much this week thru next. Staying focused and training for my Devils Path climb. It made the top 20 list for most dangerous Hike/Climbs in the world. I want to take a Beckerhead picture from all 7 Peaks:thumbsup::thumbsup: I only made 4 peaks last year and my ass was wooped. This year Im going to get my Fiddle Made of Gold.
 
Wow, I have to say that I've never seen a scope mounted like that before! Is it more or less accurate than how you used to shoot?
 
Tanker 1/66 said:
Haven't been and and wont be around much this week thru next. Staying focused and training for my Devils Path climb. It made the top 20 list for most dangerous Hike/Climbs in the world. I want to take a Beckerhead picture from all 7 Peaks:thumbsup::thumbsup: I only made 4 peaks last year and my ass was wooped. This year Im going to get my Fiddle Made of Gold.
Click to expand...

Good luck tankman. My legs are burnin’ just thinkin about all that elevation.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top