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08-26-2007, 11:45 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Um, I can tell you that it fights a small bluefish very well when you're holding the rod in one hand and the reel in the other  
Up locking reel seat  . Make sure you check it for tightness every few casts because if you have big hands like mine, the heel of your hand can loosen it.
I did manage to get the fish in with JP's help. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-26-2007, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 302
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Just goes to show ya.......
How two educated guys can turn a nice rod and an excellent reel into a first class handline.
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08-26-2007, 09:07 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Oh, the review?
This rod can cast. I babied my casts for awhile, then I finally laid into one--not full out, but close. It threw a 3 oz tin well past halfway, using a Daiwa 20 SHA and 65# Sufix braid. Which is pretty thick stuff.
The rod was wrapped with spinning guides, and it was the 12' model.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-27-2007, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: too far from the water
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thanks for the kind words mike
some new developments coming soon.. prototypes of a new AFAW line of rods are on the way to me... there are five new rods.. 9 through 13'ers... retail on the 9'er will be around 150 i believe and about 225 for the 13'er...
I'll post details when i have them, but these will obviously not have the same components and blanks as our current line (which we will obviously continue to offer) but should prove to be an excellent value..
more to come.
Again, for those of you interested, contact Mike at Cape Cod or Big Dave if you are interested in rods or blanks.
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I might be small.... but I'm slow.
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08-28-2007, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Um, I can tell you that it fights a small bluefish very well when you're holding the rod in one hand and the reel in the other
Up locking reel seat . Make sure you check it for tightness every few casts because if you have big hands like mine, the heel of your hand can loosen it.
I did manage to get the fish in with JP's help. |
 I'd liked to have watched that  |
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08-28-2007, 08:34 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,160
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAC
I'd liked to have watched that |
So would I--it would have beat doing it |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-29-2007, 06:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Um, I can tell you that it fights a small bluefish very well when you're holding the rod in one hand and the reel in the other
Up locking reel seat . Make sure you check it for tightness every few casts because if you have big hands like mine, the heel of your hand can loosen it.
I did manage to get the fish in with JP's help. |
Now this would have made a great U-tube how to... |
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