New rig
Just picked up my new custom rod and mounted my Diawa Inshore TWS on it last night... After trying it out in my back pond last night, I can already tell I'm really gonna like it!! It's a 2 piece 7 1/2 foot custom with spiral wound micro titanium guides, and is my first split grip rod... The first thing I noticed about this set up is the accuracy of my casts. This things casts one handed like a 5 foot bass rod. I don't know if it's the micro guides, the spiral wrapped pattern (forward guides are on the bottom of the rod like a spinning rod), or the split grip, but it was striking how it felt and cast right from the get-go. With that frog in one of the pics (no weight other than the hook), I could cast that sucker out on the bank on the other side of the pond (a little under an acre) single handed. the wraps match the blue of the reel and that Diawa is butter smooth and has the saltwater ceramic bearings in it already... It is the reel I used last year at the Chandeleur's and this set up will be my weapon of choice when we're back there for Memorial Day and beyond...
Just picked up my new custom rod and mounted my Diawa Inshore TWS on it last night... After trying it out in my back pond last night, I can already tell I'm really gonna like it!! It's a 2 piece 7 1/2 foot custom with spiral wound micro titanium guides, and is my first split grip rod... The first thing I noticed about this set up is the accuracy of my casts. This things casts one handed like a 5 foot bass rod. I don't know if it's the micro guides, the spiral wrapped pattern (forward guides are on the bottom of the rod like a spinning rod), or the split grip, but it was striking how it felt and cast right from the get-go. With that frog in one of the pics (no weight other than the hook), I could cast that sucker out on the bank on the other side of the pond (a little under an acre) single handed. the wraps match the blue of the reel and that Diawa is butter smooth and has the saltwater ceramic bearings in it already... It is the reel I used last year at the Chandeleur's and this set up will be my weapon of choice when we're back there for Memorial Day and beyond...
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