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Fishing & Tackle Thread

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 19:08:37 No.2865172 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2865353 >>2865491 >>2866047 >>2866252

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>>2863243

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Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2026 22:34:52 No.2865212 Report

Quoted By: >>2865236 >>2865255

my micro panfish box
i run with a 4.5 foot shakespear spinning combo i bought 25 years ago. currently spooled with 4lb fluoro

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 03:26:13 No.2865236 Report

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>>2865212
>Chatterbait
>Calls it micro panfish
You could have been in the OP instead of that girl.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 08:58:44 No.2865255 Report

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>>2865212
You don't know what micro means.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 15:34:55 No.2865278 Report

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I only just learnt how easy and fun it is to catch bluegills and I cant stop. Please pray for all the bluegills around me cause they about to get fucked for a few months.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 15:38:49 No.2865279 Report

Quoted By: >>2865294 >>2865360

Just today in my 3 months of fishing bass have I learnt how easy and fun it is to catch bluegills and I cant stop. Please pray for all the bluegills around me cause they about to get fucked for a few months.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 17:59:43 No.2865294 Report

Quoted By: >>2865347

>>2865279
You have to hunt for 10inchers. 10inch bluegill fight real good. It's like a double digit bass in terms of rarity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 18:21:09 No.2865298 Report

Quoted By: >>2865303

Spin fagging should be illegal. They always leaving trash and poaching fish. Minimum 10 year prison sentence if you get caught spin fagging with a 10 year look back period for any spin fags in hiding.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 19:19:53 No.2865303 Report

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>>2865298
You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 03 Apr 2026 22:21:25 No.2865319 Report

Quoted By: >>2865328 >>2865340

ive never caught anything on one of those weird frog lures so its my goal this spring to

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 00:50:49 No.2865328 Report

Quoted By: >>2865330

>>2865319
It is great seeing fish hit at top water lures like frogs
I don't have good luck hooking up with them, but get lots of attention

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 01:02:42 No.2865330 Report

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>>2865328
i have a decent lake nearby with bass and northerns as well as being relatively shallow across the whole thing so hopefully it wont take too long since theres plenty of weedy areas i can just walk up to

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 02:51:53 No.2865333 Report

Quoted By: >>2865338

im honestly frustrated with fishing in socal enough to consider moving, please tell me its not as bad in other states i havent caught anything in four months

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 04:29:08 No.2865338 Report

Quoted By: >>2865342

>>2865333
Could be you just suck at fishing

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 04:46:34 No.2865340 Report

Quoted By: >>2865361

>>2865319
If frogs are unproductive, try the ones that look like a mouse or rat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 04:48:28 No.2865342 Report

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>>2865338
No. The fishing here blows unless you want to go the pier and fight off crackies

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 09:15:45 No.2865347 Report

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>>2865294
can I do that with my bobber, bread and #6 hook? just let the hook sit much lower and cast it in further?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 11:23:07 No.2865353 Report

Quoted By: >>2865354 >>2865360 >>2865479 >>2865481

>>2865172
Can't afford a boat. Can I get a remote control boat to take my line far out from the beach? Would that work? Connect it to the floater/bobber?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 11:28:48 No.2865354 Report

Quoted By: >>2865355

>>2865353
The thing you're trying to do is kite fishing but dumber and gayer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 11:37:11 No.2865355 Report

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>>2865354
Would the water be too choppy for a remote boat?

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Sat 04 Apr 2026 13:20:39 No.2865360 Report

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>>2865353
Youd be better off with a drone, fly it out and drop it.
>>2865279
Bluegill are a lot of fun especially on light tackle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 13:36:37 No.2865361 Report

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>>2865340
I have a hard time believing the fish cares that much. Looking up a small frog, duckling or rat would look almost exactly the same.

I guess a jointed one would swim differently but I also have doubts that the same fish wouldn't just as soon go for a Rapala jointed

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 04 Apr 2026 15:54:25 No.2865367 Report

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Got this for $150. Too bad I'm poor or I would have got one in each of the 4 models.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 13:56:41 No.2865442 Report

Quoted By: >>2865443 >>2865444

Finally caught a damn fish this year. Not exactly what I wanted, but beggars can't be choosers.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 14:00:30 No.2865443 Report

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>>2865442
You'd think I'd know how to attach a pic at this point, but no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 14:09:02 No.2865444 Report

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>>2865442
>Not exactly what I wanted, but beggars can't be choosers
what exactly did you want? pike meat is some of the best for freshwater

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 15:10:26 No.2865451 Report

Quoted By: >>2865468

I never have luck fishing with jigs and plastics, only with spinners and rapalas
Any tips for these? I tried drifting them under floats, retrieving like a spinner, tossing them up current, swinging them down current, vertical jigging and retrieving and never any luck
Am I going too fast trying not to hang up on bottom or what
I have mainly tried trout magnets, senkos a few time, and 3- 5 inch plastic worms

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 16:00:24 No.2865453 Report

Quoted By: >>2865457

look at this steam engine looking mofo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 17:19:10 No.2865457 Report

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>>2865453
Looks like a tank. Wonder how it fishes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 21:15:09 No.2865468 Report

Quoted By: >>2865533

>>2865451
What are you targeting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 22:49:33 No.2865479 Report

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>>2865353
They make boats with bait dump trays. The consensus is that they are not good at much except for chumming for canal or pond carp.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Apr 2026 23:31:27 No.2865481 Report

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>>2865353
https://a.co/d/0alcEaHQ
This looks like it should work. All of the pictures show it dumping food pellets. But that gap on the back of the dump tray looks like it should hold onto a lure. And the dump tray should drop that lure easily.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 00:47:44 No.2865484 Report

Quoted By: >>2866147

Just ordered some stuff to try tying some gane changers. 140lb hard wire aa nd one step loop pliers, a couple different colors of game changer chenille and eyes.

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Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 03:09:18 No.2865491 Report

Quoted By: >>2865495

>>2865172
>Just moved to South Carolina on Lake Hartwell

RIP his Youtube channel. Finnicky overpressured southern reservoir bass aren't going to be hitting wacky oversized crankbaits and jointed swimbaits like dumb farm pond and creek bass do in Iowa.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 04:52:15 No.2865495 Report

Quoted By: >>2865513

>>2865491
>like dumb farm pond and creek bass do in Iowa.
We may not be a pressured state, but we do lack fish. As I have been told, Iowa has the lowest fish count per mile of the Upper Midwest.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 06:03:17 No.2865497 Report

Quoted By: >>2865507

What is with bass boat tards and being the most inconsiderate pieces of shit to bank anglers?
Went out to the local pressured lake today with a couple of buddys and we were followed the entire time by 20k boat filled with bubbas.
I just don't get it there are better spots only accessible by boat and they decide to follow us after they see me catch a single eater bass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 09:21:39 No.2865507 Report

Quoted By: >>2865514

>>2865497
All they know how to do is race between gps waypoints, fish 5ft from the bank, and stare at electronics. This is what happens when you fish like youre a famous tournament angler with $100k on the line instead of for fun. You often see a few dead bass floating near the boat ramps too from when these tards keep them in livewells for no reason. More money than brains. Half of these guys don't even work, because they're on the water 5-7 days a week. Must have daddy's credit card.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 12:33:51 No.2865513 Report

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>>2865495
Yeah, but he had access to stocked and managed private ponds. That one with the muskies, walleyes, and trout was a miracle of science. Now he's gonna have to work for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 12:34:52 No.2865514 Report

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>>2865507
>Must have daddy's credit card.
It's called SSDI fraud.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Apr 2026 17:16:02 No.2865533 Report

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>>2865468
Mostly bass and crappie when I tried them, but I've gone after trout with trout magnets as well. I had the chance to see some small brook trout investigate the trout magnet but then something spooked them and they hid

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Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 00:42:07 No.2865554 Report

Quoted By: >>2865574

I be catching bluegill about 85% of the time but the white rooster tail is life and I don’t care what I catch currently. I think more than anything I need to grow in patience in order to experiment with various rigs and grubs that will expand the horizon

hehe fishe

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 04:21:05 No.2865564 Report

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just mogged everyone at a dock using worms, baitholders and split shot. 15" trout and a catfish that was almost as long but fatter.

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Tue 07 Apr 2026 12:30:15 No.2865574 Report

Quoted By: >>2865589 >>2865726

>>2865554
Try a 1 inch white curly tail grib on a 1/32 or 1/16 oz jig head under a bobber. Find em with your white spinner then catch every single one with the grub.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 19:10:35 No.2865589 Report

Quoted By: >>2865726

>>2865574
On it boss

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 23:25:35 No.2865610 Report

Quoted By: >>2865611 >>2865612 >>2865614 >>2865619 >>2865664 >>2865694

What's the general rule for how much of a budget for a rod/reel should go to the rod vs how much for the reel? For the average weekend warrior freshwater fishing. I've been told you should favor more for the rod. So if you have a 150 budget, you'd do better with a $100+ rod and a cheaper reel than 50:50 or the inverse.

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Tue 07 Apr 2026 23:42:51 No.2865611 Report

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>>2865610
Pretty much yeah. Baitcasters often demand a bigger investment in the reel for decent results but a 2:1 rod to reel budget is usually fine tor spinning gear and freshwater.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Apr 2026 23:42:52 No.2865612 Report

Quoted By: >>2865619

>>2865610
Honestly, I'd favor the rod even further. A Shimano Sienna is like $35, and I'd spend $125 on something like a niceish St Croix

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 00:13:28 No.2865614 Report

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>>2865610
spinning? general purpose?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 00:20:55 No.2865616 Report

Quoted By: >>2865665

making it a goal of mine to catch gar this year. any tips. might have to travel down south a state or two in my case.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 00:56:44 No.2865619 Report

Quoted By: >>2865666 >>2865855

>>2865612
>>2865610
There are St Croix Premier rods on clearance right now for $90 right now. They'll also sell you a 13 Fishing Kaylon for $40. That's probably the hottest $130 combo you can buy rn.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 09:51:56 No.2865664 Report

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>>2865610
Generally you get a nicer rod than reel. But you will only notice nicer rods if you had things you didn't like while having a cheaper rod. Also, not all pricier rods are that much better, lots of overpriced rods in the market. A truly good pricier rod will have higher end guides, lighter and more sensitive blank, and better reelseats. The only cheap rod I can recommend is the aird-x, because you get a lightweight moderate fast blank that's durable and has decent sensitivity compared to most thick heavy numb blanks at that price. The reelseat is love it or hate it, but it helps with sensitivity on a budget blank. Don't go too cheap on reels however, most get sloppy after some use. Shimano and daiwa lt models at 50-75 are your safest bet, although the $30 sienna fg is surprisingly good. Still, the best way to get bang for your buck with mid-high end gear is sales and patience. I have a 550 dollar setup I paid 300 for. Old gen shimano zodias is under 150 for many models on shimanos official ebay. You literally wont beat that for the price. Got pic rel for 150. I just check everywhere for sales daily when I have money and want something new. Id never have bought half of the shit I own at msrp. I'm poor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 09:56:15 No.2865665 Report

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>>2865616
Topwater walker or popper real slow. Heat of the summer. Watch the gar slowly investigate it, work it slow enough for it to stay interested. When it bites. Dont immediately set the hook. Light wire smaller trebles penetrate the boney mouth much better. Be prepared for them to throw the lure at somepoint during the fight once they get a burst of energy. Staying hooked up is the second challenge after actually getting bit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 10:08:40 No.2865666 Report

Quoted By: >>2865673

>>2865619
13 fishing is very hit or miss with qc. That's why they changed hands and went through so many unexpected revamps. I own two baitcasters, both feel incredible for the sale prices I got them at, but at msrp fuck that get daiwa or shimano. One I had to return because it was so sloppy out of the box, but the replacement was great. The other was buttery smooth but the drag was defective. I fixed it and use it a lot. Still going strong. I want to love the company but I still hesitate to recommend due to qc variation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 11:31:14 No.2865670 Report

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Posted in a dead thread >>2865655

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 12:38:59 No.2865673 Report

Quoted By: >>2865674

>>2865666
I won't buy a rod from them, but I've had good luck with their reels, and it's an $80 reel for half off.

Shimano is weird for me, everyone seems to love everything they make, but I have very mixed results with their products. I've got a pisspot (like 8 or 9) of the old AX-500s that I bought for ice fishing when they were discontinued and clearancing out at like $8 (down from 20, they were always cheap), and I love them and they're over 10 years old now and work as good as new despite being bounced around in the back of my truck or in a sled behind my snowmobile all winter this whole time. The Sierras, Catanas, Spirex, and the Sedonas I've tried, I was really happy with initially, but they seem to wear out faster than than competitive reels for me. I've had issues with bails spontaneously opening, with bails needing to be manually closed, and with self ejecting handle screws while reeling in fish. But I also have a couple of Saharas and a NASCI that are completely fine but not special, and a Ultegra that I have absolutely nothing bad to say about, even compared to other reels at that price point.

Like I said, a pretty mixed bag. So if I'm not looking to spend Ultegra money on a reel, I tend to look at Penn, Okuma, Daiwa, Pflueger, Quantum, or 13 instead now.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 12:58:27 No.2865674 Report

Quoted By: >>2865691

>>2865673
>but they seem to wear out faster than than competitive reels for me
I either go daiwa or shimano and comparing a year and a half old fuego and nasci 1000 reel I bought within a month of each other and used similar amounts the nasci still feels new and the daiwa at the very least needs a re-oil and grease, but it feels sloppier too.
The daiwa was definitely nicer out of the box
Both reels were used hard and often but not really exposed to salt/severe weather or much dirt
A daiwa qx750 I have feels like shit after 3 years too.

Must vary by model and usage

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 17:03:46 No.2865691 Report

Quoted By: >>2865693

>>2865674
That would be because the daiwa qXXX series are not daiwa factory produced, but outsourced with a daiwa name slapped on it. Quite a few daiwa sub$100 reel lines are like that. For example, the daiwa cX80 series of baitcasters are made by doyo, not actually daiwa. But luckily that company is pretty solid. They make a lot of the more budget lews and abus also. QC can still be a bit meh however. Actual in house daiwa stuff is shimano tier.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 17:55:37 No.2865693 Report

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>>2865691
>That would be because the daiwa qXXX series are not daiwa factory produced
Didn't know that.
I was a little harsh on it before honestly, because this one was stuffed in hiking packs and not taken care of the best for 2 years before it started having issues with the anti reverse switch and not feeling as smooth.
I'm happier with this one than the fuego because it was cheaper and held up to way more abuse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2026 18:15:51 No.2865694 Report

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>>2865610
Actually that depend what you fish, and in what conditions
For example my main target is pike, i don't need a subtle rod, but a stiff and resilient one, i use a cheap 4pc carp rod, and a reel with a good drag, so it's more case specific

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 06:21:31 No.2865726 Report

Quoted By: >>2865739 >>2865743

>>2865574
>>2865589
I did it boss. The white Berkeley power baits acted as though they required constant retrieve like a spinner bait to maintain a good presentation but the red version acted the opposite. The latter definitely needed more twitching action to behave more naturally in the water. Not exactly sure why but whatever works I guess
No luck with the whites but when I got the reds in the right waters I got a couple sunfish and two rock bass with the larger one depicted.
No bobber this time as it didn’t keep the bait behaving as I hoped

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 12:06:40 No.2865737 Report

Quoted By: >>2865743

Going to try making dough bait out of expired g fuel

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Skid !TCEaAwseXw Thu 09 Apr 2026 12:52:09 No.2865739 Report

Quoted By: >>2865743

This may seem strange but this dink bass is the first and only fish ive ever caught on a spinner bait. I just dont fish them a lot.
>>2865726
I like the venom curly tails personally they move really nice doing anythibg from super subtle jigging to snap jigging to burning to slow rolling to crawling even just the waves moving the bobber gives it life. My favorite way to fish them is to pull a couple feet and drop it, youll see the float slide back as the jig pulls it.

Congrats on the fish!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 13:07:23 No.2865741 Report

Quoted By: >>2865743 >>2865776 >>2865797

How much should I spend on fly tying tools? Seems like theres not a huge difference in a cheap rotary vise and an expensive one if you're just making 10~ flies once a week or less. The only other tool I can see maybe being worth getting a nicer one is a bobbin holder

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Thu 09 Apr 2026 13:34:56 No.2865743 Report

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>>2865741
I use griffin bobbins and a spyder odyssey vice and buy dr. Slick cheap tools and catch plenty of fish jn my flies
>>2865726
>>2865739
Turns out venom is out of production. Mister twister are great too. Usually when curly tails suck its because the plastic is too hard.
>>2865737
Good luck

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 17:42:16 No.2865764 Report

Quoted By: >>2865769 >>2865777

Finally clicked with fly fishing this weekend and it feels good. I've gone a few times and just went with a fly tied on based on a hatch chart and I've gotten lucky a few times but this time I felt like I actually got it all down. It was pretty rough, water was moving way faster than what's typical here, targeted the slowest water I could with a nymph rig. Found some mayfly nymphs and matched my fly to them, and actually got something. Caught a nice size natural rainbow trout. Perfectly clean catch and release. Felt like truly the first time since I picked up fly fishing that I did it all perfectly without pitching flies to the trees and not just throwing something random on and hoping for the best.

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Thu 09 Apr 2026 18:46:36 No.2865769 Report

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>>2865764
Its always fantastic when things click. Glad to hear you had a good day congrats anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 19:33:45 No.2865774 Report

Quoted By:

how do you cast a 2 piece rod without twisting it? happens every time. i bought a 2 piece by accident.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 20:15:42 No.2865776 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865741
I'm using a Eupheng Madison vise. It's a Chinese Traveler clone. $50 on amazon right now.
https://a.co/d/0dDwH36U
It has been amazing! I love it. I've ties hundreds of flies on it over the last year and a half that I've owned it. I haven't had any problems with it. But if I do, I can buy 4 more before I hit the price of an actual Traveler.

Most of my tools are either Dr. Slick or Umpqua. I haven't bought anything from either brand that I haven't liked. Make sure you get a ceramic or glass(lined or solid) bobbin. These are the ones I'm using now.
https://a.co/d/0c26KNfe
I have two 4in and a 3in. I mostly just use the 4in. I have multiple for when I'm using more than one thread in a pattern.

I have not been impressed with any of the Loon products I've ordered. Kingfisher stuff on amazon is just rebranded Chinese stuff. I avoid either company now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 20:26:10 No.2865777 Report

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>>2865764
Nice! Congratz! The water is still high and fast here in Norcal too. It'll be this way for another month or so as the snow melts and floods the creeks. Trout season doesn't officially begin here until the last Saturday of this month(April). We can catch and keep them in the lakes year round, but in the rivers and streams, it's catch and release on barbless artificials from the last Saturday in November to the last Saturday in April here in California. So I usually just wait for the water to calm back down, since that usually aligns with the season anyway.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2026 23:03:10 No.2865791 Report

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Little Redeye Bass from this evening, just after spawn because after this I caught 5 of his babies, 3-4 inches each or so

Cowboy bebop

Cowboy bebop Fri 10 Apr 2026 01:41:08 No.2865797 Report

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>>2865741
The things I like to spend money on are a vise and bobbins. I have a renzetti vise and I use renzetti ruby tip bobbins in salt water size. For scissors I just buy fiskars from Walmart tying scissor are a meme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2026 05:53:35 No.2865802 Report

Quoted By: >>2865818

I hate how loud some fly reels can be. I'm looking for some large arbor reels that don't sound awful, something that sounds more akin to a spinning reel. I like the sound of the Echo Base, Redington Behemoth, Redington Tilt, and Sage Spectrum. I've heard Bauer makes good, quite reels. I don't want to hurt my ears and signal to everyone that I have a fish on like it's the factory quitting time whistle.

Skid !TCEaAwseXw

Skid !TCEaAwseXw Fri 10 Apr 2026 11:10:14 No.2865818 Report

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>>2865802
Meanwhile i have a click and pawl reel on my switch rod that can be heard a hundred yards away when a fish makes a good run

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2026 12:43:08 No.2865824 Report

Quoted By: >>2865830

"dry fly" bruh just say topwater

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2026 14:10:26 No.2865830 Report

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>>2865824
No. There's a huge difference. Topwater fishing is all about huge disturbance. Dry flies, on the other hand, tend to be delicate and subtle. It's all about weather, the emergence, and matching the hatch. Terrestrials are not even dry flies.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2026 22:14:43 No.2865854 Report

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A bloodworm bit me today, bros, I was so scared, I just started fishing, I didn't know they bite. I will buy some fishing gloves or something, I got so scared.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2026 22:21:10 No.2865855 Report

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>>2865619
Never mind on the Kaylons, they are 4.0s, lol.

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Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 00:55:19 No.2865866 Report

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Fly chads how are we feeling getting close to the fishing season? Striper are in Long Island sound, silversides are in the bay and it shouldn’t be more than a week till they swim their silvery bronze asses back into my life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 01:11:43 No.2865869 Report

Quoted By: >>2865871 >>2865882

i hate my baitcaster

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 01:35:15 No.2865871 Report

Quoted By: >>2865873

>>2865869
I hate your baitcaster too.
Do you hate it specifically, or baitcasters in general.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 01:53:04 No.2865873 Report

Quoted By: >>2865882 >>2865949

>>2865871
I've never found them to do anything I couldn't just do on a spin aside from being more likely to lash if I'm not paying attention

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 05:14:25 No.2865882 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865869
>>2865873
I love my baitcaster, there's nothing better than casting a short pistol grip rod with a caster on it under some trees imo, but I'll say long rods with them are kinda boring now

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 14:08:00 No.2865903 Report

Quoted By: >>2865923

Fellow fly tyers, I need some advice in the next few hours. I can buy tons of mink fur for $3 for 2 squares larger than my hand. They all look good. The same applies to rabbit and rabbit medley pelts. Colors for mink are brown, black, and tan. Colors for rabbit are white, brown, various natural shades, and any natural color (all on one pelt). Everything ranges from $3-5. How much should I buy? What should I buy? I want to take advantage of this great deal, but I don't want to end up like the guy who owned them before me.

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Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 16:36:57 No.2865908 Report

Quoted By: >>2865909 >>2865910

Damn, if only I could keep walleye right now

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 16:38:43 No.2865909 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865908
Nice catch none the less.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 16:40:54 No.2865910 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865908
river janny don't work at night

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 19:06:37 No.2865923 Report

Quoted By: >>2865996

>>2865903
Do you tie with mink and rabbit a lot? Are you going to cut zonker strips from the rabbit pelts? Do the faces come with the rabbit? I don’t ever use mink and only use rabbit rarely when tying hares ears. Unless you use a lot of zonkers the masks last a long time depending on what and how often you tie.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2026 23:38:14 No.2865949 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865873
Once you git gud they really are superior. I've nearly entirely converted, bfs next.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 07:09:46 No.2865971 Report

Quoted By: >>2865992

Pretty Smallmouth caught on a 1/8 ounce jig with twirl tail grub, Southern middle Tennessee

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 11:59:00 No.2865979 Report

Quoted By:

I had the rivers to myself the last 2 days but no brookies are taking the bait
Anybody here fish in the Adirondacks? I want to find some before I have to leave tuesday
It's been cold as fuck so they probably aren't as worked up as could be

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 14:48:17 No.2865992 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865971
Nice

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 15:12:53 No.2865996 Report

Quoted By: >>2866056

>>2865923
I used white mink because white squirrel isn't a thing. I liked it. I paid $20 for it all

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 21:14:06 No.2866035 Report

Quoted By: >>2866044

anyone ever fish north carolina? i'm going up there for a vacation in the moutains hopefully fishing for bass and trout.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2026 23:27:55 No.2866044 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866035
Yes, on the eastern side of the Great Smoky Mountains, only fished trout but did good when I was there

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 00:51:25 No.2866047 Report

Quoted By: >>2866050

>>2865172
I got mercury poisoning bros! Gonna be catch and release only for a while.
I'm so fucking sad about this, that I barely even want to go fishing or anything. Be careful what you're eating, 'cause this sucks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 01:24:50 No.2866050 Report

Quoted By: >>2866054

>>2866047
how does that even happen? are you eating lbs of fish a day?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 02:01:47 No.2866054 Report

Quoted By: >>2866060 >>2866077 >>2866112 >>2866141

>>2866050
Huge limits on perch in the winter, trout and whitefish the rest of the time but also my gf is Filipino. She cooks lots of fish, I would eat canned fish pretty regularly for lunch at work, and sushi was our go to food when dining out.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 02:06:38 No.2866056 Report

Quoted By:

>>2865996
There's actually a sizeable population of white colour phase (not albino) grey squirrels in southern Ontario.
They're mostly urban, I would love to see one of em out in the woods though, I would get it taxidermied.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 02:58:17 No.2866060 Report

Quoted By: >>2866066

>>2866054
Yeah, the fact that our fisheries are so polluted really bothers me. Running through my land is a small river with plenty of trout, smallmouth, redeye, bluegill, etc, and I would love more than anything to be able to catch a mess of fish a few times a week and fry them. However, being in the south, almost everywhere has heavy agricultural runoff. There's no telling the amount of glyphosate in our fish alone. This has made me think a lot about farming fish up here so I can control the conditions and keep them from being toxic

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 05:32:37 No.2866066 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866060
Man, I live in Iowa. Your state has nothing on mine. I have never heard of a person getting mercury poisoning from fish, and I know a lot of people who fish.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 08:11:59 No.2866077 Report

Quoted By: >>2866118

>>2866054
What the fuck! You eat too much fish, I bet it was the canned fish. Here, canned "tuna" looks really suspicious to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 15:39:23 No.2866112 Report

Quoted By: >>2866118

>>2866054
Lmao classic. I’ve seen asians fishing runoff from industrial areas with a bucket to keep what they catch. So much for muh high iq cope.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 16:22:31 No.2866118 Report

Quoted By: >>2866121 >>2866143

>>2866077
I blame the canned fish too.
>>2866112
I'm whiter than you, check your reading comprehension retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 16:31:23 No.2866121 Report

Quoted By: >>2866135 >>2866136

>>2866118
>I blame the canned fish too.
outside of tuna, sea fish usually have low amounts of pollutants, freshwater have more
i'd probably get mercury poisoning if i hate pike more than twice a month
depend on both species and age, i'd probably die if i tried to eat the local giant catfish too

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 21:45:38 No.2866135 Report

Quoted By: >>2866137

>>2866121
NTA... Canned sardines have a relatively high level of mercury. If yo eat a can a day, you will have elevated mercury in your blood.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 21:48:17 No.2866136 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866121
Also....fish that eat a large amount of small fish will also have elevated mercury. Tuna, swordfish, shark etc... It's a cumulative effect. It builds up over time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 21:52:05 No.2866137 Report

Quoted By: >>2866138 >>2866139

>>2866135
pretty sure sardines were the safest of the bunch
unless we're talking farm grown sardines

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 21:56:41 No.2866138 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866137
Eating a can of sardines is perfectly safe. Eating a can a day isn't. Again, it's a cumulative effect.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 22:03:09 No.2866139 Report

Quoted By: >>2866140

>>2866137
It's arsenic, not mercury in sardines. I miss remembered. My bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 22:08:23 No.2866140 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866139
fair enough
there's also PFAS that are present enough in most places to be a very real risk

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 22:08:36 No.2866141 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866054
Your local fish and game department usually puts out safe limits for eating fish from your local waters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 22:35:43 No.2866143 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866118
>Im white
Sure thing chang

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 23:09:44 No.2866145 Report

Quoted By: >>2866146

Pretty Redeye Bass, still havent caught a largemouth or bluegill this year. Want to start fishing more live bait, red worms and crawdads. A few years ago I caught a 21.5" Smallmouth on the Elk River in Tennessee, which is just 5.5" short of the world record, given mine was a lot less weighty. Of course I didn't have a camera on me then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 23:39:15 No.2866146 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866145
Very cute, fish like this make me wish I had a small pond of my own

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2026 23:40:29 No.2866147 Report

Quoted By: >>2866150

>>2865484
I can not, for the life of me, get these wire loop tools to make a game changer link loop like in the video I watched.... I'm thinking I should just get a set of jewlers pliers. But, I ordered some pre-made links too. So I'll still be able to tie a few. It's a busy week, but I'll tie a few sometime this week and share the results.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 00:10:11 No.2866150 Report

Quoted By: >>2866240

>>2866147
My monthly Smitty's box came today too! So there's another two patterns for me to tie this week. The beginner pattern is a chironomid. Basically I zebra midge with some poly yarn at the eye of the hook. The intermediate pattern is a parachute BWO emerger. A couple easy patterns. I'll probably tie these first sometime Wednesday.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 00:55:22 No.2866155 Report

Quoted By:

Wait until the fish eaters find out about Thiaminase...

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 01:26:35 No.2866158 Report

Quoted By: >>2866160 >>2866161 >>2866172 >>2866182

What do you guys recommend for a aspiring fisherman with visual impairments?
I always struggle to keep my eye on the bobber and have to keep it in the more shallow waters.
Is it possible to fish blindly, if so, what methods would you recommend?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 01:36:47 No.2866160 Report

Quoted By: >>2866166

>>2866158
>Is it possible to fish blindly, if so, what methods would you recommend?
Pretty much everything other than bobber fishing...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 01:37:13 No.2866161 Report

Quoted By: >>2866166

>>2866158
cast and retrieve lures/spinners, live/dead bait sinker rig
you just need to feel the bite with your rod

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 01:59:57 No.2866166 Report

Quoted By: >>2866167

>>2866160
>>2866161
Best news I've heard all day, thanks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 02:15:13 No.2866167 Report

Quoted By: >>2866169

>>2866166
>Is it possible to fish blindly
Caveat, you will need to be able to see to tie knots. You can get reading glasses that you can keep in your pocket or around your neck when not in use, if necessary. It will also benefit you if you can see well enough to tell what looks "fishy" and what doesn't. Cover, depth, water flow etc.. And you can still use bobbers to keep swim baits at a certain depth. While you can use the bobber as your strike indicator, as you'll be actively working the lure, you'll most likely feel it before you see it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 02:30:04 No.2866169 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866167
Luckily tying knots is something I can do just fine.
I'm generally fine doing any task that can be done close to my face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 03:22:15 No.2866172 Report

Quoted By: >>2866174 >>2866178

>>2866158
Catfishing is great for people who can't see very well. There is so much fishing that doesn't require much eyesight.

I did a catch and cook with friends today for my birthday. It went poorly. There were a fuckton of undesirables at our spot. Fishing was not great. There were just a bunch of things that didn't go our way. But I got to eat fish tacos, so that was great.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 03:24:59 No.2866174 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866172

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 03:48:22 No.2866178 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866172
Happy birthday anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 04:56:49 No.2866180 Report

Quoted By: >>2866204

i am desperate to break the skunk i am going to start targeting bluegill if this keeps up having been scorned by fish (multiple times) i have no conscience about what i do

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 06:04:41 No.2866182 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866158
Using hi vis braid (yellow specifically) helps me a lot whenever I'm doing anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 13:18:27 No.2866204 Report

Quoted By: >>2866264

>>2866180
Ive been getting skunked by smallmouth in the creek I fish in, it comes out of a dam about 9 miles up river so the water is usually pretty cold but warms up some in the summmer. I think there are 2 factors, first the water may not be warm enough for them to have moved this far up river yet and that there is a lul sometimes post spawn where the fishes feeding behavior changes. I'm about to switch to targeting trout until May

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Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 14:34:42 No.2866207 Report

Quoted By: >>2866209 >>2866215 >>2866264

I have this book series from the 90s, NAFC published, strategies for catching all kinds of fish. Really cool books

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 14:37:05 No.2866209 Report

Quoted By: >>2866215

>>2866207
Think they are 1987-1990

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 15:44:20 No.2866215 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866209
>>2866207
scan it and share it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2026 23:35:09 No.2866228 Report

Quoted By: >>2866249

Just doubled my collection of old mitchells (and other odd reels).
Found a yard sale that was shutting down and got a whole box for $20.00.
Had a couple Mitchell 301's, a 300, a 308 (that is in sad shape and may end up as parts), one of those Zebco/Cardinal reels in fairly nice shape, and lastly, an oddity I'd only seen pics of, a "karmann 41" (basically an early 60's relabled Daiwa)

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:31:41 No.2866236 Report

Quoted By: >>2866272

This mayfly landed on me today. I thought it was a huge mosquito when it landed and was about to smack it. But when I got a better look to aim, I realized it was not. It's a very interesting looking insect. Speckled Dun?

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:40:49 No.2866237 Report

Quoted By: >>2866239

Caught my first trout of the year up at my mountain creek. Official trout season doesn't start until next week Saturday(the 25th). But we can still catch and release in the off season. The water is still high and fast. But it shouldn't be long before things calm down for the year. I caught this one on a pat's rubber legs. Lots of giant California stoneflies(salmon flies) are starting starting to emerge. I'm starting to see lots of cast skins and mature adults on and under the rocks or crawling around.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:42:02 No.2866239 Report

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>>2866237
My brother in law caught this one on a hare's ear.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:49:58 No.2866240 Report

Quoted By: >>2866241 >>2866243

>>2866150
Monthly Smitty's box, beginners pattern this month is a chironomid. Included materials are: size 14 chironomid hooks, 3.2mm tungsten beads in black nickel and white, 6/0 Uni thread in black and red, #14 uni mylar in holographic black and gold, size SM red wire, and some poly yarn

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:53:52 No.2866241 Report

Quoted By: >>2866242

>>2866240
This month's intermediate pattern is a parachute BWO emerger. Included materials: size 18 and 20 scud hooks, 8/0 uni thread in olive, olive dry fly dubbing, olive midge flash, poly yarn, olive dun hackle and a peacock feather top.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:54:55 No.2866242 Report

Quoted By: >>2866303

>>2866241
Forgot to attach the picture..

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 07:58:57 No.2866243 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866240
I tied these up last night, just before bed. They have a lot of nice color and sparkle. The gold ones look like pan fish candy! I did the black four first with the included red wire. I then made the first gold with that same wire, but didn't like the lack of contrast. So I switched to some black wire I had. I like this pattern. Simple, easy to tie and should be fish magnets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 12:07:36 No.2866249 Report

Quoted By: >>2866258

>>2866228
>that is in sad shape
as in actual damage? as long as nothing is broken or bent these reels are always fixable

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 12:54:24 No.2866252 Report

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>>2865172
Where did you get this pic of me and my wife?

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 14:17:06 No.2866258 Report

Quoted By: >>2866260 >>2866263

>>2866249
You're right, I can fix it for $20~$30. The part I need is the ball bearing set, "81 303".
Everything else looked fine, til the bail cup came off and I found it was missing the balls, and the bearing shell was cracked.
Everything else looks pretty decent though. The Zebco/Cardinal is an interesting find.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 14:24:16 No.2866260 Report

Quoted By: >>2866265 >>2866266 >>2866267

>>2866258
didn't some earlier 308 had a bronze sleeve instead of bearings? might be cheaper even

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 14:34:25 No.2866263 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866258
didn't some earlier 308 had a bronze sleeve instead of bearings? might be cheaper even

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 14:38:36 No.2866264 Report

Quoted By: >>2866268

>>2866207
This is super cool, gonna look for them on eBay

>>2866204
Depending where you are this is most likely the case. I am in VT and it has been a pretty good winter, Water temps are finally starting to break past the 40s. Been Steelheading, and now the Suckers have been moving in, and then I think once the temp reaches 43-45 the Smallies will start to come in.

Just ordered a bunch of material to tie streamers up for the smallies and will get after some Pike too, very excited. Didn't get a steelie this year, more or less have given up.

Pic, White Longnose caught on a Stonefly I tied

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 14:51:30 No.2866265 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866260
Not sure if that'd interchange, as this one and my others have that same double ball race held in with a dowel-screw.
I found a NOS bearing set, but it is almost as much as I paid for the box of reels, and as much as the last 308 I bought.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 15:01:14 No.2866266 Report

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 15:13:51 No.2866268 Report

Quoted By: >>2866274

>>2866264
I think there has been some connection issues...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 16:50:13 No.2866272 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866236
Very cool, I have some pieces that look just like it

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 17:15:46 No.2866274 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866268
No kidding, not sure how i managed a triple-post.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 18:50:51 No.2866278 Report

Quoted By: >>2866281 >>2866284

Which one of you guys did this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 19:51:51 No.2866281 Report

Quoted By: >>2866283 >>2866284

>>2866278
lol, what's the idea behind that washer
some kind of oversized tippet ring?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 20:39:09 No.2866283 Report

Quoted By: >>2866284 >>2866286

>>2866281
Improv sinker if I had to guess. You’d think the swivel would fulfill any need for a tippet ring. Could also function like a teaser blade and just generate a little extra flash and visual interest.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 20:44:40 No.2866284 Report

Quoted By:

>>2866278
>>2866281
>>2866283
Seen people do that to make a "snagproof" sinker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 20:49:58 No.2866286 Report

Quoted By: >>2866291

>>2866283
>Could also function like a teaser blade and just generate a little extra flash and visual interest
i've read a bit on that with dropshot rigs as an example to compare painted and unpainted weights, and turn out that fishes that get distracted by the shiny thing miss completely the lure 20cm away

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 22:02:49 No.2866291 Report

Quoted By: >>2866292

>>2866286
I switched to tin sinkers because I’m a bleeding heart environmentalist, and they were causing this issue, so now I paint tin split shots brown like a complete lunatic. Anyways, I was guessing that might have been the guy’s idea, not saying it was a good one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Apr 2026 22:10:59 No.2866292 Report

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>>2866291
mine don't shine, i suppose you could get a similar effect with a bit of sandpaper to unpolish it

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Anonymous Thu 16 Apr 2026 03:05:25 No.2866299 Report

Quoted By: >>2866300

First time ever catching anything on topwater, this was a little hula popper and I caught 6 bass after sunset. Was very exciting

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Apr 2026 03:46:15 No.2866300 Report

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>>2866299
The Hula Popper Micro is a favorite. It caught me my first topwater bass.

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Anonymous Thu 16 Apr 2026 07:37:53 No.2866303 Report

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>>2866242
These are some tiny flies!! I've only tied a handful of flies on size 20 hooks. I had struggled in the post with tying parachute posts and with locking in the hackle after wrapping it around the post. These gave me some great practice. It was a lot easier this time. I also had a very hard time whip finishing around the post last time I tried a parachute pattern. My ability and technique has definitely improved since then and I found it fairly easy now. It's nice seeing that my practice has been paying off. Overall, a pretty fun pattern to tie. And I'm glad that I no longer need to fear the parachute post :)

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