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RPool Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 795 Location: San Antonio; Padre Island
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:26 pm Post subject: New rod and reel |
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My daughter and family live on the south shore of Boston right by Duxbury bay, so I'm shipping my current 8 wt and reel up to be able to wade for striped bass when we visit. Great excuse to upgrade for here. So, I just received a TFO Axiom II-X rod and ordered the new BHK reel with sealed drag. I cast the rod the other day and was amazed at how nice it is - lots of power if you time the haul correctly (I don't sometimes) and don't over power your final cast to the target (you know, that last umphh). Of course, a lot of us look like Tiger at the driving range but weekend duffers once on the course so we'll see what happens when there is a tailing red at 60 feet! But so far, looks and feels like a great rod for the money. |
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RPool Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 795 Location: San Antonio; Padre Island
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Wish I could type - BVK-SD reel |
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lagunaflyoutfitters Horse Mullet
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 127
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:47 am Post subject: congrats |
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Congrats on new toy sorry i have been absent so long. May try to remedy that. fishing has been good lately despite the tremendous losses we suffered. Have fun up there. |
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AZ_squid Horse Mullet
Joined: 13 Aug 2013 Posts: 205 Location: Corpus
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Axiom-II-x is definitely a sweet rod. I just picked one up as a backup 7wt while gloomis takes 30 years to get me back my go to rod (crosscurrent pro-1). I'm pretty impressed so far. _________________ It's not the destination, the journey is everything. |
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