#323792 - 12/14/05 04:36 PM
Re: Plug Rods?
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Spawner
Registered: 02/22/01
Posts: 667
Loc: Tacoma, Wa, USA
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Parker, I just got my second FS83C 100$ never been fished still had the paperwork attached. They are hard to come by, but keep your eyes open they are out there. Pretty common on ebay but spendy. I like the FS85c for kwickies.
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#323793 - 12/14/05 04:49 PM
Re: Plug Rods?
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Returning Adult
Registered: 12/06/00
Posts: 487
Loc: oregon
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I would't spend a bunch of money on a plug rod since sensitivity isn't important. It really doesn't matter if the rod is a g-loomis or g-cheapo, it will still bend when a fish takes the plug! I have three rods in my drift boat that we use for plugging. Two are spendy rods and the third is a 6' long has a blue bottom piece and the top half is red, lol. The cheap POS rod gets just as many bites and lands just as many fish as the spendy versions. In the big boat for springers and falls I also run heavy but cheap rods, like 25 dollars each! Each spring and fall I catch just as many salmon as my buds using their Loomis rods...if a fish slams you pick it up, simple as that. How much sensitivity is needed to see a 20# salmon hit a lure?
Save your money for the drift fishing rod...this is where "quality pays off" IMHO.
RM
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#323794 - 12/14/05 04:53 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 02/25/05
Posts: 379
Loc: Roy
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Well said Riverman, I have Berkley IM7 AIRs. I gottem for 50 each new. Reels are more important than the rods when it comes to pluggin...that's my $.02 worth. Loomis rods look cool in the boat though!
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#323795 - 12/26/05 02:17 PM
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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Guess what my girlfriend bought me for Christmas? TWO of the new Lamiglas plug rods! Now if only the water would cooperate, I'd get out and give them some serious field testing! Maybe by Friday? Fish on... Todd
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#323796 - 12/26/05 02:36 PM
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 12/24/01
Posts: 1972
Loc: Kingston, WA
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Todd, Hmmmm. A matched pair'? How sweet and thoughtful. From the look of things I'd say she wants to go fishin' too. But no doubt you came up with something for her as equally romantic.
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#323797 - 12/26/05 03:06 PM
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Anonymous
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Sweet!! What reels ya gonna put on 'em?????????? Mike
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#323798 - 12/26/05 03:08 PM
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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Mike,
Probably a couple of my older 5500's...that's the usual evolution of fishing reels for me...I buy them new, beat the hell out of them driftfishing with them, keep rebuilding them until they are damn near all new parts, but look like they've been run over by a bus on the outside, and then they eventually end up as plug reels as newer ones replace them at the "top" of the list.
Fish on...
Todd
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#323799 - 12/27/05 11:00 AM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 05/27/00
Posts: 2558
Loc: Stumpy Acres
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Riverman- I have to disagree with ya there! Sensitivity has everything to do with a good plug rod..I want to know exactly what my plugs are doing at all times..
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#323800 - 12/27/05 12:37 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/04/01
Posts: 3640
Loc: Gold Bar
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Loomis 941C Sensitive enough for Tads Strong enough for k-15's OK as I typed that I kept thinking of that deodorant commercial, sensitive enough for a women and strong enough for a man
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#323801 - 12/28/05 11:39 AM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 1303
Loc: North Creek
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Todd - your girlfriend have a sister?! Pretty nice to have someone who supports your addiction.
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