Just wanted to say thanks to all who have contributed to Bob's board since I started reading it about 6 months ago. I've learned one h*ll of a lot about river fishing and fishing gear in general and the icing on the cake so far happened today. I bought a G Loomis overstock blank (STR 1082) for a cool price from D & E Rods in Battle Ground (which I learned about here), built it myself (with help from smileforu's board) and bought a Shimano Stradic reel (which was the spinning reel of choice from a thread earlier this year) to go with it. I used it for the first time today on the Nisqually hooked up on 2 fish, one jack and one about 10-12 lbs. Lost the jack on a long range release and the 10 pounder at my feet after about a 5 minute fight. That's OK, there will be other days and other fish. Keep up the good work Bob!!!!!
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

Jeff
Glad you found something useful on my site. Its great to learn and discuss fishing....Next best thing to doing it!!
Tight Lines


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