I decided after many years of fishing and having cheap crap up to some expensive factory rods I was finally going to have a rod built to my specifications, problem was, my fishing is so generalized I had no clue as to what I truly wanted.
So I hired Tiny Rodworks here on IDO to build a couple of rods for Sparkles and I, I am sure I about drove him crazy with many questions and I know he drove me nuts asking me questions that I had never heard before concerning fishing poles..
I cringed at the prices but forged ahead with the deal, then it came down to the reel selection,, GOOD LORD ALMIGHTY!!!!
My poor brain struggled with the choices and dollar amounts, I reached out to Tiny, James here on IDO and several other friends, I was astounded you could easily spend north of 500 smackers for a device who’s sole purpose was to wind the damn string back on the reel after you tried to fling it clean across a lake!!!!
Well, this old stubborn tight butt bought two Pflueger president extreme xt’s, I gotta tell ya, they are so buttery smooth I cant imagine spending another two hundred would be worth the money and I am very satisfied with the choice I made.
After two hot and humid days and not much to show for it we went out this morning and just put the smack down on the crappie!
We tossed back two limits of small ones, a few larger ones than what is in the pic, ( biggest was 13-1/4 ), it seemed like we could do no wrong.
I took my 72 year old bil out later in the day to the same spot to find the crappie were still there six hours later!!
Mind you, he has never fished with a spinning reel before, I had to teach him that, how to work the bait on the retrieve, etc.
And it never fails, ya take someone new out and they just have to show your arse up!! that stinker caught two crappie equal to my measly four!! HEY! thats what its all about!! and I loved every second of it watching him do it!
Anyway, back to the rods we had built,,,,,,DANG It!! now I want two more just like it!!!!
I have owned some very expensive tools in my years that I make a living with but I never once thought about spending good coin believing that a ( fishing pole over 150 bucks ) could be that much different, well folks, this old dog learned a new trick!!!
My custom rod is so dang sensitive that I felt a fish think about calling me a jerk because in years past they could swim around my boat making fun of me and stealing my offerings and I never knew they were there,sheesh.
Thanks Mike!! if I have to pick up enough popcans to pay for it, you will be building more rods this winter!
That dadgummed Chuck100 warned me, once you start, it becomes an addiction!!
Is there a clinic for customroditis???
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curious though why the TINY before his IDO name. When did he drop TINY?
curious though why the TINY before his IDO name. When did he drop TINY?
