So I was not trying to contradict anyone or put words in anyone's mouth. Here is my stance, by all reports the TWS system had some early problems and by the lack of any new reports, I have assumed that these were fixed. I do not see posts from 2016 as being valid to any current discussion. I could n...

The one link I was able to look at was from 2016. Come on guys if you don't like the T-wing that is fine but apparently the problems with it were fixed some time ago. I have seen no new posts of the thing grooving. For me the TWS deal is a non issue I neither love or hate it. I have used braid to le...

Those handles look great. I had ordered some from NFC a couple months ago and they look very similar if not identical. I have built on one. The problem was they came without trim pieces so the fact these come with trim is a problem solver in my mind. Love the work!!

The bobber was hooked directly into one eye of the three way swivel. Main line to one eye and leader to one eye. Sorry if my explanation was not clear.

After the cast you would "work" the jig by shaking the rod. After three days of fishing and shaking a long rod my wrist was killing me.

I am posting this not because of any personal expertise but in hope it will help out 1nutinthewater. I fished Dale Hollow lake with a guide and we used the Float n Fly technique several years ago. That technique seems to be very similar to what you are doing. We used a weighted bobber and a jig(fly)...

My assumption is you don't have a power wrapper. If you have, or have access to, a drill press I would use an appropriately sized bit and running it in reverse tends to work well. Separating the two pieces would be my choice. You do not need to cut at the glue line. The cork is already glued togethe...

I'm sure no one is ignoring your question but it is hard to offer suggestions without know just what you are dealing with. Could you post a picture of the butt cap? If not my best suggestion without seeing it is to cut the two apart with a razor blade, ream it and then glue it back together. You can...

I voted Daiwa but when I think about it I only have one Ryoga and I have several Calcuttas. The reason being that the Calcutta comes in so many sizes and variations while the Ryoga is basically one size with minor variations. Now if they came out with a 50 size Ryoga I would not be able to sleep at ...

I have a hard time saying anything is overpriced before I ever use or touch it and that seems to be the position of many of the posters. I do remember when Loomis came out with the Conquest and/or NRX rods and everyone cried that they were not worth it. Well the people that thought they were worth t...

Really cool. That is the second video I have seen of rods being built in Japan where they install the reel seat and handle after the guides are in place, Not bad or good just different than I was taught. I have an Olympic and it is a great rod.

Larry, in your experience, do you notice a difference in lines that are "precision wound" to lines that are not?

Not wanting to throw gas on the fire, but I have both a Steez and a Bantam. Like them both but they are different reels. For me I never mod a reel because of need but because I can and by and large I think Daiwas have more mods available, but in all honesty most of my reels, what ever the brand, are...

please let us know what you think after fishing it some.

i do not own a Dobyns but do not feel that a comparison between an Extreme HP and a GLX is a fair comparison. If you want to compair Dobyns to Loomis it should be between the Extreme HP and the IMX Pro as they are near the same price. I don't have a dog in this fight but think that is a more fair co...

The Rebellion rods are now on Daiwa's web site. The Luvias spinning reels are also there, not sure but don't think they were before.