I have cleaned and lubed the bearing on the sideplate and the spool bearing on the right side of the spool.

I have a Calais that I have had for a little over a year. It was working great until just a little while ago. It cranks smooth, drag is fine, and Im obsessive about keeping it clean and lubed. The problem is with the casting. It makes a grinding noise during the last 1/3 of the cast. It still casts ...

Sounds good johnny, let me know what you think. I was feeling the same way with the softer graphit on the martens. I think the shabbler would be perfect for my style of fishing.

I am way past the point of no return. My lure collection might be worth more than all of my rods and reels combined and yet I still cant stop. Now I am into destroyers like a speed freak.

Thanks Cal,

Love your guys site, have been reading it religiously for a while now, just found the link to your forum.

I am having a hard time picking my next Megabass rod. I want a finesse spinning rod and have got it down to 2 choices, the Aaron Martens F3-610 DGS and the F3-69XS Shabbler. I will be doing mostly shaky head, drop shot and weightless plastics, but would also like it to through small jerkbaits and cr...

Vidar, I have been fishing vision 110s on my newly acquired F4-68x Jabberwock. I think this rod is perfect for this application. I have not thrown any pointer 100s on it but it fishes 78s perfect. You will not be sorry with this rod. Especially if you are fishing lighter line. I have been fishing 10...