Show off your BFS Casting Reels

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by Hogsticker2 » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:05 am

the hooligan wrote:Nice reel Mark :big grin:
Thanks man :big grin:

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by the hooligan » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:31 am

Hogsticker2 wrote:
the hooligan wrote:Nice reel Mark :big grin:
Thanks man :big grin:
Almost picked that handle up for the ito i had, the chromium is sweet.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by springcreek » Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:57 am

Going old school. Abu 2500C with mods including Avail spool, 2 bearing cog wheel and level winder. It can throw 1/20oz jig head with 2.5" baby shad in par with stock pixy 68, but much easier (very hard to backlash).

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by lil_man72 » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:29 am

springcreek wrote:Going old school. Abu 2500C with mods including Avail spool, 2 bearing cog wheel and level winder. It can throw 1/20oz jig head with 2.5" baby shad in par with stock pixy 68, but much easier (very hard to backlash).

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very nice, recognize this one?
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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by springcreek » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:43 am

Glad you put it into good use.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by kakaryan » Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:26 pm

springcreek wrote:Going old school. Abu 2500C with mods including Avail spool, 2 bearing cog wheel and level winder. It can throw 1/20oz jig head with 2.5" baby shad in par with stock pixy 68, but much easier (very hard to backlash).

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Nice. Not something you would often see. :D

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by strathy » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:54 am

springcreek wrote:Going old school. Abu 2500C with mods including Avail spool, 2 bearing cog wheel and level winder. It can throw 1/20oz jig head with 2.5" baby shad in par with stock pixy 68, but much easier (very hard to backlash).

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What a sweet outfit =D> =D> .
Which KRX BFS rod is it on ?
How do you find its build quality and feel compared to Majorcraft rods ?

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by springcreek » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:47 am

The KRX BFS is the 6'9" version. I like it more than Major Craft Volkey BFS. It has slightly softer tip than the Volkey. Build quality is first class and it balances perfectly with a 5~6oz reel.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by Martin Lo » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:50 pm

springcreek wrote:Going old school. Abu 2500C with mods including Avail spool, 2 bearing cog wheel and level winder. It can throw 1/20oz jig head with 2.5" baby shad in par with stock pixy 68, but much easier (very hard to backlash).

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Oh boy. That just stole the show. Something I keep thinking about buying but never end up looking hard enough for one.
Beautiful.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by flyfishy » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:48 am

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My Aldebaran BFS sitting on a Kaleido inspirare "Stingray Super Shake" probably load this up with 8lbs FC instead of the usual 5lbs i use on the Major Craft MSX bait finesse rod.
Whose got the Kaleido "Black briar"? first true bfs rod from the inspirare series!

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by Bootytrain » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:44 am

flyfishy wrote:Image

My Aldebaran BFS sitting on a Kaleido inspirare "Stingray Super Shake" probably load this up with 8lbs FC instead of the usual 5lbs i use on the Major Craft MSX bait finesse rod.
Whose got the Kaleido "Black briar"? first true bfs rod from the inspirare series!
That is a sick combo!

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by the hooligan » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:48 am

^ Nice combo :big grin:

I used to have an aldebaran mg that i sold. Should of kept it and put brenious gears in. I ended up grabbing an mg7, came in today. Wanted one as there probally going to be gone soon.

Stole the zpi handle off my conquest, i have plans for the gold avail handle, livre if i can find the money :)

Cleaned it, dropped in hedgehog air bearings, duralumin screw set, handle nut, and yumeya shallow spool.

Reels performs great. Couldnt be happier with this one, the conquest, and the bfs xg.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by savacs » Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:53 pm

flyfishy wrote:Image

My Aldebaran BFS sitting on a Kaleido inspirare "Stingray Super Shake" probably load this up with 8lbs FC instead of the usual 5lbs i use on the Major Craft MSX bait finesse rod.
Whose got the Kaleido "Black briar"? first true bfs rod from the inspirare series!
Is tha an IXA spool?

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by flyfishy » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:49 pm

savacs wrote:
flyfishy wrote:Image

My Aldebaran BFS sitting on a Kaleido inspirare "Stingray Super Shake" probably load this up with 8lbs FC instead of the usual 5lbs i use on the Major Craft MSX bait finesse rod.
Whose got the Kaleido "Black briar"? first true bfs rod from the inspirare series!
Is tha an IXA spool?

Sharp eyes.

It's the KTF 6.2g finesse spool for aldebaran bfs xg.

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Re: Show off your BFS Casting Reels

Post by savacs » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:53 pm

did you weigh it with the bearing and the SVS system on it?

Am curious, because I want to get my own, and am oscilating between this and the Hedgehog ported one(the Hedgehog seems to have very little line capacity, and would lean towards this one)

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