The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by Jdmbassman » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:12 am

igl00jx wrote:A personal fave at the moment
Grigio Titanio with 7.2 gears, IS Honeycomb spool, and clicking drag knob conversion.

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Heads up as to what those knobs are would be appreciated

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by igl00jx » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:58 pm

Jdmbassman wrote:Heads up as to what those knobs are would be appreciated
Handle knobs: OG Daiwa corks
Drag knob: Baka Rush for Abu Morrum UM/ICVB fit

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by PCSnooker » Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:44 am

After a productive kingfishing season with my old man I've re-discovered my love for round reels. Like many of us my journey with baitcasting gear began with round reels, a gifted to me abu something or other and shortly there after I bought my first ever reel with my own money, a Calcutta 250. I was around 13 or so at the time. While doing my usual cruising of the ol' bay I stumbled on a daiwa luna 253 that was bnib and a good bit below retail and I had to have it. So here I am, with my entry into the heavy metal club. I've yet to fish the reel as It was just dropped off by ups-clause an hour ago, but I will say that initial impressions are great, and I can't wait to pick a rod to mount her on and take her for a spin.
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And my other rounders that have served me so well this season.
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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by PCSnooker » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:11 am

So I ended up going with the e6x 903mbr because I don't have to $$$ to replace the nrx 893c that was stolen from me and I can confidently say that I love the rod. It's perfect for bombing weighted soft plastics over the flats and still accurate enough to nail casts around bridge pilings, docks, mangroves and the like. For the freshwater afflicted of us I could see this rod being a great all rounder when a little bit of extra length is needed. I wouldn't want to throw any subsurface treble hooked baits with it, the action is just a bit to fast, however I could see it doing well for walk the dog style baits in a pinch. My apologies if this should have been posted elsewhere. Feel free to move the post to the proper thread if need be.
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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by LowRange » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:27 am

Can I play?

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by Fishing4Fun » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:57 am

Quite nice LR! That is one of the only JDM Orichi XX rods I have seen posted on here. A very impressive pairing ;)

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by LowRange » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:10 am

Fishing4Fun wrote:Quite nice LR! That is one of the only JDM Orichi XX rods I have seen posted on here. A very impressive pairing ;)
Yup, that's the one. They're not the easiest rod to get a hold of and are not covered through Megabass USA warranty. A guy's really gotta like red I guess. In my case I did it for the Mars so it would have a matching red pal.

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by Ham Solo » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:03 pm

That is a sweet looking combo, LowRange! =D>

How does it fish?

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by igl00jx » Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:05 am

All Abu at this point now

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by LowRange » Sun Oct 09, 2016 2:50 am

Ham Solo wrote:That is a sweet looking combo, LowRange! =D>

How does it fish?
Don't know! The season here is coming to an end so I may have to wait until next year to try it out. The rod is an extreme mission type f, so I imagine it'll be a super versatile combo that can do bottom contact as well as moving baits.

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by Ham Solo » Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:36 am

LowRange wrote:
Ham Solo wrote:That is a sweet looking combo, LowRange! =D>

How does it fish?
Don't know! The season here is coming to an end so I may have to wait until next year to try it out.
Oh, the horror! The anticipation would kill me during the winter. :lol:

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by BARRAMANIAC » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:08 am

LowRange wrote:Can I play?

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I so want one of these

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by LowRange » Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:11 am

Now is the time to act. Japan Angler has them on clearance.

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by BRONZEBACK32 » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:21 am

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Re: The Rounders Heavy Metal Club

Post by mada1594 » Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:09 pm

so much awesomeness!
gone fishin! borderline 11!

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