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  1. Hey you guys totally misunderstood me.. I will tell you what I think though.. Around where I live the larger van stalls are used on the piers for kings and cobias.. Everyone seems to like them but I don't fish from the piers and I don't fish for king and cobia. I am a more light tackle fisherman. The size reels that I use are in the shamano 4000-5000 range.. I really cannot say how the smaller van stalls do compared to this size reel.. All I know is that the one time that I saw a person using a smaller van stall it happened that the line became twisted under the spoon more than once. The van stalls obviously are decent reels. I have never owned one but for a time I really did think about it.. These days I prefer the Daiwa Certates and the hyper customs in the 3000-3500 range and I am now giving the shamano 4000 FE and the 5000 2013 are two reels that actually I have won in tournaments. It is my belief that the high dollar japaneese reels are the way to go with the small diameter braid and nanafil that I use.. But I am obviously biased. Anyway I have said this before on this site and I will say it once more.. It is my experience that the high dollar japaneese reels are able to manage the small diameter braids better than any other reel. I have grown to old to be playing around anymore. Plus I think that the high dollar setups actually add pleasure to my fishing experience.
  2. Within the waters of the Gulf of Mexico different species of fish begin their annual migrations up the coast with the changing of the seasons from winter to spring. It is then that a specie of fish by the name of Pompano make their migration northward fromt the southern regions of Florida. These fish always have garnered a select grouping of anglers who fish for them and this missive is a telling of a chance meeting of several of the best of these Pompano fishermen. As it happens there did come that fateful day when three of the best of the Florida panhandle's Pompano fishermen did all meet on a beach for the ultimate show down. As it happened, what innnocently began as a seemingly relaxed union of these fishermen plying their Pompano catching skills evolved into an all out no holds barred battle of fishing skill and of course, the spoils going to the most efficent and effective of the three. This three, very arguably representing the pinnical of the evolution of Pompano fishermena and as it happened on this day, the stage had been set.. There was to be only one barometer of the pecking order amongst them. Who would catch the most Pompano? The stakes were emense and this day had been long in coming. Reputations were on the line but more importantly this happenstance occurrence would crown only one as truely the best. For these three there would not be another day such as this and never another day for a rematch. For any of these three Pompano fishermen winning would be appealing, however the mental ramifications of actually loosing presently much more of an incentive to extract from each the best they possessed. As the morning broke along the calm beach the schools of Pompano were sporadic and optimism among the three of a full on rally presenting itself was questionable but as time passed and the sun slowly inched its way onto the horizon it became evident that this would be one of the fabled days of light tackle Pompano fishing that only a select few ever experience. As it turns out the three caught over 100 Pompano between them in less than 2 hours. But the story does not simply end with these three expert pompano fisherment catching on light spin tackle this astounding number of Pompano but rather the competion itself. With the Pompano angler world there exists necessarily a cockiness that only manifests after many years of honing specfic Pompano skills. Most Pompano fisherment are of a delusionally false belief that they possess true Pompano angling skill however few actually do. As it happens, of these fishermen two were commercial hook and line Pompano fishermen and the other held the dubious past reputation of being one of the most cited in Florida for selling hook and line pompano catches. All made their own Pompaho jigs and were experts with light tackle spinning gear. Robby - a successful commercial Pompano fisherman was qualified through many sessions of large catches of Pompaho used decent mid-line spin outfits , however Mike and Bud possessed only the highest dollar equipment. Mike with his light tackle vanstall/st. Croix outfit and Bud with his Diawa Certate/St. Croix setup. It seemed that both had been antisipating this fateful day when only the best would suffice. As time wore on during this all out Pompano rally it became apparent that age and experence would determine the winner of this once in a life time sight fishing competion. The two commercial Pompano fishermen could not keep pace with the older Pompano angler and it finally ended with Bud catching 30 more Pompano than Mike and 18 more than Robby. The whole of the often times frantic competition being spent racing up and down the beach spot casting to these Pompano. Bud's custom spinning outfit and jigs proving to be just too strong and refined for the commercial hook and line Pompano fishermen on this day.
  3. Samurai is decent , it is true that the 20# can be delicate, it takes a bit of getting use to and definitely has places were it shines, in my opinion the samurai will need to be used with a flagship daiwa or shimano spinning reel for best results. (line management) Once all these elements are in place it is hard to beat.
  4. Uh,, Someone keeps telling that a VS is better reel to use after dropping into the sand ?? I cant remember the last time that I dropped my reel in the sand. If I do drop one of my reels in the sand I don't want to use it until I clean it.. And I am not going to be dunking my Stella xg in the water either.. I think it is rather obvious that there is absolutely no comparison performance and refinement wise between any of the Stellas and saltigas vs. the Van Stalls.. The van stalls simply do not have the line management capabilities of any of the medium to high dollar Shimanos or Daiwas.. I see alot of people using the manual van stalls on the piers around here in the panhandle of florida and maybe they are good for that but I will warn that you might want to think twice before you stand next to me on the beach pompano fishing with a van stall.. The last guy that tried it did not fair so good.. I think he did throw it in the sand come to think about it..
  5. Why not try casting the VS vs either the Stella or the Saltiga into a stiff wind 20 times real fast.. I have personally witnessed that it might be a very good idea for the VS user to have several spools on hand under these conditions.. What I have seen happen is the VS user will invariably find themselves with the line damaged hopelessly under the spool, and they don't cast as far nor are they anywhere as smooth.. Hence,,, you have been smoked..
  6. I too am building a new spinning rod and have seen, heard and read about these new fuji K guides that are touted as being the new best guide for stopping or limiting wind knots. What I am confused about is that, at least in my experience, I only get wind knots at the tip and first foot of the rod. I am certainly not a rod building expert but to my knowledge the K fuji guides, to the best of my recollection only go down to a 8 ,, which means that if you desire a smaller guide than an 8 then you are forced to use the single foot fly or concept guide on the last 2 foot or so of the rod which is where all the wind knots happen anyway. What this means to me is that the only K anti-wind knot guide that you are going to be able to use where the wind knots generally take place is on the tip. So if everyone else is like me and are only getting wind knots on the tip and the last foot and a half of their rods what is the big deal with these new Fiji K guides other than they look different. I personally like the looks of the old concept guides. It is only logical that if one cannot use anti-wind knot guides where they happen on the spinning rod the guides are essentially useless for handling the wind knots. So again, I am having trouble understanding the hype surrounding these new guides.
  7. From my experience most of the time one will get what they pay for. Samurai seems to be more expensive than power pro. I am a saltwater light tackle jig fisherman. The specie of fishing that I endulge in there will be many times when fishermen find themselves fishing side by side with very simular jig fishing set ups. Honestly speaking the many who find themselves fishing next to me (the samurai being an element of my setup) experience generally disappointment and frustration. In my opinion this side by side measure of tackle is the surest testing mechanism. IMO fishing is all about eliminating variables. I found that Samurai is a bit tricky to get use to in that one will have to be careful with the level of fill, attention to fraying around structure and of course this line will proform best with quality spinning reel and rod setup IMO. This having been said, experience has clearly and consistantly shown for this lowly neophite that without question he will not waste his money on any other line when involved in this sort of close quarters fishing competition.
  8. Really don't get to do much striper fishing in the panhandle of florida but the St. Croix 4SW76MF that I built has to be the best and most effective spinning rod that I have ever fished with. Now that I have become accustomed with it for the past 3 years I am paranoid to even try one of the newer "nano epoxy" St. Croix blanks because I am afraid I might be disappointed. My experiences with other blanks is very limited but to be sure I cannot imagine one being any sweeter than the St. Croix IV inshore blanks which by the way have been discontinued.
  9. First, I will admit that I have been a samurai freak for the last 5 years or longer. Samurai , like the other braids is a bit tricky and requires getting use to it's tendencies. This having been said I cannot understand how anyone could compare power pro to samurai. The 20 pound samurai is a bit thinner than say the seaguar invisx 8 pound and fishes much much better. I know that I am probably biased but I cannot see any other braid other than samurai for a serious light tackle braid. Just my opinion.
  10. Yes, the Samurai braid is more expensive, however, given that I personally have been using the same 15 pound Samurai braid for the past 3 years on my 3500 spinning outfit the price does seem to average out over mono or the other cheaper braids that need changing more frequently. I want nothing but the best for my Daiwa 3500 certate and 7.5 inshore St. Croix. It is my experience that the Samurai is the best I have ever used.
  11. I will admit that I too have made some rather bad judgement calls when it come to fishing tackle. And you are absolutely right when you say that we should feel fortunate that we are now receiving lots of fishing tackle info from the internet. I think that one hard and fast rule that comes to mind is when contemplating purchasing a rod blank go ahead and purchase what you want no matter the cost especially when utilizing the internet. After shipping I have found that I really did not save that much buying a blank that was on sale or reduced and ended up with a rod blank that wasn't exactly what I wished for. Not to mention the warrantees on new blanks..
  12. I had a Stella that was grinding and making a little uncharacteristic noise after landing two 300 pound warsaws, three blue marlin, (under 400 pounds) , and seven 175 pound white marlin not to mention the 5 fifty pound mud cats. I sent it back to the dealer and they understood and sent me another replacement that seems to have solved the problem. I have decided that my 9 foot rod might be a bit to tall for the bass fishing that I am currently doing and will try a 7 footer. My Daiwa spinner must have been one of those ebay models. From what I have seen and heard Shamano seems to sell somewhat better in the U.S.A. and the diawas outsell Shamanos in Astralia. Without question both are excellant reels. Diawa always seems to be slightly ahead of the technological curve with such advancements as first utilizing the seperation of the pinion gear from the spoon in the level winds that without argument effects longer casts in stock reels.
  13. As far as this reel selling for $200 10 months from now all I have to say is that I certainly hope that you are right but I would be willing to bet that you are dead wrong. I have been hoping for the certates to go down but they haven't. For the fisherman doing the right sort of fishing this reel is certainly worth the price. When I use to be able to sell my fish this reel would only take a good morning to pay for. So the comment about the reel being only for the rich fishermen might need to include fishermen that know where to fish as well. Anyway it is looking like I will be purchasing one of them or one of the Japan models and that will give me an excuse to build one of those new rich person rods to go along with it.. I like the way the rich fisherman reels and rods feel even though I am not rich.
  14. Don't get me wrong. I like a shiny new inshore fishing rod as much as the next fisherman. However, there have been times when I have thougt maybe there will come a day in the near future when a fisherman will have to pay $1000,00 for a good inshore fishing reel? There will be no name calling but recently it has come to my attention that there does exist a reel manufacturer that does not hold with the expensive good inshore reel philosophies of the other major fishing reel manufacturers. This manufacturer is content to charge a sane amount for their "good inshore reels" instead of the normal $300.00 to $500.00 price tag that these manufacturers have chosen to charge. Hopefully, this manufacturer's tactics will spread and there will be other good inshore reels that have a reasonable price tag..
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