NorCal Fishing BS

Yep a good reminder. I was using one of my dads older bass rods a couple of weeks ago when I was visiting and I snapped off on 3 really decent fish. Checked the rod guides and one of the guides had a tiny chunk missing, making it a little rough/sharp. It was cheap and old enough that he just tossed it and got a new Pflueger Trion combo for $70.

 

Cant believe summer is already going bye-bye. Still have a couple months of decent bass fishing, but then its goodnight for a few months! Hopefully the ice gets thick and safe this winter. Will be back up ice fishing this year for big trout as soon as its thick enough.

 

i hear you. I had a fuji rod tip repair kit already handy, so I put the smallest tip in the kit on it. it's a little big, but i think the hotglue fills the gap. we'll see.

 

OOOFFF! i just found this on an inherited GLoomis salmon rod.. I'm guessing I might as well rewrap the whole rod in current guides vs. replacing just the cracked one (and maybe not matching it up well)

i'm thinking I'll spiral wrap it

 

Got a skiff in Santa Cruz next Sunday! One left if anyone wants to make a flotilla...

 

Hit the Delta today on a bass boat. We did well.

learned a kayak spot in the process.

 

What part of the delta did you go to? Off the river? Or a back slough?

 

Buddy just bought a new 25’ enclosed cabin North River. Takes ownership in a few weeks, I’ll let you know if I go and we have an open seat! He’s talking about taking it out every weekend haha

 

Just a heads up for everyone.... TackleWarehouse is having their annual 15% off site-wide Labor day sale this weekend. Just copped another rod and reel for a pretty good price!

 

Thanks! I have $75 of terminal tackle in my shopping cart. So glad I was busy and had to wait.

 

Off the river.

found a very kayak friendly spot! Looks very bassy too!

 

Thanks for the heads up friend.
Sent in my order.

 

well before i start stripping guides off that graphite salmon rod, i thought maybe i should practice on a lower value rod. I have this fiberglass 11' Daiwa FT surfrod. it's pretty great for crabsnaring, except the 1st guide seems a little small. 35mm compared to this 47mm guide on a busted 11' penn battalion surfrod that I found littered the last time i went out. I took it home to strip the guide off for this $25 Daiwa FT. (that was the in-store price - sometimes its $19.99!!)

I had a box of various color guide threads handy, made a couple of "V" cuts in a cardboard box, and put the red thread spool on my line winder.

 

looking good, guide wraps are the worst, especially when you get to the smaller guides.

 

Went out fishing a couple weeks ago when we were evacuated, didn’t catch anything but ended up throwing a Diawa Fuego on my rod I built, matches up nicely. The microwave guides are awesome, this thing casts a mile!

 

That's a nice set-up!! You make any forsale?

 

Why I will never kayak fish in salt water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZa6bTpung

 

Wow! Very cool. I don’t think that shark was hunting the kayak. He seemed to be waiting for them to catch a fish - to steal it.

 

thanks! And not yet, this is only the 3rd rod I’ve made. Still trying to get more experience before I think of selling them.

 

Nice! I have that reel in the 1000 size. I love the thing.