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Megabass (maybe together with Evergreen) is widely regarded to make the best lure rods and hard baits money can buy. The quality, detailing, workmanship and the sensitivity of their rods are unbelievable and it's something that has to bee seen in real life to be appreciated. G. Loomis rods suddenly look and feel very boring compared to a Megabass rod http://adent.com/MB2005_retail_prices.html

No, I'm not a tournament caster, that's just not my thing at all. I just collect this stuff because it gives me a lot of fun and opposed to stamps most of it is nice and shiny And yes, Peter is right I am a Norwegian, but living in London though.

I intend to use it for crankbaits & jerkbaits in the 3/8 to 5/8oz range and the reel will be paired with a Megabass F4-68X Jabberwock rod. http://www.megabassusa.com/Baitcasting.htm Double click on the pictures for a larger image. A unique reel deserves a unique rod

Yes, of course A huge number of people around the world are fans of the classic style 1500 & 2500 and use them either as standard or tuned to various levels. A tuned 2500 reel with a lightweight Avail spool mounted, was used when setting the British long casting record in the 5/8oz class with a length in excess of 125 yards. It's simply exciting to own something that is engineered to almost perfection. I tell you one thing for sure, it's a hell of a lot more fun to collect rare or high-end fishing tackle than stamps

Take a look at what’s going to the basis for my next project http://tackledirect.com/am16iar16iar.html I have long fancied a small more classic looking Ambassadeur than the Morrum, but with real high-end performance. Now’s the time come to realize my dream Now, this is nothing for the fainthearted and requires skills in reel tuning far beyond what I possess so I will be sending the reel to UT (Ulf Tingstrom), a Swedish reel magician that builds and tunes classic Ambassadeur's to a higher standard than probably anyone else in the world. This is going to be something extra, extra special and I’m sooooo excited

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Cracking photos, Jerry Any idea of the weight on the two last Zander? cheers

Nahh, it's not stupidly expensive You can pickup the reel for around $200 on American eBaY and the additional tuning parts (bearings, spool, handle, knobs & thumb-bar kit) are around $350, give or take. I can sell the reel any day for as much as it cost me to assemble, or with a bit of luck even more.

I must be honest enough to admit I don't use much spinners for Perch as I prefer soft plastics, but I think you could be right in that Panther Martin is more effective for Trout and Char. My original comment was based on the fact that Panther Martin (my personal opinion) always has allowed me to fish very deep Norwegian glacier lakes more efficient than most other in-line spinners.

Put me and my girlfriends name on the list. We had a cracking time last year Money will be in the post a.s.a.p.

No, that was only a couple of my everyday Daiwa Millionaire CV-Z's I'll have that in the back of my mind

The Morrums are perfectly suited for some careful tuning and the performance improvement you can achieve are nothing short of amazing. The stock Morrums are good long casting reels but far from as smooth as some of the Shimano & Daiwa reels and the best treatment you can give them is to change the handle and knobs to some bearing supported version (ZPI & Bassart are good) in addition to upgrading the level wind with bearings. The Morrum Forell original handle with the round wooden knobs is an awful piece of equipment, which gives you the feeling of using a worn out coffee grinder. I'm just waiting for a additional few bits and bobs arriving from Japan and then I'll post a few pictures of some other rather special reels

The amazing thing is that the reel weighs in at less than 200 grams or 7.1oz You can achieve unbelievable casting distances with this reel, even with baits weighing as little as 5 grams (3/16oz) or less

In addition to my fishing I find immense pleasure in collecting and tuning high-end reels from Shimano, Daiwa and Abu Have a look at a ZPI super tuned Abu Morrum SX1601C Ultra-Mag Forell http://uk.geocities.com/vidar_thomassen/morrumreel.html It's fitted with: Daiwa cork knobs supported with 4 ball bearings Bearing supported level wind ZPI 85mm Carbon handle ZPI RC-416-RS Ultra light magnesium spool & SIC ceramic bearings I'm also about to install a ZPI low down thumb-bar kit as soon as it arrives from Japan, which should further increase user comfort. The improvement (casting efficiency with light lures & overall smoothness) from the standard Abu Morrum Forell reel is simply massive

Hmm, I suppose we just have to agree to disagree Over the last 35 years spent spinning for Trout & Artic Char back in Norway, trying almost every in-line spinner under the sun, Panther Martin and Vibrax has become my clear favourites. In fact, I would not even consider going Arctic Char fishing without my 6 & 9 grams Panther Martin with black and yellow body coupled with a fluo-orange blade. http://www.solvkroken.no/ontime.asp?doc_id=94 Anyhow, as for Perch my personal preference are the ones with feather-covered hook.

Panther Martin has a unique fixing of the blade allowing it to be fished slower and deeper than virtually any other in-line spinner on the market. http://www.panthermartin.ca/catalog-bass.html Not only are they cracking for Perch, but are also one of the best Trout and Arctic Char catchers’ money can buy

That is becuase gloves normally don't have taped waterproof seams opposed to waders

Mainly fished the deeper parts between the outlet of the fast carrier and the bridge, where grayling was scarce to put it mildly. Ended up though with a couple of cracking trout, with one Rainbow almost topping 6Ib – great fun on light float tackle. Spent the last hour spinning with a Spring Dawg and managed to bank a small Jack and a 12Ib scrapper to end a magnificent day Lovely venue + great company = fantastic day out

Thanks guy's

Guy's, Anyone have an idea how many AAA & BB slit shots there are in one SSG? Thanks in advance

Peter, why is it technology just for the sake of it? Sorry to say, I have to disagree with you on that one as the Calcutta / Conquest DC reels simply are the longest casting; smoothest running multiplier reel money can buy. I’m the proud owner of a Conquest 101DC (the Japan edition of Calcutta DC) which has been given the full ZPI treatment and I can tell you no other reel in my possession are capable of similar distances with such comparative ease. Furthermore, the DC brake system allows you to cast into very strong headwinds, which as you probably know are not exactly easy with any other multiplier reels. http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdcvslight.html

First of all, Wiplash Pro it’s not a braid at all, but rather a fused line. I used to have Wiplash on all my reels (anybody that knows me will know that’s more than a few ) but it did not take me long to discard it all. Wiplash Pro is all right in braking strains over 65Ib, but anything less than that is not very good, to put it mildly. First lets start with the stated diameter as the info on the box is at the best of times wrong, actually if I were a cynical person I would have called it a premeditated deceit. In actual fact 30Ib Wiplash Pro has a measured diameter of approximately 0.25mm, which is similar to 30Ib Power Pro and more than three times thicker than what’s stated by the manufacturer. Secondly, according to several independent tests I have in my possession the actual braking strain of 30Ib whiplash is less than 22Ib and for the 20Ib version less than 16Ib. I strongly recommend everybody to get hold of a version of the Tacklebox main tackle catalogue where they every year publicise a comprehensive line test (actual diameter and braking strains for the bulk of mono, fluorocarbon and multifilament lines on the UK market), it makes for some extremely interesting reading. The individual fibres that make up Wiplash (especially in the lesser braking strains) are also very, very prune to splitting from each other rendering the line prematurely obsolete. There are braids out there, which are as good or even better than Power Pro, but Wiplash Pro is definitely not among them.

Sorry, somehow I did not see Tim's reply, which basically said the same as mine Anyhow, let me just point out that you can get significant length advantages using lower diameter line in conjunction with fixed spool reels, but with multipliers the distance advantage is at the most negligible. Also, Steve has a very valid point when mentioning that a low diameter line will allow the lure to fish deeper than a thicker line.

Yes, they was using 8 and 10Ib braid, but they was using a totally different technique to what are being discussed in this topic i.e vertical jigging in depths up to 60 feet. If vertical jigging is going to effective what so ever in such depths you need to use lines with the lowest possible diameter or else you will be fishing 50 yards away from the boat with no contact with the lure. Personally I use 8 & 10Ib PowerPro, but only when I’m fishing for Trout using light spinning gear and lures up to max. 1/2 oz as such low diameter lines gives you significant advantages when throwing around light lures. Under most circumstances stop looking at the breaking strain, but rather look at the diameter of the braid and compare that to the mono you usually are using.

For shads up to 5" there is really no need for a stinger except when you are fishing for Zander.