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Wildcat
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:07 pm • # 1 |
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Joined: 10/20/20 Posts: 76 Location: Humble, TX
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i was at a pawn shop this week and they had a reddington zero 4.5 with rio wf3f line on it. they were asking $50. i got it for $40 out the door.
now i have a reel and line with no rod to put it on. guess im gonna have to buy a maxcatch 2wt rod to put it on.
have yall built a new setup because of one piece of gear that you had?
Last edited by Wildcat on Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
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PampasPete
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:10 pm • # 2 |
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Joined: 09/09/14 Posts: 519 Location: southern Brazil
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Come to think about it...yeah.
A few years ago an old friend gave me a bamboo blank that he had built as a 5-weight. Of course I would have to finish it after buying the compontents, so then I had to get a line-holder, that is, a reel, for it so off I went to Wally-world. There was a cheap reel but it came in a pack with a rod, OK. So of course that meant buying one more rod. Then it became necessary to find a 5-weight double taper line, and later it seemed like the extra bamboo tip would work as a 3-weight banty and...
The only thing that's not clear to me is, if your new old pawn shop reel came with a 3-weight WF line, why do you need a 2-weight rod instead of a real 3-weight?
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Wildcat
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:47 pm • # 3 |
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Joined: 10/20/20 Posts: 76 Location: Humble, TX
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If I can find a true 3wt, that will be fine
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strummer
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:05 pm • # 4 |
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Joined: 06/13/16 Posts: 936 Location: Southwest Florida
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Somebody gave me a True Temper 1255 with a Medalist 1495 1/2 DA. It got me thinking that a glass 5 would be fun in the local ditches, and give be an excuse to use that reel. I found a blank on eBay, along with some Wulff signature line. I started to take warm water fishing a little more "seriously", which eventually led to a 2wt.
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toothybugs
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:00 am • # 5 |
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Joined: 02/06/13 Posts: 136
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Pffft, I use that as an excuse! "But honey, it needs a home!"
I run a side gig at Cabela's and am currently in the firearms department for the season, and I'm amused by how many guys fall in love with a beautiful scope - these glass-lovers remind me of my photography friends - and so they buy it, then need a boomstick to put it on.
I'm currently looking for a couple light reels to balance some graphite featherweights that my current reels are a bit heavy for. I wanted to have 1 reel and a few spools per line weight, to go on a plethora of rods, but *shucks* it's just not working out that way.
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Rio Seco
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:13 pm • # 6 |
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Joined: 11/21/08 Posts: 21
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Yup, I've done it more than once. I do not, however, need much of an excuse!
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WeeHooker
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:55 pm • # 7 |
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Joined: 01/24/21 Posts: 5 Location: SE MA, USA
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Yes, I've built rods around stray/spare spools at times. Of course, I have an addiction to feed.....
ps a nice Maxcatch 6'6" 2 wt would round out that combo for just another $40. :-)
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