early xmas present

[Eug]

so i decided to buy a new toy, dodgy phone pics for now will take some better ones tonight

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[Eug]

try again...

[brisfisher]

nice one mate,wat rods going with it??

[Eug]

adrian (kiara_poltergiest) is currently doing up a st. croix blank as we speak... should be ready by the BRC

[apoklyps60]

nice reel eug. and nice rod to pair it with . the st croix are super light and sensitive. dont forget to post your first fish you catch with it. haha

[Eug]

did the mock up of the rod last night, it's looking pretty sweet.

i agree apoklyps60 the st croix blanks are very very impressive.

[Do$tylz]

looks beautiful Eugene .. don't forget a pic of the rod too... whats the colour scheme on the rod??

[Eug]

colour scheme will match the reel, blue/silver with a harlequin reel seat.

[Feral]

Do$tylz wrote:

looks beautiful Eugene .. don't forget a pic of the rod too... whats the colour scheme on the rod??

Strewth! The younger generation, what have they come to - listening to music and dancing on boats, watching the foxtel music channel, now a bloke says he is getting a new rod, and you ask about the colour scheme.... not what size it is, or the length, but what colour it is..... :pinch:

ok, I'm off to the retirement home to find some real fisho's!

[Eug]

haha feral we all know henry is all about style, he's even got speed flames on his boat!

rod will be around 6'6 and 8-20lb medium action. it's very light and going to be used primarily for snapper/thready jigging.

current run down on the reel is:

* Line Capacity (mono code) 8lb 200m, 12lb 150m, 16lb 100m

* Max Drag 7.0kg

* Bearings (Ball/Roller) 9/1

* Gear Ratio 4.8:1

* Retrieve 71cm

* Weight 265g

* Made in Japan

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[Do$tylz]

ahaha... but look at the reel Feral..its got colour. You can't get a sweet grey pin-stripe suit and wear a pair of white sneakers. Your sneakers might be awesome but if the colours don't fit... you ain't gonna pick up

the moment a custom made St Croix rod is mentioned, I had a feeling it'd be a well matched rod

[Feral]

Suite? hmmm last one of those I owned a mate got buried in it about 20 years ago.

Dunno if my 20 dollar Kmart shoes would quite qualify as awesome though.

[RichH]

what did the reel set u back Eug

[Scope]

Great looking piece of equipment mate.

[Eug]

RichH wrote:

what did the reel set u back Eug

around $600 delivered from Japan. cost around $700 at motackle.com.au

it is a nice nice reel, so solid and very smooth!! have yet to blood it, but soon will!