JOHNR

[John R]

Scott - I've built 2 1087 Batsons for others and I have one already cork taped and handled for myself - I want to use this for light, under an ounce type lures like Mambo's and Bomber's. Now the nice thing with this rod is that you can use it for eelage provided you use slighly undersized eels. A relative of mine has a 1087 conventional I built him for his B-Day that he through a Daiwa Millionare (not a bad reel for the coin) on and has used with lighter eels and it's just fine.

And like I said before, the Batson's IMO are a little crisper than the PBs - They are all also cut down 3 inches from the factory compared to the Pac Bay so a 9' Batson is really 8'9" ... If you ever get a chance to feel the bare blanks of both side to side, you'll see what I mean. A little less whippy and a little more crisp and maybe a tad or two more sensitive...

I use 20# Big Game almost religously on a Calcutta 400 with my 1088 rods when eeling. I'm going to try braid for a while this year on a very souped up 6500 [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Mag-E and see how that goes...

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JOHNR:

what I was trying to say was in order to buy from them, I would have to spend $3g's on the first order. then after that I could buy just one. But in order to get those lower prices, you have to order no less than 25 blanks at a time. YOu can mix up the order if you like , but it's still alot of $ to just have sitting on the shelf.Yes I do go through alot of blanks, about 50 or so in one winter. but like I said before not everyone wants just one brand. add 3 more brands to that and you've got some $ tied up in just blanks alone never mind all the rest that go's along with them.YOU know what mike's rod room looks like, now you know what I have in mine.
I will get in touch with you, maybe I can help, maybe not , but at least the offer will be there if you need it sometime. I love your sand sled, I had one just like it till my wife told me to part company with it because it was to big for her to drive.now she has her own car and I'm back into my f250......1089?...you must use some big slimies....dry feet...big fish always....steve

PS....xra 108-3.. it just fell apart in the mid. not wrapped yet/back it went.

[ May 01, 2002, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: steve ]

[John R]

Thanks Steve... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

1083, eh? I know a crazy man on the Back Beaches that went through a few of those last year... I thought you were talking about the 1205s that had a BIG problem on the cast a few years ago....

1089 - Not fishing congers but decent BLACK eels [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ... My primary 1089 spot has something on northside that the Cape had plenty of and on the right side something the Cape doesn't: VW sized boulders mixed in with a lot of sharp & pointy of the rocking chair to love seat sized line cutters [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] .

The 1089 is so I can horse them if the go hard right into the riprap or I can play them easy of the head north. 2 years ago I had a fish charge so HARD right deep into the rocks that I was well on my way to being spooled on a Calcutta 400 (best small conventional!!!) when the new 30# Big Game Green came apart on me [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] in the minefield...

Yep, she's a good sled and I know your deal too. My wife had me trade in my dirty, fish smellin' 2 year old 150 OffRoad Supercab because she needed something she (5'2") could put a baby in the back seat with [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] and in preperation of that, I got the Shiny now ten year old SAND SLED and she has the new "Family Friendly" car...

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JOHNR:

though you might be out fillen your boots with water and sand in your undies. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] here is my email ad. [email protected]. I'll send you the details on the offer. THIS IS NOT A TRAP to find out your fishin hot spots. I already know [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

conventional's a man's reel....steve

PS. tell GS that the owners name at goose hummock shop is mike/he can be one tough dude to deal with. alot of people try to sell him the same thing, he just points them to the door.maybe I might be able to help out, I know a few people that work there. let me know.

[ May 01, 2002, 10:06 PM: Message edited by: steve ]

[John R]

Hooper - these rods we're talking about are from 9 to 10.5 feet for surf duty [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ...

I'm sure Steve knows more about boat rods than I do but one of the nices tube-n-worm blanks I've ever seen is a 7.5 CUSTOM Ugly stick. You can get just the blanks and have them built properly instead of the crap Shakespeare puts out commercially... It has a nice stong mid & butt section and a soft tip so you can see the rythym of the tube & actual bites happening... Sweet rod.