Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: cohokid on December 12, 2005, 08:09:12 PM
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Well sent my fenwick hmx centerpin rod into freds back in september for warrenty, because my eyes have line grooves in them. We didnt recieve a call so my dad called in today and they said that they couldnt get antoerh hmx like my last one (wich i loved) and that they got some new fenwick for me? anybody know what it could be? And its not the canadian model of fenwicks either. any body know? I just hope its a good as my hmx :-\
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back in september? talk about bad service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o
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were they stainless steel guides?
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o yes i know what it could be it might be similar to my sly cooper tmx cheeseir ,,
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You must be extremely patient to wait til December to give them a call. I would have been harassing them if I didn't hear back in a couple of weeks.
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sorry bill braided line is my smelly socks, never used it never will, and further more why whould i use braided on a pin? man weired. but they were stainless steel guides by the way.
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buts it like useing rope instead of fishing line. that why i never used it or tried it
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CohoKID, many pinners on the east coast use braid. "its like rope", well 20lb braind has the diameter of 4lb mono. Do you know you can cast a center pin like a spin real with braid (you hold the line out to the side of your reel and it just spools off). They cast a country mile with a few tiny little split shot in these small creeks...its only possible with braid as it doesnt twist up like mono and with 4lb diameter and no memory, its easier to cast.
I am trying braid for steelhead this year...30 power pro. It has the diameter of 6lb mono. I fish a drennan on the power pro, below that I fish 3 feet or so of 12 lb mono which has 3-4 split shot on it. To that I attach leaders of 6-10 lbs. All I can tell you is it cast sooo smoothly, the line doenst sink in the water so long casts are easy to mend/manage, I have never lost a drennan like this, etc, etc.
It will be interesting to see how it fishes this season for steelhead. All I can tell you is I had a good coho season when lots of other people were getting skunked.
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I tried the same thing this year! I was able to utilize the many advantages of braid with the stealth of mono.
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I've been using the Tuff XP on my baitcaster and have no problem with it causing grooves on my rod guides.
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I c , but i find it wierd with a pin and braided. I unno about that stuff, 30lbs test for steelhead, no offence to anyone, doesnt sound sporting to me. but thats my opionon and dont get me wrong im a kid so i may be wrong. I just dont like braided and thats my style. And so lets get back to the main piont, what new rod does fenwick have out i checked there site and it still says hmx.
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iuno if its not sporty then why not use 15-20 mono its just my opinion.
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i braid my own lines with cheese string.. does anyone else use this tecnique
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i braid my own lines with cheese string.. does anyone else use this tecnique
GOD!!! 171 posts of gibberish, and we are still waiting for any sign of intelligence!! ::) ;D
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that must take years
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I was in at Fred's last week and they now have a sign that they are no longer handling warranty's for a number of manuf...Fenwick was one of them. When I questioned this they said that the manufacturers aren't giving them service and the shop gets all the bad press.
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yeah, it was not freds fault that they did not get my rod in. Actually it was fenwick. I love freds and even if it was there fault it wouldnt madder as they gave me a rental rod wich did the trick. :)