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Originally Posted by Yudi
Dennis,
Some of us are still fishing with some old school gear. I'm one of them. I'm currently having a GSB1201L built at 9'6" (~3" off each end) as I was looking for a 9' but love the action of this rod more so than the 1081M. Picked up a 9'6" at Rivers End and knew it was the right rod for me for about 90% of my fishing.
It will be paired with a 704. I love this reel, I have many actually, but it has never failed me. I have had the reel pretty much soaked through and still it works. Maybe it because I haven't had your experiences with really large schools of large bass, but I'd like to know more about some of the problems you might have had with the 704/706 and how maybe these could be addressed.
I'm not in the market for a VS or ZB, etc. So I'm kind of stuck dealing with any of the shortcomings that are inherent to the 704.
Any advice you have would be much appreciated.
Best,
Dave
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Dave,
I still fish with the GSBs. I can't justify going to anything new at over $400. I used the 704 exclusively until the first VS came out. Other than continual maintenance the only problem we had was with the drag system. It tended to load the slip when really wet. Drove us crazy when hooked with large fish. My late buddy Zeke Silva made the adjustment to use three Teflon washers in the 704 instead of the combination of fiber and Teflon. This helped somewhat. The problem continued with the first VS 300s because they used the exact drag system as the Penns. We would just break the reel down in the field and dry the washers on the fly.
Also converted the 704 handle knob to a round one. Lots of grease on the anti reverse clicker to quiet the reel.