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bobber · 01-01-2007, 01:06 AM

new for me this year was a Batson 1208 and Daiwa team advantage 4500. the rod was superb- I ended up trimming it down to 9'8" to fit in my crappy little car. paired with reel, it was great- casts 1-4 ounces (maybe more- didn't go there) with ease. also enough b@lls to get a good fish away from the rocks. the reel was good after I got used to the bail. snapped off a few plugs/tins at first, and nearly $hit-canned it; then I looked a li'l closer and found the trip mechanism on the bail is at ONE certain spot, and was able to work with it much better.

still need a good headlamp- any recommendations out there??

01-01-2007, 01:06 AM	#11
bobber Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: guilford CT Posts: 858	new for me this year was a Batson 1208 and Daiwa team advantage 4500. the rod was superb- I ended up trimming it down to 9'8" to fit in my crappy little car. paired with reel, it was great- casts 1-4 ounces (maybe more- didn't go there) with ease. also enough b@lls to get a good fish away from the rocks. the reel was good after I got used to the bail. snapped off a few plugs/tins at first, and nearly $hit-canned it; then I looked a li'l closer and found the trip mechanism on the bail is at ONE certain spot, and was able to work with it much better. still need a good headlamp- any recommendations out there??