Preseason Discussion #2: Gear Talk

[ThrowingTimber]

4 weight cleaned, greased and line dressed.
9 weight cleaned, greased and line dressed.
10 weight cleaned, greased and line dressed.
Jigs poured.
rubber poured.
wrapped a red weave lamiglas 1165 conventional
wrapping 2 sw108's one for Candi (clemens tartan) and one for her father (simple chevrons in camo colors hunter safey orange trim bands)

Made up a few lanyards. Thinking of redoing them with eliptical bungee inside sleeves if time allows.

0 plugs built so far have to jump on that.

flies tied macks, sandeels etc. I'll probably need to tie a few more dries for the trout.
conventionals all cleaned and ready to roll.
Spinners cleaned and ready to go. Sent the vs in for service.

to do list is relatively short:

spin up some plugs, finish up the sw1208's, square away a bag Im working on, and if Ive got enough time I going to try and wrap a rod for standup spinning for tuna. Big poppers and stickbaits - thinking of the 8 foot phenix hybrid phd809xh-b I pulled on a rod built on the blank and I really liked it. The 8 foot concerns me in the fact, that it will help the cast but hurt when being directly over a fish, but Im told good communication should make quick work of that situation.

Want to make a spool I can wind my spectra on too.

Have been debating on going with 65# hollow and 100-130# leaders spliced and served or solid braid to leader with either a slim beauty or a page ranking knot. I guess both have their pros and cons.