Ultimate Canal Set Up? - Page 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

ScottB · 11-20-2003, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Saltheart
...JPowers , I still tie the braid right to the leader. no swivel. Only thing that I changed since we played knot tying school under the light at pole 20 about 6 years ago is that i can no longer tie an albright without great difficulty. ...

Saltheart, either you have held a lot of knot tying lessons under that pole, or youv'e confused JPowers with ScottB. The memory is the first to go, they say!

BTW how long has the new Spectron been out? I have not had to change mine in a while, but I suppose I will have to for next year.

Saltheart · 11-20-2003, 06:24 PM

You would be amozed how often i give all kinds of lessons under that light Scott. And no i'm not confusing you and Jim. He wears pretty shirts!

IFG · 11-20-2003, 06:52 PM

Hey Don
I have that exact set up u are talking about

there is no perfect Canal setup you need highly specilazed equipment and how could you make 12 trips to the canal in one season I cant stay away

Mike P · 11-20-2003, 07:48 PM

Great---first they screw up Whiplash, now Spectron

Saltheart · 11-21-2003, 09:47 AM

Yeah , no kidding Mike.

I spool up a couple of reels this year with the New Spectron and have nothing but trouble. I start playing with the spool tension etc but still just tons of trouble. i loose more line in a month than i had in two years before. so finally i need a refill . I didn't have any more of the new stuff or anything new for that matter so i take the line off a cod reel i had spooled two years before with the original spectron but never used. All of a sudden everything is back to normal and I can open uop the reel again and I go back to breaking at the jig or leader knot when snagged.

What kills me is that we already pay about $25 bucks for a reel full. If they had to Raise the prise to $26 who cares?/ Instead , they do some cost reduction which saves them about 50 cents and totally changes the product for the worse.

So the net result is I can't buy my favorite line anymore (original Spectron) and I can't put it on my favorite reel anymore (BG 7000CL) I just can't figure out what these people are thinking!!