getting a free baitcast reel cost me money!

haha.  figures.

a guy gave me a good reel.  the Abu RevoSX.  he had it spooled up with what i would guess is 12lb flouro.  it was clean, looked unused.  i imagined he cannot cast a baitcast reel, since i fish with him and all he has are spinning reels.

i tied on a casting plug, stood in my driveway, checked a few settings, turned UP the mag brake for safety and let it rip.  WHOA!!  i had to thumb the spool as my plug went screaming towards a Sprinter Van windshield.  i gathered my composure and stepped into the street and looked down the road towards safety, and let it rip again.  it cast awesome!!  i think it cast further than my Shimano SLX DC.  (which has 12lb flouro)  i lady walking a dog asked me if the fish were biting..haha.  she then said, "you think you can hit the basketball hoop?"  i let it rip and it went thru the net.  twice in a row!  about 40 yards away.  i gel with reel perfectly.  i went to the garage and swap my DC reel on and stood in the same place.  bzzzzzzz..i cast exactly the same distance.  same rod, same plug, etc.

damn.  i went into the house and ordrered a Dobyns Sierra Heavy rod.  haha.  the reel is a 6.4:1 so it will be my swimbait, chatterbait, etc rod.  i rarely cast crankbaits, so i opted out of a fiberglass crankbait rod...

my wife: "did you just order another rod?"

errr...look puppies!

lol, NICE!

I just bought her a dozen roses.   All better.

Smart move on the roses...  I’m hoping to try that the next time a long tube is being delivered to my house by UPS. Maybe getting the roses to be delivered an hour before would be prefect.