Quick Dam Area Report

[Bill Babler]

Buster double booked yesterday and gave me what he thought was going to be the hard trip out of Big Cedar. Told me my client said he was a fisherman and wanted to use his own gear, and throw a jig weather we caught any or not.. My kind of guy. I had mine ready also.. Reggie was suspose to be at the dock at 6 AM. I got there at 5:30 and was just putting the finishing touches on the 3/8th. Pig Sticker when he strolled up sporting 4 G Loomis Rods rigged with Chronarchs and the right line. He knew how to use them too.

Got to tell you it was more than my pleasure to take this guy, he was a stick. Started on a Island Runout. Very chunky with 100 plus ft. water on either side on the hog-back. I threw a swimmer a few casts and zip. Reg. wanted to throw his big Lake Fork Stuff. He had a Big jig at 3/4th. full skirted with a fair size 5 inch twin on it, color was good.

Nothing for either of us for the first 20 minutes. I knew the spot well and knew it held quality fish. Lots of shad both Gizzs and threadfin on the surface. Put down the Swimmer and picked up the PigSticker in 3/8th. Green Purple Flash with a Green Pumpkin/Pepper 4 inch twin. Wham!! Just a toad 3 pound K. Next throw Slam! another big K. About that time Reg. Hung his big jig and tried 3 banjo snaps. We have all done this and do it all the time. The G Loomis with the 14 pound Seaguar didn't like it and snapped in the middle.

Shucks.

Handed him my T7 Cara finess Jig micro guide.12 pound carbon with a 7.1 Steez, and said "Fling This." First throw and he was on the board. Another nice keeper K. Caught 3 more keeps off the island. By 6:30 we had 12.5 pounds. Best start I have had in quite a while.

Reggie said he had fished with guides all over the country and everyone was impressed with his equipment when he showed up. He said mine was better. Had no idea of the lightness fast tip and the quality of the Cara T7. Could not get it out of his hand the rest of the day. He could throw the 3/8th. 30 ft. further than the 3/4 with my junk that weighed about 1/3rd. as much as his. I threw one of the Loomis rods also for a while. Not even the same equipment as the Falcon and the Steez. You feel like you have stepped back. into another era in quality.

Fished 8 locations in the 4 hours and had some very nice bass. Mostly keeps in the 15 ft. depth range. Surface temp at 89.8 Clarity is dingy. Reggie also had a 30 pound carp I was hoping was a flat head.

Super trip with a great gent and fisherman. We will go again.

[denjac]

Glad to hear you had a good jig bite . Beats having to drop a worm over the side any day ! You didnt mention if it was hot !

[Jason Essary]

As always, above and beyond.

[rps]

After some of the days you have had this year, I am sure you welcomed yesterday morning.

I agree with you about Falcon. Even their cheap stuff is good quality, and once you are into the Cara T7 level, the rods are phenomenal. (Can't believe I just spelled that correctly)

I am afraid I am too cheap to be able to comment on the Steez versus Chronarch comparison. Curados and Revo SX are as fancy as I've ever bought.