More Rods From Major Craft: EMS-X and Fine Tail

It is 2013 and Major Craft has started to introduce more rods as usual. There are two very brand new rods in the Japanese manufacturer 2013 catalog. One is the EMS-X which has a very cool name. The other one is the Fine Tail.

What to say about the rods?
The EMS-X is a bass fishing rod available both spinning and casting models. The Fine Tail is a trout rod for stream fishing. Those are mid-high level rods with prices in the 15.000-25.000 Yen. High quality KR guides and nice looking blanks are standard.
Just have a look and wait for the first official photo and some cool video!

Reel Maintenance. A short video.

Found some videos while surfing on youtube. This one looks good. It shows the process on a Shimano Nasci reel. It Has also some English translation.

Rod Building: Time to start

I have a very nice rod project on the way. I am building a LRF rod with a MHX blank and Fuji components.
Everything is ready and I have already started putting all the tools and material on the work bench.
Wait for details...

Fuji reel seat and rear butt grip. Planning a split grip setup.

U40 Rod Bond Epoxy Resin. The best for grip and reel seat.

2013 Daiwa Video

Just perfect...

SOM Snaps : The video

Remember my post about the new snaps by Studio Ocean Mark? (click here)
Now there is this video that shows how to use them in detail. Check it out:

DUO Catalog 2013

Finally DUO has come up with a very nice catalog. It is not available for download but you can see all the pages down here. The guys at DUO very nice enough to post them online on the DUO Facebook page.
Very interesting lures here. Realis series, the new Hajime Murata lures and some great prototypes.

New Maria Lure: Squash!

New lure by MariaJapan will hit the market soon. It is a lipless minnow for "seabass junky". The  shape is very interesting. A mix between an Ima sasuke and a Duel Mag darter. Sounds interesting.
Wait for more.
Info here (Very limited)

Seabass Video: DUO Manic + Palms Shore Gun Rod

Nice seabass video just uploaded on lure-us.com
It features some night seabass fishing by the guys at Anglers Republic. The rod used are the Palms Shore Gun series and the lure of the night is the DUO Manic.   Nice one!

Click for VIDEO

Tiny Popper: DUO Tetra Works POCOPOCO

Tiny lure with "big" topwater potential: DUO Tetra Works POCOPOCO