February 25, 2013

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!




February 24, 2013

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.


February 23, 2013

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.


February 16, 2013

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:







February 12, 2013

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.