Morning Battlescars

[Sith Lord]

Gentlemen, I've been hanging out over at SCSF for years and recently found this site. You guys are impressive to say the least. Made it out for an early Friday sesh. Here's the report.

O.C.

Tide: incoming through peak

Water temp: nice and warm- mid 60s with nice clarity

Salad: a few floating barges- easily dealt with

Wind- a surprising chop on the water for as early as it was

Gear: Phenix- Acid Sith Lord Special / CV-X203

Lure: LC FM 110 Metallic Ayu

Upon arrival the wind was already kicking up. Structure was looking very nice however.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/diminished1/temporary-80.jpg

Today's weapon of choice. Some nice battle scars, considering I stopped and picked it up on the way this morning. :Big Grin:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/diminished1/temporary-81.jpg

Within a few casts the action starts. There was a nice grade of BSP looking for a fight. This is the top contender. These ones were very impressive, especially the spirit they attack the lure with.
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Not far up the beach I get a subtle pickup. Set up on the fish and she takes off on a nice drag run with strong head shakes. The right kind for sure. After a short fight she surrenders and slides up onto the sand.
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She has such a nice smile!

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Finished the quick photo shoot and sent her on her way to come back and face me again.

The tools used to do the job.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/diminished1/temporary-72.jpg

Arthur and Lucas, Thanks, I took your advise and had the Phenix wrapped for me. Absolutely love it! :Cool:

Was a very fun few hours this morning.

See you guys out there...

[bloox8]

WTG on the legal butt.

And nice set up!

[SP Dan]

Hi ya Sith Lord,

Congratulations on that beautiful 26"+ legal Hali! WTG!! :Thumbs Up:

What a sweet outfit....I find that...if you really like it and trust it....it will just add more confidence to each of your sessions!

Thanx for the fun read with pic's! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><

[Newfishsmell]

Welcome to FNN

Great looking Hali and tackle ... I'm liking that smile shot !

[chico]

looking at your rod. the guides seem to be not straight

[Armofisher818]

Nice fish i like ur setup too but why are your guides like that?

[Sith Lord]

Thanks for the compliments guys. It's actually designed that way. Called an Acid wrap, or Spiral wrap. Eliminates rod twist when under load (on conventional rods there is a natural tendency for the line to try to wrap to the bottom of the blank, causing twist). I am a believer, the 1st fish I landed was a 40" wiggles. This is by far the most comfortable set up I've ever used when fighting heavy fish. Also the guides keep the line from touching the blank whatsoever. Results are smoother and longer casts imo. Here's an article that describes it in better detail.
http://www.acidrod.com/acidrods.html
I hope to put it to the test against some big butts during the upcoming run. Looking forward to it.

Rob

[DockRat]

Wrapper on acid ? Weird.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b127/MasterHMH/School/LSDcomesinliquidformandisapplirftop.jpg

Welcome to FNN.
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[bachiboy]

Welcome to FNN! Great job on the legal. I was down south this weekend myself. Lotsa of chop in the morning like you said. Glad you worked through it and scored!

Don

[DockRat]

Thinking about those offset guides that it may not cast as far as straight guides.
You would think it add resistance ? Thoughts ?
DR

[Which Way Out]

Thinking about those offset guides that it may not cast as far as straight guides.
You would think it add resistance ? Thoughts ?
DR

First of all Nice fish. Been looking for one like that for a long time.


DR I see what you mean, as in when the line is cast there should not be any resistance if the rod is not bent. Of course there is in the loading of the rod, but not while the line is running out. I see the how the idea should work in theory when the rod is bent. But I have to think if rod twist was really that much of an issue then 2 piece rods would be where you would see the issue. With that said I do find myself correcting the 2 piece I use from time to time, but mostly due to the hard cast I make. Maybe there is something to it.

WWO

PS sorry for the thread jack

[Sith Lord]

Now worries WWO, you have some good points. I too had the same issue with a 2 piece I use, realigning from time to time. DR, it's actually a tossup. Since the guides are placed in a manner where the line never touches the blank I believe there is actually less friction. If I have to choose between line slap from a conventional or friction from acid guides, I'll choose the later. :Smile: I'm attaching a pic and a link of a demo that I came across while making my decision to go with this wrap. Here you go..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_-JaZYc6k

Looks like a battle with the rod here. I've been there on many occasions.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/diminished1/Acid_reason.jpg

With the lighter action rods we use, I believe in the benefits. There is always the potential of hooking into something heavy. Butts, wiggles, 6 WSB in 1 day :EyePop:

It's a confidence booster and will help me land more fish.. :Wink:

[Wingnut]

SCSF is a great site and Jason runs a tight ship over there. :Cool:
Nice looking Halibut and your new set-up looks great! :Big Grin:
The Metallic Ayu is one of my all-time favorite LC patterns. :Wink: