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by kingofbeasts
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:42 pm
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Gear for sale
Replies: 3
Views: 107

Re: Gear for sale

3. St. Croix Avid X - fully custom -300$. Only the decal was kept from the original rod ( fully stripped of paint) and the rod was rebuilt from scratch into a two piece rod. Composite cork ergonomic butt , blank exposed reel seat with carbon insert and black EVA for the handle, with silver Fuji KR C...
by kingofbeasts
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:58 pm
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Gear for sale
Replies: 3
Views: 107

Re: Gear for sale

2. St. Croix Avid - 250$ Also transformed into an asymmetrical two piece rod with a total length of 86” and 3/4 ( 220,5cm) and 48” and 3/4 collapsed ( 123,5cm) . The tip section is 8” and 5/8(22cm)longer than the butt section . Paint was stripped starting with the first guide and the guides were upg...
by kingofbeasts
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:24 pm
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Gear for sale
Replies: 3
Views: 107

Re: Gear for sale

Rods: Please read carefully if interested. Because I recently built some new rods for myself ( you can see them in the “Latest creation “ topic), I decided to sell some of my older rods. Right now I have 3 rods for sale but I might add some later. Al 3 are custom built or custom modified by myself f...
by kingofbeasts
Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:13 am
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Gear for sale
Replies: 3
Views: 107

Gear for sale

So, I’m looking to free up some space in my tiny boat therefore some things are up for sale. The add will be exclusively available on the forum for a week and after that everything left will be posted on Kijiji. The rule is first come -first served and I divided everything into lots to make it easie...
by kingofbeasts
Sun Jun 01, 2025 9:46 pm
Forum: Rods, Reels, & Other Gear
Topic: Latest creation
Replies: 24
Views: 26556

Re: Latest creation

Thank you!
That being said I just finished ( most likely) the last project of the spring season:
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by kingofbeasts
Thu May 29, 2025 10:33 pm
Forum: Rods, Reels, & Other Gear
Topic: Daiwa CND custom ML eyelets
Replies: 8
Views: 231

Re: Daiwa CND custom ML eyelets

Oh man the horrors of learning that knot last year. I’ll give it a go. How hard is it to replace eyelets? Appreciate the help. It’s not hard to replace the tip, the hard part is ordering it ( you have to identify brand, model, colour and insert type) and have it delivered to you( from US) if you wa...
by kingofbeasts
Sun May 25, 2025 10:32 pm
Forum: Rods, Reels, & Other Gear
Topic: Daiwa CND custom ML eyelets
Replies: 8
Views: 231

Re: Daiwa CND custom ML eyelets

Try tying the FG knot and see if anything changes before blaming the rod . I’m not familiar with that particular rod but I do see in pictures of it that the tip is a bit recessed compared to the runners and that might be a problem ( in which case the solution is either to replace the tip with anothe...
by kingofbeasts
Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 pm
Forum: Rods, Reels, & Other Gear
Topic: Latest creation
Replies: 24
Views: 26556

Re: Latest creation

Since I just finished another one, I thought I might post some pictures since it’s not every day you have a chance to see a micarta handle on a fishing rod :)
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by kingofbeasts
Wed May 14, 2025 2:08 pm
Forum: Fish-Hawk Fishing Forum
Topic: 5 things you dislike about bass fishing?
Replies: 7
Views: 5816

Re: 5 things you dislike about bass fishing?

1.If you guys are finding boat ramps annoying you should really try fishing from an inflatable boat sometimes . You won’t depend on the existence of a ramp but, there’s a but, you will have to carry everything to and from the water,inflate/deflate, gear up your rig (tiller motor, trolling motor, son...
by kingofbeasts
Wed May 14, 2025 9:44 am
Forum: Rods, Reels, & Other Gear
Topic: Natural dropshot weights
Replies: 0
Views: 118

Natural dropshot weights

Hello again, as the title says, I just wanted to share with you something that I conceived and I’ve been testing successfully since last season. It started initially as an improvisation in my holliday in BC (there are lots of places there where you are not allowed to use lead weights) and it develop...
by kingofbeasts
Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:18 am
Forum: Fishing Talk
Topic: What’s your opinion on this?
Replies: 5
Views: 4002

Re: What’s your opinion on this?

I agree! however, what’s the size and weight of those? Will you take them in your pocket while wading or hiking to a remote lake? My quest is to find the smallest, lightest cutters, able to cut something like this without a problem: https://gamakatsu.com/product/treble-hooks-4x-strong/ Right now the...
by kingofbeasts
Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:43 pm
Forum: Fishing Talk
Topic: What’s your opinion on this?
Replies: 5
Views: 4002

Re: What’s your opinion on this?

Nice painting ! I tried different brands and sizes of side cutters over the years myself but the smaller ones were not able to cut heavy duty hooks in larger size (they will get chipped) and the bigger ones were always too large and too heavy. In the end I settled for the NWS pair which you can see ...
by kingofbeasts
Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:58 pm
Forum: Fishing Talk
Topic: What’s your opinion on this?
Replies: 5
Views: 4002

What’s your opinion on this?

Do you think there is value in a pair of bolt cutters in a mini size for fishing? I realized how useful they can be the hard way, after getting hooked by a pike with just a Leatherman on my person while wading a long way from the car. After some research I ended up buying the smallest bolt cutter I ...
by kingofbeasts
Tue May 14, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Lowrance Elite 7 TI
Replies: 3
Views: 7809

Re: Lowrance Elite 7 TI

No longer valid.
by kingofbeasts
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:28 am
Forum: Member Classifieds
Topic: Lowrance Elite 7 TI
Replies: 3
Views: 7809

Re: Lowrance Elite 7 TI

Price drop to 600$ for forum members only. The sale will expire next Sunday .