New Tools
Every job requires a tool of some sort and with fishing there is no exceptions. The two tools everyone needs in fishing are a rod and reels and this year I will be fishing with two new lines of tools. First for the first time in 10 years I will be running a reel other than Shimano, as I am the move to Quantum to help patronize their support of our support with PAA. Quantum has a revolutionary line of reels that some of and the best in the business use. I will be running the Kinetic PT series on my jig and carolina rig rods this year.
This is a 7 ball bearing reel with 7.0:1 gear ratio with a deeper spool for holding larger diameter lines.
For my reaction style baits I am going to go with the Catalyst, which is another 7 ball bearing reel, with ultra high speed 7.0:1 gear ration that has a shallower spool which means less spool wieght and great casting ease. I am very anxious to throw my favorite Outkast Tackle swim jig on this reel along with get the crankbaits out on these famous Kentucky Lake ledges this spring.
I will also be running some new rods this year as I have partnered up with Powell rods for the up coming season. Keith Bryan makes an awesome stick and one for almost every situation. I have never cranked with a glass rod before and it seems everyone has their opinion about if you need to or not but with the two of the best fisherman in the world using glass on their reaction baits I figure it can't hurt to try. I got my first shipment of rods in on Saturday and have played around some with them in the house and let me tell you that glass rod is as light if not light than the graphites. I will be running two eight footer this year, one for cranking but in a graphite blank built on a mod fast blank. The other I will use for throwing C-rigs and the Outkast Tackle Touch down head on the ledges this summer.
You can find your Quantum and Powell "tools" at Bass Tackle Depot, click on the banner below to stock up on your new "tools"
This is a 7 ball bearing reel with 7.0:1 gear ratio with a deeper spool for holding larger diameter lines.
For my reaction style baits I am going to go with the Catalyst, which is another 7 ball bearing reel, with ultra high speed 7.0:1 gear ration that has a shallower spool which means less spool wieght and great casting ease. I am very anxious to throw my favorite Outkast Tackle swim jig on this reel along with get the crankbaits out on these famous Kentucky Lake ledges this spring.
I will also be running some new rods this year as I have partnered up with Powell rods for the up coming season. Keith Bryan makes an awesome stick and one for almost every situation. I have never cranked with a glass rod before and it seems everyone has their opinion about if you need to or not but with the two of the best fisherman in the world using glass on their reaction baits I figure it can't hurt to try. I got my first shipment of rods in on Saturday and have played around some with them in the house and let me tell you that glass rod is as light if not light than the graphites. I will be running two eight footer this year, one for cranking but in a graphite blank built on a mod fast blank. The other I will use for throwing C-rigs and the Outkast Tackle Touch down head on the ledges this summer.
What is Maxumfiber?
Today at Powell, we have introduced a new breakthrough material called "Maxumfiber." This new material allows our rod design team to utilize less material in the overall rod design, which decreases rod weight, increases sensitivity, durability, and allows for a smoother transition in overall rod performance and feel in your hand.
You will marvel at the sensitivity while working a jig over a rocky bottom, as you feel every pebble and stone. You will experience sensation of feeling the vibration of a crankbait all the way to your elbows as it ticks through the smallest blades of grass. The combination of this material and our design tapers keeps you more connected to what's happening with your lures.
Our longitudinal fibers stay intact better because they are married together by a super light weight resin then intertwined with a special, super light weight webbing that is truly space aged. The combination of these increases the hoop strength of the rod, and has unbelievable dampening characteristics so you have a fishing tool that you can rely on.
Additionally, the material stays intact under extreme loads while fighting fish, on hard hook sets, and is less apt to "go oval" as we say, which causes rod failure. Our design reduces the elongation of rod fibers so they won't pull apart easily.
When you have been making fishing rods for 100 years one thing is for certain: you didn't get there by chance. You did it by a rigorous research and development program, an understanding of how to develop cutting edge materials and how they interact with motion and heavy loads. Mix in the expertise and the materials with real world trial and error process; and the result is a Powell Rod.
Try one today, and see why Powell Rods are 100 years of fishing with tradition!
You can find your Quantum and Powell "tools" at Bass Tackle Depot, click on the banner below to stock up on your new "tools"
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