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Sneak Peak into New Zayta Rods from Dobyns
Dobyns Rods have risen quickly to become a very popular rod among casual bass anglers to the most serious tournament anglers alike. Their roots are definitely on the west coast, but they have quickly expanded their market and popularity across the United States and beyond.
At last year's ICAST they launched the Coalition Series and the Savvy Micro series and now this year they will debut the new high end Zayta Series rods. These rods will incorporate 3M Nano Matrix resins to build a rod lighter and more sensitive then their popular Champion Extreme Series. This 3M resin is used in other high end rods like G-Loomis NRX and St. Croix Elites.
Photo Courtesy of Tackle Tour - Follow Link for more pics!
Prototypes of these rods were on display at the recent ISE show in California. You can read initial reviews from Tackle Tour and also check out this video of Gary Dobyns himself taking about the new Zayta series and the growing Coalition Weapons Series. As Gary claims, "This will be the best rod money can buy"!
As a Dobyns fan and enthusiast, I will be anxious to add a Zayta or two to my lineup in the near future! Just to be clear, its Zayta, not Zeta!
At last year's ICAST they launched the Coalition Series and the Savvy Micro series and now this year they will debut the new high end Zayta Series rods. These rods will incorporate 3M Nano Matrix resins to build a rod lighter and more sensitive then their popular Champion Extreme Series. This 3M resin is used in other high end rods like G-Loomis NRX and St. Croix Elites.
Photo Courtesy of Tackle Tour - Follow Link for more pics!
Prototypes of these rods were on display at the recent ISE show in California. You can read initial reviews from Tackle Tour and also check out this video of Gary Dobyns himself taking about the new Zayta series and the growing Coalition Weapons Series. As Gary claims, "This will be the best rod money can buy"!
As a Dobyns fan and enthusiast, I will be anxious to add a Zayta or two to my lineup in the near future! Just to be clear, its Zayta, not Zeta!
Back From Playa
It was a much needed break, relaxing with the wife and another couple at the beautiful Grand Mayan resort just North of Playa del Carmen in Mexico.
So that and the holidays is the reason for the lack of activity hear on the blog.
I did get out fishing for half of a morning, nothing special, ... << MORE >>
I did get out fishing for half of a morning, nothing special, ... << MORE >>
Quick Falcon Lake Trip
This past weekend I finally got down to see my Dad and fish with him on Lake Falcon. A bit of a whirlwind trip and only two days of hard fishing. The weather was about 15-20 degrees cooler then normal for Zapata, TX this time of year. The cooler temperatures seemed to temper the fishes' attitude a little but we still caught some good fish.
My Dad spent some time practicing before I got there and had one really good area identified and it didn't take but about 10 minutes to get the first bite, it was only a 2 pounder on Brush Hog it felt good to swing back on a largemouth which feels good to a Minnesotan in December. A few minutes later I got another fish on the Brush Hog, I then tried one of my new Kinky Beavers in Okeechobee Craw, quickly caught a bass and then got a pretty good fish on, turned out to be a good sized catfish. Shortly after the cat, I got a nice 5 plus pound fish on the Kinky Beaver. Just after I got my limit of fish by switching back to the big brush hog, my Dad loaded up on a good'un, soon I helped him scoop a 9lbr into the net that fell for a dark jig.
I worked hard throwing several baits, and I ended up catching around 15 bass and got a few 6lb class fish, but the 9lbr was the highlight of the day. I caught some nice fish power shotting a Lake Fork Hyper Freak. We caught quite a few 4-6 lb fish and our best 5 would have weighed over 34lbs. The best area was a channel drop with hard wood on the top of a 4-6ft ledge dropping into 20-25ft.
We started in this area early on Sunday, but the water was 3 degrees cooler and there were 2 boats already there. A few fish were being caught by the other boats and us included, but size seemed to be down, as I quickly caught a fish on a jig, but it was only about 2lbs. After the other boats slid away from the sweet spot, my Dad bowed up on another dandy, it went 10-07 which fell for a Mag Fluke. We fished hard the rest of the day and mixed in some other areas, ended up with 13 fish, good ones were tough to come by, but my dad got 7-10 just before dark of a rock pile in about 8ft of water on a Carolina Rigged Magnum Fluke.
Weather and short amount of time, limited the amount of video that I was able to shoot, but I will put together a few clips soon and probably embed it in here when it is done. In the mean time, check out my photo album here.
For those of you that want to fish Falcon but are a little worried, after visiting I have no apprehension or worries about returning to do some more bass fishing. You are more likely to get mugged at your local shopping mall then run into trouble down on Falcon Lake. My only complaint, is that the trip was far too brief!
My Dad spent some time practicing before I got there and had one really good area identified and it didn't take but about 10 minutes to get the first bite, it was only a 2 pounder on Brush Hog it felt good to swing back on a largemouth which feels good to a Minnesotan in December. A few minutes later I got another fish on the Brush Hog, I then tried one of my new Kinky Beavers in Okeechobee Craw, quickly caught a bass and then got a pretty good fish on, turned out to be a good sized catfish. Shortly after the cat, I got a nice 5 plus pound fish on the Kinky Beaver. Just after I got my limit of fish by switching back to the big brush hog, my Dad loaded up on a good'un, soon I helped him scoop a 9lbr into the net that fell for a dark jig.
I worked hard throwing several baits, and I ended up catching around 15 bass and got a few 6lb class fish, but the 9lbr was the highlight of the day. I caught some nice fish power shotting a Lake Fork Hyper Freak. We caught quite a few 4-6 lb fish and our best 5 would have weighed over 34lbs. The best area was a channel drop with hard wood on the top of a 4-6ft ledge dropping into 20-25ft.
We started in this area early on Sunday, but the water was 3 degrees cooler and there were 2 boats already there. A few fish were being caught by the other boats and us included, but size seemed to be down, as I quickly caught a fish on a jig, but it was only about 2lbs. After the other boats slid away from the sweet spot, my Dad bowed up on another dandy, it went 10-07 which fell for a Mag Fluke. We fished hard the rest of the day and mixed in some other areas, ended up with 13 fish, good ones were tough to come by, but my dad got 7-10 just before dark of a rock pile in about 8ft of water on a Carolina Rigged Magnum Fluke.
Weather and short amount of time, limited the amount of video that I was able to shoot, but I will put together a few clips soon and probably embed it in here when it is done. In the mean time, check out my photo album here.
For those of you that want to fish Falcon but are a little worried, after visiting I have no apprehension or worries about returning to do some more bass fishing. You are more likely to get mugged at your local shopping mall then run into trouble down on Falcon Lake. My only complaint, is that the trip was far too brief!
Making Lemonade
About 11 months ago, I had a whole pile of lemons and now I about to have glass of super sweet lemonade this weekend. Early in January, you may have
read this blog post about I how I justified to myself that it wasn't so bad
that a dream trip to fish ...
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Sneak Peak into Major League Fishing (MLF)
If you follow bass fishing, you have probably seen rumblings from Boyd Duckett, few other anglers, BassFan.com and a few other outlets about Major League Fishing (MLF). A few weeks back they held their first event on Lake Amistad, but interesting enough, no results posted to internet or shared in the news.
Supposedly there are some real unique things to MLF format, real-time weights for whole field, so you can see what your competition is doing and results for public won't be released until it airs on Outdoor Channel of pay-per-view web format. These are supposed to be ready for viewing sometime in 2012.
Other cool things, its only 24 anglers, supposed to be a week long event, no gps coordinates coming into event and immediate catch, weigh, & release. This week they also released a few photo albums on Facebook.
Supposedly there are some real unique things to MLF format, real-time weights for whole field, so you can see what your competition is doing and results for public won't be released until it airs on Outdoor Channel of pay-per-view web format. These are supposed to be ready for viewing sometime in 2012.
Other cool things, its only 24 anglers, supposed to be a week long event, no gps coordinates coming into event and immediate catch, weigh, & release. This week they also released a few photo albums on Facebook.