Sunday, September 20, 2015

Fin Nor Rods

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Every winter, bull rods will work, but anglers using them will have to bring waders to help them reach the depths. On rough days, though, wading is inadvisable. Chevalier teams his long surf rods with meaty reels like Penn Spinfisher 9500s and Fin-Nor The medium sized cobia I pulled in recently worried my Fin Nor offshore reel for 15 minutes I use a conventional reel approaching 4/0 size on a medium heavy rod with 60-pound test, a long fluorocarbon leader with a slip weight heavy enough to hold Attached to it I have a Fin Nor Mega Lite ML 3000. When fishing the Gulf, I just change the spool to a slightly heavier line. All the rods are in tubes and the reels in an extra tackle bag. All of this gear is wrapped in an old blanket and towels to soften This case is also good for any other traveling with a large assortment of travel rods and gear. Here’s what goes in the big bag. Two fly rods, both TFO TrCiX models. An eight weigh that is cut back by 4”to 8 ‘ 8” and a 10 weight that’s a full 9 feet. I brought light tackle with a 6- to 12-pound rated MHX rod, 2500 inshore Fin-nor reel rigged to one of my favorite lures, a white Love's Lure slugger tails on an 1/8-ounce jig head for the clear water and sandy bottom. As we kayaked to the flats of By the late 1970s there was nary a big game battlewagon that didn’t sport Altenkirch rods and Fin-Nor Tycoons with drags rebuilt by Mickey Altenkirch (the “& Son”). During the same period, Hampton Bays put itself on the international map with the .

Over the cash register of the old dining establishment that got its start back in 1938 by Headen Ballou hangs a rod and reel that predates the restaurant “For years, people thought this reel was the first Fin-Nor,” said Brennan. The long rod has Lone Star roots that reach to the bamboo era and hard rubber were replaced with anodized aluminum reels with powerful disk drags. The Fin Nor "Wedding Cake" built in Miami was the breakthrough design, the blueprint for all the based Zebco features a full lineup of freshwater and saltwater spinning, spincasting and baitcasting reels as well as a complete selection of rods, that are available in retailers across the country under the brands Zebco, Quantum, Fin Nor, Van Staal "I've got to catch one," Pickett said. "… just to show my son." Rowan's goliath grouper outfit includes an 80-pound Fin-Nor stand-up rod and matching Santiago 50-Wide two-speed reel, rigged with 400-pound test and topped with a Mustad 16/0 Demon Perfect .



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