jake atkins
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Jake,
Let me know if you figure out those monsters. I’m a little far away, and overly employed, to make a run down there easily, but if you manage to find a way to catch them, I’ll make time!
I’m in the Manhattan area. Plan to be in the area on 1 July to do a program for the Flatland Fly Fishers club meeting, and owe a lesson to a young lady in Mulvane who won the fishing package prize at the last Becoming an Outdoors Woman event, so if we don’t do the lesson on the same trip as the club meeting, maybe we can get together and give those grassers a shot.
Craig
Will do. Feel free to email me before you head down.
jakeatkins@gmail.comI can’t give you much insight for saltwater. But I have been using a Sage VT2 8wt 9′. For a mildly priced rod it has performed excellent. I use it mainly for LM and carp and catfish.
I suppose pulling in a 50 lb fish will put a bend in your rod, even if the fish is dead. The fight seems to consist of a series of short net runs: the fish bolts out 20 or 30 feet, then goes comatose, letting you drag it to the bank again; repeat.
G
That is interesting. I would figure they fight more like a common carp. The ponds I would be fishing are around 350 yards long by 150 yards wide and at the deepest 12ft. So hopefully no matter how they fight I should be able to keep up with them.
Huh. I guess I need to figure out the mowing schedule. Honestly I have never seen the feeding on the surface. They always seem to be cruising the shallows. I will try and check the ponds more often to observe.
Thanks
Buyer backed out.
Cole send me an email
jakeatkins@gmail.com$775+ shipping! This is a heck of a deal. I can take some pictures of the boat tomorrow and the rest of the stuff this weekend. Email me if you want pics.
jakeatkins@gmail.comAnyone? He is willing to negotiate. If you are within a Hundred miles or so of Wichita Ks I would be willing to deliver it or meet you in the middle.
He is wanting a pontoon boat for fishing on lakes in Washington State. So if someone has one for trade he would consider that as well.
Thanks. I have no idea what shipping would cost, but even after that is should still come in way under what retail is.
I have 2 sage rods for sale.
The first is a VT2 9ft 8wt 4pc. This rod has very little use and is in 95% condition. Comes with the original cloth covered sage tube and rod sock. I also have a Sage 1880 reel to go with the rod, it is loaded with an 8wt Rio Clouser line.
Rod only $320 shipped
Reel with line $100 shipped
Rod and reel with line $420 shippedThe second is an RPLXi 9ft 6wt 3pc. This rod has seen some use but is in great shape, 90%. I landed a 12lb carp on it last night. Comes with the original rod tube and sock. I am not really sure how to value this rod but I will start at:
$335.
Let me know if I am too high on either one, make me an offer.Thanks
Jake
jakeatkins@gmail.comI will sell all together for $740 shipped.
$250 for the RPLXi
$375 for the Sage+reel+lineI need the cash.
Maybe 10 times in the water. I have landed 2 carp and a few bass on it and that is it. It has been stored on the reel and not touched since last June.
