Pimp My Reel

Me and Chen have been on the lookout for something to pimp up our fishing gears a bit and with too much time on our hands and that thing called "internet", we couldn't help ourselves surfing for stuffs that burns holes in wallets. However, we would have wished for some really cool stuffs but budget constraints put a dent to that thinking. Oh well, so we could only change the reel handle knob to a Daiwa Works cork knob. The package comes with two knobs inside for baitcasters but me and Chen could actually share for the Kix and Tierra. Bloody screw thing in the shaft was so tight that normal strength can't seem to make it budge, luckily for Chen's 'NZ Warriors' strength he could get it moved. We also bought 2 rolls of 6lb Yamatoyo Famell SW Super PE line which was quite cheap compared to the LineSystem we got.

The next night, Chen wanted to fish and so we went to sure-fire spot to try night luring for the first time there. Brought him to Kmart to get him a head-torch as it's very dark over there. Got there to a pretty high tide and quickly rigged up. Chen used the camo sandworm while I'm on the usual Gulp grub. Chen was first to register some action but no hookup. On my 2nd cast, there was a take very near our feet. The fight was funny and not much line taken. What do you know.. another big whiting.

Almost made it to the 39cm mark! Can consider my new pb? Sigh... ok, it'll be 38.9cm then... Chen was having heaps of action actually, he missed quite a lot of big takes and I could hear Tierra singing for short bursts every now and then. He did had a hookup of a legal flattie but was powdered 'ready for frying' with heaps of black sand, lol. Then the action became quite slow, even though we could hear splashes sometimes. All I could manage is another small bream on the Tango.

Actually the session was not hot at all. Thought the new cork knob could bring us luck Oh well, at least it's not a donut trip. Later on we went off to Newtown and grab a kebab each for a feed. Hope sure-fire stays that way all the time.

Ronald