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  1. 10-01-2020, 03:55 PM #1
    Olegiller1
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    Cool Garage sale rods.


    I admittedly have far too many rods to chase bluegill with.
    I stopped at a local garage sale and left with a couple rods and $11 lighter in the wallet. I hadn't looked at the spinning rod close and found it had been a Quantum Xtra Lite UL 5' one piece. It had gotten broke and a nice fitting tip added. I liked the feel so I mounted a little Acadia ES50 reel. I don't think Arcadia are in business any longer, but the reels were what I like. I used the combo to take well over 200 gills and it just feels nice in my hand . The length came out to 6'. I'll call an easy win on that one.
    The other rod is a Pflueger Summit SFY 56-90 9' im6 It had a reel but I decided to tape a Shakespeare Deceiver MTL3. The gathering guide is 23" from the reel face so I doubt it will give me too much trouble.
    The casts are short for the most part where I'll be using this strange setup, but I think it'll be fun .
    I just done a couple yard casts and I'm ok for the canal width so I'm anxious to get it on the bank.
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  2. 10-01-2020, 09:28 PM #2
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    Lots of good deals to be had at garage and yard sales. Nice finds!
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  3. 10-02-2020, 06:20 AM #3
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    Hard to beat the price and if you’re really unhappy it will be at your next yard sale! LOL
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    my bud just bought a really nice combo at a garage sale last month for 5 bucks .
    had a bit of chew on the cork handle from a dog/puppy but looks brand new other than that .
    and it is a real nice crappie/bream rod .
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  5. 10-02-2020, 10:30 AM #5
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    It's easy to talk of good yard sale finds but like the folks that hit the casinos, there are losses they don't talk of.
    I trashed 3 reels today that were low end when new, and were not worth the effort to get it up and running.
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  6. 10-02-2020, 05:26 PM #6
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    Good find, you’ll have some fun with em. Money well spent.
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