Thread: The wait for new rods begins

Got Back from my National Guard training today. Had 3 packages waiting for me the Carabus, the Presso 1000, and 2 spare spools for the Presso a 1000 and a 2000. I spooled the 2000 with Varavis Lemoni and the 1000 with Varavis 4lb Twitch Master. Walked across the yard to the pond to play around and relax some.

The Carabus with a Theta MGX 1000 Spooled with Varavis Lemoni, caught a dozen or so sunfish, mostly dinks from 3 to about 6 inches maybe, fished for about a half hour from 4:30 to 5.


After supper I went back with the Diawa Air AGS paired with the new presso, started with the twitch master line. Caught more sunfish alittle bigger than in the afternoon mostly around 5 inches and this Crappie probably 9 to 9.5 inches



Switched the spool over to the 2000 with Lemoni caught more sunfish and 2 more crappier just over 9 inches.

Awesomeness! Thanks for sharing

Nice catches! The AGS Air / Presso is an awesome combo,,, my personal favorite. Congrats on the new toys !

I had a mishap with my Presso Air AGS XUL. The spigot joint was a little loose. Not too much but after 20-30 mins of casting I needed to pull the top section down. It just so happened that one fine day I didn’t. Set the hook on an average bluegill and heard a crack. Note, I use the reel to set the hook, and don’t jerk my arm. Also keep a loose drag. The spigot connection in the top section cracked. I was pretty disappointed but the crack was less than 1.5 cm. So I wrapped it with size A thread and applied finishing epoxy. Works just fine now. Maybe better ?*??

The fact that Daiwa didn’t use thread and finish on the bottom section has made that part of the rod weak and prone to breakage (if the top section slips and sudden pressure is applied on a hook set). Not sure why they did that. I don’t see any weight savings by not doing that. All of my other JDM rods have thread and finishing epoxy on the joint (Majorcraft, Tenryu, Abu Garcia, and Yamaga Blanks).

All said and done… the Presso Air AGs XUL is a phenomenal rod (used ester and PE). Mine is a one piece now because some of the expoxy seeped too deep and bonded with the bottom half. Lol!!

Very nice ! All the way around, the combos and the fish .
Way to break them in !

Originally Posted by zekepa

The Carabus with a Theta MGX 1000 Spooled with Varavis Lemoni, caught a dozen or so sunfish, mostly dinks from 3 to about 6 inches maybe, fished for about a half hour from 4:30 to 5.

What do you think about the automatic hooking capability of the Carabus?



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Originally Posted by dannypeoples

What do you think about the automatic hooking capability of the Carabus?

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I need to get more time with the Carabus, from the little bit of time I have used it I like the rod. It did seem like I had more hookups with the Carabus than the Air AGS yesterday. With the Air AGS I started with Twitch Master Mono, I didn't seem to be getting/feeling as many bites so I switched to the spool with the same line(Varivas Lemoni) as I had on the Theta MGX I had on the Carabus. For a more fair comparison.

It was a couple hours later than when I was playing with the Carabus, so I think the bite changed some, I wasn't getting as many bites but the fish I was getting were a little bigger. With the Carabus I was getting more dinky 3 to 5 inch sunfish. With the Air AGS they were 5 and up and the couple of 9 inch or so Crappie.

When using the Lemoni with a leader tied on with a uni to uni knot I did notice that I could feel the knot going through the guides more on the Carabus. That could just be the difference between the size of the guides as the Carabus has smaller guides than the Air AGS.

I'm hoping to get a real fishing trip in tomorrow where I can fish the two rods and reels back to back to get a better feel for how I like them.

Originally Posted by dannypeoples

I had a mishap with my Presso Air AGS XUL. The spigot joint was a little loose. Not too much but after 20-30 mins of casting I needed to pull the top section down. It just so happened that one fine day I didn’t. Set the hook on an average bluegill and heard a crack. Note, I use the reel to set the hook, and don’t jerk my arm. Also keep a loose drag. The spigot connection in the top section cracked. I was pretty disappointed but the crack was less than 1.5 cm. So I wrapped it with size A thread and applied finishing epoxy. Works just fine now. Maybe better ?*??

The fact that Daiwa didn’t use thread and finish on the bottom section has made that part of the rod weak and prone to breakage (if the top section slips and sudden pressure is applied on a hook set). Not sure why they did that. I don’t see any weight savings by not doing that. All of my other JDM rods have thread and finishing epoxy on the joint (Majorcraft, Tenryu, Abu Garcia, and Yamaga Blanks).

All said and done… the Presso Air AGs XUL is a phenomenal rod (used ester and PE). Mine is a one piece now because some of the expoxy seeped too deep and bonded with the bottom half. Lol!!

on my air ags xul model, the 2 halves also seem to loosen up from time to time, i dont break my rods down either.
I pushed it on as hard as i could this time, if it loosens up again, i just might glue them together permanently.