Good Lord! I’ve hit the point good a few times, but that was sweet. Caught stripers like that a couple times in the early 2000’s. 👍

bad camera angle dude I can see your boogers.

Built to burn!

I’d take break blocks out. Just use the mags and get greater distance. Otherwise use the stock bearings (clean with lighter fluid and add tournament rocket fuel oil). It’s still safe without the break blocks. For ultimate distance, wind mags off fully during cast.

What lb test u got on it

You will probably have better results if the orange bearing seals are removed, the ceramic bearings are left dry (or as I do, give them a bath in naphtha - lighter fluid - and allow the solvent to evaporate, leaving a micro film of oil) and all the brake blocks are completely removed from the brake block array (taken off, not just locked off). This will typically allow for a 2 minute spool run (loaded with main line and shock leader) and with the brake array totally off ... or as off as it will allow - brake arrays may impart too much magnetic force (eddy currents) on the spool and not allow maximum spool spin duration; this may be alleviated if some of the magnets in the array can be removed - or better yet, use a reel with a mono mag ... yeah, tournament casting, but the fish won't care. For fishing, set the mag brake array for about a 10 second spin and do some casting tests with the typical payload thrown. Distance can improved if the mag array is quickly removed while the payload is in flight, stopping the spool just before it fluffs on hitting the water. Experiment. It can mean serious added distance out past the second sandbar where the fishies are feeding. Of course, casting technique is paramount. This vid is 3 years old, you probably figured all this out already. :)

Was it a spider hitch to Albright? Usually a spider hitch is just the loop.

Thanks for the video. Can you share a link to buy these bearings?

Hi mate ,have found your channel and subscribed.I am glad you did this as I am sick of hearing the wank in sales pitches ,like this reel has 22 lbs of drag or that reel had 30 lbs etc.It is an absolute l load of crap .If you have say 60 yards of 20lb line out on the beach with a fish on,the rod has to load right up before any drag gets even used,probably putting 2 to 3 lbs of pressure on , seriously in reality 4 lbs of drag is almost lock up.

One of my best casting reels is an older Penn Kimberly which is basically a rebadged ABU 7000 when ABU were assembled by Omoto.It only has the brass bushes in it,no idea why but it casts real well even up against my bearing reels.

How could I get one of those reels to the USA

How did you get that spider so short?

So I bought two sets for my Ambassadeur's for $70 dollars, and now I'm thinking I made a huge mistake! Ten feet extra seems to be the distance most people are getting. I could have bought another used reel for that price

Good vid.. thanks

found your channel sucks that they are closed right now buddy bought a rod from you last year

Mirrors my experience in my SQL 15. Not worth the extra $ for ceramic 7 abec.

More vegetables shooting videos please

Awesome Chet!!! Hope you don’t mind me asking but what is your preferred rod and reel setup for this fishing(rod,reel,line).

Great video, very helpful to see side by side like this

Thus the golden rule BIG FIRE BIG WATER!

Akios 656 CTM Chameleon is a badass reel!

Like your reel

Utter bollocks.

Nice! What were you guys using for bate?

Can y’all test the fg knot

Nice! you went on the Miss Hatteras my dad was a mate on it

The husband Eddy Tremols didn't have dementia, he suffered from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy PSP. Educate yourself before writing something like that.

I told them not to release my mixtape yet

Hi Chet -- This is Monique from NBC4. Can we use your video on all NBC platforms (on-air, web)? If yes, who should we credit? Thanks. Monique

In other pictures and videos it doesn't appear to be accessible for VES. However I wasn't there. Rural water ops sounded good from what I heard. Ladder pipe went up at some point.

Blitz attack. wonder if there was any survivable space on charlie for VIES?

What is your rod/reel setup?

Beautiful footage of a beautiful beast. Primordial.

Great job for a first time project. How long did it take you from start to finish?

i "hear" the range master is there during the weekends only. We went during the week so its empty, all to yourself.

I here they make ya shoot with a "range master" now. Were u guys supervised? Best range east of the Mississippi!

probably 20 guys out there....it was no biggie, people worked together and i didnt have any tangles....it was all solved with over or unders....name of the game when you have 20 lines in the water and a fish going wherever he wants to

what did the veggies do to you?

True snake dancer! So Dramatic!

Saving lives at work and when you go home. #hero LOL, love the sound track when the real work began in the video.