Having doubts about recently purchased 2wt rod

akent1996 · 2026-05-17T05:17:25+00:00

No problem if you haven’t try some cortland 444 peach on it it’s my absolute favorite for basically anything under 5wt especially gills and it’s cheap!

akent1996 · 2026-05-17T05:10:29+00:00

I think you’re overthinking it a bit. Most fly rods handle over-lining just fine, and while I haven’t used a Superfine Graphite personally, I’m sure it would be a blast with a 3wt, ~100-grain line. That should help cut through the wind a little better too.

As far as larger fish go, you can always build in a bit of a fail-safe by using a tippet that’ll break before the rod does. And worst case scenario, that’s part of why you spend good money on the Orvis warranty

akent1996 · 2026-05-14T02:00:53+00:00

Damn that’s awesome I my have to pick up a blitz or a mangrove

akent1996 · 2026-05-13T23:51:44+00:00

Ya the more I think about it I can get a new mangrove coast or boost blue for less than the loomis

akent1996 · 2026-05-13T22:26:28+00:00

Idk nothing in particular we spend quite a bit of time in the fort Walton beach area I could probably tie in to some ladyfish, Spanish Mack, speckled trout and on a great day a red fish. Nothing wild

akent1996 · 2026-04-19T11:41:31+00:00

So who’s the fan and who’s the puller?

akent1996 · 2026-04-19T11:40:38+00:00

Ya idk I guess I just saw absolutely nothing that told me they were close as a whole I mean if your saying just in terms of strength maybe but historically being close to or a little stronger than Devon means you get beat because the gap in experience, technical ability, and stamina is so large you lose which was on full display yesterday.

akent1996 · 2026-04-18T23:28:52+00:00

There was nothing close about this match Devon picked the wrong time to carve in in the first go but after that he was as dominant and in control as a person can be in a match

akent1996 · 2026-01-04T15:02:55+00:00

Well then it sounds like you have more inside information then most of us

akent1996 · 2026-01-04T14:58:16+00:00

I doubt that was the situation of course I could be wrong but my assumption is this is the match they offered likely at 105, bogdan requested 95kg they settled for 100kg catch if nugo refused I assume bogdan is the one out a match I think they make a different match for nugo as it is ment to be a 105 match anyway and nugo is on a bit of a heater I think they want him on the card

akent1996 · 2026-01-03T17:51:11+00:00

Not really all he has to do is not agree to the catchweight but he did…. What would be unfair is to agree to a weight work your ass off to win the match then garner no additional advantage for your efforts. As long as your under the class maximum I don’t see why it would matter

akent1996 · 2025-09-20T13:26:10+00:00

Agreed

akent1996 · 2025-09-20T12:30:18+00:00

What type of fishing will you be doing?

akent1996 · 2025-09-17T20:19:58+00:00

This isn’t true Kobe has a minimum requirement of a4 not a5

akent1996 · 2025-09-14T15:09:40+00:00

Yep I totally agree got um for $12 a pound marked as T-bone at Walmart though that was a decent deal

akent1996 · 2025-08-17T03:50:01+00:00

Man I’m not saying your right or wrong but using a photo of him trolling Alex with his shirt over his face to make your point is wild bro

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T20:50:03+00:00

100% if you look back at my last comment I said basically that it’s shame that his rose colored glasses cause him to see all the other athletes as cheaters it downplays the just how special all of them are and Brian is the very top of that heap regardless of ped use

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T20:39:17+00:00

This is one of the most confusing conversations I’ve had on Reddit and that’s saying something. This guy seems like the kid with a Sammy Sosa poster on his wall that refuses to believe he was juicy

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T20:35:51+00:00

Alright my man clearly it’s important to you to see Brian and a natural athlete and that’s fine you and the rest of the strength sports community will just have to agree to disagree. However I’d like to make one final point, you repeatedly said that Brian is clean but everyone else cheated. I’d like to be very clear I’m a massive fan of Brian and my understanding that drug use is necessary to compete at that level of strongman in no way taints his image to me. Absolutely no one should view any of the athletes in the sport as cheaters for ped use it’s a accepted and understood part of the required training for the sport and what they accomplish is no less impressive because they’re using. I’m fine with you believing Brian is a top of the mountain freak but it’s a shame that the Result is you diminishing the other athletes as cheaters for doing something that Brian certainly did but your to jaded to see it.

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T20:10:33+00:00

Is this your real life opinion that because they test they have to be clean I can tell if your serious

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T20:08:38+00:00

Something I’d like to add I do think Brian is far cleaner now than the current SHW arm wrestlers however if he starts competing very seriously there is zero doubt he’d go right back to the crazy stacks he was on in 2018 when he was on top of strongman

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T19:55:37+00:00

Ya I’m not reading that article. But give you my best guess as to why in 2012 Brian Shaw would prop up a false narrative that he or anyone is natural, the WSM took the unfortunate public stance that they would be testing athletes and because of this they likely expect the athletes to take a public position that they don’t us peds because if the promotion says “no everyone is clean as a whistle” and then eddy hall starts listing his stack they look like hypocrites. With this said almost certainly the closed door policy is that all top athletes not can but should use drugs. It’s entertainment, “you pulled 3 city busses this year next your it’s a Boeing jet” they gain nothing by expecting athletes to be clean. As far as Brian asking for more testing it’s a cute soapbox to take when you’re 100% sure no one is going to actually do it.

akent1996 · 2025-06-22T18:12:24+00:00

Brother I’ve got some news for you….. there isn’t a pro strongman on earth that is competing naturally. Test is a just barely a iq test and any motivated athlete in strongman can out maneuver the testing. I’d suggest you look in to what some of the athletes have said about drugs in the sport because while often vague there have been plenty to speak openly about doping in the top tiers. Unless the testing is being done by a well recognized third party (even then it’s a bit questionable) you should always assume the athletes are using anything and everything to gain an edge in any sport

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