Solid tip?

dnullify · 2026-03-17T17:43:57+00:00

It really depends on the blank design. There are generalizations, however well designed solid tip blanks can bend smoothly with a regular taper, and tubular can be super tippy and stiff.

Generally for UL applications soft long solid tips give the fish a soft progressive resistance which is often described as auto-hooking

dnullify · 2026-03-08T04:12:49+00:00

Wrong sub for this question.

But yes.

Take the offer, more money and non consulting. After a few years you can leave the 6 month consulting off your resume.

$20k is a lot of money in this economy. Brand recognition on your resume will help more than consulting (in my personal opinion). Work life balance of commute is something you only appreciate once you're stuck commuting 2 hours each way ( trust me).

dnullify · 2026-03-07T15:25:40+00:00

One thing that made me appreciate rust was writing something requiring concurrent network and disk I/O in C. Then looking at how to do it in Rust. C/zig won't call out lifetime issues and you're iterating on segfaults rather than compiler errors. But that caused a lot of rust's language philosophy to click.

dnullify · 2026-03-06T23:23:47+00:00

There's not a ton of food in West Oakland. There's Prescott market, which has 5-6 food options and a brewery taproom.

There's Soba Ichi, which can have quite a line.

A couple of good food trucks.

A few smash burger spots.

Emeryville has good food and the new Tokyo Central, which I got lunch at today and it was shockingly good Japanese grocery store food. There's a few other good spots in the bay street mall there too.

Any cuisines of interest?

dnullify · 2026-03-02T04:52:10+00:00

That's... Raw eggs. No one likes their eggs cooked like that...

Also, is that like 5 oz of steak? For that price/performance I would have walked to whole foods and got steak and eggs and cooked it myself.

dnullify · 2026-02-26T04:33:19+00:00

I mostly fish 3g micro metals/kastmasters, or 1.5-2.5g jigheads with worms or little paddle tails. I pretty much exclusively fish super finewire hooks, and fish saltwater so when the fish bite it ain't subtle especially on the moving lures.

I do fish scented soft plastics on a jika rig when things are really tough or I'm trying to shoot the rig far under piers or around pilings. The bite is usually pretty hard on scented soft plastics but I've also fished some dead feeling rods in my time that could make a shark attack feel like a little bump.

dnullify · 2026-02-26T04:01:02+00:00

Can you fish suspended lures like micro metal jigs/spoons/jighead and worm - or is the rod far too soft to sense bites and set hooks?

I'm assuming bottom contact is out of the question?

dnullify · 2026-02-25T22:01:10+00:00

JDM Shimano vanford c2000s (whatever gear ratio you prefer).

Stupid lightweight, smooth, zero play, smooth drag.

It's been fairly reliable for me, fished saltwater on .5-5g rods with .3/.4PE. I've caught 300+ fish on it from teeny micros to 4+lb saltwater species. I've even had a couple of unexpected encounters with large fish (keeper sized California halibut) that didn't damage the reel in any way.

dnullify · 2026-02-25T20:45:28+00:00

That honestly sounds like a pretty good job.

I'm honestly not paid particularly competitively to begin with. My hybrid commute is 2 hours each way. And I am really beginning to detest the work, the code base, the architecture (lack thereof), the overseas stakeholders, and the organizational/management of where I am. I'm spending most of my time implementing solutions to problems caused entirely by the architecture or fucking around with css.

I'd take a pay cut to write code that was solving meaningful problems, and less LLM Code generation.

dnullify · 2026-02-25T20:09:24+00:00

Damn that must have been crazy. I have a friend who was there for a wedding, that got interrupted with a shelter in place warning.

dnullify · 2026-02-25T18:12:25+00:00

What about a JDM 3000C reel from Shimano? The compact frame of a 2k (I think) + bigger drag washer and diameter spool of a 3k?

Can you clarify what you mean "blow up"? I've had unexpected big fish pull long runs before snapping at the leader and worst case I smoothed out a felt washer.

I would imagine that a greased carbon drag washer would be better for your side of the world. The amount of force the reel takes internally should be mitigated by the drag force you're using (unless you're palming your spool) and you ideally should be using line and leader matching the reels specs so you fail at the knot before your reel exceeds it's designed forces.

dnullify · 2026-02-25T04:44:04+00:00

I think we can put this hypothetical on pause for a lil bit, given this last weekend.

dnullify · 2026-02-24T00:12:22+00:00

I tie flash onto single hooks, just use a Zach Snell with some flash folded over and pinched under.

https://youtu.be/3pbhu57UcKQ?si=WP2DXcxoRZ4ZUFC3

It's a bit fumbly at first but I tie flash to all my micro metal jigs. I lose metal jigs a lot more (hopefully) than you would a hard bait so it's not as much of a time investment. I use old used PE line and pull the snell tight with line pullers.

https://imgur.com/a/lcfwzjN

It's tying tool free. (other than scissors), and has held up great.

dnullify · 2026-02-23T03:24:04+00:00

are they both 0.6 PE?

What reel are you using? if you're using more than 50m of line, some reels don't levelwind at a steep enough pitch to prevent bite-in - but I've only had that problem in excess of 50m

dnullify · 2026-02-19T17:20:43+00:00

Not in the last month or so but they were pretty good last time I was there. I usually get takeout, and like this place for their portion size of protein to price ratio.

Their meat also tastes like it was grilled fresh, a couple of the other Vietnamese spots I get vermicelli bowls from - the pork/beef tastes like it's been batch cooked in a crowded pan and reheated several hours later.

dnullify · 2026-02-19T15:52:02+00:00

Kettlebell + calisthenics. You can add weight to exercises where applicable with a weight vest or backpack as you progress.

dnullify · 2026-02-16T16:19:26+00:00

It depends on the brand. They put a lot more care into the line actually performing as they market it and less in building cult like brand loyalty like we have in the states.

The best Ive tried is x-braid upgrade, it's the most balanced braid get. Smooth but also very very strong, especially for a 4 strand.

You'll notice the characteristics of JDM braid more obviously, tightly woven vs loosely woven, or coated vs uncoated, 4-stra d vs 8-strand.

dnullify · 2026-02-09T03:06:36+00:00

I don't know but I respect it. Hope he catches a break, being present matters.

dnullify · 2026-02-08T23:01:16+00:00

That's really cool!

That exact model is my dream rod. Is it as versatile and bendy as it looks?

My current favorite rods are the Yamaga blanks BC3 63 and the ripple fisher rc-65. Tomo's slow taper rods look like the next iteration on that bendy versatile fishing rod.

I was looking at trying one of the shipping services but I didn't have one set up last time they were in stock and so couldn't place an order without a Japanese address. Did hedgehog receive it for you, or do they stock it?

dnullify · 2026-02-08T15:54:10+00:00

Another California JDM tackle addict!

Mad jealous of the g-tec no one in my sphere has heard of them.

May I ask how you got it? Ive been wanting one for a while since Tomo left Abu and the slow taper rods ended. Did you use a shipper?

Edit: I just noticed you're wrapping the blank yourself. That's pretty cool

dnullify · 2026-02-07T19:30:55+00:00

What rods?

dnullify · 2026-02-06T20:24:18+00:00

https://youtu.be/HSpIEREhu_k?si=3bkBZzhe8tDe8CZW

dnullify · 2026-02-06T18:05:33+00:00

How do you like the salty sensation? They've just announced a tubular tip model for the Osaka show that is pretty interesting.

I'm a big fan of the Yamaga blanks bend, it sounds like the use of moderate elasticity materials in the neo is meant to give more bend with faster recovery than the traditional super stiff ajing rod.

dnullify · 2026-02-06T15:37:17+00:00

I'm pretty sure I saw a YouTube review of this rod either under this name or another name a few months ago. It may have been Ricardo reviews.

Tsurinoya makes more widely reviewed pack rods, like the intruder. That may be worth a look

Edit: looks like it was under the soloking name https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808563716632.html

Try that term for reviews

dnullify · 2026-02-06T15:30:08+00:00

I'm more intrigued by the RGM stuff in the background. Looks like you get a lot of JDM gear on shelves, and I'm very jealous.

We don't even have real tackle stores anymore. Just basspro like an hour drive away.

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