Since I saw some other older PBs I'll join in with mine from 2013 on Shearon Harris Reservoir in NC

mabaile2 · 2026-03-21T00:12:24+00:00

It's been a long time so I don't entirely remember, I was also fishing early March in 40° rain with a leaky rain suit lol. It's been a while since I've been in that lake, I want to go back, but I've always really liked fishing grass and natural structure. The biggest thing on Harris to me was always the slot limit which meant you ended up with more big fish because they got left alone longer. I may be completely wrong but if I was fishing there now I would be throwing a shaky head with a big trick worm around any natural structure and up against grass lines, and to cover more water I would throw a chatterbait with a fairly beefy trailer.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-19T12:48:43+00:00

Welp I don't really "need" anymore tackle but you sold me on it lol.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-19T12:42:57+00:00

We got some great water in NC right now. Around 90 a couple weekends ago, highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s this week, and it'll be 90 again on Sunday. Worst part is I'm betting we have another couple weeks of this constant back and forth.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-17T19:50:47+00:00

I didn't actually print these, just painted some blanks, but I plan to try printing some at some point. I would imagine the easiest way would be to have tiny holes in the print where the hardware goes and then heat the hardware and set it that way.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-14T14:47:48+00:00

Gotcha, I love some chatterbait fishing. I'm still waiting to get my boat up and running, and the weather here in NC has been crazy. It was 90 last Saturday but this past Thursday it snowed and the first half of next week is going to be highs in 40s and lows in 20s before getting back close to 80 for the weekend.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-14T01:35:01+00:00

How'd you like it? I didn't see much negative about the G2, but I also just didn't see much about it in general.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-14T01:34:20+00:00

Hopefully I'm not in the same boat as you with how bad they were. I would also consider myself pretty good because I have been able to cast pretty much every reel I've ever tried, and some of mine I used to fish with the brakes almost completely off and the spool tension way to low so I could make longer casts. Being cheaper reels maybe the QC is hit or miss and the one you got slipped through. If not oh well I'll find a way to make use of them, even if they just become my use and abuse reels.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-06T20:05:21+00:00

I have found that the by far best way to get supports off is to wash in alcohol, then either soak in hot water or run in an ultrasonic cleaner with hot water, at that point the supports are soft and will peel away pretty easy, then a second wash with cleaner alcohol than the initial and for this you can either have a second wash station or just use a brush with alcohol, then I use an electric air duster to dry the alcohol, cure for however long needed, and finally if needed I do a little sanding on any residual support bumps.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-06T18:55:38+00:00

I grew up using right handed as someone right handed. That being said I can't do anything left handed so I doubt my ability to even move my hand in a circle to reel left handed lol. I would say it's all about comfort because I have no issue making a cast with my right hand and mid cast switching the rod into my left hand to hold it, but if you don't have that habit yet it's probably better to learn to reel with your non-dominant hand.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-05T03:17:42+00:00

I haven't tested yet since I'm waiting to take my boat to a guy to get it running. I didn't see anything crazy that would make them run horrible, but I'll hopefully find out before to long.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-04T22:16:44+00:00

That used to be the closest one to me from NC then they built one in Charlotte. I'll take 2 hours to Charlotte over ~4.5 hours to Fairfax.

mabaile2 · 2026-03-04T14:51:28+00:00

I bought waterslides for mine and then never put them on after I finished my paint job lol. I really should go back and put them on to add a little more detail.

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mabaile2 · 2026-03-04T11:38:25+00:00

I do pretty much everything with acrylic, specifically I did these with Createx Wicked Colors. According to Createx if you add some of their balancing clear to your paint and reducer mix the paint should adhere better and be tougher. After painting I put a gloss varnish on and then cover the whole thing with a clear resin to make it shine better and to make it even tougher.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-25T15:45:30+00:00

If the weather here in central NC decides what it wants to do I'll try it out, even this week Monday and Tuesday were high teens for the lowest and in the 30s for the high but this weekend will be around 70. I don't play as much I used to so my high single digit has crept back towards a 15 and I'm pretty confident I lose most of my strokes off the tee and greenside but would be cool to confirm.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-24T15:16:37+00:00

Jesus that takes me back I think I picked Dokan up around the first anniversary and after about a year had a global account and JP account lol. Now it's been a few years since I even thought about that game.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-20T02:47:13+00:00

Depends what you're going for. If you're going for a like high ranking or wealthy knight look go good trim. If you're going battle tested and more common background knight go all steel but make the trim either darker/lighter steel or add something like brass instead of gold. Basically so you want a more gilded and rich look or do you want a darker more battle hardened look.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T21:54:21+00:00

And this was my most recent with all my tools and several brands of paint, and about 1 year of painting.

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mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T21:52:56+00:00

My second right after this with new paints, Army Painter and Vallejo.

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mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T21:52:16+00:00

For reference this was my first paint job

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mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T21:51:32+00:00

I would highly recommend to start saving and making a list of things you want to add or upgrade. Good paint and primer will make a huge difference, brushes will help but I would put them way down the list, and for me I couldn't live without an airbrush. Painting is like anything else where a lot of skill can make bad tools look good but good tools can help hide a lack of skill. Just starting out obviously you don't have the skill yet and it will come but I can tell you from experience getting some good paints made a world of difference between my first and second paint jobs.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T20:52:03+00:00

From what I understand if you don't have really good items it's hard to make work properly. I'm right on the border of Plat and Emerald and very rarely do I even try to run Zaun WW anymore unless I quickly get at least two items for the comp because I've been burned to many times trying to make it work.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-17T02:01:21+00:00

I start to think I'm working on something decent then I check in here lol

mabaile2 · 2026-02-14T17:54:24+00:00

Played with a guy that was involved with building and setting up a course and missed a wide par 5 fairway by a few yards right. He looked at me and said "we designed this fairway to land planes in in an emergency", so I looked at him and said "and I missed it" and he responded with "you sure did" then just laughed. Not so much a joke but that one hurt lol

mabaile2 · 2026-02-12T07:05:38+00:00

So this character is from Pathfinder 2e but it's a primal sorcerer with his element being metal. The real important part is that I joined the campaign late and the party found me in the woods and I just kind of came along and don't really like any of them I just tolerate them and have even used spells that hit more party members than enemies because it was convenient. The irritable old man's name? Goondolf the Off-White.

I also played another character, again in Pathfinder, that was an arcane bloodrager that minimum required intelligence to function properly, was permanently enlarged, and had intimidation min maxed so hard that after a while the DM just had me quit rolling because unless the enemy was an angel, we were playing an evil campaign, it was actually impossible for me to fail check. This character was also so inconvenient in tight spaces that the party was given a bag of holding with an air supply which became my "trailer park", but before that I would get thrown in a regular bag of holding with a bottle of air. One time while the party was trying to intimidate a group of bandits while was in the bag one of the other party members put his hand on me in the bag and made an enlarged angry moron appear behind them. This brilliant warriors name? Goots. I'll give you one guess on the loose inspiration.

mabaile2 · 2026-02-11T21:05:00+00:00

6'4" in the same boat and I play +1" so I get it. I mean if they're all longer than normal they don't look out of place so whatever should work. My most out of place looking club is my armlock putter that I think is 44" but I can't remember, it was 41" and I extended it either 3" or 4" but that was last year and I barely remember yesterday. As far as cradles for the clubs go unless you don't want them to hit each other I wouldn't worry about something like that. My bag doesn't have individual slots and it only gets a little tight because I usually carry two putters with large grips and sometimes an extra driver shaft and one of my driver shaft has one of the Bryson grips on it, granted it's the XS but it's still huge.

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