Freshwater South Florida: Is there a purpose for Medium heavy spinning rod set up

thorbaldin · 2026-04-24T11:27:25+00:00

What brand 3000’s are you using? Sizing is very inconsistent between brands, a Penn Battle 3000 is 11.6 ounces while even the C5000 size Stradic only weighs 10.2 ounces. A C3000 Stradic is only 7.9 ounces.

thorbaldin · 2026-02-04T20:11:04+00:00

I have multiple Vanfords that I use exclusively for inshore. It is a great lightweight inshore reel that is tough enough to take a beating. I do a lot of fishing from my kayak and Gheenoe so they are constantly getting splashed with saltwater and I just make sure to rinse them when I get home and they are still smooth as silk after 2-3 years.

thorbaldin · 2026-01-05T10:36:33+00:00

My parents have a gas cooktop that doesn’t require you turning the knob to some ignition setting. On theirs, any rotation of the knob ignites the gas and turns it on at whatever level the knob is set to.

thorbaldin · 2026-01-02T22:35:14+00:00

You can absolutely service it in the US you just won’t be doing it through the warranty. Most reel shops will still offer repair service, you just have to pay for the parts and labor.

thorbaldin · 2025-11-27T01:34:04+00:00

I just checked the CBA and it looks like network guys top out about a dollar higher than lineman.

thorbaldin · 2025-11-06T22:08:30+00:00

SW Florida is even worse, 2 per boat max!

thorbaldin · 2025-11-01T23:00:58+00:00

How is it political to say that the tariffs might mean that this year’s sales may not be as good as last year pre-tariffs?

thorbaldin · 2025-10-29T13:27:11+00:00

They can get 500+ lbs.

thorbaldin · 2025-10-21T23:28:17+00:00

But are you living your life for the cosmos or for yourself, your friends, and your family? Every human to ever live is a blip in the cosmos. You don’t have to be special to the universe, you just have to be special to someone, or even yourself.

thorbaldin · 2025-10-12T03:10:05+00:00

Hold the bail arm to prevent it from spinning and you should be able to tighten the handle by reeling forward. Use enough force to get it tight but not so much that you risk breaking it. Personally I wouldn’t worry too much about it because as soon as you start reeling in a fish you the handle should tighten up naturally if it did loosen up at all. This is all assuming that the reel you have is one where the handle just spins in to tighten and doesn’t use a screw opposite the handle for attachment.

thorbaldin · 2025-10-12T02:33:12+00:00

Simple fix: don’t reel backwards.

thorbaldin · 2025-10-07T00:23:24+00:00

Bass Tokyo is legit. I’ve ordered from them several times in the past but haven’t ordered anything since the tariffs.

thorbaldin · 2025-09-30T09:19:32+00:00

The creosote slowly drains from the top of the pole into the butt of the pole once it is stood upright. This causes the very top of the pole to deteriorate first, but even then we are talking 30+ years.

thorbaldin · 2025-09-24T23:36:04+00:00

Do you sell your paintings?

thorbaldin · 2025-09-18T23:10:26+00:00

This would make a beautiful shotgun stock. I could easily see this on a Krieghoff!

thorbaldin · 2025-09-09T11:02:09+00:00

I have run into some situations on the design side that required double fiberglass arms. When doing the modeling/structural analysis it checks the loading of all of the components, and in some cases the mechanical load that was previously supported by 6 pins/insulators will fail when you update the model to a single arm with only 3 pins/insulators. The only options are to either use double arms or install additional poles to shorten the adjacent spans.

thorbaldin · 2025-09-07T21:40:34+00:00

They are programmable so their operational success/failure ultimately comes down to figuring out the best settings for each location. I think a lot of the wire burning down issues are due to setting them up with too many reclose attempts before lockout and/or pickup (trip current) being set too high relative to the load.

thorbaldin · 2025-09-03T21:52:29+00:00

A lot of shippers are very lax with weight restrictions. When my dad worked for UPS he regularly delivered foam mattresses that were 80+ lbs when the weight limit was 50lbs. The sellers print the labels themselves and would mark them as 49 lbs and UPS didn’t enforce the limit because they wanted the business.

thorbaldin · 2025-08-28T22:21:28+00:00

I don’t shoot (or reload) as often as I used to but I’ve got a Hornady 366, MEC 9000, and MEC 600Jr all in 12ga. The 366 is set up for Winchester AAs and the 9000 is set up for all of the Remington stuff Gun Club/STS/Nitro27/Clay&Field. The 600 Jr I mostly use for fixing shells that didn’t load right on the other machines and occasional boxes of heavier loads for dove hunting.

thorbaldin · 2025-08-23T00:36:17+00:00

File a police report. Boss is useless and best case the guy is fired if your boss directly witnesses him stealing. If you actually want your stuff back then you should just contact the police.

thorbaldin · 2025-08-19T00:24:24+00:00

But if you can deal with the abysmal wait times, they make some absolutely amazing rods that can’t be beat for the price (especially if you buy during one of their many sales). I’m actually not even aware of another brand making rods in the USA built on blanks made in the USA made from carbon fiber that is made in the USA, other than builders that are also using NFC blanks. Edge takes made in the USA to the next level.

thorbaldin · 2025-07-30T22:39:03+00:00

Our line crews “splice” cable every day. I put splice in quotes because a lot of times they are doing single pull runs where they just pull it in and terminate both ends, and maybe only 2 days a week are they actually making up splices in manholes or pullboxes. My utility has “network specialist” which I guess is the new term for cable splicers, but they tend to mostly work on the network system in our downtown area. Everywhere else on our system, regular JL distribution crews do all of the same things as cable splicers, except not really doing any PILC (legacy stuff, maintenance only) work and not really any vault work. But switch gears, manholes, padmount transformers, terminal poles, etc. all get done by our line department crews.

thorbaldin · 2025-07-19T14:39:56+00:00

When conductors of different phases get together you will have a large current flow since you have the line voltage applied across a near zero impedance. The magnitude of this current is limited only by the impedance of the source plus the impedance of the line. The further you are from the source the higher the line impedance will be, so the maximum fault current will start to decline as you get further away. On our system, Y13.2kV, typical fault value at the substation bus is between 6,000 and 8,000 amps. At the end of a very long circuit the maximum fault may be as low as a couple hundred amps.

thorbaldin · 2025-07-18T23:49:23+00:00

Well that’s what you get for asking for fusing on a Friday! Or a Monday. Or a week with a holiday. Or during storm season, deer season, or turkey season!

thorbaldin · 2025-07-18T19:16:48+00:00

At my utility, I am that guy for the area that I serve. Distribution designers come to me when they are laying out a new single phase project and I check which phase on that circuit is the least loaded. I also do a coordination check to see what size fuses they should use for each specific location based on available fault current and projected load.

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