BarBar SS 60-100/Getting ready for Venice

[gimmedeal]

Recently had BarBar Custom build this rod for me. It's a 60-100 Super Seeker with Aftco WO Bigfoot rollers and detachable aluminum straight butt. Seemed like a heck of a bargain at $349. I'm coupling it up with a 50 Avet SDS that I've changed out the high gearing to 4:1. It'll get line back fast. It's spooled up with 130 JB and 80 fluoro on top. This'll be my chunking set up in Venice in a couple of weeks.
However, I've never fished the rod and I thought I'd try a couple lifts with it. The gospel according to MrBill as it were, and it makes good sense. The first good fish isn't the place to check a new rod out. Threw some tackle in a bag and 30lbs was too easy. Here's a photo of the bag at 44.5 lbs.
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[gman]

Fred,

I will take you up on that offer. Wish I could have made it on this trip with you guys. Im going down to Venice the first weekend in March with a bunch of guys to go jigging for 3 days.

[lite-liner]

I 2nd that, Glenn! Gonna try to get my boat down to Venice
for Randy's Jigfest in March. hope to see you there!
-B

[gman]

Brian, That would be cool that we will get to fish togther. That is great news, I enjoy meeting people we know through the site

[lite-liner]

it all depends if I can get the electronics purchased/installed by then
if not I may go down as a back-seater

[gimmedeal]

Sent the pic of the lift and details to Ron at BarBar and he got a laugh out of it. Said it looked like I had bent the creaks out of it. He sent the lift to Seeker and said they didn't have much of a sense of humor. They replied that they recommend no more than lifts of 30% of the rods rating. HA! Guess I'm lucky I didn't snap it, but it seemed to handle it without protest. The Super Seeker is a heck of a blank. They'd (Seeker) probably really pass a stone if they saw MrBill's XXX loaded to 65lbs.
You'd have thought they'd have done this stuff themselves in testing. 10 more days and we're on the road. Venice baby! Lump chunkin'

Fred

[tass]

Fred I'm looking forward to breaking in my bar bar with my avet 30w. Also have the jigger. It will be coming with the ocea jigger attached. I believe in heavy drag so it looks like these rods should hold up nice.

[gimmedeal]

Tass,
Heavy on the let's break em in. Ron's shipping my jigger today. He acid wrapped mine so we can tell em apart. Mine will be going w the Ocea Jigger also. Venice in January is not the place to chance on light gear.
We're leavin in 8 days, fishing in 9.

Fred

[rtran]

pretty sick rod, might pick one up myself!

[fishr1989]

the bend in the rod looks like if the line breaks, you're going to be wearing a roller in your forehead!

[Bazztex]

Ron od Bar Bar Tackle is a heck of a guy and makes a fine rod.

Bazz