HDX#2 Arrives....

[Railroader]

...and this one is MUCH better than the first one.

It appears that the first one was the last rod made on a Friday afternoon by a disgruntled Chinese sweatshop worker...:rolleyes:

It could also be that after a little casting, I'm more willing to overlook the HDX's seriously mediocre appearance...

In any case, with this HDX, I feel that I have gotten my money's worth.

And, as has been said may times on this site, Randy is a helluva dude, whom I will continue to shop with.

[surfchunker]

Glad you like it ..... to bad you had to get a bad one first .... sometimes it's not about the bling bling

[cygnus-x1]

So RR .... ya thinkin' of keeping them both now ... aren't ya :D

[Railroader]

So RR .... ya thinkin' of keeping them both now ... aren't ya :D

Nope, I sent the REAL ugly one back today...:)

[Finger_Mullet]

RR,

How are you going to mount your reel?? Are you going to mount it straight to the rod or are you going to put a little something under it.

I just got the Daiwa 30SHA today. I mountd it directly to the rod but I think it needs something under it.

Any suggestions?? BStarling suggested heat shrink tubing. :popcorn: :beer:

Darin

[surfchunker]

how would a thing strip of leather work

[Railroader]

RR,

How are you going to mount your reel?? Are you going to mount it straight to the rod or are you going to put a little something under it.

I just got the Daiwa 30SHA today. I mountd it directly to the rod but I think it needs something under it.

Any suggestions?? BStarling suggested heat shrink tubing. :popcorn: :beer:

Darin

Seems to me the rubber wrap that's on there is fine, and holds well. I did use a wrap of black tape under the reel foot, but I did that mainly to mark the spot I wanted to put the reel.