Author Archives: Andrei
How To Strip a Rod in 4 “Easy” Steps
IMX SJR844 Strip Down The Danube Delta was a revelation for my friend Razvan, at least in what his new rodbuilding project should be. After 3 days of fishing with [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself Tagged blank, dremel, fuji guides, g.loomis, gary loomis, IMX, reel seat, rodbuilding, spin jig, super sticker reel seat 20 Comments
Trout Hiking – Part 2
After a long night sleep in our comfy Coleman tent a coffee was really refreshing at 5:00 o’clock in the morning. I was going to fish the largest, and deepest [...]
Posted in Featured, Fish, Lifestyle Tagged finesse fishing, fishing, hiking, panher martin, retezat, spoon, trout, ultra light fishing 7 Comments
Trout Hiking – Part 1
It all started last year, with an exceptional trout fishing trip trough Romania for a week, when I’ve fished all over the country, trout only. Rivers, lakes, whatever I could [...]
Posted in Fish, Lifestyle Tagged above 2000 meters, backpacking, catch and release, climbing, descent, fishing net, hiking, hiking boots, izabella, megabass, packing, spoons, st.croix rods, trout 6 Comments
Can a Megabass rod be customized?
After a recent zander fishing tournament, one of my friends, Razvan approached me pretty upset, holding in his hand a recently bought Megabass Destroyer rod. “You have to repair my [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, Featured Tagged custom megabass, Destroyer, finesse, matagi, rod building, short rear grip, Sight Fisher, split grip, Yuki Ito 5 Comments
Battle of the Japanese Jerkbaits
The title says it all. Even though there are a lot more lure manufacturers out there, the JDM market has it’s own, proprietary jerkbait category, unlike no other. One of [...]
Posted in Featured, Hard Baits, Reviews Tagged duel sea fox, japanese jerkbaits, jerkbaits, lucky craft pointer, smith luna, yo-zuri pins minnow 1 Comment
SMITH Luna 47SP – Trout World Championship Winner
As a second captain and media representative of the Romanian Team at the Trout World Championship from Shore in Croatia in 2010 I just couldn’t be passive and not notice [...]
Posted in Hard Baits, Reviews Tagged trout fishing, trout lures, trout world championship 15 Comments
Jackall Diving Chubby 38 – small deep crankbait review