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 Bit The Duckett Bullet
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05/15/16 04:32 AM
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,192
Anchorman
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Extreme Angler
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Got me a Duckett Ghost med cranking rod today. Put my new Shimano Caenan on it. Can't wait to try it out. Love how it feels in my hand.
2 more weeks of baseball and then its time to hit the water in June. I'm ready for some fishing.
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 04:38 AM
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tx2va07
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Just got my first one last week. Feels like a good rod to me so far.
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 04:55 AM
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Posts: 956
JoeFriday
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I like their blanks. Their guides are less than durable. You can't knock them around much without losing one.
This space for rent
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 07:07 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,940
Jigfish
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Extreme Angler
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Thanks,
The weak call it obsession, the strong call it dedication!
Jigfish
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 01:30 PM
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Posts: 1,192
Anchorman
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Extreme Angler
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What's the deal with the guides? I thought I was buying a top quality rod dang it!
I guess I'll be filling out that warranty card. I've never been hard on rods but I was going to give this rig to my son for his first bait caster. If their guides aren't durable I might need to pick another rod for him and keep this one for myself.
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 02:27 PM
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Posts: 2,772
Outdoordude
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They are very nice rods, they're just not very durable.
Scott Jones
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 02:35 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 464
OneFishAway
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Great rods IMO. They are he only rod i fish with and own over a dozen. I have lost a couple of guides but never broke a rod. I'm not exactly easy on them either. I think you'll be satisfied. I always store them with a rod sock in the rod box.
PB 9.25 Benbrook
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 02:41 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 12,214
Cast
TFF Guru
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Why are the guides failing on these rods? What brand and type are the eyes? All my rods are way old, I wound them myself using Fuji ceramics and have never had a guide fail on me.
Cast ![[Linked Image]](http://winsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Longhorn-Logo.png) I have a short attention spa
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Cast]
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05/15/16 06:32 PM
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outfishdya
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Why are the guides failing on these rods? What brand and type are the eyes? All my rods are way old, I wound them myself using Fuji ceramics and have never had a guide fail on me. Micro eyelets are bad about snapping if you break off a snag. If the line breaks somewhere inside the eyelets, usually at the reel, the line will wrap eyelets on its way out of the guides. It will pull them off the rod.
Sometimes a bitter man trying to be a better man
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 08:38 PM
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Posts: 501
triton37
Pro Angler
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I have several brands of rods with 3 of them being ducketts. 2 of the 3 have lost one or more eyes. Called duckett rods and they send me several eyes in the mail. I will not own any more.
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 09:32 PM
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Posts: 865
rowlettfisherman
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I don't know what they are doing to the guides, but I've had 4 for awhile and never had an issue. I don't really run my weights into the guides though
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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet
[Re: Anchorman]
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05/15/16 11:15 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 219
Tick...
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Outdoorsman
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I like fuji alconite guides Powell Rods uses them fugi makes many different ones top quality guides are expensive, I have been on many boats where the driver leaves the tip and other guides chattering on the glass rail near the console never good for the guides.
Last edited by Tick...; 05/15/16 11:18 PM.
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