The New Abu Garcia Revo

I had my first experience with one of Abu Garcia's Revo reels shortly after they came out.  My cousin's husband, who works for Pure Fishing, brought a couple of demos out to South Dakota when we were there for their son's wedding.  We spent 20-30 minutes up by the hotel casting chunks of lead, staring at the Missouri River wishing that we were on the water instead of wearing suits and tuxes.  Within a year, I had got my first Revo STX.

In the time since then, it's become my go to reel for just about everything.  It casts as far today as it did the day I took it out of the box and is every bit as smooth.  I can cast little 1/8oz Beetle Spins on up to heavier 1oz cranks.

Now I hear that Abu Garcia is rebooting it's lineup of Revo reels and I'm excited!  Here's a promo vid for those who haven't seen it yet:



I'm looking forward to this fall when I can get my hands on the new STX.  Until then, the old models are on sale for a pretty decent price cut and I'm thinking I'll have to pick one or two up. 

June '11 to Now.

Like I said in my last "I'm still here post", I haven't had many opportunities to wet a line.  There's been a lot of change since the end of June.  I moved from Cambridge back down to the cities at the beginning of July, which is ok.  But it kind of bites because for some reason or another, the building manager at my apartment won't let me store my boat in the parking lot...  (This problem was solved by buying a place in Blaine.  Boat is happy.)  I also started taking classes at Century last fall and that has been an interestingly nostalgic experience. 

Now that I've got a couple of my bad excuses out of the way, and, as if there was any doubt, I could go on all day with excuses, I am a student after all, I did make it out a few times since June.

Instead of typing up five pages of stuff, I've decided that I'm going to do a pictorial highlight type deal. 

Florence.

3.5lbs  Caught under a dock on a All Terrain Tackle swim jig.

The Rum.

Caught in a current seam on a Smallie Sweet Beaver  on a shaky head.

Bald Eagle.

 The Bite Was Not On.

 

After this, I made one trip up north with a friend to chase some smallies like I did last winter but had zero luck. 

I'm hoping to make it out more this year than last, but we'll see how things go.  I've got a future fishergirl on the way and I have a feeling that between baby and school, a lot of my time will be gone.  In any case, I will do my best to post more often.