Back in May I had put in a decent sized order over at amazon.co.jp for some new fishing gear and now I'm writing up about it :D ...

1.  Prox Holder Arm TE 600
2.  Shōei Flex Arm v.II Lock Type Titanium
3.  Prox aluminum rubber net gun metal
4.  Takamiya fish grip black&gold
5.  DRESS Universal Holder red stitching
6.  Brenious Rise Pop 65F OP-165N 07T: Chartreuse
7.  Takamiya Falken Down Shot 5.3g and 3.5g
8.  Ring Star Dream Master DM-750 tackle case x2
9.  NITEIZE S-Biner #0 purple

Here is the holder arm closer ...

The shaft is sturdy and not too heavy.  Collapsed it come in at 69cm and weighs 557gm and is made of 92% carbon.  The head features a standard threat for a net or a elbow bracket and the rubber fits snugly into the shaft.  It comes with a little allen wrench to adjust or remove the holder bracket.

Onto the elbow bracket and net ...

  

Nothing special to say about the elbow bracket other than the build quality seems legit, also it comes with a little rubber ring and clip to attach to the bottom of net to help weigh down the center.

The net frame is made from aluminum and the net itself is rubber meshing to avoid getting tangled on fish fins.

Assembled ...

The Takamiya fish grip and DRESS Universal Holder fit quite nicely together ...

Hope to get some decent chinu with this one.  It weighs 9g and is 65cm ...

next to a Tict leader spool for size comparison 

drop shot weights in 5.3g and 3.5g...

Ring Star small tackle case, one is a caro/float kit and the other a drop shot/haze kit ...

And lastly NITEIZE S-Biner #0, 500円 coin for size comparison.  These I use to attach leader spools and knot tool to my bag ...

Redneck Fishin' ...

This one is MUCH overdue, but here goes anyway ... 

(The original date for this was 2017.09.11)

Sunday, drove my wife to work, and headed out to a spot I haven't been in a while. Got there about 10.00. Got out on to the rocks and set up my Yamaga and Twin Power, line is Sunline HG-PE 0.4, leader Tict 1.5 (7lb), on the end a 5.3g bullet sinker, green glass bead, Tict DF Hook M size and a Gulp Okiami glow colour 2".

Few casts out, not much action, but eventually I hooked onto this little fella here ...

After some casts but no response I decided to move down the road a bit and try another spot.  On my way back, driving down the damn narrow road, I spotted a few lure fishers with a nice sized grouper.  I had that spot on my mind already and so I thought might as well.  Same set up, but with an Ecogear Bug Ant orange.  A few casts and a few misses later, I finally hooked into something decent.  It was a scorpion, after that I managed another one.

Some time passed with not much going on.  Moved on again, hitting the docks this time.  Got out the Gekka with Caldia 2000.  Drop shot this time, size 7 hook with a 5.3g weight on the bottom.  Managed to get a new species, quite small and unidentifiable, unfortunately I managed to unhook it and drop it back into the sea without taking a picture, now I'll never know.  After this, I headed to the near by tackle shop and got some more Gulp, as I had ran out. 

From the tackle shop I had one place in mind but on the way, a little spot caught my attention out the corner of my eye and I felt I needed to stop. 

Back on the Yamaga, first cast out was some tugs on the line but no hook up.  I was still using Tict M size DF hooks, with Gulp okiami glow.  Eventually managed some puffers, annoying little buggers but quite the fighters.  And after that it came, a fish a chuck. Only little ones, but still on the light gear quite some fun. 

That's what I love about LRFing, even tiddlers are sport!  After about an hour, hour-and-half a friend called me and said we should meet up at the bar down the road, I figured it was time to go.  Was driving so a  no go on a beer or two but I did have some very nice jerk chicken.  I was happy both in fish and in stomach, but I got back home to this ...