So what did Santa bring you?

[StarTzar]

What is that ugly gold excuse of a reel...

That is my Golden Retreiver

And why aren't I seing white SLP knobs on that Alphas!

F&%$#@ ... that was a mistake

[grumpydwarf]

pair of nice neoprene gloves and a couple live target top water hard frogs and a
wild river nomad fishing backpack

[lape0019]

pair of nice neoprene gloves and a couple live target top water hard frogs and a
wild river nomad fishing backpack

This Koppers frogs are by far, the best frog I have. And considering how thin they are, they are pretty tough. I'm sure you will impressed with them.

[TheMaverick]

Tackle porn at its finest right there.

[grumpydwarf]

pair of nice neoprene gloves and a couple live target top water hard frogs and a
wild river nomad fishing backpack

This Koppers frogs are by far, the best frog I have. And considering how thin they are, they are pretty tough. I'm sure you will impressed with them.

i have a couple of the live target soft frogs and they work really great i cannot wait till spring to give these ones a try
Santa even managed to match the frog colour for me and they tell me that Santa does not fish lol

[Lvace]

I got gift cards to sail and some cash to which I added more gift cards and a bit more cash and went to sail and picked up a Frabil i3 ice jacket and pants! Cold is somethung I no longer will be!

[lape0019]

Very nice sir!

I am sure keeping warm on the ice is quite a priority...

[SteveO]

A few gift cards and a little cash and its either going to be a bigger spend on a bigger shelter or some ice fishing pants...but best present is the chance to get have a few

little outings in 2015.. If not looking at gear is better than nothing!!

[B-Nads]

Those Zondas are sweet, Maverick - almost too pretty to fish.

Santa was kind enough to leave me some cash and Sail gift certificates that I translated into two lowly additions to the armory - a Stradic Ci4 2500 and a ABU Toro Winch 50.

[lape0019]

B-nads,

I have had my Stradic Ci4's for 3 seasons now and they are amazing little reels. I am sure the one you got is the ci4+ which is a better built reel that the ones I have.

Be prepared to be impressed. Both of mine have been shipped to Shimano for service. I figured at least one was due after hauling in my PB Muskie (totally incidental if you haven't read my post on it) so I brought them down to Paddletales to have them shipped out.

Enjoy!

[Oneeleven]

Well Santa made an extra trip for me since I was out of town on the 25th.

Bless Santa's awesome heart and he is the best fishing buddy *ever*! He did a couple of little side deals with a couple of FH'ers. And this beautiful reel is now mine

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You know this means I now need a new rod to go with....

[B-Nads]

Sweet reel, One

Lape - I don't doubt it for a second. I was being very tongue in cheep with the "lowly" comment. Both of these reels feel ridiculously solid (can't wait to cast that Winch - feels a lot lighter than my Calcutta). I'm not sure if the Ci4 is the + model or not - I'll post a pic when I get home from work. I'm picking up a 7'6 Avid/Fast to put it on this week while the taxes are still off at Sail.

[B-Nads]

Yup - ci4+

[lape0019]

The material used to make your reel (Ci4+) is something like 200% stronger than what mine are made out of. It was built that way for added rigidity but for bass fishing, I haven't had any problems with mine.

Now, I'm just waiting for this white stuff to melt...

[B-Nads]

Nice!

I've got it for my main walleye caster, but I'm gonna go at in the ice with it tomorrow for the fun of it