Merry Christmas. You sure got lots of great new toys to start the new year with. I hope you get lots of fish with that set up. Keep us informed. Its been difficult lately to get people to respond on these boards, its just like fishing-lots of watchers but few bites. So I figured I'd go first. Happy new year and good luck with your new gear. I got a new Kistler KCBS7 to start my year off with. I went out to Kaweah lake today for some rainbows but only used my 7' light rod from the shore and got skunked :(