Yesterday morning I met Greg and Jeff at Sha-Sha resort for what was planned to be a Crappie trip. 30mph winds gusting up to 40mph made a Slab expedition impossible.
I asked Greg if he’d like to chase Walleyes instead,and he was all in!!
Walleyes were stacked up on a transitional breakline in 5-7 feet of water. We put roughly 30 Walleyes in the boat between 8:30-12:00. It was a half day trip full of action. Also landed a big pike and NEARLY landed another. Seems the “Big Kahuna” net I have on the side of the boat is nearly used daily.
The boys were wonderful to fish with. I lined them both up with a NRX Loomis rod to work “Max Raps”. Both of these rods were paired up with Stradic C14’s. The elite caliber graphite blanks frankly enabled us to detect strikes in the “CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER” ruby slipper winds. 27 of the 30 Walleyes were slot fish and most of the fish were over 20 inches. We did manage 3 eater sized fish and a nice 5lb pike for the pan.
Yesterday reminded me once again why I continue to love guiding. 3 guys having a blast beating the big Rainy lake Walleyes. I believe the two boys learned a valuable lesson of how to work a stickbait. This is something that seemingly cannot be taught in text. Over and over this is a presentation that needs to be taught one on one. The guys picked it up and did very well!!
The NRX Loomis is simply a gamechanging rod. Spendy…YEP.. Gamechanging….YEP.
I put it in customers hands more and more because CUSTOMERS catching fish is where it is at for me. This stick simply will help you catch more fish.
Don’t be afraid to ask me to lace up that NRX on your next trip. BTW the trip…Might get more spendy. It is nearly impossible to use a stick like this and then go back to a lesser quality graphite rod. Honestly my other rods feel like Boat oars after the NRX. Almost like if your flasher batteries die during a ice fishing day. For me I’d frankly rather just go home.
Wonderful day with fun guys simply enjoying a heck of a lot of Rainy Lake Walleyes!! 
Greg with another beautiful “Golden” 23 incher caught on a Flake Greeen Max Rap.
We’ll see you boys Friday night at Sha-Sha resort!! I’ll have 4 other customers with me. I’m sure we can share strategy. 
We would have NEVER had the success that we did that day if it was not for Chris! In hindsight, we should have scheduled Chris for earlier in our trip. When we booked Chris, he only had one half day spot open and was only on the first half of a 45+ day consecutive day guide string 
