14-04-2016, 04:21 AM
My last order just arrived, 19 days after ordering and paying with paypal, and registered mail shipping. Seems like they are getting faster with shipping, or maybe the order cleared customs faster. At any rate, I got a load of great jigs for my squidding buddies and myself with plenty of time before the squids arrive. I sure hate losing the Yamashita Naorys at $15-$16 plus tax, not so afraid to go deep at eight bucks, no tax. With the Storm Begix at a buck and a half I can go deep whenever I want and not worry at all about hanging the bottom. The weights on the Storm and Shimanos are smaller than the Naorys but sometimes the slower sink rate works better, and I am going to experiment with adding a little lead solder to a couple to make them sink faster. I have done this with the old wood bodied Martinettis with good results, will have to see if I can get the solder to stick without melting the plastic bodied Storm and Shimanos. I think I will do OK with a small hot soldering iron. I'll post on how I did once I get it done.