kaka'ako kool... pretty cool.

kaka’ako kool is an interesting place.  they sell shave ice, other food and snacks, and the place is filled with old and collectable toys.  jana is the manager of kaka’ako kool and a super nice girl.  i got the reel which was in really good condition and we chatted for a bit.  i found out that the owner is quite a collector and is constantly buying stuff for, and selling stuff from, his collection.  sounds like someone i know, well at least the buying part.  since i was there, i also got a shave ice (vanilla with ice cream and a snow cap) that came in a cool plastic flower cup thing.  i’m not a big shave ice eater but the shave ice was pretty damn awesome.  if you want some good shave ice or are into old toys from back in the day, jana at kaka’ako kool is a definite check out.

vanilla shave ice with ice cream and a snow cap.  awesome.

i finally got around to cleaning up the reel and getting it ready to get back action.  wednesday rolled around and it was time for it’s debut.  i spooled the scientific angler system 7 reel with cortland 444 classic line and hung it on my g loomis classics glx 6wt.  yeah, that’s a lot of “classic”.  it was a perfect combination and very period coordinated.  i like that.

we got out on the water and, as has been the case for me lately, i had a pretty tough time out there.  the setup i was using was excellent.  every time i fish a classic glx, it reminds me of how absolutely ridiculously good casting this rod is.  there are lots of great rods out there but, to me, this is still the all time best.  there were quite a bit of fish around, i just couldn’t get any of them to bite.  i pulled out just about every trick in that twenty year old giant santa clause bag of tricks i haul out every time with me on the water.  no dice.  i was beginning to think that the reel, although sweet, was lacking in the juj department.  hours went by and all i got was the middle finger (or fin) from every single bone i cast to... sometimes like that.

finally at the zero hour i hooked one.  it, of course, ran and popped off.  right then i knew that it was over.  though the fat lady hadn’t peeped a note yet, i could tell she was definitely warming up.  i was done, but my system 7 reel was still in the fight.  in the face of defeat it summoned up every last bit of juj it had and hooked me a little day saver micro bone... and then another.  these were tiny fish, under a pound, but it is on this size of fish that the six weight shines.  these tiny bones were just as much fun to catch as any ten pounder that i  have caught before.  my latest addition to the team, the scientific anglers system 7 reel, officially began a new chapter in its life.  welcome to the family.  i’ll see you on the water.