Ya, it was a fun day, Ed wasn't around when I got there, so I took the 12ft. boat with the Min Kota electric motor out on the choppy lake, which was flopping around like a wet dishrag in the wind.
Anyway, for artillery I had my 3pc. Fenwick packrod, Hardy reel and a 7.5' tapered leader with 4# tip on a floating flyline.
For terminal tackle I used a #10 Olive "Pistol Pete", so it appears Dan is also making fishing tackle as well. Within 45 minutes I landed and released 12 largemouth bass, the biggest being 3 lbs. They always give that nice jump after they run deep.
I just trolled close to shore and didn't cast, cause the boat was rocking enough in the wind and driven rain.
So anyway, I heard a chainsaw while I was fishing and it was Ed with Grabcocks 7900. WTF? DB must be a smart man or dark horse, because I have been standing in line to get one, but Ed said there are 6 others ahead of me. Whom I can only assume are: Big Doucheman, Pistol Pete, Ken Dunn, Barky Bark, RJS and Dennis Greffard. Ed also said that he put 90 minutes into his other 7900's, but would put an hour and a half into mine.
Regardless, I brought my coveted 385 KD, which was limping slightly cause I drove over it. So we did some timed cuts with the 7900 against the 385. The 7900 with less than a tank of fuel thru it cut a .92, while the 385, which has over 500 tanks thru it, cut a .98.
So I asked Ed why my 385 was slightly slower, and Ed said, it may be due for a ring job, or it just hasn't loosened up yet.
Then we tached both saws in the wood, the 7900 tached 12,300 and the 385 tached 11,900.
So anyway Doug, as per our conversation, I brought your 7900 home so I can break it in for you.
Ed said, since I have the use of your saw, I may as well send the 385 back to Ken so he can smarten it up a bit, since I have used it so much.
Anywho here's the vid of the 7900.
John