When I stop and think about it, some shafts that I just bought are for my Albacore 130. But for the 110 I have a South African plated shaft with recessed flopper, a 5/16" stainless threaded shaft stepped down to use a 9/32" slide ring and with rest tab that was made to my order by Masahiro Mori, and a 5/16" staggered flopper shaft with rest tab from
GR Tarr at Red Tide. I've used slip
tips for 20 years since my main target is White Sea bass and they have soft flesh, but recently decided to use floppers for yellowtail. I used to use reels but now use nothing but breakaway, so those stainless loops are handy to keep the float line from pulling the bungee sideways off of the line release. My Albacore 130 came with an 8.5 mm threaded shaft stepped down to 8 mm, and I agree that it's a very nice shaft. In fact after seeing the line hole in the rest tab I drilled holes in the rest tabs on my other shafts.
That butt pad is sure a lot more comfortable than the original and as you said, makes it a lot easier to load the bands. I put one on both of my guns. I think it cost about $35 shipped. I got it from Carlos Ruiz at
draginfly1972@aol.com
I'm sorry to have gotten your interest, but the more I think about it I think
I should stick to my 110 for maneuvering in the kelp and poor visibility. Then for clear open water I have the Albacore 130.