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Let's Simplify My Bag!

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Dec 11, 2012
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Years playing/experience: 4 years of DG.
Age: 20
Sex: M
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: I carry every shot I need, but then again I carry WAY too much! I'm the kind of guy who throws different molds in different situations.

Specific areas of desired feedback:
Everything and anything you see that overlaps, let me know!

Immediate and long-term goals:
Simplify my bag, gain some distance

Throwing Style: LHBH

Bag: Revolution Dual Pack

Putters:
KC Aviar (3) - 2 for inside the circle only and then one for jump putts that's a little straighter. I'm a hyzer putter so they're nice and stable.

Approach: <250 ft
Star Wedge - turnover shots and hyzer flips that finish left
R-Pro Dart - tunnel shots that go dead straight
Star Aviar PnA - Approaches, anything inside 150 ft
KC Pro Aviar - Stable driving putter
Champion Big Bead Aviar - Overstable driving putter/approaches

Midrange: 200-300 ft
Star Gator - Spike hyzers and overstable shots, headwinds
Champion Roc3 - Straight shots in a headwind and smooth hyzers
Champion Mako3 - Straight shots
CE QMS - Holds a smooth turnover shot throughout the entire flight
Champion Spider - slightly more overstable than the other Spider, will throw this one if there's a headwind compared to the other
Champion Spider - flies straight like the Mako3 but in a headwind
Champion Panther - turnover shots or hyzerflips in the woods

Fairways: 290-330 ft
Champion Firebird -superflat 12x that's only for spike hazers and thumbers
C-line PD - overstable fairway faster than my Eagle, hyzers only
Champion Eagle-X - very stable! Used for hyzers between the FB and PD
Champion Eagle-L - straight shots
Gstar Leopard - hyzer flip to flat or slight turn overs
Star Leopard - hyzerflip to turn or huge anny shots

Distance Drivers: 350-375 ft
Star XCaliber - Very overstable, headwinds and huge hyzers
Star Destroyer - SDS for hyzers and straight in hurricane winds
Star Destroyer - flippy destroyer, panning anny shots
Star Boss - max distance only, too flippy for headwinds
Star Boss - newer Boss, max distance in a headwind
Star Wraith - finesse driver, very controllable, straight hyzer or anhyzer
Gstar Krait - flies like my Wraith in a headwind
Star Beast -roller and big anhyzers
 
If it were my bag, I'd:

a) Pick either the Dart or Wedge
b) keep Gator and Roc3, take out two midranges from the neutral to understable range (Spider, Mako, QMS, Panther) cutting down to 4 midrange molds
c) leave the fairways alone
d) keep the XCal and Beast as specialty discs but then only bag one "versatile" mold (Boss, Destroyer, Wraith, Krait) and have multiples beat into different stabilities
 
i dont know what you prefer but it seems to me you could go

Gator, Roc3, Mako3, QMS for your mids and be fine.
 
Putters:
KC Aviar (3) - 2 for inside the circle only and then one for jump putts that's a little straighter. I'm a hyzer putter so they're nice and stable.

Approach: <250 ft
Star Aviar PnA - Approaches, anything inside 150 ft
Champion Big Bead Aviar - Overstable driving putter/approaches

Midrange: 200-300 ft
Star Gator - Spike hyzers and overstable shots, headwinds
Champion Roc3 - Straight shots in a headwind and smooth hyzers
Baseline Plastic Roc

Fairways: 290-330 ft
Champion Firebird -superflat 12x that's only for spike hazers and thumbers
C-line PD - overstable fairway faster than my Eagle, hyzers only
Gstar Leopard - hyzer flip to flat or slight turn overs

Distance Drivers: 350-375 ft
Star Destroyer - SDS for hyzers and straight in hurricane winds
Star Wraith - finesse driver, very controllable, straight hyzer or anhyzer
Star Beast -roller and big anhyzers

Seems like you have a lot of discs for certain shots that are fairly similar. You have twice as many discs as I do and tons of different molds yet not many which are very different. There is a happy medium between being confident in your shots and discs in relation to the amount you need in the bag. If I had too many similar molds like you do honestly I would have a hard time picking one to throw. Having a "go-to" disc and learning how to work it is always more beneficial than having one which you "expect" to fly a certain way for X shot in Y condition.
 
Decide between the Panther, Leopards, and QMS.
It seems like you trust your Spiders more than your Mako3.
I would also decide between the Eagle and the PD.
You could probably also drop 2-3 of your 6 Aviars.

If it were me, I'd go Aviars, Spiders, Leopards, Eagles, Wraith, Destroyers. But the Roc3, Gator and Firebird would be tough to kick out of the bag.
 
Wow... That's a lot of discs.

A good guide is to pick 1 disc for each stability for each slot: putter, mid, control driver and distance driver, then 1 utility disc. Bonus points if your utility disc can serve another purpose!

I'm a minimalist, so I try the opposite approach and learn to throw my discs for all shots either FH or BH as needed. The Buzzz, Sidewinder, Nuke, and Tesla in my sig are either things I'm breaking in, learning to throw, or function for specific situations.
 

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