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Look at my posts further up.

Who have you heard say they were good? Rapala? Or people that have never fished any other type of lipless? Only kidding - partly. I've tried them. Like Rapala's previous lipless, they APPEAR to have very little action at any slow speed. You have to retrieve them at a pretty good clip to see any appreciable action. The upside is that are big baits. They are nearly twice as thick as just about any other lipless. And they nose-stand on the bottom. In fact, of all the lipless I've tried, then are the best and standing on their noses on the bottom. They may make good bed fishing lipless baits. Excellent hooks. Good colors. And the clear finish with the reflective insert has proven to be a very good design with other Rapala baits.

If you are new to the site, peruse the articles in the "Fishing Articles" section. This section has articles on fluoro. Should more than answer any questions you have. http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/bass-fishing-articles.html#equipment Welcome to the forums!

In all seriousness, here's a good review of the reel... http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwablackwidow2.html

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Take your Citica back and get yourself a Zebco Hawg Seeker with Electronic Bite Alert. It's the reel Shimano copied to make the Calais DC.

Now here is a sleeper jerk, IMO. The Daiwa DB Minnow SP. It dives to about 3 feet. It's swings widely in the water. Suspends at about a 45 degree angle, and casts like a friggin' rocket. For under $10, you can't beat this jerk.

Someone mentioned the Jackall Squad Minnow. That's another great jerk. I have caught a couple of fish on that. It doesn't cast quite as well as the LC Pointer since it doesn't have any shifting weights. But it has a better action, IMO. And it stops instantly. I only have two but I will get more.

I have tried them, but haven't caught anything on them - yet. I bought my first one too late in the year to really get into fishing it. I have big expectations for them. They have an amazing action, absolutely spastic in the water. They stop really quick. Ima says they dive 6'-8', which seems about right from what I have seen.

Daiwa >=Abu Garcia>Quantum>Zebco>Shimano

One reels is a Daiwa. The other reel wishes it was.

I even use Yo-Zuri Hybrid for fishing frogs. It's stronger than its rated test. It has virtually no stretch. And it doesn't foul up on high water lilies like braid always seemed to do for me.

I saw these up-close for the first time at the Richmond Fishing Expo. They look really great. I'd like to know how they act in the water, particulary the lipless.

Yo-Zuri Hybrid is excellent line.

Mmmmm. Royal Crown, Grape Nehi. I even liked Shasta sodas.

Maybe this is old news, but this is the first I've seen of the new Daiwa Trillionaire and Black Widow. Looks like they are based on the Exceller and TD-A, respectively. http://www.***.com/descpageRLCDAIWA-DTRCR.html http://www.***.com/descpageRLCDAIWA-DBWCR.html

I just took 10 inches off the shaft. That was a pain in the butt. The head is held on by a cross screw that passes through the center of the shaft. It passes between the wires that come up from the motor into the head. There is no inner shaft and no theads anywhere. I removed the top half of the head and disconnected the wires that, as Cart stated, were held together by male/female connectors. I took the head off, and it ain't easy getting the screw out. Once the head was off was I marked off 10 inches. I was intent on cutting the shaft while leaving the motor on the shaft to minimize breaking any water-proof seals (if there are any). I used a pipe-cutter and started to turn. That friggin' shaft has some thick walls and that carbon fiber is hard. I was making next to no head-way so I started to carefully saw with a hack saw. That was an effort in futility, too. So I got out the grinder and and a silica disk and was able to carefully cut the shaft off. Then I leveled and beveled the end so it would slip back into the head more easily. I put the head on and drilled the cross hole using the holes in the head as a guide. This has to be done VERY carefully since the wires are still in the shaft. I shortened the wires, put new connectors on and hooked everything back up. The job is easy in concept, but hard to execute. Cutting the shaft is 90% of the job. If you do it with the wires still in it, you have to keep cutting around it until it comes off so as not to damage the wires inside. And you have to make sure that when you put the head screw back in it passes between the wires in the shaft. There isn't enough room for both of the wires to be on just one side of the screw.

CONGRATS!

That's not sexy. This is sexy...

Jackall is popular. But they can be a wee bit hard find. For the most part, their baits compete directly with Lucky Craft in terms of styles, perform, and price (though each company makes some styles the other doesn't).

I like you.

DOOD, that's awesome! Great post and good videos. Native fishies are more interesting that exotics.

Who wants a big clunky reel that looks like it came straight from the 1950's? I agree, that's another reason to choose the EXT. I hadn't really thought of that.

Like the Revo's.

Obviously, a cardboard box big enought to hold it. I'd put the reel inside a zip-lock freezer bag with your note to Abu about the problem. Put it in the box. You can use those plastic grocery sacks to use for padding and filler. I'd mail it USPS Priority Mail with deliver confirmation, as stated in Snooks post. The reason I'd send it priority mail is it will get there days earlier for only a buck or two more.