J Francho

I hate to say, but clear your cache and reboot. It resolves 99% of the issues.

Hopkins Shorty Lil' Cleo MudBug Zara Spook Wooden Basser Silver Buddy Rapala F series

Prevent only works about half the time in close games. Look my Cowboys last Sunday - they used it for 4 quarters, LOL.

I'm trying to get my head around this statement. What part of the knot affects the line further up on the spool? I'm also a little cautious about claims about never breaking off. I rarely break off. I mean RARELY. Like 3-4 times a year. The break offs that I can't explain come one in one hundred of those break offs. They're almost always user error.

So do soft, safe defenses. I'll never get this aspect of some teams' defense strategy.

A great bait on a bare football jig.

Ok, I see. You do it that way so the fish can run with bait without detecting the weight.

That would be my game plan, LOL.

That's because you are veiwng the results of a query, like "View all new posts" or something generated with a search. You are veiwing the result of that query. When you are in the individual boards, you'll see what Marty described.

As long as the river doesn't dry up, I fish for these:

It might just be a pain. My Merc 115ELPTO starts pretty rough, and usually stalls once or twice before settling in at idle. Once it's warm, she starts with the flick of the key.

I like the crank wood with a jig

Yep, hover over the post, and click the arrow on the left. Afterwards, it looks like this:

If the Denver D is good enough, they could go all the way, and it will get even sillier. Anyone remember who the Ravens' quarterback was in 2000? Me neither.

Similar....I have three though, but they're all drop shot rods, LOL.

Unless I was dragging at some relatively fast speeds, or soaking live bait like softshells, I wouldn't need anything closely resembling that rod. For plastics that are set up weedless, I like a fast to X-fast taper, where the blank transitions from tip to fish moving power quick. With heavy jigheads, like 3/4 tube jigs, I do like a moderate action rod, but anything over 7' just gets in the way, and often puts my bait outside the narrow beam cone on my graph.

Pats, 24-0.

Really dumb question, but the ball on the fuel line is pumped up hard before you start, right?

You must mean, "Don't use a poorly tied Palomar with fluoro," right? Fluorocarbon will really show who can tie a knot and who cannot. If you're breaking off with a Palomar, time to practice your knots. If there's ANY kink or bend in the line after you cinch the tag end, then start over because it's gonna fail. Smallie on 6# fluoro, with a palomar: Brown Trout 8# Fluoro, Palomar: Steelhead, 6# Fluoro Palomar: Largemouth, 12# fluoro, Palomar: Drum, 6# Fluoro, Palomar: Invisx 6 and 8#, Trilene 100% 10 and 12#, Shooter in 20# all work well for me.

Not exactly the same, but I've used a Casting Bubble from Rainbow plastics to fish a fly on spin gear. Lund, why not just leave a long tag end on the mainline to the swivel knot, and attach the split shot there? That's how we rig our bottom bouncers for the salmon runs. You get caught in the river bottom, just yank, and the split shot slides off.

You don't say? Perhaps a vested interest?

I've used the float and fly since the early 90s, and never had any luck calling fish from deep with it. It's almost always a tool for current, or wind blown points in water up to about 8' deep. Good tool for finicky fish, but probably the last thing I'd try in deep water - UNLESS the were suspended, which usually happens near a point or shallow structure anyway.

Your only exposure is probably what you may have seen on TV with the pros. It is what you make it. My method is to have fun first. I keep it loose on my boat. When you are relaxed, you are able to fish better, with confidence. The only time it can be work, is when the weather doesn't cooperate. Some might go home, and wait for better weather. I'd probably be fishing anyway. It's basically going fishing with a bunch of buddies, except at the beginning of the day, you put some money on the table. You'll learn new things, meet new people, and you might win a couple bucks once in a while.

Here's some reports from my perspective. Maybe that'll give you something to chew on: Boater: Non/Co: Do a search for "Flower City" in the My Trips forum, and you can find a bunch more from me.

Utter nonsense. It's like saying don't play softball if you aren't the next Pujols. Tournaments are a great way to learn new skills and hone the ones you already posess.