J Francho

Abu 5600WS "Wiffle Spool" This one has: Smooth Drags ABEC 5 Ceramic Hybrid Bearings Smooth Drags Carbontex Washers Vetted and polished steel washers Revo Toro 50 oversize handle and knobs Stainless Steel Knob Bearings Slower C3 main gear and pinion Casts big swimbaits like a dream. Much lighter than the oft recommended Shimano Calcutta.

The same person could probably also explain why red line disappears, but red hooks attract.

This fish was was caught on a discontinued JDM crankbait, on 8# CXX, using an Avid AVC70MM. To think I was lucky to get it back is a HUGE understatement.

I used to make two runs a week from Rochester to Buffalo, and one run from Roch. to Syracuse. Every other week to the Southern Tier. You figure out how to drive in it. And giving yourself time for the other guy and your own moronic driving is definitely the key. Yeah, everybody screw up once in a while, even me. :-X ;D

Case in point on lunch break.... Can only go about 25 mph due visibility and traffic lights. Nut case in HUGE suv passes me at about 50. Light ahead changes, he's in the ditch. I see him drive himself out of the ditch OK, so I don't have to OnStar his butt (LOL). Get this....a little ways down the road, and he passes me AGAIN. Guess what? He slides off the road again. Amazing. It only took me one time to touch a hot stove to figure it out. ;D ;D ;D And Grim, I don't care if you drive or not. Just stay out of the left lane, and be careful. Good snow tires transform awful winter cars into snow machines. I think the ones on my old Maxima were Michelin Actic Alpins.

There's a lot more to driving than just 10-2. I hope none you guys drive a vehicle standard transmission, windshield wipers, heater, radio, turn signals, etc. : Seriously, if you aren't comfortable operating in these conditions, don't drive in them. This is BAU where I live. I think 35 mph on the highway was the "going rate." Any faster, and stopping distances are too long. The main thing is to anticipate other drivers, and leave room for both your error and the others as well.

Phht, better yet, cell phone cam. ;D Seriously though, I wasn't moving in the 1st one, and the road was pretty clear in the second. If you can't handle snapping a cell phone pic, then you probably shouldn't drive.

LOL, yep! Leaving the house for the highway to work: And the highway:

I can only guess that you're selling something, or working on a bait that harnesses this idea. Correct?

Yeah, break offs are just as much fun! In other words, the inserts are there for a reason.

LOL, I mostly like my flukes to float, or stay at the surface. I work them really fast.

No idea.

Send me your receipt for the points, LOL. ;D Speaking of.....admit it, who has snuck their rewards card in on your buddy's purchase? Its a long standing tradition when our club goes as a group.

We've been wondering what's going on up there for a while, LOL. ;D ;D ;D

There's a lot of "stuff" inside that interferes with the hook's bite.

Massive quote tag failures in this one, LOL.

Raul, you for got the KVD DVDs you'll need to watch in order to put all that stuff to use.

The easy answer? Don't use weights with inserts. Hopefully this will answer your next question: http://www.alleystungsten.com/Insert_Free_Tungsten_Weights.html

I was talking about the line conditioner, as it related to the original question. 8-)

Rooster, look at the link and the video. You're tying it all wrong. You loop the LEADER, and wrap the braid around that.

Here is 2 year old 15# Power Pro in red, treated with KVD L&L. Next to it is 20# Power Pro in green that is one season old, also treated. I don't know why more don't use the stuff. Its one of those things that actually lives up to the hype.

You do realize the special members sale is from 6 pm to 9 pm tomorrow, right? Double your points. Hourly raffles. Special deals.

In the past 7 years using Power Pro, nothing. Not one issue with braid and guides. From $40 All Stars or Shimano Convergence, on up to Legends, GLX, and IMX.

If your Alberto slips, you're not going back through the loop the way you came in.

#1 through 7/0, depending on what weight/bill size. http://www.***.com/Luck_E_Strike_Scrounger_Jig_Head/descpage-LKESTSC.html