J Francho

I'll try to hop on.

Drop Shot Split Shot (nose hook them) Ball head jig Wacky jig These are a few ways I fished baits like that.

That isn't a Tennessee thing. We do that up here too. I think this is one year I actually won this.

I'm so sure I want to reminisce and wax poetic about the 70s. They sucked.

Not too many can put there money their money where their mouth is, even at a club level.

There's plenty of round form factor baitcast reels appropriate for bass.

That only works when you're wearing your lucky underwear.

Wow, so young. So sorry for your loss.

My confidence is built up by so much more than just a lure. It almost sounds like a silly thing to me. What happens to your confidence when that lure stops working?

Late 80s were the golden age for hardcore punk music.

Motorhead?

Where did you find that old pic of me?

I mean flamingoes are pink from the beta carotene in the Artemia shrimp they eat.

You're more than welcome to put the junk in your reels. Everyone here warned you. Good luck

Could also be diet related.

You don't mind that it stains brass gears and turns brown? I'd strip all that out with an industrial degreaser and use something else.

Looks like a xanthic color mustation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthochromism

Reel butter won't ruin anything like Hot Sauce, it just doesn't hold up and has to be cleaned and refreshed more often.

The side room is where they dumped the coal to the basement. Almost all the period homes feature it. The access has long been boarded up and the room is part of the house now. Mine serves as my teenage son's bedroom.

I guess the long fins were the delta.

Thanks! It helps I can break most any reel down to single parts with my eyes closed. The mechanicals are simple and it's amazing what a little cleaning, light oil, and "exercise" can do for them.

I'm glad you brought up doors. This is one thing I'm terrible at. I redid all the old school knobs in my old house because the knobs were ugly brass, and I wanted some thing more plain and modern. Getting them to work just right took a lot of tuning. It's probably because no one showed me the process and I just figured it out as I went. I do know how to get a sticky knob working like butter, though. This house has the old style too, with glass knobs that I'm going to keep. A couple of the doors need adjustment. I'm hoping my FIL can help me with that. Four of the doors feature leaded stained glass, two of which are pocket doors that still work fine. I'd like to keep all of them, even the solid wood ones intact and working. There's even a swinging waiter door in the basement that house to the entry connecting the dining room to the kitchen that I'm going put back in when the baby is a little older.

I don't think I'd use a knock off on a bass boat.

Are you talking about this stuff? I have it in my kayak, it's awesome. I don't think you'd be able to wrap anything with it though. It will follow subtle contours, but not 90* corners. https://www.marinemat.net/ or https://www.seadek.com/ These two products are totally UV resistant.

Looks like the only replacement part available from them is a spare spool. You may have reached the usable life of the reel. You can test a bearing of almost any small size on a sharpened pencil or chopstick. It should spin freely and quietly.