J Francho

That's the EXACT one I use ?

Warning, political post.

I'm on my 4th son dude. Put your dad pants on.

Rapala stock hooks are VMC, which are fine. I like to replace with Owner ST-36 for this sized bait.

When I run out of candy, they get cig butts.

If your keylogger is better than theirs, you may make a fortune when they buy it from you for their analytics, lol.

I had a bass patterned Rebel Deep R in the 80s that caught so many species. Clearly, it's not just bass that like to eat bass.

As part of a shop that develops apps for web, (hem)Droid, and iOS, I can confirm this. It sort of tosses a wrench in the continuous deployment model when you have to wait two months before getting bounced back because your screen shot was off by a pixel. They are extremely picky, which is why shifting to an adaptive browser based app is the way to go (like BassResource.com does, just saying...).

Buy him a book instead.

I have a plug knocker style retriever. It has been 100% successful in getting baits back. It's paid for itself many times over.

Here's a start.

The two terms are somewhat synonymous in the industry. Graphite is a crystalline form of carbon.

Looks clean. Was it a single piece of extruded L channel that was cut? I'm trying to envision what it started as.

Get over it.

The bottles aren't pressurized. Any liquid in a sealed container can make a mess, if heated or shaken. So, don't do either. You've been warned.

Ram mount the the head unit, use a deployment arm for the TD, and don't get too fancy with the battery. I have three small boats that I can switch to when needed. In fact, it's so easy to set up, I don't leave my graph on the boat. The dry bag with the battery is stuffed in the bow storage here. Lately, I put it under the seat.

I only use the best - Smackdown! Power Pro chaffes,

I go to bigger, tandem Colorado style blades.

I've described it similarly. It's like you're outside of your own body. What did you play? Do you play at all anymore? My current instrument for the past 5 years, been playing for 40.

Let the man show you how:

Sometime around '93 or '94 I bought a Curado Bantam. It was $10 more than the Citrica, and I did some major hemming and hawing over that $10. Minimum wage was like $3.50/hr back then. I ended up returning it, and going back to a Team Daiwa, which was $30 more at $120. The Curado just didn't turn my screws like my other Shimano reels.

I gave up. Currently knitting some underwear for myself.

At least it's clear that Daiwa and Shimano are trying to sell reels.

I don't think you are overthinking it - reels are expensive. Something in the middle 6 range would be good for those. You can use it for a multitude of other baits if you don't like it.

I even like catching a stick fish over nothing.