J Francho

Since when do meteorologists play CYA?

What is this "snow" you speak of?

I usually start at 3/8 oz. and go up. 1/2 and 3/4 oz. is my most used weights, but I have them up to 1.5 oz. for punching thick stuff.

Soap on a rope.

Deviant.

I sincerely hope you are referring to adding wasabi to your soy sauce.

I'm more of a ngere fan, unless it's tuna.

It sort of depends on what the drag slip is for. That could be protecting the gears in the reel, the rod, the line, the fish's face, etc. setting the drag to 1/3 of the weakest aspect (the fish's face doesn't fit here) of the system will never be wrong, and usually is enough to tire a frisky fish. We're talking bass here, so it's not exactly making a ton of really long runs where weird things can happen. Anyone ever do any salmon or steelhead fishing in a tributary will relate. At any rate, I have spent some time measuring how much drag resistance I use (set by winging it) and the math sort of works out. So, I don't think it's totally wrong to wing it, but if you have no idea what you're doing, then maybe measure it with a spring scale as @MN Fisher or @roadwarrior describe. Now, cue the back-reeling vultures I see circling this thread.....

If you are putting W sauce on rice and sushi, you are most certainly doing it wrong.

The B in BFS is for baitcasting. While the idea of light tackle isn't new, using a casting reel is relatively new. I don't think I heard of it before 2005.

That is VERY close to pronouncing my city correctly, lol. Also, was it Mille Vanille?

@Paul Roberts You nailed it. Throw in a couple "That's mint!" and you're still in good standing.

Learn to talk like a pirate, and you can fit right in with us.

A very large percentage, actually makes perfect sense to me.

Wicked smart.

Lake Ontario, south shore, 1993.

I'm wearing my size 7/9/12 wide/narrow boots because it's warm/cold today. ? I see what you're saying, but it still makes no sense to me. So, is this just looking for am all-in-one? Does the "L" refer to the speed? That might make sense. I just don't know what he meant. I stand by my original answer, a M/F is fine for this.

You know what they say....

Cold snap has set in, shallows were frozen over, and I've seen some reports showing safe ice (not on any big lakes yet), so it looks like winter has arrived.

I have three rods that are 8', two 7-11, and a 7-9. Get the 7-9. Anything longer is a gigantic pain in the butt anywhere other than on the water in your hands.

I still don't know what the "L" is for? That's my confusion.

They're good if your shoe size is > 13 or < 8.

Ultra Finesse is the new Light. Rods look great, and are priced right for sure!

Can you explain what this means?