J Francho

Acetone is strictly for degreasing and cleaning metal bearings. No rubber or plastic should ever go into acetone.

Yes.

You need to reinstall the internet. ? https://www.livingrubber.com/collections/lumaflex/products/lumaflex-high-tech-fiber-white

Dude, they're like $6. Get your own!

No problem - I got clued in by one of the Hawgtech guys on here, years ago. Before that, I used naphtha.

Not bad. I cover the jars. Get the 100% pure acetone from a beauty supply store.

Acetone leaves less residue behind than naphtha (lighter fluid). I soak in glass baby food or jelly jars. TSI 321 is excellent high speed oil, as is Oust Metol. Both are a little pricey. The average angler can do quite well with Shimano Bantam oil. For grease, I use Cal's and Cal's purple. Shimano Permalub is pretty good too. I used to be able to get a gold lithium grease, but that source dried up. It was great on everything other than drags. If you can find it, Perfect Solution is a great, super fast acting degreaser. You might have to buy it online. I cleared out my local Lowe's before they stopped carrying it. Get yourself a muffin pan to keep track of the parts, and put sub assemblies into each compartment. A nice set of Wiha tools goes a long way, though you can use tools from the local hardware store. You need 1/8 slot head, #0 and #1 Phillips head, and an 11mm (someone double check that size, please!) nut driver. A spool pin remover is nice to have, but not 100% necessary, if you're okay with removing the line on the reel. Other than that, the main upgrade I always do to every reel is replacing drag washers with Carbontex from Smooth Drags. They carry many of the supplies you need, as well replacement bearings, if needed. Good luck!

It's generally all preference. Not much dirt gets in there. Bearings also add weight. When I encounter knob bearings, I pack them with grease. I don't want them spinning free when my hand is not on them.

Rev limiter? I thought red line was 5800.

I don't know, but I've been binge reading.

I like those! Very clean, and not super expensive.

Metal corner trim you use on stairs would be the easiest.

Man up!

Here's a thread where I detail every step in shooting a lure: http://photocamel.com/forum/lighting-technique/18815-anatomy-product-shoot-part-i-lots-images.html https://photocamel.com/forum/image-editing/18832-anatomy-product-shoot-part-ii-lots-images.html

I think it's 4# or 6# line. Burney Haney is his name. I know he has a trout record as well. Trout is pretty stout, I hadn't really looked at it in a while. The smallmouth record might be do-able. I know he's gone out for that as well. Lastly, not a line class record, but I definitely think the NY record rock bass can be beat. That's a topic for another thread...carry on.

I'm thinking it's marketed to the more dedicated angler that frequents these boards. There is probably enough of a market for the guy that is already in the market for two jet skis, and does some fishing. He walks into the dealer with his spouse, and sees one of these, and is sold. It may never had occurred to him that he could add the rodholders, graph, cooler, etc. and to have one already rigged up is convenient. Same concept BPS came up with in their prerigged Bass Trackers.

Nice looking bait! Secret Weapon Lures had a similar product. They used snaps though, and came in a kit. This type of design means you can get away without a trailer hook. If the fish crashes the blades, they still get hooked by the primary hook, since they collapse.Other baits with the rigid arm, hookups suffer. This is actually what I think most people think is a short strike. I noticed it after adding a trailer hook when missing fish. All the fish that day had the trailer hook in the chin. I've since verified this phenomenon visually. Here's the SWL bait:

I can totally see you being a pain, lol.

They've been under the same corp for years.

Any good boat upholstery shop should be able to modify the cover for the new TM.

I agree, and don't really feel like one is better than the other or that they're interchangeable. Different tools, different profile, different behavior in the water. I love me some square bills shallow in spring, but a spinnerbait is the tool if there's a lot of fallen timber.

Questions and answers are what we're all here for! For jigs over 1/2 oz., I use 50# braid with or without a 20# Blue Label leader or 15# Invisx. 1/4 oz. jigs are thrown on either 10# Invisx or a spinning rod with 20# braid with or without a 10# Blue Label leader. For really big jig and worm, I use to throw 25# Invisx, but it's 50 or 65# straight braid these days.

I'll just mention throwing 1/4 oz. bait on 17# fluoro is not going to be fun.

It isn't so much the size of the baits as it is the line capacity. If you're gonna spool up 25# copoly, and chuck swimbaits, then yeah, and maybe think about the Tranx 300. You're talking about 50# braid, with around 12# mono in diameter, so you'll be fine. Shimano gearing on that class a reel will hold up to just about anything.