J Francho

Is glass a prerequisite?

Bring an empty box. Everything you cut off while fishing goes in there. When you get home, cut off everything you still have tied on and put in another empty box. After a month, label the former "Junk" and the latter "Keepers."

Can't forget it now! I can edit your profile to reflect all that is THE POODLE TAIL! Ok, I'm done teasing. You could try cutting down and putting a rubber cap on the end.

That's pretty much what cranking looks like on my boat. Didn't think it was unusual at all, but I grew up cranking.

1. Not packing your gear 2. Not going to the lake 3. Not casting your line out

Musky snack.

Is there a question in there?

Ok, but I thought you had a Beekley Rod? I'm lost. The poodle thing has me confused. Anyway, I find certain butt cap materials catch my shirt more than others. EVA is one of those.

What makes you think the big bass are deep? A little tip…back at the ramp, complain out loud near walleye guys about catching bass. Look for sympathy. They will commiserate in your misfortune and probably give up a couple deep bass locations. Otherwise, that's a tight lipped crowd.

Spro, Lazer, Owner all make good rings. I eyeball the size.

Purple is your signature color.

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A poodle tail? What is that? Anyway, you might consider a custom for you special requirements. They're not as expensive as you think, and you get more for your money.

FYI, when you freeze chlorinated and fluoridated water, you freeze those chemicals in the water. You want use a treatment like Sure Life to eliminate them, since they're bad for the fish.

I disagree, I see hard work all around. Laziness does have quite a bit more exposure now with technology. Maybe that's not so bad, means people might respect hard work more, if they notice it.

Good stuff. My unfortunate steelhead events are centered around fishing for bass. Too bad for me, but lucky for the chrome.

Rhetorical, something to think about. There's a bit of semantics in the exact words as well, meant to trigger thought. Probably way more into than most teens can handle, but it has a purpose.

Probably when, heh.

Stroker is what I'd get if I go for another high speed hull.

Go slow, pick baits that either appeal to you or solve a problem where you fish. Get proficient, and move to the next bait. Have fun, above all.

If you want to reel it in, use a bait designed for that. There's plenty of "swimbait" plastics out there to pick from. Or put the fluke on a scrounger head, just don't tell A-Jay I told you so.

Not in the example I detailed, using the materials I outlined. You can change the parameters all you want to suit your opinions, it doesn't change facts.

Or more than one tool....

What I see in the picture is a shielded bearing pack, not sealed. The entire assembly can be soaked in a degreaser, scrubbed clean in warm water, dried, and the bearing properly oiled without complete disassembly. I would also swab the threads with an oil soaked eye shadow applicator. I've stopped using cotton swabs since they shed fibers.

Hopefully a more detailed post will help. A look at our articles section for more in depth info on flukes may help too. So, a “fluke” is a descendent of the venerable Slug-O. The way it is intended to be used, is cast out, let settle, and twitch the rod tip to move the bait. When you accumulate enough slack, reel in and repeat the process. The bait randomly will veer left, right, up, down, do loopty-loops, etc. How quickly you run through these steps depends on how deep you want the bait to run, and how much weight you’re using. Depth and speed can be tuned by weight, and that can mean using a small wacky hook through the nose, to a heavy duty EWG. You can also use weighted swimbait hooks, or add your own. When rigging, try to get it as straight as possible, though it really doesn’t have to be perfect. If your bait is “barrel rolling, you’re either just reeling it in, and not letting the bait do it’s thing, or you’ve rigged it on the hook very poorly. Even correctly rigged, some twist is inherent. Coupled with the fact that most use a spinning rig to skip the unweighted bait, and you may want to consider a swivel and leader arrangement. When I do this, I use a rig with braid – usually 20#, and an 8-12# leader of fluoro or copoly. Before tying the swivel to my mainline, I thread a small plastic bead onto the mainline. It serves to protect my tip top, and as an attractor, of sorts. To me, it looks like a minnow chasing a bug. There aren’t any rights or wrongs, but try to do something too far outside the normal use gets you bad results, like barrel roll. If you are still convinced that the barrel roll is “wrong”, consider trying a light swimbait hook 1/16 to 1/8 oz. and a more aqua dynamic bait with a paddle tail better designed for swimming.