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Shallow crank trailing a deep crank would work I think.

Ordered myself another Pro Caster (third one) and a few Sworming Hornet heads last night. BTW, the discount applied when I only had the reel in the cart.

Two of the navy Procasters are to arrive at my house on Tuesday,

That video of the frog is amazing!!

Holy Inflation Buster Batman!! That did it for me.....I'm in for two....maybe three.

Great bait! Got a bag of the Green Pumpkin in on a big plastics lot I purchased a while back. Gave them a try and was the only bait producing that day, I was hooked. I got the chance to pick up a few bags more when Academy had them for 30% off a couple weeks ago. Going to try the Watermelon next. The claws don't seem to last long. I have caught several fish on a single claw Chigger craw though. I love the Rage Craws also but sometimes the fish need to see something a little different. Seems like the Rage Craws are more durable. I fish both on a light T-Rig.

This thread needs new life. The reel that I have been the most impressed with lately is the H2O Xpress Mettle reel from Academy Sports. Put some reel grips on mine and they run competition with my Citicas as to which goes for a boat ride. Check them out here. http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content&target=products/outdoors/fishing/reels_baitcast&start=8&selectedSKU=0112-40429-1000 Six-pin centrifugal braking that resembles the Citica's, 10 bearings, casts a mile with light lures and I've had very minimal backlashes. Quiet and smooth.

Man you guys are the greatest! I brought some Simple Green home today and will get on them tomorrow or the next day.

I just snagged a new 8030MG Pflueger Supreme off Ebay and it arrived yesterday. Matched it to a Quantum Tour Edtion PTS704F rod. Tested it out today on several bass from 1-3 lbs. Love the feel of this reel. It's light and the drag is awesome! The MG handle is to my liking also. I have two of the Trions and the Pflueger spinning reel drags are superb. I've landed 30 inch stripers on my Trions in the past and had no drag problems at all with them, even when they stripped almost a whole spool of line out. For my money it's Pflueger spinning reels all the way. I see one of these new XT reels in my future also.

I have two Fenwick Techna AV rods that have accumulated some type of ?algae? residue inside the guides. Where I've been fishing lately there is a lot of vegetation and I've noticed some of this same stuff on some of my reel seats iin the past. I usually use a wet wash-rag and scrub it off of the reels and seats. The guides are a bit more intricate to deal with. I thought I might use a q-tip with alcohol and then follow up with a damp rag. Any ideas?

How long should the leaders be in these situations?

I'm thinking green is the best color. :-? Ohio Basmaster, what knot are you using when you're not using a leader? I've noticed that a longer than usual tag end makes a difference in the number of fish break offs with the Yo-Zuri. Will this be true if I use braid with no leader?

I have four Citica 200Es, two H2O Xpress Mettles, one BPS Extreme, all are lined up with Yo-Zuri Ultra Soft. All but the BPS have 10lb. clear and the BPS has 6lb. green. The 10lb. has a breaking strength of approx. 15lb. and the 6 right at 12lb. Been using this stuff for about three years now. I use a polomar knot for everything, terminal tackle, cranks, plastics, even tying line together and to the reel spool on an initial fill. I usually catch fish in the 1-3 lb. range in my "honey hole" and so the Ultra Soft is more than enough for that. But my home lake has been yielding 8-9 lb. fish recently and I'd like to get into a couple. So I'm thinking of changing one or two of the Citicas to braid. Which is the best for slinging stuff from 1/8 to about 3/8 oz. baits? Most supple, easy to work with? Leader or no leader? Best knot for a leader? Why even use a leader? Can I cover all the water column from top to bottom? Which baits shouldn't I consider braid for? Should I put some mono backing on the reel? Spool the reel super tight or just tight? Guys this will be completely new to me as I was always using mono before I started using the Yo-Zuri. Thanks in advance for all the good info I'll accumulate form this thread. I know there's a wealth of knowledge here at Bass Resource.

Thinking about the 1000FD. Looks like they're comparable to the Saharas from a couple of years ago. The graphite frame has me a bit concerned. I would use it not just for drop-shot or shaky head, but for casting and retrieving light T-Rigs and cranks mainly. Strength, smoothness, and ease of retrieve is what I was wondering about. It would be spooled with 6 lb. Yo-Zuri Ultra Soft.

The BD7 is a great sumer bait. I agree, "get it wet". They are easy on the hands as far as cranking goes, move through the water column with ease, even at 14-18 ft. deep which is what they're rated for. Use mono line in about 12-15 lb. test and it will run at that depth. Use lighter line to run deeper and heavier to run a bit shallower. S-L-O-W is the key retrieve for me when using these. I use a 5.1:1 ratio reel.

HAWG!!!

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Wow! Great responses. I actually have some Kalins left from back in the day, 3" and 5". Forgot all about rigging them tex-rigged weightless, used to do that for my daughter when we'd fish ponds. She usually outfished me then too, but that was sure OK by me. I'll be out early Thursday morning on one of my favorite spots and I'll be throwing grubs, grubs, grubs. Weightless, shaky head, ball head, light c-rig, light t-rig, and maybe even one on an open hooked buzzbait. I'll post back my results. Keep the good responses coming guys. As usual Bass Resource posters have a wealth of good info.

Citica. 6.3:1 is a great all around speed for just about any lure you want to throw. Slow down a little on deep running cranks. Speed up for burning a lipless or for bubbling a frog across the surface. Spinnerbaits, no problem. Plastics, easy to adjust to with almost any speed reel. The new Curado 50E is a 6.3:1 reel I believe. Lot more "coin" than the Citica E though.

I used to fish curl tail grubs a lot when I first started bass fishing and had a lot of success with them in ponds and in my home lake. I also used Sassy shads a lot then in the lake and would always rig them with the swim tail down, of course. My question really comes form looking back over those years and realizing that when I would rig a curly tail with the tail down it seemed to catch more fish when I would slow reel it just above the bottom. I think it also helped the jig to be more weedless and snag proof. My theory is that the tail would be wiggling in the silt and bottom junk and creating a mud trail. Or if in the weeds, slapping the tops of the weeds as it wiggled by, keeping the hook just above the weeds. In either case the tail was what was sending the "feel" back to my hands, and not the jighead itself. When I rigged tail up was when I fished shallower and with a faster retrieve, sometimes even waking the grub just under the surface. Back then I just used standard ball-head jigheads in 1/8 (my favorite), 1/4, and occasionally a 3/8 oz. size. With all the types offered now, I'm going back to thinking about fishing "grubs" more. Swim-tails, flukes, paddle-tails, and the old curl tail. I've picked up several colors of Fat Albert single tails and I have a ton of Flukes, still have Sassy Shads, even have some of the old Cabelas"Mr. Mean" grubs left. Been checking out Houdini Shads also. I have some Road Runner heads, slider type, darter type, minnow head, as well as standard ball head type jigs right now. Looking to add Scrounger heads and Sworming Hornet heads later. Mainly will be swimming these but I'm open to any other suggestions you guys might have.

Here's a couple of pics of one of the old "swivel jigs" I found in my back stock. It came rigged with a Tru-Turn Brute hook.

Exactly!

Uh, I get it. TR is the only way I fish the Rage Craws, both the Baby and the originals.

The old and original OKlahoma produced Hart Tackle used to offer something similar to that jig called a "swivel jig". Came in a blister pack with a plastic craw attached. Anyone else remember these? They were made in Stratford, OKlahoma along with the entire Hart line at that time.

Lots of threads on fishing flukes here at BR. Just hit the search feature and type it in. There's plenty of rigging ideas. Flukes are very versatile baits.