yossarian

Mine came in last night, and it looks awesome. Man that Gammi hook is sharp. The wife said it looked good enough to be a christmas tree ornament.

I don't think the words I want to type about Tims fish, will get through the curse filter. That must be a huge fish considering how large the kid is. I should be getting mine in the mail today. I guess I am fishing this weekend.

Great Thread, but it raises a question in my mind. If I have a lure that comes equipped with a split ring, is there any benefit to using a loop knot also? I do, but would prefer to just use a clinch or palomar.

This is Awesome.

One response from Atlanta, just sent.

I have to give another Vouch to the yozuri Pins Minnow, definitely my go-to confidence bait. It might not catch the biggest fish, but i have caught my PB Large mouth on one at 5#'s.

It is definitely a small spool, not necessarily shallow for it's size.

Thanks everyone, I will have to try a variety of things.

I don't where you are in Atl., but the Sports Authority next to the Northlake Mall had a couple Daiwa Regal 1000's on clearance last time I was there. They had them marked down to $29.97 with an additional 30% off. That's a great deal on a very nice little reel. Thanks for the heads up, and d**n if I wans't just up at perimeter yesterday, and did not even think of stopping at SA. May have to check out that deel.

Instructions? you must be confusing me with the more intelligent gender. Just kidding, I did not refer to the reel manufacturer instructions, if I even have them. Your response certainly raises the question of how to spool a spinning reel. Today I have read, on this very site: line off the bottom - assuming I am looking at the narrow edge of the spool Line off spool Counter clockwise - assuming I am looking at the wide side of the spool (and my kids can maintain proper pencil holding technique) supply Spool on floor - coming off in some specific direction? Do those line spooling tools make this agonizing riddle any more clear or easy? (was that a monkey voice in my head?) Oh, to answer your question, I believe I had my wife holding the supply spool so that the line came off counter clockwise from my perspective at the business end.

Thanks, I definitly think oversspooling may have been one issue. I was using the second of two spools filled and it likely had the extra few yards off a new line spool that always seems to go to waste. Line weight should not have been an issue, as it was only 4# test. I tried to keep an eye on the spool holder I enlisted to help, but if I yell at my wife about properly holding the line, she gets upset. Who am I kidding, I am just trying to justify the monkey on my back who keeps telling me to buy a new UL Reel for trout season.

I have a 4'6" UL ugly stick that I have had for 10 years or so, purchased as a combo with an appropriate sized Shakespeare reel. I recently replaced the shakespeare reel with an inexpensive BPS UL reel. I feel like I am experiencing a higher than normal occurence of loops on my spool. I assume that this is caused by line twist, and I am doing what I can to prevent that (closing bail by hand, drawing line tight to bail, trying to make sure that line goes on spool properly at initial spooling, letting line drag behing canoe periodically) Sunday it caused me great consternation because of the frequency. Do you pros have any input as two what I can do? Is it a guarantee that I spooled the line improperly (just done the night before)? Is it just a fact that an inexpensive spinning reel will do this more often than a higher quality one? Please help me with this, as this is the primary set-up I use for the upcoming trout season.

the bait monkey attacked me at Wally World on Saturday and I bought a pack of these too. I took one for a swim on Sunday but did not really see any motion to it while casting and retrieving. I sure would like to know how to present these too.

I can't offer any specific advice, but I do know that there is a lot of farm pond fishing in that area. Good fun from what I can tell.

I am not going to say why, but that last post made me laugh.