SirSnookalot

Standard operating procedure. I'll put liquid fabric softener in the warm water for about 10 minutes. As mentioned line twist and conditioning your line to make it more supple are entirely 2 different issues. Conditioning your line is a good way to eliminate coiling, I would not use too thick of a line either on spinning gear. Once my line is loaded I troll the line out before I fish, the line is perfect then. The act of line being wrapped a fixed spinning spool will create line twist, as opposed to the physics of a b/c. That is not the only reason for line twist in spinning gear (can happen with b/c gear too) would be the type of bait being used such as in line spinners, spoons that rotate and plastic flukes if they are turning over, try and keep the hooked centered. Barrel and crane swivels do not turn much in water, IMO they are nothing but line connectors. BB swivels are somewhat better, but nothing beats a ball chain swivel, I do not believe they are that conducive for bass fishing, although when fishing other techniques and lure types for different species they have been super. Every one of my spinning reels whether they be used in fresh or salt has line twist, braid twists too. I have never had any luck trolling out braid the way mono trolls out. I have Supercast on 2 rigs, the twist has been greatly reduced with that line, but after a few weeks I'm getting ready try and see if this new type of braid will troll out, don't know yet I may do it today.

I don't think so, at least not in my case. Both of my rods that had this problem were brand spanking new. Same brand, same model, 2 different sizes, 2 being a 10/20 mh and the other heavy 25lb. Tried out several different reel brands, did narrow it down to the rod and not the reel. The remedy was easy with a shim, I used newspaper and trimmed the exposed paper with a box cutter.

Those spinners are outstanding. I make lures that like inline spinners constantly rotate and my line twist was giving me fits. Myself and a few of my friends have pretty much solved the problem, that said it will never totally go away, we are using ball chain swivels instead of barrel swivels or BB ones.

Take a shot and call back, Pure Fishing generally comes thru. I don't remember offhand the price and shipping on the handles I replaced for my supremes were about $15 plus shipping.

Not a bit. I've experienced your problem with 2 rods of the same brand and mode, larger rods and larger reels but the concept is the same. Any kind of shim will work fine as long as it feels solid.

Match the rod to the reel if feel and comfort is important to you, you haven't mentioned the size. If possible take your reel with you to the store.

Yep,

I would take my rod shopping with me to see what reel feels best on it. I use an 8.8 oz reel on a med 7' and it's near perfect, on a slightly lighter rod like a 7' ml something in the 8 oz range may fit the bill. If you are giving it this much thought, the only thing to do is match it up person. This is going to be a light duty combo, I'd be going straight 10# braid with no backing, sounds like a nice Florida freshwater pond outfit for bass and peacocks.

It's a toss up between walleye and Lake Superior whitefish. Whitefish can be a generic term for other species in other waters. I like perch a lot too. We had cod last night for dinner, it's really good. Dolphin, swordfish, and barracuda are extremely popular here.

That's bad news. We have a dentist from Michigan as a BR member, I'd like to hear his take on it. I would not forgo dental care due to a report like this, your teeth and gums are very important for your over all health. Gum disease is one of the leading causes of heart attacks.

That was a well known phrase in real estate too, 90% of the business is done by 10% of the people.

My dad was in the fish business for 30 years in Detroit, one of the best selling fish was lake Erie pickerel (walleye) netted commercially from Canada. Another very popular over the counter fish was Lake Superior whitefish commercially caught. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other fish as popular as those 2 for purchase at a fish market in our area of the country.

People use prep h under their eyes to shrink their wrinkles.

3 times past the barb. Treble in the thumb joint, emergency room, discomfort wasn't too bad but the 5 hour wait was. Small sabiki hook on the under my thumbnail, wiggled it loose. Treble thru my calf from a poppa dog, never felt it enter and couldn't image where it landed until I looked down at my leg. Pushed it thru with no problem but I couldn't press it down or cut the barb, luckily a guy came by and he was able to press the barb, it backed right out, I wasn't hurt.

Walleye, aka walleyed pike, pickerel, in the perch family

Get in writing and carry it with you.

From my own perspective heavy rods are for heavy lures and heavy fish. Heavy rods and 50# braid is unappealing to me for bass fishing. My beefiest combo is a med 8/17 spinning rod 7' with a bass sized reel and 12# Supercast. Not a doubt in my mind that I can't land a 10# bass out of Florida slop with this, I've done it with 10# PP on the same outfit.

Over the last few years I've only had braid from one company that didn't measure up to the others. 15# that I could break by snapping with my hands and did it several times. From a strength standpoint it didn't cut the mustard, but I did catch my largest bass of the year and several other good ones on it.

You can cut off the smaller treble, put on a split ring and bigger treble, don't discount using a single hook instead of a treble either. A single hook (siwash) is quite effective for spoons too.

^^^ Couldn't agree more ^^^ Maybe the best advice I ever got way back when I was about 5 or 6 from my dad was, let the fish take the bait. I hear those words every time I get a strike, don't think I ever made a ninja hookset.

I've tried many of those shots myself, not with the same results that top professionals get of course. I gotta say one of the guys I used to play with was snookered from the green by a lot trees. He says "this isn't different than pool I'll play a bank shot off one of the trees". He pulled a 1 out 20 shot for skin.......lol.

I agree about where you grip the rod affecting the balance, I grip my spinning gear on the foregrip and it's more comfortable to me. I'm only somewhat concerned not overly concerned about balance, using different lure weights on the same combo is going to change the feel. I'm so used to using anywhere from say 1/2 oz to an ounce on mh rod I don't really pay much atttention to any difference.

A fish that size should not be much of problem to hold behind the neck area, I'd use a little more caution with one larger, it's a wonderful eating fish.

I wish your dad well.

When I saw that video the other day I tried it along with my normal back flick. I don't believe I was using the most conducive set up, the species dicating my gear, 7'6 10/20 mh with a 4000 reel. Using both methods I put my lure in roughly the same same spot just about every time and the lure entering the water with the same angle and splash. I found the back flip to be a tad easier but probably because I'm just used to doing it that way.