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I have a older Extrem, adjustment tolerences aren't great, but it works fine. My Son has the Johnny Morris...and it works great, really smooth for that price range..So no, they do make some decent reels. I also have a Chronarch...are those 2 reels close in terms of performance...no, but the Morris should be a nice addition to anyones collection imho.

The weedless trout is 6", does a great job of NOT gertting hung up..Just make sure you a have rodthat can throw it..

Lucky for me...Norton blocked and deleted 3 virus's from here...sorry, I don't recall which ones they were.

Again, it depends on the lake, and cover/structure ect. If I had to make a guess, I'd say BC 75 % pf the time. Now I'll vote..

There wasn't a "Both" I use both depending..I'm more accurate with my spinning rig..( don't ask why) If i'm fishing open water, or heavier cover other than having to skip a bait under anything..I use my BC.. So...how should I vote..

I know a couple of Striper guys that use them on Umbrella rigs...

I currenlt have the BPS Rick Clunn BC rod, and an older BPS Extrem BC reel. Never tried a cabela's product. I like my rod, for the $$ it's comfy, fairly sensitive, and does other things besides tossin worms. The reel........well mine is kinda "touchy" i.e. adjustments are very critical..like the spool tension, to much and cast's suffer big time, to little and major overrun, plus the tension affects the play in the spool itself..whereas my other reel doesn't experience that, but it cost alot more. Overall the bps is a good deal if you get em on sale. I think the rod is o.k. for the $$$ on sale and it's a good deal. Knowing what I know now, I probably would have bought other brands...I won't say which ones, as not to start a "brands" loyalty thang here.. :-X

Haha..it's amazing what those 2 little pins do.. ;D

Here's my take on this..If your a righty, and cast with your right hand, why make the switch to your left to crank..? For me, it's So much easier to cast, the with my left reach for the reel to crank instead of changing hands.. Plus, I have more motor skills in my right, so I'm able to work my rod mush better. BTW, I tried a right handed baitcaster...needless to say..I was Lost! ;D To each his own..

Spend some of that $$$ on "Chewing Gum"...

That's why I carry a backpack...you can get a lot of plastic's in there...

Leave em in the bags and toss them into my 3700 storage boxes..For the used plastic's, I get the ziplock bags, after dipping them in JJ's Magic, I then sort them by color..And yes, my tackle boxes do smell..lol

Haha..I knew someone would do that..lol

I recently removed all my brakes on my Chronarch..but 2 on seemed to work the best. 1/2 oz baits is the min. I throw with it.

Strange, my 6" weedless swims fine. Except when the line gets short, say 6' from the rod tip, then it tends to swim funny if you speed it up, or if the rod is not inline with the bait.

Can't speak to the Fireline, cuz all I've used is the spiderwire ultracast. Then I bought some Diawa Samuri, I use the 55# test. This stuff is great, very limp, color doesn't go away or, keep coming off on your fingers. I use it mainly for my swimbait/pitchen rig..Samuri cast's a mile. I can w/o cause totally recomend it. BTW, if you haven't already, check ***..

Flylining them over weeds or grass works pretty good too..

What is it you want to do with it...????? Wormin, cranks, ect...?

If your having line problems, it's likely 1 or 2 things. If you have a size 2500 reel, 10# test is max, lighter is better..Another thing is, and I would guess that if your using line under 10 lb test, your spooling it on backwards ...which is causing the line to jump off the reel...If you have larger reel, the 10# would be fine. I have been using a spinning rig along with a baitcaster for a long time..w/o any issues. Try flylining a 6" roboworm with a baitcaster..

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL...and a safe and prosperous new year...

The Ultrasoft is the way to go..even on a baitcaster..Memory isn't much of an issue for me..

Same here...I did try a new way just for the heck of it..I cut just a tad off the head of the fluke and tied a 3/8 oz scrounger head on, the fluke has to be really straight, but the action was pretty good, I'll keep trying..

Ahhh, it is better to give than recieve.... It'll come back to ya... 8-) Happy Holidays.

I agree re" the weedless hudd's.. Also, I belive TW has them too..we all know they ship Fasr!!! btw, they have the 6" Huuds at a REALLY good price right now...

Good to hear frpm you Russ... Merry Christams to everyone..