DINK WHISPERER

Yes, as of right now I do. In my time with Abu they only showed me product issues on a mass scale that they would never own up to and garbage customer service. The only Abu I can remember my son having was a spinning one and a Revo X when he was first starting. He since donated them to a friend at school who can't afford gear. I think I told that story here on BR. He pretty much picks his own gear so I let him try what he wants to. It's usually based on aesthetics only though for him ? Whatever matches his rods better. You are free to like what you want as is everyone else. I have good reasons to dislike Abu. What are yours for disliking kastking?

?? At Abu Garcia.

No sir not as of yet. They are pretty heavy gauge. And I use braid too.

Bobby's perfect frog.... Always first.

You're not nuts, haha. Seems like owner does angle the tips like that. The beast hooks are the same way. I bend them down a bit with pliers.

Yes it is just the screw in kind. No idea what size though. I'll look at your recommended sites. Thanks

I need some help here guys. Does anyone know where I might find the back screw in metal piece where the hook attaches to on a devil's horse? I have a couple that are broken/missing. They are still new so I want to salvage them. Thanks

Oh yes he did child! ? I have no idea how those shad got there, true story.

Wouldn't you want to use the more sensitive higher end rod for contact baits? The Sierra 735 would be perfect for jig/worm for most people. I use a Fury 734 for topwater myself.

If you want to catch big fish, fish where they exist. If you want to catch giant fish, fish where they spoon feed them! Yeah . . . . . I said it.

But does every fish have the same capacity to learn or are there dumb ones like in human society? ?

That's ridiculous! And I just jumped on the Shimano band wagon for the first time this yr!

Pics or it never happened!

I ordered a couple Sierras and returned them same day. The actions are way too soft for my liking. Their 734 was comparable to my MH/M crank rod and it's rated H/F. I haven't fished the Curado cuz I hate foregrips on my rods ?.

Look up the C-44 and C-43 canal projects. These along with many other projects are underway as we speak. Things are being done but it may be too little too late. Only time will tell. I'm contracted by the USACE and they are doing what's in their reach to help. I'm totally against the spraying and big sugar 100% but that's a whole different book right there.

I just sold a tournament Pro a couple weeks ago to buy a Curado K.

I don't understand how this is even in question here! Report his arse!

If you're planning to flip heavy cover the problem is finding a spinning rod that will handle it. There's some out there but not much variety.

I'm no tournament Pro but I can tell you I don't sit around and look at maps or study food sources. Yet I'm still pretty darn successful most of the time. I get out and drive around scanning structure and determine lures/techniques based on water clarity and weather conditions. And asides from gin clear water (which I don't fish), I don't worry too much about forage. If a fish only hit baits that look like something they usually eat, we would never catch much. But hey, maybe that's why I'm not a pro ?. Or maybe it's cuz I work with the Army Corps of Engineers 6 days a week like a slave.... Who knows. Tight lines

And what shows us what those wrong places and things are? Time on the water maybe?

I know what Catt said, I asked you. In early comments it was stated that time on the water teaches you nothing but how to cast. This is not true at all. A fish is going to do what it wants regardless of what you want it to be doing or what a book tells you that it should be doing. How many times have fish been caught on lures that look absolutely nothing like what they would ever eat in nature? Given, patterns do work a lot of times but not always and not on every body of water. If anybody really believes that all it takes is a topo map and some research in biology then I'll tell y'all what. We meet on a body of water that I've finished for years and you've never been on. Do all the research and study you want on said body of water. Then go out there and show me what you learned. After that I'll go out there and show you what time on the water in that specific place has taught me. All I am saying is there is no replacement for time on the water and figuring things out on your own. And by you and I I mean anybody in general not just us specifically.

Lucky you my man, haha. I live in Lake Placid (Highlands county).

How is it not?

If it was that dang simple everybody would be catching em?

This was my first thought since we have two pretty good Marine/tackle shops in my small town. I was told they couldn't do it unless it was a big supply in bulk. But that seems to only applies to baits only though.