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I don't know if I can really say I have a "favorite." I listen to almost every genre of music there is. If you really forced me to listen to one thing though..... Stevie Ray Vaughan or B.B. King would be just fine. Both of them on the same song would be even better.

I can honestly say that I did not expect that one.

Casting: 7'3" M Fast 30lb braid - Light or weightless Texas rigs and jigs 7'0" M Fast 30lb braid - Drop shot, weightless plastics, 1/8 oz and under Texas rigs 6'10" MH XFast 30lb braid or 12lb fluoro - Texas rigs, wacky rigs, and jigs 7'6" MH XFast 40lb braid - Frogs, flipping, and larger texas rigs 7'6" MH ModFast 40lb braid - Spinnerbaits, deep cranks, plastic swimbaits, worms, and jigs 7'6" Glass/Graphite Composite M Fast 12lb fluoro - Crankbaits, jerkbaits Spinning: 7'2" M XFast 20lb braid - Weightless worms, plastic jerkbaits, drop shot, wacky rig, flick shake 6'10" MH Fast - Multi purpose medium weight rod 7'0" M Fast 8lb Copolymer - Multi purpose lightweight rod All my rods are subject to a fluoro leader with the exception of the cranking rod and copoly spinning rod.

/facepalm

Spinning: 8lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid for small finesse lures. Spinning: 20lb Power Pro w/ 12lb fluoro leader for drop shots, giggy heads, wacky rigging, flick shakes. Casting: 30lb Power Pro w/12lb-14lb fluoro leader for Texas rigs and jigs. Casting: 40lb Power Pro w/12lb-14lb fluoro leader for plastic swimbaits, spinnerbaits, worms, jigs, topwaters. Casting: 40lb Power Pro for frogs and flipping. If I'm doing neither of those I'll put on a 14lb fluoro leader and use it as a bigger Texas rigged worm or jig rod. Casting: 12lb Fluorocarbon for cranking and jerkbaits.

You know, thats probably what it is. I'll have to read the label to see how much sugar is in it. Gotta be a ton.

I used to drink this stuff as a kid. Publix had it on sale for 5 bucks for 3 of of the big jugs of it. Bought it for the kids. I know it's probably not all that good for me, but d**n, I forgot how good this stuff was!

The flick shake, flea flicker, etc etc is just another method of wacky rigging. It's normally associated with fishing a little deeper. Weightless wacky rigs fall fairly slowly, this just helps you get down to the depth you want a little quicker. It's one of my favorite ways to fish. There are people on the forums though that will tell you to just use a weightless wacky rig and let it fall. It really depends on the situation you're using it in. Another option if you need a very light weight, is to take your hook and crimp on a small split shot, or clam weight to the shank.

Rofl Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one around here with a beard. Great fish Robert. I still love that rod. I need to search and look for the post with the pictures of it. I need some tackle porn to drool over... http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1264371880/0 That'd be it. I'm not sure if I like the green portion of the rod, but man that thing looks sweet. I'm digging that bent handle.

I've seen that one before. It still makes me laugh. The dude in the car was having one seriously rough day. I just love the part at the end where the cop looks at him driving away and says, "Bye."

You might try sending a PM to Bantam1.

Yes they are. Cumaras are an IM10 blank, Crucials are an IM9. Cumaras have SiC guides, the Cucials have Alconites. The reel seats are different. Completely exposed blanks for the Cumara. The Cucials have ECS seats. The flippin stick I have has a great tip, and plenty of backbone.

Holy crap. That is one lucky kid. Crazy wreck, that looked like something out of a movie.

Let me clarify this a little more for you Num3erz. Basically, you put a few yards of cheap mono on the empty spool. Then you tie the braid to that mono and wind the braid on. Your other option is to use some arbor tape. Basically all that is is some thin foam tape that you put on the empty spool so the braid has something to bite on. If you don't, the braid will slip on the spool and you'll never hook a fish with it.

There isn't one. You'd need to buy the Crucial flippin stick if you wanted one.

These have been brought up a bunch of times after ICAST. Cool looking little frog. I'll be buying a couple of them for certain. I'm not entirely sure how effective it will be in some of the uber thick grass we've got down here, but I bet it could do some damage in the sparser areas.

Out of the ones you have listed, the Curado. The only other one on the list I've used was the Revo. Wasn't at all impressed with it.

If you want something inexpensive, good quality, that will last you for a while. Pick up the BPS Pro Qualifier. New ones in the store retail at 100 bucks. I'm sure you can find them on Ebay cheaper. If not, they're on sale several times a year in the stores for 80 bucks. I beat the snot out of the ones I have, still work just fine.

I'll be buying another one or two of them when they come out. The ACS seat is really growing on me. If they were available now, I might have bought a few of them instead of my Crucials.

Gotta love it. It's not that often you catch them on plastic worms. I stuck one on a curly tail that had the curly portion ripped off. Don't know why, but two of them swirled around it the second it hit the water. Great fighters.

Rofl Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one around here with a beard. Great fish Robert. I still love that rod. I need to search and look for the post with the pictures of it. I need some tackle porn to drool over...

The number of bearings in a reel really doesn't mean anything if they aren't a good quality bearing. I'm not saying that reel doesn't have good bearings, it may or may not.

I use Megastrike a bunch. Mostly I use it to lube up a bait to make it come through grass easier. I have landed fish on Megastriked plastics that didn't even have the hook in them before. They were just clamped down to the bait.

Just watch out for them gators. Nice area out there. Easy to get to also.

I use the Palomar for just about everything. Never had an issue with it and fluoro. Lube it up really good before pulling tight.