infamous512

I always thought of it in terms of a drag sticking from pressure rather than wearing them down. The softer drag discs sticking to the metal discs in the system and not slipping as easily when needed. Same thoughts here... hahaha

welcome!

You guys are great! 8-)

only bc's, I will never go back to spinners.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I should start doing this on my reels. 8-)

My wife loves her e7, mainly used for plastic worms.

I think I read if from somewhere about this topic but I would like to know what you guys think about this. Couple of my fishing buddies recommended me to always loosen my drag setting after each fishing trip to prevent any damage to drag washers, but I'm not sure if this is the correct way or not. FYI, I normally fish at least once per week or every other week.

Stick with the one you are more comfortable with. All of my rods have split grip cork which has approx. 10~11" handle. Mostly, I use both of my hands to cast and it suits better for my situation. I've tried with my friend's rod with pistol grip handle and I didn't like it at all, felt weird and couldn't cast a mile.

I'm pretty sure there are lots of ways to fish them, but I normally fish it weighted. Let the worm fall to the bottom on a slack line then let it sit there for a little then do slow sweep(?) motion then pause and repeat this step over OR drag on the bottom very slowly...

It's about $3/dozen of minnows here.

x 2, very well done!!!

I'm not 100% sure, but probably the same as previous ones, made in Korea.

I have 2 1-piece xml casting rods; 5'6" ml & 6'10" mh split grip pitching rod for bass fishing. I couldn't think of anything negative about them.

1. Cabela's 2. Academy sports & outdoors (if it counts lol) 3. Dick's Sporting Goods (crazy price) 4. BPS (since 2 hrs away)

I don't have any experience with them but it sure does have good reviews and I believe it is a good rod as well.