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The only painted blades I have are Stanley Wedge. I don't even know if you can get them painted anymore, these are from 1992 at the "World's Fishing Fair" in Springfield. I remember meeting Guido Hibdon and Dion Hibdon, and Shaw Grigsby there, that's the only reason I remember where I got them...

I'm not terribly familiar with spiderwire. I've never used it, really. I've always used Tuffline, Gorilla Braid, or Power Pro. In anything that I've seen, not experienced, Spiderwire is harder to manage, it doesn't pack as well on the spool, and it doesn't lay as even as other superlines. That's not firsthand experience, though.

It's always funny, with things like this, because you have some guys loving them and saying they reduced his catch rate, and you get others hating them for the opposite reason. They didn't seem to help me at all, most likely because I never catch anything big enough for it to matter.

Slightly nose down, not nearly vertical as will happen with fluorocarbon.

One's a re-packaged spider wire, the other is Power Pro. Dyneema and Spectra are two different fibers with two different methods of spinning to get a completed braid. As for the two types of line, both are suitable for use, some will claim large difference, some will claim none, saying it's the same thing. Chemically, both are polyethylene, in other words: the same. The finishing process is the only difference; the way the line is spun then braided, and eventually coated.

Just thinking out loud, but wouldn't a disc distort the head of the tube? Seems like you'd be a lot more prone to tear up baits inserting the weight, too. Then again, if the disc is small enough to fit easily, what's the difference in the way it's going to fall versus a regular tube weight?

I don't think you're off at all, Don. I think your thought process is right on, actually.

Alligator Snapping turtle?

Which Cumara? There are a whole lot of them that could conceivably fall under what you just listed. For instance, I have the CUC72M, the CUCX72M, the CUC72MH, as well as the CUCX72MH. My preference for weightless soft plastics is the CUC72MH, it performs better on weight less plastics, and the tip loads better than on the CUCX72MH. What line> I'm more and more pleased with the Stren Fluorocast as I use it more. Prior to that, I was 100% Seaguar. #2: Yes, it's a fine frog rod. #3: I prefer the 7'4" M for lipless baits.

3/4 ounce spinnerbait with a single #5 or #6 Colorado, chartreuse/white.

Slow sinking isn't an issue, but when the line causes it to hang in a way that is completely out of the ordinary, well, that's a problem.

I love those baits for pike. You'll get a few by-catch bass from time to time, too.

Unfortunately, we had the first incidence of them last fall. hoping it is just the one lake, but the reality is probably a lot worse than that.

Clear or green, I really don't think it matters for the most part. Yes there are situations that it matters in a HUGE way, but for most general bass fishing, I don't think line color is that big an issue. Go with that which is most visible to you.

Even copolymers will make a jerkbait sink. Straight up mono is the only way for me.

It's mass-mass mass production. For $3 what did you expect?

I'm liking the Suffix as well. Have both siege and elite, I'm also happy with both. I've actually had better luck fishing them on slightly heavier line, 15lb being on one of my jerkbait rods.

Oh, I fish DT a lot, I've got about 9 boxes. I don't like them on a couple lakes I fish, though, the SK and Norman perform better. In terms of Norman, no, I hate them in this size/depth they're worse than the Strike Kings. My only complaint about the DT series is that I know I'm going to break lips when fishing rock and rip rap. That's just the way it is.

I fish a lot of series 4 and Series 5 cranks, I'm quite happy with them other than one issue I seem to continue to have. They are the worst bait in the world to tune. I have no issue with any other brand, as far as getting them to run right, but it seems with the SK baits the most minute shift throws the bait way the heck in the other direction. Any idea on why that is? I mean, generally I get them where I want them, it's actually one in about 5 that need to be tuned out of the box. Yet, I find myself having to tune them after catching a few fish. Is it just the way they're made? I'm not going to quit fishing them by any means, they're too productive. I wish I knew, though, what I was doing wrong so I didn't spend so much time tuning the doggone thing.

Look an awful lot like some of the BPS cranks, too.

Yeah, it's legit. I've gotten stuff from time to time, have to check it daily it seems like, in order to get anything decent.

They're supposed to have addressed that issue, I haven't had one do it for a long while. Really,,I wasn't aware of them addressing the problem,have you confirmed this? Talked to a rep about it today, again, to double check. He said there might be a few left out there, but they changed a piece internally to prevent it on all the new ones. He said it was around a year and a half that they changed it.

I love the DT series. Easily one of my top producing baits on the "all time" list.

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They're worth it at that price. I've not had the best of luck with them, construction wise. Heads chip, skirts tear, and the blades seem to tarnish faster. THat said, for $2 I can put up with a lot.