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These were close to my first thought: Any person that is a diehard fluoro user and feels fish worry about line visability surely wont use this; or will they? Any water with more than 3' clarity and the fish will never bite due to the rig being so easy to see connected directly to the lure.

PowerPro can be had in 5# & 8#. I have 8# PP on a Stradic 1000 and even smaller Pflueger Micro President. I get pretty good distance with say a little Strike King Bitsy Minnow. Too Nanofil works great as far as line management goes and distance of light presentations I have 6# on the spare spools of mentioned reels. Havent tried 4# XL but have 6# and only use it now for backing. You say for occasional bass so if like 75% gills and 25% bass the Nanofil I think would be a very good choice.

Well it might depend on the lure used. Like for me and a SPRO Frog I get only 20% hook-up I miss a lot. With SENKO bite I get almost all bites so 90% or so. With jigs I would say 50-60% of the bites.

Nice review I have a couple questions How is the feel of the quick flip- does it wiggle at all-solid seem like it will last? And what pressure to press the button light -heavy? What are pro-cons of dual system? From site--"Combined magnetic and centrifugal anti-backlash system" Thanks It is a shame though that in the Chicagoland area I cant find a place that sells them and emails to Pinnacle are fruitless but I still would like one.

Im not good with cranks. Once I fished 4 1/2hrs not a bite on cranks switched to senko and caught 4 in 35 minutes. Ill deadstick a senko with one rig and toss a crank on another and get bit on the senko while nothing on the crank.

Ive returned a Shimano Stradic got my money back and exchanged one Stradic for another Stradic no issues.

Have you read how light a lure it can cast? Like in the Strike King Bitsy Minnow range slighly under 1/8oz? Ive been eyeing it for my 3.4oz Smoke rod

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This thread got me looking again and I found polarized glasses that are CLEAR but I thought(from other readings) polarized lenes had to be tinted to some degree. Here example http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/511-tactical-eagle-eyewear-with-clear-polarized-lenses.aspx?a=541810 If they work this should be good for night/protection use?

Spinning just use tape and BC tie into holes on spool never been lucky enough to get a hook-up that spooled me.

Here a page to check lots of lens tents with description of them and simulation in different condition environments. In the "polarized" section AMBER for flat to medium light and contrast. I use amber tint for rain-cloudy-evenings but not oakleys http://www.oakley.com/innovation/optical-superiority/lens-tints

Yeah I use it at a little lake where a GOOD bass is 16" & small cats 2#-3# rarely in 10+yrs have I caught bigger.

Thanks for the input, looks like its send it to get a good cleaning and dont worry about the upgrades/polish gears stuff.

My best outing with senkos this year was with Nano#6. Lake has around 15' visability and only 22-25' deep. In 10fow very clear to bottom I can see senko 40 feet away or so and watch bass take senko so line vis didnt seem to matter tnen. Nor does it seem to matter much with PP/nightcrawler in same water. BUT I lost a fish in weeds. I was a bit surprised really I was not yanking but steady pull and still the line or knot gave not sure, I could feel the weeds and fish moving and just snap. With 8#power pro fish has got in weeds and steady pull brings in fish large weed clump and all. So some confidence has been lost and now NANO is on the bluegill set-up and PP back for bass. Offers great manageability on spinning reels no twists coils and I think the lighter the lure the better the added distance. On heavier lures distance seems same to me compared to 8#PP.

Mine "works" fine but since I got some Pfluegers it just seems like something isnt up to snuff. Fishing SupremeXT Stradic side-by-side Im thinking to myself why doesnt my Stradic feel like my SupremeXT.

I went to CHROME cause ESPN3 works great with it not so much IE. Now lots of sports to watch.

AWESOME CATCHES!!! 20MPH winds or more if you catching'em like that keep on fishing.

I have Stradic 1000FI Any here have their Stradics upgraded or supertuned? Did you like the outcome? Recommendations? Im looking at the schematic here and see there are a number of gears(pinion,drive,wormshaft,idle) that could be polished but wondering if it would do any good. I know I wont get more distance but Im looking for quieter and much smoother feel. I see there is a rotor ring could that be replaced with a bearing or polished for smoother rotation? The rotor on my reel has always had a whirrrr to it. Returned 2 others cause of whir but just live with the sound this one makes. Im not going to do this myself but some sites I went to just mention baitcasters, not spinning, for supertuning. Thanks

What is wrong with a better tool to get the job completed? If braid works use it. If a hacksaw works better than a file to cut pipe why use the file. What you mention is like a technique called "deadsticking" Ive had this happen with senko, throw it out let it set and on another set-up fish with a jig and bingo the senko rig gets bit drop the jig set-up and reel in the senko fish. So it might not have been your braid but your technique of letting the bait set for a period. Your "Higher Floor" I think is relevent with like rods where a $200+ rod is much better than a $50 rod and gives much better feedback as to what the lure is doing. I say this cause with me I went from $50 rods jumped to $200 rods and what a huge difference, it liked opened a new world to the way I experience fishing and I have no doubt it has caught me more fish. On line though the prices are much closer so if you want braid $10 can get that or real good mono or a little more for good fluoro. They each have attributes that may be beneficial at a given outing.

my local store is--50% off clearance price. Got senkos and swimkos $2.50 a pack and some other stuff. Yeah I too saw the Ti rods on sale like CrisAW mentioned Reels Supreme XT the gold ones $79 THANKS Diggy

Well if a person looks outside the bass-box where the normal rod power is MH and looks at other fishing types that use L, ML, or even UL and in Moderate action the rods get much lighter and a 7.4oz reel can make a 6'6" ML Mod rod butt heavy. Now yeah you can go to a smaller physical size reel but that creates other issues - line management less drag power. If they make lighter reel at the same spool size, drag power that is a win-win not butt heavy or tiny spool line coiler. There are UL specialists out there that use UL equipment for bass fishing so this is just one area that comes to my mind about lighter reels.

EXO still on my list but wont be buying til April or so, will hope to get more info abot the clutch in that time. How was the feel placement of thumbar high/low didnt take notice so ok?

Well I wanted one did some research and to me there were too many reports of them breaking. Didnt take long to find this just search -veritas broke-, 3-4 people just on this thread had issues and search found many more. I wont link to other site/forums but like I mentioned to me just too many reports so I past. BrandOn can form his own conclusion just giving more info for him to research

I have read quite a lot on this site and 4-5 others of the breakage issues with Veritas.

I fish a small lake 26acres 3-4 times a week and hardly see any orher person with a baitcaster. I use both types routinely and dont really have a preference. Last 3 reels bought were spinning but next will be BC. I have been asked a numbers of times "you using a baitcaster those are difficult to use arent they?" The 3 co-workers I go fishing with all use spinning they dont have BC. So I dont see spinning being unpopular at all.