clayton86

I love this set up but the iShads are hard to find around here and I don't order much offline so I use zoom super flukes. Iv had amazing success with it I usually do like a twitching retrieve and when I get it close to cover I kill it and let it sink that's usually when I get bit. That or i just toss it into some brush or tree limbs let it sink on a slack line count to 10 or so close my bail and start to lift then I reel in the fish cuz its works everytime. edit: as far as catching on a straight retrieve uhm maybe a few not nearly as many a twitching it i think more pike then anything and that's after doing the twitch and the last few feet before the bank just bringing it in straight and they grab it last second.

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yeah if I knew what you were working on with what engine id be able to steer ya in the right direction.

I told the dominican in my squad happy cinco de mayo today him and the peurto rican didnt think it was funny. I got a kick outta it lol

considering what im taking doesn't help my cardio the slightest bit I don't know. Iv been off the jack3d for about a week now I ran out and haven't ordered more. All im taking now is my vitamins and omega 3 fish oil plus a protein shake and dieting dieting dieting oh and more dieting. I have notcied my drive to lift has decreased like half way threw a work out id get a rush or buzz and stat throwing around more weight and now im just kinda blah and wanting it to be over and not really pushing my self like I was. Im probably gonna start a new pre work out drink just not jack3d. Plus the BCAAs and other things found in the shakes and drinks help with fat loss plus the dieting I feel its helped im doing the same work outs I did in college with way more and faster results and im older by 8years

that's funny I do the same some times when I first pick it up takes me a few casts to get it down then im good but there are a few strays that's for sure. I may just have my wife send my POS Quantium burst to practice with because if it gets broken or stolen I wont care

I already know how to do it but there's always room for improvement I just wasn't sure if it would be worth it just to go back to my revo's and get a nest cuz im used to a cheap reel not free spooling as nice or what ever the reel does when you do it

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Im going threw bass fishing withdrawal some thing fierce so I figured I should practice my flipping and pitching technique I got 8 months left here plenty of time to master it but here my question. Is it worth practicing with a cheaper rod and reel then I would normally use? like I don't wanna have my nice revo and veritas sent over here and get ruined so I was thinking one of my older starter reels and a cheap Walmart rod in the same or close to the length I would use. Like will I be back at square one once I have a better reel that's gonna cast different or is it pretty much the same its just a technique like if u can do it with one you can do it with all?

yeah 37 lbs does feel great before I got married I was 135 well 135 met my wife dating her shot to 150-160 then got married and she got prego and i shot up to 210 where iv stayed for the last 3 or 4 years. and thank you for helping me figure out what to do bout my knee and foot problems much appreciated the knee still aches a little but not like it did

Me busting my arse everyday for the past few months finally paid off this morning. As some of you know i was struggling with the run on my pt test for the army i started this deployment running a sickening 23 minute 2 mile which is just disgusting. Started off with knee and foot pain like you wouldn't believe. I continued to take every pt test that came up sense each time cutting what i missed my run by in half. my times went from 23 almost 24 to 18 then 17 then i missed the run by 12 seconds 5 days ago. 12 lousy seconds I was ticked I was dropping f bombs throwing stuff I was ticked cuz I killed my self on the run but this was also my first time running out side in Kuwait in 95* weather in a sand storm everyone failed the run even guys who normally max it that storm was brutal. Well I took it again this morning on a calm morning slight breeze once out on the pier. That was another thing that helped idk why but running down the pier and back was a big motivator rather then 8.5 laps around a track. I ran my 2 mile today in 15:03 not great I know but from where I started that's a huge improvement. Iv been running almost every day my run routine is 2 miles pt pace one day next day is 2 mile intervals (30/60s, 60/120s) then a 5k rest day then repeat plus my gym work outs lifting weights and biking an hour on off days getting about 25mi in an hour with a 5 minute cool down. Iv also lost near 40 lbs iv gone from 207 to 170. Im gonna modify my run routine a little bit now I think im gonna do the same stuff just break it up to like Monday Wednesday Friday do the runs. Iv never been and never will be a runner and now that i got my passing score and my paper work is already in for my promotion I can focus on lifting and not as much running just doing it to keep it in check so I don't have to worry bout failing again.

Funny you say that because I put garlic on EVERY THING garlic salt the hell out my steak, garlic and chives on my taters, whole cloves in my venison roasts . Not to mention the amount of garlic bread i eat

to bad costas arnt military approved I don't even think they offer all black lens and frame non reflective

good to know iv honestly never had one on me and iv been in the woods my whole life I check my self over and get checked over when getting home to Iv never had a problem skeeters on the other hand chew my arse up main reason I wont night fish I love to but every time I go I come back after like an hour with every square inch of exposed skin bitten up. Only thing iv found to help a little is 100%deet or the permithrin that my army uniforms come treated in it gives me a rash but I dont seem to be bothered by the bugs till iv washed the uniform several times or iv worn it for weeks straight but then its the stench of BO that keeps em at bay I think lol

Yes I get the military/law enforcement discount i paid 75 and some change for them polarized and shipped to Kuwait the non polarized ones are like 45 or 50 I think. edit: not to rub it in but I just looked the radars after discount are 90 if he ever needs a second pair PM ill hook ya up lol

Them are some sexy looking reels

Any one wear the Oakley polarized glasses I know alot of people wear the del mars and other fishing based glasses but anyone go with Oakley how do you like them? I just ordered some Oakley fives squared with the gray polarized lens mostly because I get an awesome discount on Oakley as long as there all black pretty much but im gonna use them for fishing as well just wondering if anyone uses Oakley lenses.

I usually don't wear sunscreen or anything iv never burned but now that im here in Kuwait im convinced its the surface of the sun and its not even the summer yet today there's not a cloud in the sky and its about 110* some one said. I walked out side to use the latrine its the hottest sunniest day I have ever experienced im gonna have to star wearing some sun screen or something if I get into the habit here maybe I will when im home. Funny thing is I always make sure the wife and kids have it and wear it when we go out but I wont touch it to my own skin.

a match is anybetter!?!? lol

tubes, football head jigs,ball head with grub,spider jigs, small chatter baits, double fluke rig, smaller husky jerks or like jerkbaits

Never pull!!! you can separate the body leaving the head in there. Iv heard match/cigarette works best or duct tape? put the tape over it supposedly it suffocates them u leave it for some set time then peel it off idk just heard it don't know if it works. Iv heard oily lotion also iv only ever done the match thing

Iv mentioned it before on here and recently at that but what I do alot on my swim jigs and flukes is tie a 12"-24" leader or shorter really I find 18" the best to the bend of the hook with knot of your choice line I use braid but then at the end of that you do your texposed fluke. I have gotten strikes on both some times they hit the jig first some times all they hit is the fluke on the end. Also I use a twin tail on the jig itself along with that I mentioned above.

Permethrin is ok but I still don't like it as its just on your clothes not really deterring them from your hands and face area or leg in some cases. Plus I got a nasty rash from it on my hands. It would be good if you had a set outfit you wore rather then treating all your clothes with it.

CHIGAWAY!!!! they gave us tons of that stuff when I was at Ft. Benning