OkobojiEagle

Sebile along with Penn, Sevenstrand and salt water Gulp products gives them a stronger presence in the salt water market. Pure Fishing seems to be doing a good job of diversifying their company while staying committed to one industry. steve

I agree with Crestliners opinion and will catch my smallies swimming or dragging a plastic dressed jighead around rocky structure. In colder water I'll often fish a hand tied hare-jig (rabbit fur) sometimes with a few strands of rubber as roadwarrior showed. The only skirted jig I throw with a weed guard is a Hairy Bug with a light two strand wire guard. steve

Crappie sized spinnerbait, 4 1/2" Slug-go, 3" curly tail grub on 1/16 - 1/8 jig head, small popper or baby torpedo (jitterbait at night). steve

Got one last year as well. My suggestion would be the coffee table, that stiff cover doesn't flush well. steve

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I have read the opposite. Do you have any opinion as to why it cast so poorly for you? steve

That is, of course, the intended outcome. To feel the bait. steve

I believe the Spinrite would be closer to an in-line spinner than a Little George, but considerably heavier than today's inlines... maybe somewhere between those two. I've been wondering what made this bait successful four decades ago but isn't even available today? Is the modern spinnerbait an equally successful bait? steve

Going back to an old bait of yesteryear... has anyone fished the Pedigo Spinrite? What are your memories of fishing it? steve

I'm not sure what that has to do with hats, but thanks for sharing. I think you will find that the booney hat does a good job of protecting your ears but not your neck. Wear a shirt with a collar and flip the collar up for better protection. There is alot of reflection of harmful sun rays coming from the water so a good sunscreen is pretty important as well. steve

Maybe "babe" knew this?

Tilley

I'm surprised! I thought I would be the only one who loathes carolina rigging. steve

I guess you have not seen this test on braid and mono against the rocks. A bit of difference between the 1/4 oz lead jighead I fish and the 5lb - 10lbs of force he was exerting to cut those lines. Also I don't have to fish in granite beds, so situations differ. When I get my bait caught in the rocks I usually have to break my line as it doesn't want to cut... and I use line in the 8lb to 20lb test range. steve

There have been alot of improvements to braid in the last few years. I have to disagree with you on wanting the limpest line for spinning gear... I think a limp line contributes to tip wrap and loose reel loops, but each to his own. Tightly woven eight strand braids are what I look for in fishing line today. steve

If I could only have one then make it 1/4 oz as it would be better to have a weight more heavy than necessary than a weight not heavy enough to feel. As expressed by others, finesse worm fishing is a technique best suited for weight fine tuning. steve

Whole rabbit pelts are available from most fly tying suppliers (5 - 6 dollars each). Shave the fur pretty close (but not completely off) and the hide can be cut as you have the ultra-suede. Tie fur side up and the tiny air bubbles will want to lift the hide claws independant of your action. Nice looking jig. steve

Thanks for the clarification, Snoopy2. I'm thinking of the 832 more as a "neutrally buoyant" line after several of these postings. Next time by Cabelas I'm coming home with a couple of spools of it... but still won't be able to fish it till late April... Ugh! steve

If you just put several layers of electric tape on the spool to partially fill it then tied the braid over that... my first thought leans toward the line slipping. It would be the easiest check. Tie on about two layers of mono before the braid. steve

Two questions come to mind quickly. Compared to similarly sized fused Fireline can you compare the stiffness of the 832. I've read elsewhere that initially the water's surface tension will float the 832 but after the line is submerged it will sink very slowly. Are you reporting that it doesn't sink after it once gets submerged? steve

From the perspective of the bass... hold both a yellow line and a dark green line above your head with the bright sky as background. I'll bet you find the yellow line harder to see. steve

I think we would all have to agree with you on this point as it is tension on the line that gives both braid and mono it's tactil sensitivity. A line watcher will remind those arguing in favor of braid that mono with it's comparative stiffness will VISUALLY transmit a bite on slack line much better than braid. steve

Preface: I'm a long-time user of fused Fireline. I prefer my braid to be on the stiff side of the braid curve. That said, I've fished a spool of 8lb Sufix Fuse on a spinning reel for the past summer and found it OK but not spectacular. I consider it equal to the fused Fireline and Stren Micro fuse that I've fished with. In my opinion all of the lines I've just mentioned take a back seat to Spiderwire Ultra-Cast, however I miss the hi-vis yellow that Ultra-Cast is no longer made in. steve

In my opinion, until recently the differences between braided lines were not significant. All braids were being woven of Spectra or Dyneema, which was exactly the same material. Every line was being braided with four strands with approximately the same pique count. Probably the biggest difference between braided lines was the composition of the coating and how it was applied. Today lines are braided with 3, 4, 6, 8 (maybe more) strands, with a variety of pique counts and cross-sections as well as a larger variety of coatings applied in more unique ways. And most exciting to me is an attempt to find new advanced fibers to blend in the weave and produce totally new line characteristics. Sufix 832 is an example of this newest line development. My point to this thought is that we need to broaden our braid discussions to include a recognition of the current differences between braided lines today and what characteristics of each line it is that we are promoting. steve

As was I, Randy steve