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I use a single screwlock hook. I have some doubles but find them difficult to rig straight.

An infrared thermometer made a big difference in my pouring consistency. It sounds as if your plastic was too cold on both pours. Good luck for the next attempt.

Great job. That Neon barrage is super cool.

A quick fix is to use a small cable tie to lock the skirt in place.

Congratulations Jeff.

I prefer the Owner screwlock/ swimbait hooks in 4/0 or 5/0. I pour my own buzzfrogs and have a great hook up ratio on these hooks.

Great post. Thanks for taking the time to type this up. I love frog fishing so much that my current flipping/ pitching bait is the Rojas fighting frog. Now I just need a frog colored spinnerbait and I'm set.

I twitch frogs on the mats and walk them in open water next to or between mats. For heavy mats I wrap lead wire around the hook shank and stuff in a couple of rattles as well. I feel that a heavier frog makes more of a disturbance on the mat and gets more blow ups.

I also like the Spro frogs. The other brands are not readily available locally so my experience if them are limited. The Spro popping frog has it own dedicated rod and it always on deck except in mid winter.

Anything around 5 pounds is a photo opportunity on my boat.

I make any excuse to fish a frog. Hollow body or toad style doesn't matter. I get goosebumps just thinking about the extreme violence of a decent bass exploding on a frog. If I could afford to I would travel the world fishing frog the whole year.

My boat is called the "Rainmaker" a shiny finish on a reel would not be a problem for me.

I carry between 12-20 in the boat. Hopefully I will have only 3-6 on deck. I can cut down to 4-5 if fishing as a non boater.

I feel I need to give a friendly warning! If you start this hobby you won't be able to stop and the amount of molds and colors and glitters will just keep growing and growing and you will lie awake at night working out formulas for lures. You have been warned!

I have been a Shimano fan for 30 years and has been disappointed everytime I tried a different brand. I admit that the other reels have not been top of the range and that the high end reels from other manufacturers may be great reels but I will stick to what I know in the future.

My boat trailer don't fit in the garage so the boat is under a carport and I have garage for workshop and storage. I have space for pouring soft plastics, making jigs and spinners as well as fly tying bench. For storage I have the kitchen cupboards that was ripped out when my wife got her new kitchen. Like Long Mike has said I'm afraid to take pictures because it looks like a train wreck inside.

The perch Rapala shadrap 5 has earned a honouable name under artificial lure anglers in South Africa. It is called the "springbokkie" (springbuck) after our national rugby team. In a country where rugby is almost a religion that is high praise indeed. Like the rugby team the Rapala also wears a green and gold jersey.

That crank is just starting to get character.

Black. I have never been anywhere where a black 4 inch senko couldn't catch a bass.

I would agree with Lund Explorer that the main attraction in Bass fishing for me is to scratch my competitive itch. I enjoy fishing for anything I can catch on lures but I find that bass has other species beaten hands down when it comes to competitive angling structures. A lesser though still valid motivation is that I'm fascinated by the gear (boats, electronics,tackle and lures). The preparation for competition is almost as much fun as the actual fishing.

I'm a frog fanatic. I fish buzzfrogs and toads instead of buzzbaits and use popping frogs as well a Spro's to walk the dog.

I would love to go frogging with Dean Rojas or Ish Monroe.

I have never met a lure I couldn't modify. Unfortunately I have also succeeded in totally stuffing up more lures than I would like to recall. I like to show them something else.

That is one mean mouse. Great work.

I don't impulse buy but the local tackle shop mafia boss knows how to make an offer I can't refuse.