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I have had rigs spooled with both for several years now. 30lb stealth on a BC, 15lb powerpro on a spinner. They both have been great. Stealth has a wax like coating that's smoother going through the guides. It has retained it's color for 3 years. The PP has faded more with less use, but is still a great line. They both cast well due to small diameters. I think for the price stealth is an awesome value. Its gotten a bit of a bad rap from peoples initial experience with the OG spiderwire. Use line and lure on whatever braid you go with. It'll keep its coating longer.

There really arent that many that apply unless you work with boats. The problem with most fishing knots is they are next to impossible to untie once tension has been put on them. I use to do tower work and there were only a few knots used. The bowline, the clove hitch or "roling bowline", inline bowline, and a few others here and there. The key was strength, and how easy it is to untie and derig at 200' in the air.

I have a 6 year old thats getting into fishing. He's taking a liking to artificials, but is not quite ready for plastics and such. We were in the boat awhile back and he wanted to throw an artificial. I looked in my small crank box and found a forgotten flatfish. I used to love to throw them as a kid. I tied him up and proceeded to watch him catch the fiestiest 3lber ever lol. Some other lures for me are: Broken back rapala Slider grubs daredevles beetle spins heddon dying flutter heddon zara gossa

One of my top rattlebaits. I like to cut the middle hook off the front treble and SLOWLY wind and hop it along the bottom. KILLER!

Hard to have your cake and eat it to. CXX in #6 or Yozuri hybrid in #8 are the strongest/best handling monos I've used on a bass sized spinner. I know you say it's a preferance thing, but honestly braided line and spinning reels will change your life, lol.

Me and a buddy are constantly messing with the women in the bay of cubicles at work. Awhile back we put an animatronic remote control predator call in the ceiling tiles over all their desks. We put it on "bobcat in heat" setting and waited until they came in. Throughout the day, we'd push the remote... Never heard so much cackling in my life! Eventually they were calling animal control, so we had to come clean.

Man I'm honestly bummed to hear that. He had one of the few saltwater shows I enjoyed. Anyone know how long Spanish fly was on the air? Gotta be 15-20 years.

You will Love the carbonlite. Just a comfortable,sensitive, well balanced rod. The tip feels weightless on every model I've used.

I've returned mine twice...The first time was due to the you guessed it, pinion issue. The 2nd time I was given a reel with Hydrilla in the friggin line guide. Didnt catch it in the store. Also there was a 1/16'' gap between the handle sideplate and frame. Apparently somebody fooled with it and didnt put it back together right? I dunno. My little brother was also given a used reel when he purchased his combo. Was told by the manager that it was impossible this could happen. Well it did, twice. For what its worth, I returned my 7.1 and went with a 6.1. This thing is MONEY. Casts amazing. I'm very happy with the performance of the new reel.

3/8 model with a strike king bluegill perfect skirt (trim the longer tails some) with a yamamoto hula grub trailer (cut off the skirt on the head). Touch up the tails of the grub with a blue spike it to simulate a bluegills tail. Experiment with different retrieves. Usually encorporateing something where the bait drops, getting those twin tails to flutter work best. I've even had good days hopping it like a jig.

Thats awesome. Those are the two sizes I use also. Never really tested the 20 but the 12 has withstood some crazy stuff. Congrats on your catch, I'm sure you'll never forget it.

Great story man. What size were you using at the time?

Ive discovered what you lose in "feel" can be made up for by watching the tip on a glass rod. Im a big fan of them personally. Everything I use mine for the rod is pointed down anyways, so the weight aint a deal breaker.

Anyone know what the rattlebait is in the upper left? The eyes look smithwick like, might be worth something to smithwick collectors. The wigglewart could fetch you a few bucks for sure. I'd keep them on display if it were me, worth $ or not. Old baits look cool.

1st pic rage craw on a booyah A jig. 17 1/2" x26 1/2" 10.4lbs. 2nd pic 9 something. same jig craw combo as above

Just my opinion, but I dont think you can find a better all around line for the money. Just dependable plain and simple Theres lines that handle better, but don't have the abrasion resistance. There are lines that may have better abrasion resistance (and I havent really noticed any that do) but handle worse. It don't stretch that much. Sensitive enough for bottom contact work. It's strong and it's cheap. I love to try new lines, but I always keep a few BC's spooled with Hybrid. If you have issues with memory, I've found it responds great to line a lure the night before an outing. I owe my PB to it. I was using #12 when I hooked into a monster Jig fish last March. The fish found a horizontal tree in open water that I had no clue was there and wrapped around it. I listened to the line saw into that tree for 45-60 seconds directly under the boat. I've never heard that sound in my life, lol. Sounded like you grabbed the wires on a piano and streched as hard as you could right up until they break. The line held and the fish reversed its course thank God. Quienyo- Didnt mean to come across too harsh above man, i realize it may have read that way.

Been throwing them for years. Tie it on a 7' spinning rod with braid and hold on! Their lighter than alot of frogs, which is often a good thing. Spro's and all their knockoffs are awesome, but sometimes I've found the big splash they make to be a deterant.

Seriously???...for one thing lifting a fish over 4lbs with anything but your hand is a nono for a few reasons. That 4lbr can make 10+lbs of force when it flops. It can break ur line, rod, or hurt the fish itself. The fact that you're blaming 6lb line for that smooth move is preposterous.

Big baits are a tool like any other lure. Sure dinks will hit a big bait, but more often than not they wont. I think one thing big baits do for you is discourage the smaller fish from biting enough to allow the big girls to get it. Who knows how many times we've presented a lure nearby a willing big fish and a dink grabbed it first? Another thing that goes unnoticed is that they will draw big fish from farther away that tiny finesse baits. I once witnessed a 19"x26" fish swim 40' feet in super shallow water to eat a lunker punker right at the bank in front of me.

Since you mentioned being on a budget, leaders do save you $ on line. You don't lose exspensive line from retying/breaking off. I've had the same spool of braid on a reel for several years now. Start out with a 6'-8' leader and retie as needed.

Was the line release button up or down when you put it back together?

I usually dont care for their in house baits, but XPS version is the shizzle. Probably all in my head but the holographic scale patterns look great and give it a realistic baitfish "flash".

Wrong. Get the timing right and its the time when a female is her biggest and most vulnerable. I've caught maybe 75% of big fish I've seen on a bed. Sometimes it takes a while, sometimes not.

Spent a day drift fishing on the Cheasapeake Bay last year. The stripers were relating tight to the pillings. We tryed every spoon, hair jig, and plug in the boat, but those swimbaits were the only thing to get so much as a nibble.We caught 30+ between 4 of us.

Hard to understand denver's logic. When the guy took over last year they were in LAST place. He was for all intensive purposes still a rookie at the time. He took them to the playoffs and won a game. How do you throw that away? You then sign a soon to be 36 year old neck injury waiting to happen to a long term-cap crushing deal???