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As said above, just hold the rod and reel where you hold it when fishing and move the reel up and down on the handle until it feels the most weightless or effortless to hold. Lots of people use electrical tape but there are tennessee grips made that slide on to the rod handle and will lock your reel in place. They are just rubber with a small notch to hold the reel in place. Some people like these and some think they slide around too much. My UL trout rod came with them and I really enjoy the grips. Tennessee handles are fantastic.

Its more so used (all black) in muddy water or at night because it creates a contrast or outline if you will that the bass can find easier.

I only go black in chocolate milk looking water but even then theres a bit of purple in the skirt.

If they are doing well and getting some on air TV time with the sponsor right in your face, I highly doubt they care what level of the revo or w/e they are using.

Its pretty rare to find cheap 3600 or 3700 boxes. The cheapest i have found wss 3600 at walmart for a little umder 5$.

The most basic way for most to understand how to is: Feel/see the bite, drop the rod tip or reel in slack, set the hook. It can take practice to get this down and there are also variations of how to set but it's the easiest to start with. Sometimes it helps to let them take it for a second or two which is why you drop your rod tip and reel the slack then swing othertimes they will take it and spit it out faster than you can see it. My favorite bite is when a fish knocks slack in your line and takes the bait towards you of off to the side, reel like hell and cross their eyes. If you are unsure if a fish is on your bait, set the hook (hook sets are free) or hold the rod tip at 10 oclock and wait till you feel something or see the line move, then give it hell. Set the hook harder if using superline hook. less set is needed for lightwire hooks. you can really just reel set or just a gradual lift set will penetrate the fish.

It's probably just a confidence thing. I fish some really dirty river water and rarely if ever use rattles and a jig is one of my "go to" baits for a bite. Just get some rattle bands so your fishing isn't hindered.

I think most probably do take blades off spinnerbaits and the tubing from a trailer hook keeper and just make their own.

jigs4bass sells them as a whole. It's just a neat alternative. I've been giving it a try when the swim jig bite is on during certain days lately but I seem to do much better with either a swim jig or a spinnerbait. I have caught a few fish on it though and the bites were violent. Bouncing it off cover was key where I was fishing. Straight retrieves didn't yield any bites or fish but an erratic pause or twitch prior to or after hitting cover did the trick. Seemed to to better near wood than weed edges but it's still early to tell.

Our Dick's finally has subwoofers. Going to give these a try as a swim jig alternative to the 5in grub.

I don't make a lot of soft plastics but I used fiberglass resin and it created every single detail perfectly and is ridiculously easy to do. There's a few good videos on youtube that give a good step by step. The resin itself is I think 10$ per can and I was able to get 7 baits in a a small (i think)9x9 baking pan. I think in total I spent around 15$ for the resin/bolts/pan.

Rage craw-tough bite paca chunk-hot bite sweet beaver-different fall

Eventually you will get tired (at least I did) of having colors mixed in that are the same type of worm or having brands mixed together. Just make one massive wall for your hooks/hardbaits/jigs/plastics, keep everything separate and you will know exactly what you have and use/don't use and it will be so much easier to keep it organized. You will probably end up doing this down the road anyway so trust me, it will save a lot of work and just do it right the first time. Welcome to the man cave club!

the reel you have is already heavy enough for that rod. it this is the 610mlxf, it's a great rod but it is tip heavy. What wil fix that is go to a home depot., lowers, menards, walmart and get some rubber chair butts. I believe they come in packs of 2 or 4 and are around 2$. I think 1 1/8 fits perfect on the end of legend tournaments but you can eyeball it pretty easy. Take the caps home and put around 3 quarters in the cap (they should fit perfect if you got the right butt) and put it on the end of the rod. Add or remove quarters to get the perfect balance. The rod will feel tip heavy but it will be amazing how much a couple quarters will counter that. Once you find the perfect amount of quarters (I'm guessing it will be 4) wrap them in a piece of duct tape together and put them back in the butt. Rub a very thin layer of super glue or some adhesive on the inner part of the butt cap and put the cap on the rod and press the rod and cap against your chest and pull it towards you for 10-15 seconds. you want it on there snug. Your rod will be perfectly balanced and the black cap will even match the bottom of the rod so it won't really look awkward anyway. I had to do the previous years ltw69mlxf and xtreme 69mlxf because I am SUPER anal about where a spinning rod balances as I use them mostly for pitching jigs/blades for walleye. They feel weightless with 1000 series stradics on them and never want to go tip down. The rod will fish AMAZING after you balance it perfect. Make sure to balance it roughly right where you hold the rod. Good luck and let me know if you need any more help. Heres a pic of a legend xtreme 69mlxf /w a stradic 1000 which I believe took 3 quarters to balance perfect. The butt has never come off in a couple years. I hold the rod the cork foregrip above the reel stem and it feels weightless. camera phone isn't very good so i tried to add color to the background light to get a better pic.

I forgot baby bass. that was foolish on my part. sorry. great color.

There's only one color Fluke, white pearl. =) White ice, white pearl, lightning shad work well.

Awesome video!

I also use a st croix 7'mhm and 7'2mhm. A friend i tourney fish with uses the same wright and mcgill rod you got amd loves it. Good buy.

Perhaps it is you that needs a class in comprehension....unless you feel the rx7 is a better blank than the rx8... and your entire post was just a giant rant about how "your top rod builders" don't like the blank and how it "isn't st. croix quiality* (even those the rx8 is made by st. croix) which I don't remember derek asking why he thought you shouldn't use it just that, a shocker here, he preferred something other than st. croix. The second he says preferred something he different you went in to a rant about how your rod builder doesn't find them to be a quality blank. So yes, it was demeaning.

It seems "yu wei" has 6 and 10lb pink braided line on the bay. Ships from china but it's only 5.99 us dollars for 100m. found some: http://www.fishingwholesalers.com.au/berkley-fireline-original-braided-fishing-line-10lb/ http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/south-brisbane/fishing/berkley-fireline-fishing-line/1018412565

I found it on ebay but its 70$ for a bulk spool and I'm assuming you don't want that. I've seen it at a Farm and Fleet store in the clearance sections but man I haven't seen that stuff retailed for a long time. Good luck.

Well depending on what kind of 10" worm you are using a 1/4oz weight + worm won't really push the limits of a M power rod if you are using it in sparse cover so that should be more than adequate. your reel may be set a little to tight but that's okay as long as you are gradually steeping back on the brakes a bit after a while which will help you achieve more distance. It shouldn't be the weight of the rods. Those aren't very heavy rods, especially the carbonlite. I think the extreme is probably the heaviest of the bunch but I've only held that in store once and I think I remember it being a lot heavier than I thought it would be. I would suggest the 7' carbon lite as that should be more than ideal and if that doesn't work it's either your reel or the way you are casting the bait. May just take some practice but I'm sure you will get the hang of it. Good luck.

What was the point of that? Diminish somebody else's personal preference because it isn't your own or "every custom rod builders shared preference"? He likes something different. Even Mattman and others at TT build on and like the RX8 blank but they probably aren't considered a "top rod builder" by you I'm guessing. And no, they aren't scv blank quality but to compare them to a premier or put them near a bottom of a "list" is laughable at best. Also, St. Croix makes the rx8 blank. My god close this stupid thread already.

Solid crappie color you got there. Gl with it.

You may just be casting incorrectly. a 1/4oz weight and any large plastic/10in worm will load just about any M power rod just fine to cast. I throw 1/4oz weights and trick worms on MH rods w/o any issues. It may be the reel you are using as well and you just need to practice more with it. It could be as simple of fix as letting around 18 or so inches of line hand down below the rod tip to the bait while you cast. I actually let a little more line than that because I use rods over 7' for most jig and t-rig applications.That will load a road more as well.