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Keitech Bluegill Flash paddle tail soft swim bait rocked smallies for me this year. ... That is all ...

If u see any deals on shimano Jdm let me know! May have u bring back something!

awesome thanks for the quick response bro, appreciate it. Just saw Tw is having a Seaguar sale. Gonna take advantage of it.

I've tried it, didn't really see any advantage, other than the lack of/less stretch. If your ripping one through a downed tree or something like that would nick away at a good portion of line, it's money down the drain.

Hey all, has any one tried their new mono line? Haven't seen any reviews other than sales pitches. Was a huge fan of Spiders mono until I had 5 bad spools in a row, since then have been using Sufix Siege which I don't like as much but it works. Really interested in hearing some opinions.

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I'm buddies with my local shop owner, he doesn't do much fresh water so I do all of my saltwater through him.

+1 to what bass1980 said. I've lost lures to pike and pickerel before. Didn't even dawn on me. I have no prob swapping hooks. Was thinking about trying lucky crafts too. I love the Sammy's, would think their jerks are good too. Anyhow for 8 a piece on the RC jerks can't really complain. Thanks for the input guys!

Blew a gift card to bass pro on a bunch of them today along with some other random stuff. Couldn't justify $25 on a single 110. Not for me anyways.

No bull, I probably caught 200 fish this year Texas rigging white flukes and pulling them through cover. On the other hand I've never caught a fish on a senior t-rigged lol

Thanks bro! That's a great find!

I use 6# on my drop shot rig. Works great and I use a palomar knot without issue (knocks on wood) yet.

when my club got their sponsor discount they were discounted based on $65 list price then shipping was $20 so for 1 rod discount was pointless. Lol but good point on lack of warranty. If you picked one up from a local shop and say one broke on first hook set you could prob return it where you got it. ...... Sorry for thread hijack

I literally just burst out laughing. Lmaooooo

+1 but I use purple gold old color pattern they don't make it the same anymore.

Haven't done the research on them so this comment may be pointless but the Diesel line if I remember had a bad or no warranty. So this being their new "mid line" rod, I would hope they have a good warranty.

or The Hook Up Tackle they have a sale going as well

Don't throw hard jerk baits a lot, typically just a few times in spring. However I throw t rigged flukes a lot. I use fluoro if I'm trying to get any depth. If it's peak summer I may use mono over weed beds.

Nice pick up! The reel seat on that looks comfortable. I picked up a silver hawk a ways back and hated the reel seat they used. Rod does cast great and is pretty d**n sensitive. Let us/me know how it performs !

684cb here and love it

I have a Daiwa aird and hate the location of the brake dial. Every few casts I change the settings unknowingly because I palm the reel. I'm pretty sure the Lexa has it in the same place. I have the accurist pt and the flipping switch isn't really a standout feature. The reel is decent for the money, I have mine on my frog rod which I barely use. I'd say in that price range go with a citica or Curado. A Lot of guys on here live the Abus in that price range too. See what they have to say. I have no experience with them... good luck

I run a ml cumara paired with a Stradic ci4 spooled with 6# InvizX. I primarily use it for drop shot but also have been using it as my trout rod. Something feels special about getting a huge fish on a light gear.

Was St. Croix, still is for Salt. But for bass tied Dobyns and 13.

I wanted to love the reel but I must've had a lemon X 2. Reel was junk. Had multiple issues with a 5000 my girl had gotten me for Christmas last year. Problems with em were bail closed mid cast, handle got excessively wobbly after first outing, 2nd one had both issues and one of the bearings ceased up. The construction I thought was great for a surf combo for blues and stripers just shocked at the actual quality of the components. Each one I took out only once each and only made it to a few dozen casts with each before they capped out. A few people I know love theirs but they are also vertical jigging from a boat. Trying to cast the thing was horrendous. Hopefully Penn has since fixed the issues. Made in China.

So had a tourney today. Guy I was with was using p line and had a few snap offs. He was saying how the line was junk. I was like Seaguar dude! No problems at all. AbrazX for over 12# and InvizX for under. On my ***/chronarch right then and there touting my line I casted and had a very minor over spool. I thumb the spool and pull out a few inches and the line flows through guides at a break. Grabbed the line right before it went through the last guide and saved the keitech lol. This spool I had on just about the whole year without any issues. This break was so random and at what a better time than whole I'm praising it. Lol funny story figured I'd share.