Mr. Bassin II

I keep a small box of H&Hs along with a short pistol grip rods for when I am fishing out of jon boat deep in the woods where creeks and sloughs are about 20 feet wide. For some reason, these things are deadly for "thicket" fishing.

BPS has the ability to control the price they pay for inventory. This results in the overwhelming majority of the profit accruing to BPS and not the manufacturer. Not many premium equipment/tackle manufacturers are found at BPS for this reason.

Do you do this yourself on a lathe? Sounds like a good idea to me.

Don't use it. If I get skin cancer, so what.

10#, 12#, or 10# FC. Situation determines which. Always Tatsu though.

Rat-L_Trap makes them in 1/4 oz. as well. They even make an 1/8 oz version that is an absolute blast to fish with ultralight tackle. The tiny ones will limit out the crappie here with amazing quickness.

nope

I have a bunch Sedona 500s and 1000s mounted on my, dare I say on this site, ACC Crappie Stix. They work well for what I use them for.

My kind of store.

Been getting emails from Kistler really touting this reel. Looks spiffy enough but am curious if anyone has any experience with these. While on this subject, anybody have any idea who actually makes these?

Different take on the Steez. If you knock it of the deck and it sinks in the water, are you going in after it? If the answer is no then the Steez is not too expensive for you, If you are willing to drown to get your reel back it may be more than you care to spend!

Another personal preference for Daiwa. Like others have said, this my preference and nothing else. Can't wrong with either.

Doesn't Dobyns make a DX 746. Sounds like you really like your 745 DX a lot so stepping it up a power might be the ticket. Don't own a Dobyns rod persona;;y so I could be completely wrong.

Tatsu 12#, but only when I want to catch fish on a Senko.

Been shopping new rods recently and noticed that hardly any new offerings have micro guides. Just a few years ago the tiny things were the greatest things since sliced bread. Am I missing something or is the micro guide fad officially over?