Chris at Tech

I'd say not to bother. In that type of cover you would normally throw a frog in, adding a leader does nothing but add a weak point between you and the fish.

Depends on the dates but this would be a heck of a place to attend my first BR Road Trip.

I'm struggling with that myself. Ideally, leaving them in their original packages is probably the best. I packed a 3700 box full and am getting lots of bent tails so I've had to dip them in boiling water to regain their original shape.

In the $200 range, also look at Daiwa Zillion rods.

BR Roadtrip 2012 to Lake <wherever Big-O lives>!

Just wow...

Great bang for the buck. It 7MH will do well for spinnerbaits, plastics and jigs but wouldn't be my first choice for cranks. It will also do admirably throwing buzzbaits, hollow belly swimbaits and other similar baits.

For lures of that weight, go with the 4-power

Thought I've never fished one, Powells seem to get great reviews and they're in your price range. For a few bucks more, the St Croix Avids are also some GREAT rods.

Keep dreaming...

Thanks Confucius So because you personally don't see any value in getting this question answered means that it can't be valuable to anyone???

My AC66MF feels like it was made for throwing topwaters.

If anyone feels this info isn't any use to them, just don't read this thread Personally I'm curious to see how similar baits across manufacturers differ without having to buy each type. But if you have no interest, feel free to move on to the next topic

I've thought about this myself. Anyone with a postal scale (or something similar) who's got time on their hands? I'd love to know the weights of the following: super fluke super fluke jr trick work magnum trick worm sweet beaver horny toad lizard

Note for anyone who may draw my name in this year's Xmas Exchange -- THIS is what I want. And make sure it's a lefty

So let's cut to the chase... When the heck will SK start the "buy a pack of Rage Tail plastics and get a fishing trip with Big-O" promo?

Sufix braid, PLine CX Premium copoly

I'll be your photographer!

As mentioned above, use a reel that is set conservatively with a plug of decent weight. Also to minimize backlashes, take a cast with this rig yourself. At the end of your longest cast, strip off another 10 yards or so and put a piece of electrical tape on the spool. This way, backlashes won't go too deep and will be easy to fix.

I seem to have trouble rigging the Basstrix. I can't get them to swim well. Shadalicious work well for me, and I can split the belly myself to enable better hooksets.

What part confused you?

704 I fish plastics up to around 1/4 oz weight + plastic on my 703. Above that, and I'll change to the 704

I won't be able to get out and experiment for a few days. I understand that it's so light and that it holds air so that it's not a good bait to throw weightless so I thought about rigging with a 2/0 or 3/0 lightly keel weighted hook to swim or twitch it.

I've been hearing good things about the Hag's Tornado baits. Who fishes these and how do you rig yours?

Get the most rod you can afford, especially for jigs and plastics