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The Extremes are moderately fast, light tipped, tough as nails but clumsy rods where as the Carbonlite actions are more like a normal fast action rod. Weight and balance has been a problem with the Extremes but the new to 2015 Extremes are very lightweight and balanced (think Veritas) thanks to a change in the blank to thinner walls and use singled footed guides for last 3 guides instead of double like previous Extreme. The new 2015 Carbonlites are freakishly light weight rods. They're amazing rods. I'm a fan on the H powered Extremes for throwing big moving baits due to their soft slower loading tip and 2 oz rating, but I'd go with the new Carbonlites for just about everything else.

West Okoboji?

The new Carbonlites are freaky light. If you're not a fan of the white blanks then take a look at the Browning Superlights. It's the same blank as far as I can tell. http://www.basspro.com/Browning-Fishing-Superlight-Casting-Rod/product/1305240701342/

I've head of black bird colored frogs but this is crossing the line. At least it's still a red lipless crank.

Don't you know you need #100 for 2 pound hawgs and to prevent dig in as well as 'mysterious breakoffs'?????

Iowa is terrible especially West Okoboji. No one should ever fish there. Pleasure boaters should also stop pleasure boating there too. They're making it hard for me to not fish there.

I'm a liar. I've got a used Nirto NT10HA for a muskey reel that someone down the line has added bearings to the knobs and oiled lightly. I can't stop free spooling the knobs on the d**n thing when get a hold of it. The smoothness it adds is imperceptible but It is nifty in a I-can-feespool-my-knobs-longer-than-my-spool kind of way.

Buckeye Mini Mops, but I need to buy the Seibert Outdoors Mata Arky head jigs. They're much more pretty considering my recent Mops look like they were hand tied by a drunk person, better built, come in configurable head colors, a ton of skirt colors and somehow end up being a lot cheaper than the Mops. BPS gift certificates are the only thing keeping be buying Mops. When they're all hung up I'm going Mata Arky.

Is it just me or is all this talk about bearings in knobs silly or am I missing out by not being able to free spool my knobs?

I've got an 1st gen Accurist that was my 1st low profile baitcaster, the most expensive reel I owned at the time and was my 2nd baitcaster. It's parked on BPS Graphite Series kicking around somewhere.

The BPS Sassy Sally comes in 3.5, has a great Skinny Dipper like swimming motion and excellent durability.

Wait, you don't even have the thing yet and you're complaining about grooving in the TWS? Don't worry about it. That "grooving" has proven to be a tooling defect. The dead giveaway was the coating of titanium nitrate over the "groove". You aren't that same person that's all over the fishing forums complaining to anyone who will listen about the Tatula, Daiwa in general while praising Shimano and refusing to send your alleged grooved Tatula back to Daiwa are you? That guys some sorta paid Shimano shill I swear.

That braid spool advice given to you sounds like hogwash. If you're trying to mitigate line dig in then a good 8 carrier #30 or in the case of 4 carrier braids, a #50, is as small as you want to go.

Who says you have to crash into things with a deep crank?

Where I fish 20+ mph wind is common. I have no choice but to anchor If I want to stay on that main lake structure and fish it rather than fighting the wind with the trolling motor.

I don't like the XPS wrap. It's pretty thick stuff and increases the diameter of the handle.

DT14, 16, 20 are great and catch just about anything that swims. If your looking for something to dredge/drag/bounce off the bottom by selecting a bait that runs many feet deeper than the depth of water then stay away from the DT series. Their bills can't handle being fished that way.

I've been looking for a reel that will be realizing winding kimono with adoption of metal body unique.

The BPS Graphite Series Musky rods make a great $60 big bait rod and pairs well to a used BPS Nitro NT10 swimbait reel. $60 for the rod and $60 for a good condition reel and you're at $120 for the combo.

I can name 3 for $60 and two of them are Doyos just like the "Lews". I don't think I'll pay over $100 for a reel ever again. Truly great times we live in.

One fish does not make a pattern but at least you have a new confidence color (PB&J) and that it what really matters.

Whatever you do don't get your hands on the new JM Carbonlite rods. That rod will make you drop that Veritas like it's hot and puts the old Carbonlites to shame.

That black kitchen sponge material can go jump off a bridge too! The cheap stuff anyway. Good EVA is alright but that cork and rubber blended stuff is fantastic grip material. I'd like to see more manufactures use it.

The MH would be a better choice for throwing the DT14, DT16 and DT20 but both rods should be able to handle the DT10 just fine. If the DT10 is as big as you go and you're regularly throwing DT4 and DT6s, then the M power is better suited. If the DT10 is on the shallow side of what you are or are planning to throw, then the MH is the rod for you.

Cork can go jump off a bridge. Keep that grey rotting tree bark away from my rods.