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A few of my musky friends use them.

Have to admit this made me chuckle. $26 for 3 bass minnows?! And I complain about the price of Fatheads!!!

I've got a little bit of everything. Most braids get tipped with a FC leader when needed. 40 pound Seaguar Smackdown (all around) 40 pound Suffix 832 (all around) 50 pound Suffix 832 (frogging/heavier applications) 14 pound Sunline Sniper FC (plastics and flipping) 20 pound Suffix 832 (finesse spinning) 30 pound Suffix 832 (spinning) 30 pound Power Pro Slick 8 (salmon spinning) 65 pound Power Pro (musky) I also have the following that I have bought so far this off season that will make it's way into the arsenal. I've bought two new reels this offseason, so those will need something, right? 12 pound Sunline Reaction FC 12 pound Yo Zuri Hybrid 10 pound Pline Floroclear 14 pound Pline Floroclear 15 pound Seaguar Senshi mono 8 pound Seaguar AbrasX FC

The colors have definitely changed. I know my Pap has a box or two full of them. I'm just waiting for the day he gives me all his tackle.

I enjoy taking trips in the water to go discover new water (or ice as is the case here). Gives me something to do and look forward to in the spring. Sometimes you can even talk to the ice fishermen and find out whats in a body of water.

St. Croix premier is $130. Best you'll probably get in your range.

Ebay is usually good for this kind of stuff.

I'm not a big fan of red label. Invisix is soft and stretchy, as mentioned above. AbrasX is stiffer. I prefer it for a leader, and not a mainline. Sniper FC is my favorite for a mainline.

I've never used them. Only palmed them in the store. I hear good things though. My lineup is mainly all Shimano. This will be my second Daiwa.

With this time of year being what it is, there are great deals out there everywhere to be had. Some of these deals are so good, you just can't pass them up. Here's what I came across this week and had to buy. Monday night my buddy was visiting and wanted to go to the local Field and Stream store. As I'm walking around, I notice a St. Croix Avid 7' M-F on the rack is on clearance for $160. I told my buddy "I'll be buying that rod if its still here after the holidays and I have enough left over cash". The next morning, I get two separate emails with a total of $35 in coupons to Field and Stream. So what do I do as soon as I get off of work? Head straight over to the store and I looked that rod over. Everything looked good so I bought it for $125 out the door on a brand new Avid. I thought it couldn't get any better. Fast forward to today, and while cruising around the internet, I find a Tatula Type R for $129 shipped, brand new. So since I just bought a new rod, I need a reel to go with it, right?! Once again, another deal too good to pass up. I was honestly looking to pick up a Chronarch or Core 51, but I couldn't pass up that deal on the Tatula R. The reel is a 6.3:1 and I plan on pairing it up with the Avid. I'm not sure what I'll use it for. It would work great for throwing plastics, or I could also probably use it for topwater and smaller cranks and spinnerbaits. It's really just a great all around rod, so I'm not sure what I'll use it for, but either way I have myself a Tatula R and Avid combo for only $255.

I ended up throwing one of these into my order yesterday. Got a gift card for my buddy who is getting married next month. The money I saved with the 10% off gift cards basically got me this lure for free.

Great deal. I sent in for my "free" Abu hoodie back in June. Still waiting on it...

I own both and I must say they're both very nice reels. You won't go wrong with either. I like the new brakes on the I, as well as the xship. But I also like that the Chronarch comes in a 5:1 left handed model. My best suggestion? Get both.

DT6 Senko's

I can't comment on these poppers, but I do have two different Molix crankbaits and I must say I've been very impressed with them. Very good designs, high quality, and the prices aren't out of this world like some other companies.

Hmm, these Duo 20's look like something that should be added to my arsenal...

Better throw in the following for good measure: Havoc Pit Boss Missle D-Bomb Storm Wiggle Wart Rapala Shad Rap And how could you forget a Fluke?

A trap and a rapala on the same line? Whoever the original owner was must have been using the rat-l-trap as a drop shot...

Greatest avatar on this site!

I have Suffix 832 (40 and 50 pound) on almost all of my baitcasting reels. I keep a spool of 10 lb. InvisX and 15 lb. AbrasX in my bag for a leader whenever needed. That is for all of my reaction baits, which is what I mostly fish (cranks, jerks, topwater, spinner/chatter baits). I use Sniper FC for all my plastics (12 to 17 pound).

Bill Lewis Rat-L-Traps Rapala Husky Jerks and DT's

How has no one mentioned a Rapala DT yet?!

Smackdown or 832 for me.

Another sturdy reel that I haven't seen mentioned is the Abu Ambassadeur

In the past few years, it was a frog colored Skitter Pop. This season, my top producing topwater was easily a 1/4oz. black Cavitron.