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Sweet! I plan on getting one for weightless senkos/flukes and light T-rigs and free rigs. Sounds like it will be perfect for the job. It just throws me off that it’s a heavy!

Wow! Seriously? That’s wild!

Not when the humidity makes it feel like a sauna.

That’s what I figured. Thank you!

So how do companies make tungsten weights? They buy them pre-made and repackage them?

To piggyback off of the OP, I’ve always been curious how much of a difference length really makes for casting distance. Can you really tell a difference in distance with a few extra inches?

So you all say the X-bites would be a great weightless 5” senko/fluke rod? I still can’t get over the fact that it’s rated as heavy. I feel like I need more assurance. 🤓

Not to get political but this is interesting. The good news is there is a court case right now about the Presidents authority to impose tariffs using emergency powers. According to the AP, the judges seem poised to rule against the President. That would hopefully get rid of the tariffs and also the executive order getting rid of de minimis. In other words, hopefully these tariffs will go bye bye and de minimis will remain in place.

Question: how do you produce your tungsten? Is it like lead where it is melted down? Do you buy tungsten bars and melt it down? If this is a trade secret I understand. I’m just curious.

I have nothing nice to say so I’m going to say nothing.

I’ve had issues with those as well. The internal weight transfer ball will get stuck and you have to shake it to get it to move. They don’t work when they’re like that.

All good tips. I actually use 25lb tatsu fluoro for jigs/T-rigs and that includes punching. One thing to mention is when pulling the bait up, stopping it when it’s right under the mat and giving at a little shake before you pull it out can get a bite.

Can we make this a “hot weather clothing recommendation thread”? I use Columbia PFG tamiami 2 shirts and some type of Columbia shorts. Sometimes I have to wear pants fishing from the bank because of the mosquitoes. What do you all wear?

They look really good! Nice work!

I haven’t tried that many colors so I don’t actually have any colors that I would say don’t work. I still want to experiment more with colors and see if I’m missing out. Sorry, this doesn’t answer your question. P.S. if someone has jigs they don’t want I’d be happy to put them to good use. 🙂

How’d you manage to crack that code?? 😁

So only a small difference between the adrena and expride b as far as sensitivity?

That’s what I use as well.

Dang it. Too many baits on my “to buy” list thanks to this place.

Really? Interesting. Might have to try these.

Have you used an expride b? I’m curious how much more sensitive the poison adrena is than the expride b. Does the adrena use the same blanks as the expride b?

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Thanks! I don’t fish much wood. Just lots of vegetation and fairly shallow water. Which do you think works better in vegetation?

Thanks! Appreciate you sharing that! I’m gonna have to see if Mike at Siebert Outdoors can rig some up for me. 🙂

Idk why it changed what I wrote. I asked how it compares to these: How do they differ? How does each fish etc?