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I saw Bill Dance compare the stretch of FC vs Mono using figures presented by his sponsor on a show recorded within the last few weeks. I think he uses Hi Seas and they reported less stretch with their mono than their FC. As far as which to use it depends. On what you are trying to accomplish.

I just got rid of my 2 veritas rods and replaced with Dobyns Furys. I feel they are much more sensitive.

Anyone have thoughts about the Halo rods TW has for sale, I was considering a Dobyns Fury or *** *** 2 for my next rod until I saw these Halos. I think I need although not in this order ML spinning for drop shot, some kind of cranking rod and some type of all purpose pitching/ frog stick. Actually just checked and the and the halos are gone. So any. Feed back on the Dobyns or ***?

d**n u for leading me to this new crack dealer... Errr I mean website!

Pitching a drop shot on I believe 12lb Fluoro was exactly what Zaildain did the most. It is what he caught the 12lb bass he weighed in on day 1.

So spawning which is a tough trick to get them to bite. I will tell you go watch the way the BASS guys site fished out o the delta especally Chris Zaildain on Friday's coverage on the BASS website. He walked you through exactly what he was doing and why he was doing it better than anyone else. Arron Martins does a good job of describing what he is doing but if I remember correctly Chris Zaildain was more successful on camera. Pretty awesome viewing actually.

So I watched the weigh in live today and the telling Mercer to bring a Classic to the Delta. Not that big a deal. Then all of a sudden Trip Weldon gets on the mic and says that the group that evaluates sites for the Classic have or are in fact looking at Sacramento as a possible site for a future Classic. Then several of the pros mentioned having the classic out there, maybe because they heard the comments by Trip but maybe that is the rumor. I know next year it is going to be on Grand Lake but they have to look out more than one or two years. So now I am wondering is this years tournament just a dry run to gauge interest for a 2017 or 2018 Classic?

The new live coverage is going be a monumental change for the future as it is. For the first time ever B.A.S.S. will have inventory to sell off to TV that is not a staged show requiring weeks of editing work. The way I see it there are a number of things holding back bass tournaments from becoming the vehicle for creating inventory that ESPN thought it would become. I don't know if the McKinnis group has the capital to invest, judging by the number of phone calls I get to extend my membership I have doubts, but I hope they do. They need way more than 4 boats and either new on air talent or teach Zona how to let a moment a breath instead saying the first thing that pops in his head. Look at a sport like F1, Golf, or Nascar vs the way the sponsors treat anglers. The number one reason is the lack of TV exposure, turn that into a guys shirt being on the air for 50-80 hours a year and instead of him getting a discount on the reel he is using in exchange having the logo on his shirt it cost $10,000.00 a tournament to rent that space and for a title sponsor of a top 25 guy it cost the cost of the boat AND $400,000 for the wrap. That isn't happening now except for the very top guys like KVD etc. It is a d**n shame too. Also as this takes off I hope to see them limit the fields down. I think 100 is too many, there is no scarcity so the sponsors don't have to invest they just put up rewards for winning using their boats etc. If there are only 50 fisherman and 20 or more events plus the Classic and B.A.S.S. was able to carry Wed online and sell the rest to ESPN or Fox or .... and get off of living off the entry fees of the guys on the bottom things would be much better. It would also get rid of all of the Home Field Advantage stuff because of consistently having to go to all parts of the country to find fish. Then if B.A.S.S. wants to run a jr series they could and let that live off entry fees. As far as the MLF goes they are probably the most accurate barometer of who the best angler is and the small fields only make the better. One final thing I think they will have to address is sight fishing for spawning bass. I think as popularity grows and hopefully explodes there will be a hard look at the damage taking fish off beds CAN do to a fishery. Whether you agree with it or not I assure you that wildlife activist will end up making this an issue. Congrats to Justin Lucas on winning!

I have two ducketts not real thrilled with them. The 30 days is almost up and they are going back.

Good to know I have stayed away from Powell because of their warranty approach. The owner may be tacking the right approach in trying to make a value call but for a guy like me trying to feel my way back into fishing it sure made me stay away at least for my start up rods.

Any feedback on these reels? I have the Tatula and meh... It's basically my Lexa 100 with the t wing. The other two reels get great reviews butihave heard read some negative comments about Quantum in General.

I will probably fish it a few times since it is a new reel to me. That way if there are any backlashes getting used to it... Then i can spool it back up on an empty spool and the backing and be ok.

Thanks everyone, I am Respooling the curado with braid because I amobing it to my bottom contact rod. The tatula I am kind of mad about because now I have a partially wasted spool of line since to make this right I will need to strip off enought line fans refill. Casting distance is awesome but can be much better once I get it dialed in.

I purchased a Diawa Tatula today from Bass Pro Shops (yeah I know you can get it cheaper elsewhere) and I also purchased some P-line Fluroclear since I am using the reel for crankbaits. The guy at the store offered to spool the reel for me before I left and I agreed but when I looked at it after getting home it seemed to be under filled a little bit. Take a look, the grey reel is spooled by me and is a Shimano Currado I 200, the blackish reel is of course the Diawa Tatula, which one is filled correctly?

If you like the President I would say to look at the Abu Orra S, it's only $10.00 more but the difference in the spool design alone is worth difference. Both are made by Pure Fishing so might even share components. All I can say is I can cast a weightless senko with fluorocarbon much farther with the Orra.

Sounds like some KVD Line and Lure conditioner is what you need, I had the same problems you are having and after looking around the forums it seemed like a pretty well tried and true method of controlling fluorocarbon trying to jump off the spool, and it worked great.

Well they didn't have the 832 in the right lb test for my spinning rod at dicks, which has really good prices on line right now. So I went with Power Pro 4 strand about to put it on now.

Great stuff I was about to post a question asking for general opinions about braid with coating and without. I have Power Pro Slick 8 on a reel and I am thinking of trying the 832 for my spinning setup.

Of course it still works and works very well, as I can attest due to the fact that when I started back to fishing earlier this year that old stuff is what I was using. It works very well today. However the new stuff I have been exposed too, which are not even close to being top of the market, are much improved. Easier to cast, more power to reel, and much more sensative is just the start. My post was more of a wow look what we have here vs someone that maybe has been fishing all this time and the changes have seemed more incremental and therefore maybe a little less noticable. As far as the other guy talking about a shimano fan boy, well I have purchased to date these rods and reels: Shimano Curado I Diawa Lexa 100 Abu Black Max Pflueger President Spinning Rods Duckett Ghost Mojo Bass Spinning Shimano Compre or something like that it was on sale and d**n good rod too. Diawa Lexa casting rod I like them all and will probably sample a few other brands as I decide which I like the best and will probably stick with it. Certainly not a Shimano Fan boy although I was big Shimano and Abu fan back in the day.

Actually I thought it was just friendly banter, I took no offense. I think your position is unsupportable and I think we all have a tendency to think things were better back in the day.

I was thinking I found a buyer for my Shakespeare Boron spinning rod.

Thanks for the information and that makes since because I can't understand half the stuff on these reels yet. However I have an addictive personality and a little bit nerdy. For instance I see a ton of people that like the black *** rods and *** makes a big deal about the Toray Graphite being from Japan. So I checked into Toray and they have a huge facility here in the states and I have them sending a bunch of info and stuff to my office.

That's a pretty general statement and even might be true comparing ten years ago. I doubt it though, but hey maybe you like the way paint used to fall off our trucks before robots started painting them with electrostatic charged particles that leave almost zero orange peel effect too. Heck 30 years ago the understanding of how light the formulation of these modern day resigns (sp) was almost non existent. Go check out some of the stuff they are doing with carbon fiber in F1 or the fact that we have street cars with carbon fiber wheels. Think of the strength and forces that wheel goes through. Then you have c n c machines laser cutting cfd or computational fluid dynamics along with a type of 3d printing using silica and a laser are used in designing and making reel rods lures and lines today. Check out this to see some cool stuff http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/video/how-make-f1-car-design-and-rd-part-1

So my thoughts on the quality of the new equipment I have been exposed to over the past few months vs what was out there 30 years ago is this: Even the least expensive baitcasting reels by Abu Garcia are much easier to use than the highest end equipment back in when I fished with my father. Basically all you had was a tension nob and thats it even the free spool buttons were on the side so if you had every thing backed off it was a two handed motion to start the cast. Learning to use a baitcaster back then took quite a bit of effort and time. That is just to not backlash anytime you made a cast, now you can almost tune my new Shimano Curado I to cast without any thumb control. Its not the most accurate way to do it and you have to be smooth but I played around with it and an an old Bantam. I think the Lews V Spool was one of the first reels that had any kind of breaking. I am astounded with the smothness of even my Abu Black Max which is just about as cheap of a reel as you can get these days. I have always prefered Abu and Shimano reels. Probably the reel I am most disapointed with is my Diawa Lexa and that is is just because of its initial MSRP. I think a real at above $100 should have dual braking these days, maybe that is why TW and Gander Mountain have the reel on sale now for $69.99 which is what I paid. The lines of today are shockingly sensative as are the rods, I have a $50.00 Shimano Clarus casting rod that is worth every penny of the original MSRP and I can feel so much sensation with it I am actually really confused about what I am feeling and spend more time working out whats what than actually fishing at this point. That is to me the allure of fishing for Bass learing and refining techniques. I think by the time in a few months when I can cast my reels with the right settings and hit a paper cup with a jig from the other side of the world 95 out 100 times its going to be a blast. Not sure if this post makes sense, I was just kind of thinking of all the differences from the last 30 years and they are as astounding in fishing as they are in comparing my old Apple desktop 30 years ago to my iPad today.

Considering as of 3 months ago I had nothing besides 6 big boxes of 30+ year old stuff you could say the bait monkey the rod monkey the reel monkey and the boat monkey have all been kicking my butt. So far I have the boat monkey held off but let one of my clients trade for a bass boat in a car deal that I can steal I mean trade some work for and all bets are off.