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Metallica stopped being Metallica after the Black Album. I don't remember where I read this but it was directed at them. "Don't cut your hair and sell out."

Crown and Coke for me. It's just simple and smooth.

Love catching crappie. I will try a small jig and a single tail grub and a floating fly with a 1/4 sinker and about 4 feet of leader but my favorite is a Mepps inline spinner bait.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/07/salmon.collapse.ap/index.html I have never fished for these awesome fish but I always see great shows on tv about what an awesome catch they are. When I read this article I found it quite disturbing.

Somebody start translating that catalog. Details are needed

Shimano Calcutta 251.

That must of have been one big leopard. I didn't think they stretched that far.

My Revo Premier got it's first real test today and I noticed that when I adjusted the brakes around half way to max, it made a weird noise as the spool slowed and the lure hit the water. I can only describe the noise as a high pitch grind. Is this normal for the Linear Magnetic Braking system on the Premier, STX and SX? Other than the noise, it performed flawlessly. It has so much power that it seems like overkill and it also did an outstanding job casting. I caught several bass between 1lb-3lbs today and none of them seemed like much of a challenge for this reel. I was just concerned about the noise. I never noticed it with any other reel I have ever used.

I have seen them at Dicks as well. I would rather purchase a Rat-L-Trap. I was not impressed.

St. Croix Avid 6'6'' Med Power Fast Action.

Dropshot... I have tried it several times with no results. I need a lesson from somebody on a lake someday. Nobody I know here fishes it much or at all.

I use to live in Nashville, TN and the fishing at local ponds, Percy Priest and Old Hickory was outstanding. I only wish I had more time to fish when I lived there. I was working 6 days a week 12 hours a day.

Where I live you either drive fast or become a slow moving target. For me personally, I drive with the flow of traffic, unless there is no one around. Then I drive between 55 and 60. If you're trying to save gas. Check this out. http://www.edmunds.com/advice/fueleconomy/articles/120880/article.html

I like mine MediumWell with a big can of Fosters. I think it supposed to be in the 60's this weekend. Time to break out the grill and start cooking.

When I am bank fishing I use a Jansport 2-day hiker backpack. I holds tons of stuff. It not as big as the Browing backpack but it holds about 2/3 of my stuff, including lunch, sunglasses, cell phone, bug spray, sunscreen, and my mp3 player. It holds such a variet of stuff, my wife makes fun of me and calls it my fishing purse. 8-)

I almost pulled the trigger on one of these a week ago. I had intended to get a mod./fast rod for crankbaits but when I picked up the Cumara I started to get side tracked. The models I looked at were light, seemed powerful and I liked the foam grips. I ended up with a Loomis crankbait rod but I sure was tempted to get a Cumara. I just wish they had one that was geared just for cranks.

I am at the mercy of the baitmonkey when it comes to Megabass lures. They have become a my new addiction. For me though, I have had the best luck with ebay. I just order my first one from Japan and it only took a week to get here. Three times faster than my last order from Bass Pro Shop. I have found some good deals on ebay (if you can call 2 Megabass Cyclones shipped for $22 a bargain) and I have seen a few lures that I can get at my local tackle shop for less. For example, I have a Pro Blue Vision 110 that I paid $24 for and I saw the exact lure go for $45 last week. I guess that's the fun of ebay.

For heavy cover I like to use a 3/8oz bullet weight. I like the trutungsten flipping weights but at $2.50 a piece there pretty expensive to be tossing into a place were it could easly be lost.

I like plastic. It's just easier to deal with and I don't tend to catch any more or any less fish with it.

For spinning gear I like the St. Croix Avid AS68MXF. The extra fast tip makes soft plastic a no brainer when it comes to setting the hook.

I have been having issues with this rod since I bought it. Nothing major but a few of the guides started to come loose. Nothing a little supper glue could not fix. When the fourth one fell out I decided to return to BPS and exchange it. When I got there I noticed that they had one on the shelf to exchange but just in case I inspected the guides. They were worse than the rod I was exchanging. So I asked them if I could get something else. They said, " Sure but let me check on the 90 day low price on this rod" I was like, "What is a 90 day low price"? I guess they check all of their BPS stores for the lowest price that this rod has sold at. which was $109 since I did not have a receipt, $50 less than what I paid for it. They then said I could apply the $109 towards any rod I wanted even though the current price was $159. I was very > at this point. After I accepted the fact that $109 was the best I was going to get I started to look for a rod. I was very disapointed with the service I received at this point. I asked for help and got little to none. I told the sales guy that I was looking for a crankbait rod with a moderate to fast action and he acted like I was speaking a foreign language. They had a very limited selection. I then took it upon myself to ask for a catalog and started to ask if they had certain rods in stock. Again they seemed almost clueless. I ended up coming home with a 6'6'' Loomis CBR783. Which for a crankbait rod, blows my old BPS Johnny Morris rod out of the water. It's twice as sensitive and throws any light weight crank a country mile. After the quality issue with this rod and the poor service I received, I don't think I will be going back. I have never received bad service from BPS but I have a short fuse and a low tolerance for stuff like this, especially this new 90 day low price return policy.

For a high speed reel, I like the Daiwa Zillion.

Between the two I would get the Curado but I think the Daiwa Zillion would be nice step up from the Curado if you want to spend a couple extra bucks. The Zillion, IMHO, is best workhorse reel out there.

I don't believe it.

844C would be a no brainer, IMHO.