fishwizzard

I suspect it's due to them getting burned by fraud before. The CC company will get it's moeny back form TW, but TW has no worthwhile recourse to get their products back. I will again push for paying for all online stuff via a CC linked to Paypal. You can use whatever you want for a shipping address and you don't have to keep money sitting in a PP account.

I am an ok swimmer and wear a PFD whenever I am in my kayak and have started wearing on when I am wading bigger water alone. I am shocked to learn that bass boats don't have seatbelts, I have managed to eject myself from my lawnmower before (I will admit to being a bit loaded at the time), I can't imagine not having one on a boat that goes that fast.

I got it from Amazon as they had the best price at the moment, it's still on there for $155, which is around what I paid. It's so nice to be able to stick my rod and reel inside my pack when I am done for the day and hike back to the car without worrying about snagging a longer tube. They have a few different models, I want to pick up a finesse spinning rod from the same line at some point.

Hah, that looks just like the one I saw, almost the exact same shade of orange.

Hah, I did a lesser version of that but with the 6" cut tail worms.

I have seen what looked an awful lot like that fish of yours, but far far brighter orange, swimming around in a pool in Northwest Branch below Burnt Mills. It is a super suburban area, so I can see how it's likely that idiots do dump fish there from time to time.

I went a different direction when I bought my last travel combo; It's a Dawia B.B.B telescopic casting rod. I wanted a casting rod that would pack down as small as possible and cover a pretty wide range of lures. I have used lures from about 3/16 to 1/2 on it, which is what I was looking for. It has Regular Fast action and once assembled, it's easy to forget it's a multi part rod. I very careful about lifting fish with it, but it survived three days of Miami Canal fishing in which I snagged and had to lift some chunky tilapia four or five times and it held up like a champ. It is a dream to hike with and takes up no space in my suitcase when I travel for work.

Sometimes you get lazy and don't check you weight often enough and it flys off on the cast. Spinning reel, ah shucks, you lost a weight. Casting reel..... I went with a spinning combo for my dropshot needs mainly because I enjoy spinning reels and wanted an excuse to use one more often, but I don't doubt, backlashes aside, that I could fish it just fine with a casting combo.

I am in love with Microwave Guides and would go for the Enigma just bassed on that and the grip. They are powerful ugly, but at ~$90 on ebay I might take the plunge as I am really curious about them.

I always checkout with Paypal so there is never an issue. I try to do all my online shopping through paypal, which I have linked to a credit card I only use for online stuff/work travel. It gives me a double layer of fraud protection and I have never had a checkout issue anywhere.

It seems like the good stuff got cherry picked months and months, if not years, ago. I swear most every sale is just them shuffling around the same sad collection of lures.

Right now my house is so cold that I can just keep the beer near the front door and it stays at a good temp. But it's brandy and coffee time when it's this cold out.

I have both a Zillion SV and a sv103 and the latter is so much nicer it isnt even funny. The Zillion SV is going to get sold off any day now but the sv103 would be second last to go if I had to.

Zoom has some really amazing colors and at three bucks or so, it's hard not to give in. It's just the Trick Worms that get me, I can walk away from most other lures and only buy what I "need", but those worms just call out to me. I am a firm believer in glitter, I have seen enough flashing baitfish to want a little sparkle.

I guess I like cold beer, but not to the extent that some do

Zoom's million Trick Worm colors kill me. Like I know I "need" maybe 3-4, but I am up to like 8 now and every time I seen them on sale I end up with another one.

I have been wondering about these, I have a pair of the old Costa yellow high contrast glasses, but they were from a deal-site and fit me poorly. I love them except for fit, so it's good to hear the new low light lense is as good so I can replace the ones I have, which give me a headache if I wear them for more than a few hours.

3" Senko, a bit over 1/8oz. A 3' BPS Sticko weighs a little under 1/8oz.

Can we talk about $400 coolers instead?

Thanks to those who posted files, I like the looks of both of them and will stick mine up here once I finish it. I get an odd kick out of excel (I suppose because my job doesn't make me use it all the time) but tend to go way too fussy.

I honestly had no idea bamboo fishing rods were still a thing, what advantages do they offer over a more modern material?

They are more of a shakyhead/slider style jighead, so the hook point will be skin hooked into the plastic. Due to the plastic being both strong and stretchy, it makes hooksets less reliable. But as I said, you can drift them with little fear of a hangup.

The Owner Ultras/Decoy Nailbombs are the best jigheads I have found for a weedless Ned. You will miss some hits, especially if you are using a lighter rod, but having it be weedless is a godsend for a lot of the river fishing I do. Being able to drift the lure lets me fish water that I cant wade over to and it's really nice for skipping under brush and other super snaggy cover.

I thought the TRD tubes would be the best thing since sliced bread, but I have not been as excited by their performance. The tails dont have much action and stick together if you don't lube them. They are a little better for weedless rigging on Owner Ultra head due to the hollow butt section collapsing out of the way better than a solid TRD.

If you are not size-restricted, the Plano 3600 Worm Stowaway is worth a look. It is made to hold a half dozen or so bags of plastics and has small spots for terminal tackle as well. I wanna say it was designed for Z-man plastics as the bags fit perfectly and the packaging slows it full of them. EDIT: I just saw you post about the kayak. If you really want to carry that many TRDs, then the Worm Stowaway looks right up your alley.