SimonSays

I agree with that guy, open that lake up!

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll be sure to give them a shot. Another quick question, what weight rod do you guys use? I got a 6wt, is this too light?

Unfortunately I haven't caught anything on the Calvitron yet, I've been throwing it on and off for a while but nada

I have a quantum rod with moderate action that my friend lent to me...I love it for cranks

Just started fly fishing and wanted to fly fish for bass. What flies would you guys recommend and what techniques? Thanks!

I feel the bait monkey tugging already....I'll probably be there tomorrow :-X

Sounds like a good idea to me =D for all the guys who are still in college we can find new fishing partners!

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What are your opinions on the corvalus? My local tackle shop is selling the 201 for 59.99 and I've been looking for a smaller round reel...my abu c4 4k series is too large for my hands. Thoughts?

no luck at greentop =(

I'll be swinging by the greentop in richmond va i'll see if they have it!

first time I really used tubes was at Beaver dam and I felt like I did pretty well, I tried using the owner phantom hooks and I couldn't get a good hookset with them for one reason or another...I then switched to a bullet weight and a 3/0 ewg. I like tubes now =D

I'm not sure about the boat thing...lightning usually strikes the high thing around, and if you're in the middle of the lake cruising around you might be the highest object around

VCU! but i'm still in richmond...I visit from time to time =D

Heya ron, we just had a huge down pour last night with tornado warning and all, so chances aren't that great =(

So far i've caught more fish on plastics than on any other lure. They're great also because for about $4 you get more or less 8 pieces of plastic vs one hardbait. Great for a college budget like mine =D

I'd just yank it out =/ but I've heard of a method where you tie line to the hook then with one hand quickly put pressure on the hook while simultaneously yanking it out with the line. something like this

That's probably it, all mine are of the new generation Lewis traps.

no question the trap catches fish, but... are you a bill lewis rep? cmon, admit it. every year in my pond the bass spend a few weeks gorging on shad after the spawn so last year i did a test on schooling bass after too many banged up traps, and i wish i had the camera to show the results. my green/chrome/red belly rat-l-trap, against a yozuri baby bass. baby bass was eyeless by the 16th fish, but still had good paint, while scratched a bit. the rat-l-trap lost all the outside paint (except for a tiny patch up by the split ring) by the 3rd fish, and was chrome, and yes, white, by the 8th fish. the results were not inconsistent with what i have experienced in the past. so i figure w/ the trap you are spending an average of $3 a fish, and w/ the yozuri you are spending about $.50... for me the trap situation is: wood and grass with light line. that way when i snap off im not $8 worth of angry, just $3. Well, that hands down answers the original poster's question...atleast you know they still catch fish being totally white =D on a side note, I've caught many many fish on my bill lewis traps and none have lost their paint as dramatically as you say. scratches yet but total paint loss, no.

I haven't fished any ponds or lakes around Oakton/Vienna but a good resource you could you would be googlemaps great for locating fishing spots. Just glancing at google maps, have you given some of those unnamed ponds around those 2 lakes? there seems to be about 3 in the area. I'm sure others in the nova area will chime in soon, good luck!

For me the surgeons knot was too large and didn't pass through the guides smoothly, which was solved by the alberto knot.

ooo I see, think they'll have a 100 model?

What's the CI vs CU stand for?

use em! they might be old but they still work... a few months ago http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205126064/0 just a few weeks ago (last 3 fish) http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1210804036

I'm pretty brand loyal when it comes to reels (shimano) as I feel that they're tried and true so why change unlesss they really start going down the drain. Rods I can be more flexible with so far I've only fished st. croix and BPS extreme, but I'd love to give loomis a shot.