56 crestliner

mine was a 2lb. smallie in the portage river. i had a 5in watermelon w/ red flake senko rigged weightless. i saw a big log in the water and i casted by it and when i got up to it i hoped the bait over the log and as soon as i pulled up to hop it the smallie hit it. it was in august in the middle of the day.

i already glued the foregrip on . but i put the reel on it and it is pretty comfortable so i can live with it

no, thats the problem it is a trigger seat :-/

THnaks a lot for all the help. THat is all my Q's for now but im sure more will pop up on this build ;D

How is Excaliburs Spit-N-Image to be fished?Is it supposed to be Walked or just twitched on top of the water? Thanks

sorry i didnt mean i put the grip on backwards i meant i put the reel seat on backwards.

Do you guys put foregrips on the split grips? Looking at ur rods i noticed i put my grip on the wrong way , i guess i can make it work

when i brushed the cp on the end of the thread where i locked it keep moing away from the rest of the wrap so i need mre tension?

Is it a big problem not to use a cp, what does this do to the color of the thread?

i have a scale that is the hook type it is digital i was just wondering how you put a fish on this without hurting it. I wanted to know if these hurt it and how you put them on it. THanks

I am having problems with color preserver it is darkening my thread a lot and making it look almost like it is wet. some parts are different shades, iwas wondering if any of you have any suggestions to fix this. thew bottle says you may dilute it do you do this? or is it a bad product it is FLex Coat color preserver and thread sealer. i was also thinking of maybe putting a metallic layer under it, but it seems it would be diffucult to get everything lined up doing this. PLease help me

When fishing shallow water find big rocks sticking out of the water near the center. Cast down stream like Jomatty said and send it straight in to the rock and youll get a take. i like 5in in watermelon with red flake.

watermelon and purple

I just Ordered a Rapala X-rap Walk 13 from BPS today in Silver. I was wondering if anybody has tryed this top water lure it looked like a good product it is kinda expensive but all of the new X-Rap series seem to be, but they are well worth it so far.

I just ordered a devils horse from BPS online. i ordered the Tennese shad. They didn't have the heddon Dying Flutter that i could find.

I haven't been on al winter because trapping took over but im back now wiht some questions. Is shakey head a technique or is it a product? I know they make SHakey head jig heads but is there a specific shakey head soft plastic or do you just put like a fluke on it or a finesse worm? THanks

I just got some silver thread for my baitcaster it was real cheap i was wondering if anybody else uses it nad if they like it

How do you put a crawbug as a trailer on a jig?

my dad has a laser level so will give that a try.

ohhh... dang i was wondering how you guys keep the feet on. so do you just eye ball it for straightness ?

while working on my rod the biggest problem i ran into was getting my guides in a perfectly staraight line. the rod i just finished they arent in a straight line they graully go to the left. i dont think if somebody picked it up they would notice but i do. also the first guide i did came out and didnt perfectly line up i was just wondering how you guys keep it straight. and finally when doing this i used masking tape and it didnt seem to do a very good job. i couldnt seem to put it on tight without moving the good and haveing to completely restart. and if i bumped it will wrapping it was a pain to put it back in place while i had line still hooked to it. i think this was why my guides didnt come out perfectly staraight. any help would be greatly appreciated

sorry i kind of forgt about this post but when i put the u-4o on it it brightened it up. some of the wraps if you look close look really bad still ;D epecially my trim wraps. those things are hard. well it turned out ok.

id just like to add not to turn you off to your idea or anything but.. i just finished my first rod. altogether with guides blank etc.. it was a little over $50. it is an ultra lite spinning rod. i have previous post with lots of pics and questions, i also read the book and posted some questions. even though as flechero told me im gunna focus in on that one mess up every time i pick it up . i learned a lot from just building a rod and asking questions on here as i go. but i learned a lot on wrapping and trim wraps just from doing it. and it didint really turn out perefectly right but for $50 i can live with it i was just saying you may not want to build a high dollar rod for your first rod. thisis just a suggestion.

diffently perch, then come walleye and then i think catfish

The way OSU spanked Texas i would have to go with them