Wayne P.

* First word following a colon = poo ;D

You may have scorched the shaft seal/s and fried the bearings. Air doesn't keep the motor as cool as water.

Not only is that type of jig a year round lure, its one of the few lure types that are.

Trius, you may be right, I didn't narrowly interpret his question to be comparing a rubber or silicone skirted jig to a Tx rigged plastic worm.

JF, that large barb on that large hook may account for more lost fish than the same hook without a barb due to lack of hook penetration.

I tried it, but the digging-in on the reel spool when under tension was too frustrating for me. I tried in on spinning and baitcasting gear. I liked its smooth surface texture and casting preformance. It is not invisible under water or out of the water, but may be less visible than green, yellow, red, or gray superlines.

Catt, if you have a plain jig head with a Yammy skirted grub on it and a pegged Tx rig with the same grub on it, you got the same lure. A jig is a jig, is a jig, no matter how its constructed.

The only difference between the two is the weight. The weight is attached to the hook on a jig and the weight on a Tx rig is not. The dressing on the hook can be the same or different. Both can be fished in the same manner-swimming or bottom bouncing. Both can be heavy or light. A pegged weight Tx rig is a jig.

It is worth it if it will give you confidence with your presentations. In performance, it is no better or worse than any other brand.

They make good backing for other lines.

I wacky rig a finesse and Trick worm in all water colors, works great. I don't do any twitching though, just a slow 1'-2' pull and give it slack to fall to the bottom.

Super Fluke

Its 4 years and 102 days to the end-----December 21, 2012

The be the most reliable, they have to have been around and in use for a long time to claim that title. The Ambassabeur reels and green Shimano reels can claim that title.

Thanks for the report, I can't decide whether to fish Briery or Hunting Run tomorrow. Did you check the water temp?

About 90% of the bass I catch is with a wacky rigged finesse worm-color was unimportant. Summer has been better than it was in the Spring in the numbers and size caught. I caught 506 more bass from June 1 to Aug. 31 than I did from Mar. 1 to May 31.

The inserts mentioned are the rings inside the rod guide frames that I suggested you test with a cotton swab. The rod model you have has good quality guides so unless you dropped or hard hit your rod on a hard surface your guides should be OK. Probably 90%+ of damaged rod guides are the tips that resulted from dropping the rod or it falling over when propped against something. I also use Stealth on my spinnerbait rigs.

I fish them with about the same motion as a surface popper. To make the lure more effective, reverse the pitch on one of the props so they will turn in opposite directions.

Braids don't have the relatively hard and slick surface like monos do nor are they as stiff. The difference will be even more apparent when reeling in quicky under tension--you will hear it. You can check your guides with a cotton swab to see if any have cracks, if not you are OK.

I use an old Lew's Speed Spool reel with a Kistler 7' cranking rod.

I'd be more inclined to use it if the hooks were reversed. I prefer the treble for most situations.

I was adopted by this:

Largemouth-- weedless wacky rigged Zoom finesse worm, 10-6. Smallmouth--Tx rigged Zoom 4" curlytail worm, 5-8.

It wasn't mentioned in any of the ICAST reviews so I assume its not in the near future.

I use both.