Dtrombly

Welcome ?

Lews has my favorite reel to date, Tournament MB. But as a whole I like Daiwas lineup the best. I'd choose Daiwa.

Pad Crasher

Yep, I use P-Line Fluoroclear. It is a fluorocarbon coated copolymer, floats like mono and has the near invisibility of fluorocarbon. I use it on rods that i throw both bottom contact and topwater baits on. No complaints

Nope, should be good.

Plueger makes some sharp spinning reels. I have a President XT I'm really enjoying.

On tacklewarehouse. It was apart of the 25 Days of Christmas sale.

I was doing good until that Daiwa Type LT frog rod dropped to $89.99. Sigh.

Power Pro hands down. Love that stuff. I've had Spider Wir,. It ended up in the trash before I finished spooling a reel with it.

I keep my spool tension the same as if I'm casting, brakes a little lower than if I'm casting, but not completely off. You'll probably get a dozen different opinions, that's the way I do it.

For flipping I'd use 50-65# braid or 20-25# fluro. For the 734 id go with #15 P-line Fluoroclear. It's a flurocarbon coated copolymer, which will give you near invisibility for your underwater presentations and it's a floating line which will be ideal for your topwater as well.

Take the classes. There's no shame in improving a very important skill that could be the difference between life and death one day.

Lol, well I'm glad to hear that you like it. It will be my first Daiwa rod.

I just ordered one last night ? 7'4" Heavy

Irod Fiber!

Wind chill was around -15 When I woke up. I went back so sleep. Lol. Thanks everyone!

I use the 7' H Fiber. Great tip for frogs

I have a 2.0. 7'3" MH casting to be specific. It's been durable for me in the nearly two years I've owned it. It's been my jig rod and I fish slop and set the hook very hard, no guide or blank issues here. Can't speak for the new ones

Pad Crasher

I'm revamping my arsenal over winter. Planning on putting the bigger money (~$300) into my jig rod and round out the lineup with $100-$150 sticks.

Love LFG and Glenn as well. Been with Jon B since the beginning. Still mostly enjoy his videos but I loved his channel when it was more teaching oriented rather than vlog style. I like AP too.

Notable fish we're a 5 and a 6.5 (my pb) and a lot under 4 lbs. A handful of rock bass and a handful of smallmouth.

I'm pondering drilling some holes at a local pond tomorrow morning, I am limited on ice gear as far as lures/jigs go. I'm curious if you guys throw any traditional tackle through the ice? I came up with this: Small tube, ned rig, wacky rigged senko, lipless crankbait. Thoughts?

Handled them in the store the other day, they are light and feel very nice. I'm gonna get one too.

I heard it here. Don't remember what thread, though.