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^ 9. Great song! How about some Jimmy Herring? Probably my favorite living guitarist.

It's personal preference. Personally, I'm a pretty sold lefty, my right hand is so discordinated I couldn't through a ball 10 feet (although my right arm is actually stronger) but I cannot reel with my left hand to save my life. So I use only right handed reels. For baitcasters, this feels very natural as I cast with my left and keep the rod in my left hand.

^ 6. I should note I'm generally not a fan of pop/mainstream music but it's actually better than most.

I think you mean the XT? Surprising, I have no issues at all with balance on the Tatula and I'd assume the XT would be similar, it is a little heavier but doesn't bother me. I guess if it's weight though, stick to graphite.

What did you hate about it, the weight or lack of sensitivity? The lack of sensitivity is not an issue with the Tatula -- vibrations are muted but still I feel everything, even things I can't feel on my son's Mojo Bass spinnerbait rod.

I would call that stop and go, almost jigging it. I've had luck that way too sometimes.

^^ this

Sometimes I'll burn them, and sometimes I'll use a stop and go retrieve, but I usually have the most success slow rolling spinnerbaits, even later in the year when burning them starts to be more effective. If there is anything to hit like rocks at the bottom, stumps etc then that can cause a deflection, that helps and the same holds true with a square bill. For what it's worth, I have absolutely slayed them at times with a spinnerbait but never had the same success on a chatterbaits, but I know many people have the opposite experience. I also generally have the most success with willow/colorado blades, then dual willow blades most of the time as most of our water is quite clear.

The Mojo Bass spinnerbait rod is not a bad choice for moving baits. It's on the stiffer side for cranks, but manageable. I've used a Daiwa Tatula 7'2" MH/MF glass rod for these presentations myself and haven't lost many fish on it. The action is overall fairly similar to the Mojo Bass spinnerbait rod.

As I don't own a boat, I find myself fishing a lot of shallow water from the shore and I do myself constantly using a spinnerbait or buzzbait. It seems there are some lakes around me where I'll never get even the tiniest nibble on a spinnerbait or buzzbait no matter what the conditions are, but on other lakes there are days it seems the flash and vibrations attract the bass when nothing else would. Crankbaits and spooks are also effective at covering water, but not so much for being burned. I believe this is all about profile. A 3/8oz spinnerbait without a trailer will certainly have less profile than a bladed jig with a trailer (and if you are going for size you probably want a 4.3" keitech on either). But if you are targeting bigger bass with a spinnerbait, you want to use a 3/4oz or even a 1/oz spinnerbait which is much larger than the 3/8oz or 1/2oz spinnerbaits I would normally throw to catch them in quantity (and sometimes quality too). I know a lot of people have caught their 10+ pounders fishing these large spinnerbaits.

I bought a spool of this for my son. It's basically flurocarbon fused with monofilament, so it behaves like mono but is invisible like fluorocarbon. I had initially bought P-Line Fluroclear and we had all sorts of problems, I believe it was with some pretty severe line memory if memory serves me right. So I bought some Yo Zuri Hybrid, spooled that up and we used it for the rest of the season with no issues. It's fairly strong an abrasion resistant and lower stretch than straight mono and the memory isn't too horrible.

I usually go with Daiwa's J-Braid x8 because it's solid, quiet on the guides and cost efficient however I would be inclined to try their new J-Braid Grand which is supposed to be more abrasion resistant. The other line I would look at it Power Pro Maxquatro because the 65lb line the same diameter as most braid closer to I believe 50lbs.

^ 7.5. That's a fun jam, would be a cool song to play in a jam band and add some solos etc.

You can fish a drop shot with larger hooks and larger soft plastics. I never do personally, but I gather it works for bed fishing and to target larger bass. Should I ever get off the shore I might give it a shot!

^ 7. Not my favorite of Tim Buckley's performances, but he sure did deliver some very solid performances. I think you'll like this one.

I am guessing that and being able to send it back to Tackle Warehouse instead of the manufacturer was something to do with their warranty.

^ 7. Nothing too complicated or out of the box, but a solid performance. Try this one

I run a 6.3 Tatula SV with mine. The SV reel is nice for throwing a 3/8oz spinnerbait with no trailer. You can also throw crankbaits on that rod as long as you aren't using braid, so the SV would be beneficial there as well. I liked it so much that I picked up the 7' Tatula glass M/R counterpart which will be better for shallow and medium cranks in open water, and got the newer version so I'll have matching handles and sold the old one to a friend who was interested. The only bad thing I can say about it is that it's a little heavy, but it doesn't really bother me.

Well like I said it feels perfectly balanced with a slightly heavier Daiwa BG...

I have been using a Daiwa Tatula glass 7'2" MH/R rod for spinnerbaits and bladed jigs up to 1/2oz with great luck. It's also surprisingly sensitive as well. Major vibrations are notably slightly muted, but oddly enough you still feel every small thing like hitting a weed just as much as you do on graphite.

I picked up a St. Croix Avid X 6'9 ML/XF and a Daiwa BG in size 2000 for finesse fishing, opting to spend more on the rod and less on the reel. I'm very happy with both the rod and reel. The BG feels like a much more expensive reel minu the extra weight, but it balances with the Avid X quite nicely (which I hear with a really light reel may feel tip heavy, and I'd believe it). I have a couple of Mojo Bass casting rods as well, they're nice rods too. I would go with the Daiwa BG over the Pflueger President XT unless weight is a big deal for you. The BG has a larger sized spool which will give a better hookset and also lose less loops, which is occasionally an issue on the President.

9 for John Coltraine. Try this one.

I should clarify, if you get a pork roast, you won't want to cook that medium rare. Also look up Baltimore Pit Beef. That's very good too!

I had an older model with a rattle that caught me a few fish. With this year's black friday order I picked up a 1.5 silent which is similar in shape and I'm guessing will work just as well.

5 pounder on a Norman Fat Boy crankbait. Must have been in early May because it was right before I went into the hospital.