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Wow, congrats! I considered trying to buy myself a PA14 too but decided against it. They really thought of everying.

I got the YakAttack Blackpak. It's kind of pricey but it holds 3700 sized boxes which is nice. At the end of the day, I get my money's worth.

It has a very soft tip, but a very short tip. For spinnerbaits, I would prefer a tip that loads more into the blank, even if the tip is stiffer. Killer jig rod though. If you're looking for a single rod to do it all, you'll want the 7'3" MH/F. Maybe even the 7'1" MH/F if you are throwing 3/8oz and under chatterbaits with lighter trailers. If you found the power and action of your 7' Avid X MH/F was about right, you'll like the 7'3" MH/F.

It also depends on line size. If you are using 16# fluorocarbon, the 70 is fine, I think it holds about 70 yards. If you are using 20# you might want a slightly larger spool.

I try to be consistent. Most of my rods are Daiwa. I own a couple of St Croix rods to fill gaps that Daiwa did not offer.

I sat him down and talked to him. He seems to get it, at least for now. Today was progress, applied to another job and followed up with another one.

I'm dealing with this with my oldest kid now. He basically only applies to places that would never hire him or that would never have hours for him around school. I'm not sure what to do yet. Do I kick him out in a couple months when he turns 18?

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The H/xf has a shorter but much softer tip and maybe a little more backbone to it. The MH/F has a stiff tip. Both are good for a lot of the same things (jigs, Carolina rigs, t-rigs etc). The H is more of a specialty stick but a good one where the MH is a little more versatile.

I have a work laptop but the wifi barely works at all. I won't bother with it anymore. It plugs into the router and I remote desktop via my desktop in to work on the large screen and use it for work and that's it. My tablet is a Surface Pro 3 but the keyboard broke a while back but since I used to have a working laptop, I didn't bother replacing it.

Do you know how hard it is to do this on a tablet?

Remind me to check the group once I'm out of isolation.

Did you get the email I just sent? I couldn't use my outlook group since I can't use my desktop since I am isolating for covid right now, so I added addresses manually and you were definitely there.

I sent the invite for 10am. It is supposed to be 10am. I set the zoom call to start at 10pm which I fixed - and shot out a followup email to clear up any confusion with anyone else.

don't forget about the banana cutter as well

I'm not sure that the current Zodias MH is the same, but an order model was quite a powerful rod for a MH. It had enough power to handle some pretty decent cover. Either way in the absence of cover, I would go with the MH.

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My thoughts on the matter is that when I'm catching fish, I'm happy and I tend to not think about it and stick to what works. When I'm not catching fish however then I start thinking is my line too thick or visible? Do I need some scent? Or maybe my hair's not quite right. As for colors, I personally believe the biggest differences are generally going to be with red (maybe orange) vs non red colors more than anything else.

It seems like this is a rabbit hole I don't want to go down myself. It puts me in a bad mood, often for a bad reason. For example I'm hitting the water on what seems like optimal conditions for a shot at a new PB. So I set the reasonable goal of catching a 5 pounder, only I catch a limit of 20lbs or so, not a bad day by any means but none broke 5 lbs and then I'm disappointed I didn't get s 5 pounder. Or on other days, maybe I get skunked entirely.

My only real seasonal color preferences are I like silver crankbaits and jerkbaits in the spring and fall.

I was thinking maybe 10am EST (which would be 9am central)?

The morning of February 6th would actually work for me. No hockey games that weekend. I can't schedule next weekend because my birthday is on Friday but due to hockey practice I'm not likely to do anything for my birthday on my birthday but I don't know my schedule yet. Alternatively, I was going to ask if someone else wanted to volunteer to run one. Sometimes daily hockey practices makes it hard for me. I don't think we did any of these calls the last time my kid played in a normal travel league...

I believe it really depends on the rod. The original model Victory casting rods do run a little lighter than their other St Croix counterparts at least but I've heard the ML spinning rod was basically a full blown medium. They're definitely great rods for the money, sensitive and very light. I am not aware of a 7'1" M/XF Mojo Bass. They do make a 7'1" M/F though which is generally designed for soft plastics, specifically T-Rigs. It might be heavy for lighter plastics.

Most of my rods are Daiwas, and I have a couple of St Croix rods as well. At the time, Daiwa did not have an offering that fit what I was looking for.