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Some good resources up above which I definitely recommend reading. I'll try to make it as simple as I can. Use a dual willow blade for clearer water and a single Colorado blade for dirty or stained water. White is generally best in clear water, chartreuse in stained or dirty water and black in dirty water. Blue colors often labeled as blue sexy shad work pretty well in most clearish water. Nickel blades generally have the most reflection and work well in clear water, and gold blades and even painted blades work better in stained water. I would match the colors, blades and blade colors above to the water you fish and start there and continue to learn what other variations may work well in your water later. Try to deflect off stumps and rocks - bites will often follow. Spinnerbaits can be deadly around wood. In cold water I like either a single Colorado blade or an Indiana and small Colorado blade and fish it slow. Once the water hits 55 or 60, I will fish dual willow blades most of the time and later in the summer (typically late July August), you can burn a heavier dual willow bladed spinnerbait pretty fast.

If you ask me, you should get the Rebellion just to become the forum's beta tester. I have no experience with them myself, and I've heard very little but it's kind of weird as they are priced right around the Tatula Elite non AGS price point.

I will also post it here before launch time, but I can definitely send the info and calendar invite

Anyway back on topic. Thursday at 8pm EST, be there or be square.

I run 12lb Sufix Siege on one reel for topwater, 65lb braid on 2 reels for flipping and frogs and the rest fluorocarbon. I like throwing jerkbaits on the same rod that I use for topwater as well, so that reel will get some other uses as well. I would suggest picking up a Megabass Pop X and Pop Max. They're expensive, but they're some poppers that you can pop and they walk really well too.

I put hot sauce on everything! Even better yet, I opened a bottle of vitamin D on a Friday, took one and put it underneath my monitor and on my work desk so I'd see it and remember to take it. The next day I was in the office was on a Tuesday and my bottle of vitamin D was nearly empty. So I took that bottle home with me that night, emptied what was left into another bottle then I took some laxatives and pepper extract, put it in capsules and put it in my vitamin D bottle. People stopped stealing my vitamin D pretty quickly after that.

What, you've never added some Blair's Mega Death to sushi before?

If you are not adding hot sauce, you're doing it wrong

You have the right idea if your goal is eventually to get free stuff. Keep an eye out for lure makers that haven't sent anything to anybody else on Youtube as far as you have seen, because they might be a good place to start. It may take quite a while, but I would try to focus on keeping the quality of your videos and content high off the bat. Don't be afraid to review some stuff you already have as well. Reviewing a bait that you have versus a new one is a different type of review, but it can also save you money and time as you already know where it works etc.

This thread is almost 8 years old. I'm wondering how this turned out, because if they started back then, there wasn't as many people to compete with doing the same thing on Youtube and thus should be quite a bit easier to stand out. Some years before that, I almost did that with various guitar related gear when nobody else was doing it. These days, it would be pretty hard to get free gear to test out as a Youtuber. First you're going to have to build your channel and get a good number of subscribers and a consistent view count. That will take years, especially with more competition. Then you can approach companies that are not already sending gear to anybody else, if any exist.

I didn't even know they had an east coast location in the mix. That is pretty sweet! If I need something in a hurry it should now be a bit more affordable.

Well I can't remember who it was, but I can definitely tell you who it wasn't lol

I was at a show at the Palladium once and the band playing (I can't even remember who at this point) was like hello War-chest-er

I'll set it up later this afternoon or this evening. Bring your favorite fishing spots and lakes you'd like to fish that you haven't (I have a huge laundry list). This week is going to be themed around possible destinations.

Alright, how does Thursday at 8pm work for everybody?

If you manually flip the bail and don't forget to open it when casting, you shouldn't have many problems. Also if you now and then take a little line out and let it spin in its natural direction every now and then, that will take some twist out of the line and reduce future problems.

It's getting to that time again. Any input what day works the best aside from Wednesdays?

I am thinking of doing the same. A Tatula 100 should also be an improvement in casting distance, but I'll likely go with the Elite as this is my crankbait reel, but one of two I'll throw jerkbaits on.

I'm usually a clear sort of guy myself.

I'm not sure there is exactly a right answer here, but it seems like you have the general right idea. I would try both and see if one works better. One advantage I could see using a brighter color like chartreuse is that even though it's 15' deep, you may get a number of bass to hit it on the fall.

Jigs and spinnerbaits is definitely fair, although I would say spinnerbaits generally aren't that bad as in once you find the right spinnerbait for your waters, that same spinnerbait will generally work for most of the season. The jig really is sort of like the texas rig, but finding the right jig for the right situation is a little bit harder. With Texas Rigs, you basically determine your hook size by the size of your bait, the hook thickness based on the cover you're throwing in and the size of the fish you expect to be getting, the weight based on the water depth and also the rod you're using and the size of the bait based on what size fish you're targeting. With jigs, you have the additional factor of the size of the skirt. I would say any presentation has more than meets the eye though. Sounds to me like maybe that was before you started overthinking it?

I don't own a decent M/L spinning rod, but I have used my entry level models to fish crankbaits, weightless soft plastics, drop shots, finesse jigs, shaky heads, tubes etc some years ago. I plan on buying a higher end M/L spinning rod for next season actually. I don't really own any rods I can't find a use for, but I can think of a few I wouldn't use. Personally I wouldn't have much use for a ML casting rod as I do my finesse fishing on spinning gear. Same deal with a shorter extra heavy rod for jigs or frogs, I just don't have that kind of cover although a roughly 8' swimbait rod is in my future. Although neither are popular.

Knowing the rod, I know exactly what he means - MH-/F or M+/F. @ChrisD46 the Sierra 733C is a pretty solid rod to throw squarebills around grass and you can also fish weightless soft plastics and smaller spinnerbaits and chatterbaits on it. The Fury 705CB is more ideal in clear water. As for myself, I usually use a Daiwa Tatula Glass 7' M/R rod. If I'm carrying light, I may use my 7'2" MH/R glass rod which I can throw a spinnerbait, chatterbait or swim jig on as well. 10lb fluorocarbon for open water and 15lb fif there's grass (or I'm using the MH rod)

This really is a trick question. I do believe that the same rod but in a shorter length will almost always be more sensitive as it puts the tip closer to your hands. I think we all agree on that. I would say that if you could fish the same bait on two rods, you'll feel many bites first on the lighter powered rod first as long as it has relatively the same amount of tip to it as on the heavier rod, you may hardly feel a bite but on the lighter rod you may feel a very noticeably thunk but that doesn't mean the lighter rod will transmit vibrations any better or worse and thus the slightest nibbles may or may not be different.

I am fairly certain that's what I used before the Owners and if I'm right they worked well too. The circle hooks practically set themselves.