roadwarrior

Green blends best in clear water. I suggest purple smoke for stained water. However, I don't think it really matters. Choose the color that best compliments your rod and reel! 8-)

Choose any color you like, as long as it's white.

You will like them a lot. Another you might want to try is the Sebile Koolie Minnow: http://www.sebileusa.com/p_koolie.html 8-)

I'm glad everyone is being pleasant and having fun. BTW, the Kick-Tail has never been banned from tournament fishing. That's a marketing ploy. Surprisingly, it doesn't "outfish live bait 4 to 1" either! I keep a set in my tacklebox just to remind me NOT to buy any of these scam baits again! Now, before we get off track and into a fight, let's move on. We haven't seen much of Irene lately, but she's back! Good night sweetie! -Kent a.k.a. roadwarrior Global Moderator

Just hoping for rain and current to make the brown fish happy. Hoping the green fish get out of the way! :

I have been very impressed with 8 lb InvizX on spinning tackle and AbrazX #12 on baitcasting gear. If you can get deal with the cost, Tatsu #15 is the finest line I have ever fished on a baitcaster. 8-)

I've put the Dremel to work on all of my reels. Polished all the moving parts / contact points in the spool engage/disengage mechanism. Polished the ends of the pinion gear. NOT the gear teeth. Polished the spool ends. And, (the best thing you can do for any reel ) polished the metal drag washers. Polishing the metal drag washers is a better improvement than switching to Carbontex drag washers. Doing both is better yet. I installed ABEC7 stainless bearings in two Fuegos, and just between you and me, there's not a heck of a lot of difference. Stock spools in all. I just can't justify what a different spool costs. I've ordered carbon fiber handles from Pfleuger three times now, only to have them back-ordered each time. I wanted the handles from the Patriarch XT. I'm more interested in a four bearing handle than in carbon fiber. But that particular handle looked like a bargain. I tried a handle off a 153 HSTA, and liked it. Those are four bearing handles, and are very smooth. I may end up ordering some of those instead of the XT handles. I have TD-Z handles on all of my Millionaires, and really like those. But they're very hard to find these days. Great work! Another $200 and 60 hours of hard labor and you will have turned that thing into a Shimano! : Just kidding...I loved your reel. ;D ;D ;D

Me, too! 8-)

Congratulations!

I fished one of ghoti's reels last summer. The Diawa Fuego is an outstanding reel. I was very impressed. 8-)

I'm a big fan of the Fat IKa, too!

State funding will cover nearly everything at the University of Memphis. If you live at home, the total cost is very low. Additional funding is readily available.

I have not fished the Sunline products, so I cannot compare. However, I am fishing Tatsu #15 on one baitcaster. This is the finest line I have ever fished. 8-)

WOW! Great fish, nice pics, too!

Great day!

I just hope I'm there when you land The Monster! Nice fish. 8-)

Hmm...

Man, you have found the right photographer!

Gonna have another pic today!

Shimano Stradic CI4/ Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft #6 http://www.tackletour.com/reviewicast09shimanoreels.html http://yo-zuri.com/ 8-)

6 1/2" GYCB Kut Tail 8-)

3/4 oz GMAN Mop Jig/ Rage Tail Lobster trailer 8-)

We'll be chasing brown fish shortly! 8-)

Wow!