Lead Head

Been running these on a jika rig with a 4/0 this year with great success. I'm finding I love the versatility of a swimbait on a jika rig. Straight retrieve, hopping, twitching, burning, dead sticking and of course initial fall have all produced fish.

Never hooked myself past the barb, but did take a 3/8oz (I think) bullet sinker to the head. As I mentioned in the name thread, I figure Lead Head was earned here. In this picture (assuming I get it to post) I had already moved it. Originally it was farther around and completely hidden.

That 33 platinum is what I keep around for teaching first timers how to fish with soft plastics. Throw one of those on a stiff rod and people who have never fished before have little trouble sticking and landing bass with a Texas rig.

It would be on a new build. I decided if I'm going to get into more expensive rods I might as well build them myself and have exactly what I want. I'm currently gathering information and saving up money. It's going to take some time, but I'll get there. Let me go ahead and apologize now for all the newbie questions I'll be asking in the future. Thanks again for the help

I have 2 tournament mb and a bb1 that I absolutely love. I will be replacing all my reels with the mb eventually.

Gotcha... thanks for your time that is exactly what I was trying to figure out.

Thanks, you say it fits newer Fuji casting seats so getting it on a ECS will work? It looks like you bond it to the sleeve that would replace the stock lock nut. Does that sound about right?

Can anyone explain how this works? Will it just slide over the threads of the reel seat and be like a small foregrip or is there more to it? Couldn't find anything on YouTube and product descriptions just don't tell me enough.

Mine was earned... took a 1/2oz bullet sinker just above my right eye. It actually went all the way in and looked like one of those crazy eyebrow implants people get.

+1 for pad crashers (mostly poppin) In my experience they hold up about as long as a spro, but don't take in as much water. Managed to get a whole summer out of 1 before it finally ripped apart, and I threw it a lot. It had caught enough bass (and been assassaulted by many gar) that I wasn't surprised when it finally failed. Can't speak for any other brands, but I definitely prefer pad crashers over spro.

I can understand the love/hate with floroclear. I used it for a few years before I ran into a bad spool. It broke at the knot on EVERY hook set. After 2 fishing trips and trying every knot I know how to tie, I finally stripped it off and refilled from an old spool. Problem completely disappeared. I still keep it around now for bream and crappie poles but I won't put it on a bass rig anymore.

Fair enough. I was sold on the Fury until I realized I could get the JM for 100$ during the BPS sale. It had me wondering if the JM was actually a better rod since it's normal price is 150$. I just don't know enough about the finer points of rods to look at materials and see a difference, so I automatically default back to price. I'm sure BPS is still making a profit selling the JM at 100$ and I realize price doesn't always mean quality... that's why I started asking you guys. Now that I think about it, maybe I asked the wrong question. For you guys with a better understanding of rods and rod components, do one of the rods stand out on a "quality of components"? I understand there are many other variables, just trying to do as much homework as possible. When I started trying to look this stuff up myself it got over my head really quick.

Thanks for the tip on the Dobyns upgrade policy. I read up on it and it seems like a really nice feature.

Thanks for the reply! I have held both rods... whipped them around the store like a drunk Jedi... and still ride the fence. They both have pros and cons for me personally and with my limited rod experience I'm just looking for some "on the water" experience from you guys. I'll have to jump off the fence one way or the other before BPS sale ends

One of the reasons I never could pull the trigger on a carbonlite is the grips. I very much so prefer cork. I'm also one of the few that really like the power hump. Would you say the tip is the same on the carbonlite and JM? Thanks for the feedback!

Im getting ready to buy a new soft plastics rod and have narrowed my search down to these two. I plan to run 30lb braid and throw 1/4 - 3/8oz (occasionally 1/2) weights. Very little open water, mostly moderate cover. I operate on a pretty limited budget and have no experience with rods in the 100$+ price range. I can get either rod right now for about the same price but after changing my mind on which one to get about 10 times in the last 3 days I need some help. Looking at MH/F action rods. As I said, i have no real experience with rods in general beyond some cheaper BPS stuff so any info or advice (especially relative to how these rods compare to one another) will be greatly appreciated.

Can't speak for USPS, but UPS moves every package through facilities on conveyor belts. Long package gets stuck, others pile up behind it and "pop".