MN Fisher

Just in time to fill up on all the Christmas cakes, pies and other deserts.

Hoping that things work out and you can get back to enjoying this 'all-consuming' passion of ours.

I prioritize this over color - but 90% of the crank/jerk baits I have are 'natural'...ones that approximate the forage available in the waters I fish.

Ya, after looking at things, I picked the Fury crankbait rod over the Tatula XT. With the TW sale, I got it for that same $95.99...gets delivered today unless UPS screws up.

For not much more, you can get a Dobyns Fury - they have the 663C and 664C http://dobynsrods.com/rods/fury/

Worms/lizards/narrow profile I use a regular offset. If it's a bigger-body bait (Berkley Pit Boss/R.I. Sweet Beaver/S.K. Rage Bug/etc) then I'll use an EWG.

Near the bottom is a MH/R - it's the only one in the Tatula Bass line TATULA GLASS CRANKING RODS Model Number Power Action Length Feet Pieces Line Wt. (Lb.) Lure Wt. (Ounces) No. Guides TTU701MRB-G M R 7' 1 8 - 17 1/4 - 3/4 9 TTU721MHRB-G MH R 7'2" 1 10 - 20 1/4 - 1 9

Fleet Farm isn't a 'local tackle shop'...it's a regional (upper midwest) "sell everything" store - think of it like a cut down Home Depot and add horse riding equipment (they sell saddles and other tack), hunting and fishing gear...etc-etc-etc.

Even with the 10%, I can get it cheaper on Amazon - or even cheaper at the local Fleet Farm...$39.95 for the 6'6 M/F

(sighs) Looks like Amazon for that one then.

We got flurries, then the bottom drops out of the temp for the week. (winces) I'm lucky I didn't have to go through that - best wishes to the Wilf.

I like the fact they opened the 'doors' - now I can plan on when to get the Aird-X to replace the Ugly Stick. Long as the Aird-X is included with the 'selected' Diawa rods on the 20th.

I still have my old rod (Berkley Enforcer), though the Mitchell is long gone. The grip on it is thicker than the grip on my Aird-X's, and I was able to use it at 8 years old. I think the Aird-X would be fine. Far as I know, any decent rod...even the inexpensive ones...use blank-through now - those that don't are the cheap 'one season' rods that I wouldn't touch.

I'm an Aird-X fan, so that's my choice there. I've looked over the Diawa spinners, and still prefer Pfluegers. The 20 and 25 size are a bit small for general use, I use a 25 for my UL rig, but my 30 size is my 'all around' spinner. The 6'0" Aird-X doesn't have the lure-tossing capacity nor the line-test range of the 6'6", so I'd go with the longer rod. For comparison: the rig I got for my 8th birthday was a Mitchell 320 on a 6'6" rod - served me well into my 20's for bass, walleye, pike, panfish...you name it. So, 6'6" Aird-X M/F with a President-30 seems to be the ticket, IMO, for that budget.

Two rods I ordered off Amazon were shipped by Evike - both came in hard tubes, well packed with bubble-wrap around the tips and handles to support the rod in the center of the tube. I'd check who the origin-shipper was.

Uncle Josh stopped producing those late 2015/early 2016. Now-days the only place you can find them is on E-Bay at hideous prices.

I go further - hardware disconnected the camera and mic on my netbook, don't have either connected to my desktop.

Join the club...

Shipment 2 - most of my TW order. Still waiting on the rod, and a couple things are back-ordered, but this is the majority of my purchasing this winter.

Was out yesterday taking the wife to her Doc appt - there was still open water on Minnetonka with coots, ducks and snow geese paddling about.

Catt, if you're really going to clean house, need to include the washer, dryer, dishwasher and kitchen sink in there.

Or below...including the daytime highs... Monday Snow, mainly before noon. Temperature falling to around 10 by 5pm. North northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Monday Night A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday Partly sunny and cold, with a steady temperature around -1. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around -13. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1. West wind around 5 mph. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8. West wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 11. South wind around 5 mph.

I did my order through Cabelas - they even gave me the Veteran's discount on top of the sale price and free shipping.

300 would cover a rod and reel if you went with the Diawa DXSB Swimbait Rod at $110. the H/F model covers 2oz-8oz so puts that 4oz lure just under the mid-mark. For upper end, a Dobyns Champion has a few models that puts that 4oz right about in the middle of their range for about $260.

That looks legit