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Just do it. Less headaches. Thumbing the spool on a baitcaster allows you kick the tail out on a JB while it's landing. Works most of the time to avoid fouling the hooks. Fouling can be a pain with spinning gear and straight braid, even when you finger the line.

I don't know if we have different reasons for this, but I'm with you, even for treble baits. With a CB glass rod, or even a graphite CB rod, I found myself breaking the center line with my body too easily, especially if the fish ran at me. I'll stick with crisp actions and set from elbow to wrist, then lift. I'd like it if all hook sets were directly in front of me, but somehow they end up close or close enough to perpendicular to my yak. One dump in 48* water was enough for me, even though over setting on a hook set and breaking plane wasn't the reason for it. If you want to feel trippy without supplementation then try it at night. It feels like I've blown up a giant balloon. Takes several minutes until I'm oriented. Messes with my equilibrium in the short term. It's weird, but it passes.

From the TW website: Please Note: All Rods 7'11" and longer feature removable handles.

Go for it.

I enjoy buying and owning all of it, however, there's a hierarchy to it. For me, lures are an impulse buy. A fun thing to have. A "let's see if I can catch one on this" kind of thing. They're also temporary for the most part, or seasonal, or specific, or something I'd trade away. I don't spend much time thinking about them beforehand. It's more about I want it now, hit send, drool over them a little when they arrive, then we'll see, whenever. Whenever might be 6 months away, and the right time. Rods and reels, I ruminate about them before a purchase. I'll spend a lot of time rolling a new reel onto a bunch of rods in pursuit of a dash of magic. A goldilocks feel. Besides swim bait reels, I spend little to no time predicting which rod a new reel will land on, but only which one I'd like try first. I enjoy letting it all unfold. This is a personal process pleasure thing for me. It's not for anyone else to understand or even care about. I don't spend a minute promoting my preferences to anyone else in my circle. It's just for me unless someone asks. Ultimately, a rod/reel combo will spend far more time in my hands than any single lure will ever be tied on. By that measure rods and reels are a far more personal thing. Lures aren't, but I like them. Anyone know a good therapist? I'm asking for a friend. ?

You're actually eating freshwater fish from Jersey and New York? It's all starting to make sense now...?

Ain't that the truth.

Anticipation. It doesn't get old.

Yes

Other than Strader and Montgomery hammering LM pitching into pads, which was fun, the final MLF last year was dominated by Neal staring down at his graph. Wheeler whacked them one day doing the same thing. Not too much drama, but I still watched. Bussy Break last week was far more entertaining. They actually had to fish.

Daiwa 20 HRF TW PE Special I believe @onenutinthewater has one. $225 from Asian Portal

"What is more important to you or gives you more pleasure buying and owning?" I like buying both, but I expect to lose lures, not rods and reels. If I was dangling from a cliff by one arm and needed to drop one or the other to survive: Bye Bye lures.

Some people clearly have had problems with lower lb tests braid, but I haven't had much of an issue at all. The MHF rig I've had in my hands most this past year is spooled with 30lb J-Braid x8. No dig-ins were great enough to disrupt my next casts after jacking fish through pad fields or covered in 5 pounds of weeds. Maybe the dismissed and unloved Daiwa J-Braid x8 gets the credit? I also use the same 30lb line on my medium cranking/lipless setup. No problems. Same line on a MF setup. I never pull snags out against the drivetrain of my spool, so that's a non issue for me. Also, I ran 20lb J-Braid on a Tat SV for a year, but the terrain where I fish is loaded with Lily pads which lead to several breakoffs at the knot. I can't have that, so 30lb it is. Besides that, we really don't have much in the way of wood or rocks here, and no shell beds whatsoever. If there's an issue worth noting about braid it's this: You can have a fluff and recover during the cast with mono or fluoro, but not really with braid. If you dial in for the longest cast possible, throw a high arc cast, and you keep your eyes on the spool you can observe a fluff and recover towards the middle of the cast using mono/fluoro. This scenario is much more likely with Daiwa's Magforce Z or SV than with friction brakes. Better to not begin to lose it with centrifugal brakes at all. Regardless of which braking system you use, a fluff with braid requires just one thrown loop to cause the spool to lockup instantly. Dead stop. I'm describing what sometimes happens early in the cast during the ascent of the lure on a clear path. Not clipping a branch or dead stopping the lure on the descent. Meaning hitting the water or against a dock piling, etc. That's birds nest time. The quick lockup during an unobstructed ascent type with braid is usually quick and easy to get out. Good luck with the big birds nest type, especially on the spot. Sometimes. Possibly. Maybe, but not often quickly.

Check out this guy on YT. He's all over BFS gear. Good chance he'll have one before long.

Some of Daiwa's PE(braid) Special BC reels have a faster than usual level wind in relation to one crank of the reel's handle. This produces a similar effect observed with a long stroke(oscillating) spinning reel. The line criss-crosses on the spool instead of being neatly stacked side by side as seen with a standard speed level wind. This helps to avoid dig-in.

Well, not if you need to sell an organ to find out, but short of that...

The VMC tool comes with clear O-rings that are super supple. Even GY senkos last longer with these. They fit 4"5". Too bad they don't make them for 6" worms AFAIK. Check out the chart in the link for sizing. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-PLFGOR.html https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/VMC_Wacky_Rig_Tool/descpage-VMCWRT.html#customer_reviews

He was angrily apologizing for the F bomb and ordering them to "just edit it out". It's always amusing to see people who have outwardly friendly social personas go totally volcanic. Over time I've leaned to peg them from the getgo. Funny. Afterwards he lent his film crew's boat to a competitor who's boat crapped out and he made it back in time to weigh-in.

Then tune back in! By page 3 we'll be debating the nuances of gutter cleaning.

I watched all day. He blew it on several, and was very close to going full IKE.

I really need to have their Crappie too! Have you seen that bad boy? Wish they made a 6", only 9" available.

Yes, mine was generously coated too. Haven't seen that before. Perhaps they've overreacted! Better than bone dry I reckon.

There are hundreds available today, especially by custom builders. Most that make it to market swim well. The FB Swim Bait groups are picky and are unafraid to register their displeasure, so most do what they're supposed to do. Take a look for yourself.