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10 g-ish without the bearing. Have thrown 3.5 grams for decent distance on a mf 7'er.

I agree. I could happily live with the entire lineup and wouldn't suffer in the least. One thing in particular that I like about mine is when I have the Fuego CT mounted on it the combination of that reel and the trigger/reel seat is super comfortable for my hand. Like a perfect pair of slippers. It jumps out at me when I haven't used it for a while.

I can't comment on that specific model. I have the 7' MH and my brother has two 7'3" MH and one 7'H. All 3 models run a tad lighter than their lure rating. Otherwise they're fantastic once you get a handle on which lures they'll load with. I've caught a ton of fish on mine in heavy cover without issue. Still as good as new. At this moment I'm using my 7' mh with a Chronarch loaded with 30lb braid to throw weightless flukes into cover. It loads well with a Houdini Shad which is light for a 5" fluke. No problem chucking it for nice distance. Before the slime re-emerged I had a Fuego Ct mounted on it and threw 3/8-1/2oz Dark Sleepers.

Exactly. This is the only reason I use a swivel.

Both of mine got past the infant mortality phase having been tested for multiple cycles and several fish. Hopefully I'm in the clear, but if they buy the farm I'll report back.

Perfection.

I picked up 2 of these scales after finding this post, and also because I saw a post by BlueBasser86 where he was using it. Good enough for me. $5.92 each on the auction site w/free shipping. I checked mine against an A/C powered digital postal scale and a digital diet scale using old paint cans of various weights for reference. The heaviest can weighed 8.72 lbs, or roughly 8lbs 11 ozs. All four scales were remarkably close, within 10ths of an ounce or less. These scales are nice and compact which is a bonus. They fit easily in a shirt pocket. Awesome. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Electronic-Hanging-Fishing-Digital-Pocket-Weight-Hook-Scale-40kg-10g/201182152447

Yes. Same frame on both. Same as the "pre-CT" Tatula Type R 100.

Even with the daytime temp hitting 60 on Tuesday the night time temps were still frigid as usual. NYWayfarer described what it's been like here in a recent post. "Feels like the wind is coming off the top of an iceberg right onto the Northeast." By 1:00 am Wednesday morning that's exactly what it felt like. My buddy's waders sprung a small leak, and 45 degree water sloshing around in his left boot had him looking for the exit. I was ready too. Even with 6 mil gloves on my hands were frozen. Regardless of the gin clear cold water, which is unusual for this time of year, the plants and algae are growing and picking off weeds was the theme of this outing. Tight fitting Nitrile gloves only stop the cold a little bit once they're wet. We decided to throw some topwater on the way out just to find some relief from the veg. He tied on a Livingstion wake crank and I tied on a WP75. It didn't take long before we were both on the fish. He beat his skunk with a few scrappers. I beat mine with yet another crazy Plopper eating crappie and a nice 5 lb 6 oz chunk. The next 3 days we'll have night time temps in the low 50s for the 1st time in a long time. Just in time for the LMB bass season to close on May 1st! What a crazy spring we've had. I'm not gonna miss it one bit!

Start out by holding the rod with two hands on your natural side, one on the butt and one on the reel. Look in a mirror and observe how you're positioned. Reverse that position and start from there. It may seem frustrating at first, but you'll have breakthroughs if you stick with it.

Don't be silly. I'm not using moron in the clinical sense. I believe you're well aware of that. I was a jock, and I know how the dumb ones, the morons, or the smart ones, can behave especially in a group. Bullies. I was tough enough to stand in between them and the weak plenty of times. And yes, if an intelligent jock was cruel I'd consider him a moron too. I could probably parse my words to your liking, but I'm a moron myself.

I'm sure this happens occasionally because some people are morons. Probably more of a dumb jock thing. That said I haven't come across but one guy that's even remotely interested in discussing the particulars of gear. He's a young kid who's really into bass fishing and is also former student of my son in law. He likes to quote specs of my latest gear, because he reads up, and he likes to talk about the latest baits. Aside from him absolutely nobody that I've met seems to care about talking about gear, or ever come close to running down anyone else for using spinning gear or a "lesser" brand of anything. Maybe it's more of a keyboard warrior type of thing? Most of of my fishing buddies use baitcasters primarily, but they all have and use pretty expensive spinning rigs too. There's no razzing about it whatsoever. Never. It's still funny to call a "spinning outfit" a fairy wand for effect. Sort of like saying "fart". It's just funny cause it just is.

I use 15lb Trilene 100% Fluoro on the same reel and it feels less weird and far more connected than the 12lb. I didn't care for 12lb at all, but actually like fishing with the 15lb. I can feel bites rather well with it and the stretch compared to braid can be useful sometimes.

I've wrecked two spools of braid when snagging weeds just under the surface on the end of a bomb cast which made the WP spin all the way in. Swivel for me after the second time. It has zero effect on a chuck 'n wind bait.

I use this precise tactic myself! Even though she knows I'm an idiot when it comes to gear, and this ploy is pure donkey dung, she plays along. "That's great honey" she says with a smile. There's no doubt that she's shaking her head and rolling her eyes as I blissfully dance out of the room.

I love my fairy wand.

Fish a different spot where they're not onto your dastardly tricks.

Gear shaming is weird and cringey whether it's done looking up or whether it's done looking down. You have no idea what you'd buy if you had "that type of money", but the odds are very good that you'd be buying shinier things. Don't bother arguing about it 'cause nobody here will believe you. Whip up a nice Kale smoothie, take a sip, relax, and enjoy what you've got. It's all good.

Flukes are deadly, and there are so many ways to fish them. Sometimes a little patience when working them nice and slow is the formula. SK Caffeine Shads are a bit more dense than other flukes, so a bit more castable when it's windy.

Powell Inferno 7' MHXF, 7 spd Chronarch, 30lb braid, 1/4 oz ECO Pro Sick Boy swim jig or various finesse jigs Tatula XT 7'3" HF, Tatula SV 7 spd, 50lb braid, 3/8-1/2 oz 6th Sense Divine swim jigs or others similarly weighted.

Oh, how sad. One less hardcore bass slayer out there catching my fish. Heartbreaking...sniff. ?

I found this today during an unrelated search. No affiliation whatsoever. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Daiwa-TATULA-ELITE-P-F100XSL-High-Speed-Left-Handed-Pitch-Flip-Reel/223986072313?epid=14034169102&hash=item34269c3af9:g:Yg8AAOSwHgdeoIsW

Try these in size 1. Rated to 66 lbs. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/VMC_Touch-Lok_Snap/descpage-VMCTLS.html

Definitely, as long as you keep it in it's wheelhouse.

I have both. No worries. The TP will outcast the Tat SV, but so will a lot of reels. Correct. It's a 2020 model with a number of differences from the old TPs.