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Flipping and Pitching are just a means of delivering a bait to it's intended target. You can flip and pitch anything, Frogs, T-Rigs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs you get the idea. Just adjust your rod and reel for the bait you will be presenting and the cover that it will be fished in. You will not need the same setup for a 1/4oz jig as you would for punching mats. Hope this helps.

1/16th and 3/32, depth and wind dependent. I don't mind if it ticks a rock or something once in a while, but I fish very light FC leaders in waters that are heavily infested with zebra muscle and don't want it touching anything more than necessary.

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I own the 853C JWR NRX, it is a great rod, and does have some versatility to it. I find that it fishes jigs in the 3/8 oz range very well, but once you get closer to 1/2 oz the rod quickly feels overpowered and seems to not be able to provide a reliably strong hook set. If I were buying a new NRX JWR and wanted one that would provide more versatility my choice would be the 854C. Also if space allows you might consider the 873 or 874, many prefer these rods to the 85* models. Either way you will enjoy the rod.

Many who repaint crankbaits do not bother to strip the paint from them. Use a scotchbrite pad to break the surface, remove any persistent staining and dirt and then cover with a good opaque white base coat. Base coat will provide a new clean surface for all future paint to adhere to. I have used rattle can primer with good results, it is easy inexpensive and works well. Many paint crankbaits with acrylic paints and inks, and you can also use a good acrylic based opaque white to base coat with. My personal favorite is Wicked Opaque White.

I had a few, I do believe they are/were very solid reels. I eventually decided that I preferred The Revo Premier Gen II, for it's superior drag, spool design and braking system. I always found the 50E the star of that lineup.

I use Devcon 2 Ton, if I feel like it is too thick to go on like I want, I just heat it up a little with the hair dryer, it thins out pretty fast and goes on smooth. Many of the better custom painters like a 1 part epoxy named KBS Diamond Coat, hear a lot of good things about it.

The cost of the juice is not worth the squeeze, I am out of this.

Toot Toot And you point is what?

Some things are and other are not. Water temp, clarity, fall rate, barometric pressure, thermocline, depth, primary food source, are all examples of things that are not anecdotal. I tend to listen for these kind of details when fisherman start speaking of how their fish were caught as opposed to Jimmy Bob telling me the only thing they are bittin on is a pink critterbug......

Anecdotal evidence is when a person uses personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence. It is in fact a logical fallacy.

Could not have said it better myself.....

So as soon as you pick up one rod and put down the other, you have created a problem regardless if they are identical except for line. How do then prove that the fish you just caught would not have been caught on the other setup if the lure had been presented in the same exact spot and at the same angle at the same time? The only difference between genius and insanity is genius has its limits. A. Einstein....

How exactly would one go about determining if they were getting more or less bites on one line over the other?

Show me one piece of scientific repeatable evidence for anything supernatural and you will have a believer. Until then I will always believe it is just things that are made up in our own minds to make life just a little more interesting than it really is.

I am wondering if those ned rig heads would make the bait fall in a more horizontal attitude than a vertical. Seems like with the weight shifted somewhat out towards the tip/bend of the hook it would also make it more difficult for the bait to stand up off the bottom.

Catt, you are correct this is something I do not do when fishing a rattle trap or any other lipless. How or why would I use the kneel and reel method to improve my lipless crankbait fishing?

That is one of the great things about a trap, you can fish them at any depth that you would like. I would suggest working them bottom up through the water column. When you start getting bit, you have found the correct depth.

I was raised by my Grandparents, I learned to love fishing and spending time outside from them, with them. They were both very aged and beaten down from things that we have never had to deal with, World Wars, Ore mines, Great Depression, Dust Bowls and a host of other things that would destroy our modern generations. However when we went fishing I got to see them both relax, smile, and some of the burdens of life and age were lifted. Grandma fished with a cane pole, and Grandpa with a Zebco 33 combo that he received from his co-workers at Cessna Aircraft when he retired. We were your typical bucket fisherman, I am not ashamed, we kept everything, small perch, bass, crappie, whatever we could catch. We would take them home and clean them and have them for dinner the next night. Sometimes I still dream about these times shared, I never know quite how to feel, if I should smile because I remember them, or cry because I was too young to appreciate them enough. Either way it is part of who I am, and I count myself lucky to have had two people who loved me and shared their love of fishing and the outdoors with me.

Wow, not my type of music but I listened to it. 5.5

Cool bait, I would guess at about 12-15 dollars depending on if it is going to be supplied with hardware.

Megabass S Crank 2.0

I do it because it feels good, I could care less what someone else finds more efficient, or better. I fish because it makes me happy, and feeling good is a large part of that.

Sorry, makes me feel like the elevator got stuck, or I am on hold. 4^^^^

One of my primary cranking rods is a Premiere Cranking rod, one of the least expensive I own and one of very favorites.