Jig Man

I have used sissors, side cutters, knives, nail clippers, etc. But now I use the Power Zap. It cuts through braid like a hot knife through butter and has a 1000 other uses for plastics. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?CMID=&objectID=28594&langId=-1&mode=article&pageView=image&catalogId=10001&partNumber=&storeId=10151&deptId=000000000&categoryId=000000000&jumpToPage=1&currentPage=0&subdeptId=000000000

If you should heed the offered advice on the 843 let me know and we might be able to work something out.

I heat the heads and put them hook first into the powder paint. The stuff on the hook wipes off.

I have the IMX 843 and I think it is way too much for your trout fishing. I find that it is too stiff for most of the reasons I bought it. I would like to trade it for an 782.

It is called the flatfoot. It is the one made for Motor Guide. They also have one for Minn Kota.

That sounds real big. I have a 21' boat with a 27 gallon livewell.

I have had one for a couple of years and this summer bought a new depthfinder. I was in the bilge installing a transducer. I was amazed at all the stuff (grubs, small jigs, and various other items ) which could only have come through that drain.

In order to get the tax refunded on off road fuel we have to get a receipt and have it signed by the station attendand and marked paid. Then we have to fill out the proper forms and send them in along with all the receipts. In a month or so we get a refund check.

Check Jan's Netcraft, Barlow's Tackle Shop, Ztackle.com, Stamina Inc., Do-It I know Do-It has some because I ordered some yesterday.

Yes as found in cigarette lighter fluid. A very good chemist recommended it to me a few years ago.

Read your manual. You probably have the option of zooming after the pic is taken. If so, then all you have to do it get yourself in it then do the cropping later. Practice a few times in the garage. I actually had to build a little box to put my camera on.

That is all part of the toy business. I have State Farm and it costs a bunch but the boat is insured for a bunch.

For the cork----rod wraps or soap and water For the reels---monthly break down: clean the grease off and regrease, clean oil out of the bearings with naptha and reoil.

Have you poured your own plastics? That toxic smell is melted plastisol. My garage smells like that a lot. I can make my own tubes but don't want the bother. I usually buy my tubes from Ztackle.com and they aren't all cut either. If you want a different smell, spray something on them. It might make you feel better but the fish won't care one way or the other.

There are too many variables to do mpg in a boat. You use gallons per hour. A 200 or so engine will use close to 30 gallons per hour at wide open throttle. If it runs 70 mph that is about 2.3 mpg. Backing off the throttle the mileage improves, especially for direct injection and four stroke engines. Then there is the oil which is now $26 per gallon for my motor and the carbon guard which is $15 per pint. WOT is a thing of the past for me.

Flaten out some sinkers and tape them to the butt of the rod. You will be done and it is basically free. I have some sheet lead and cut strips to balance my FnF rods.

If you google Float n Fly you will find the answers to your questions.

The reel is already purchased. If it is too much, I can put a 1000 symmetry on it. I have several of them. Thanks again for the info on the rod.

She would be using it for 1/8 oz buzz baits, 1/8 tubes and 1/4 craw jigs. She likes 8-10# line. Is the 783 too much rod for that stuff. I only have experience with 843s and they are way too much for what she likes to do.

Maybe something here will work for you. http://cgi.ebay.com/50-Fin-Strike-Black-Nickel-Swivels-90Lb-Test_W0QQitemZ180177698862QQihZ008QQcategoryZ31705QQcmdZViewItem http://www.usangler.com/product.cfm?model=Ball%20Bearing%20Swivels&manufacturer=Penn&type=Snaps%20%26%20Swivels http://seatackle.co.uk/Default.aspx?go=ProductFilter&CategoryID=3883

I plan to get one or the other for my wife. It will be paired up with a Stradic 2500. If anyone on here owns either rod, I would like to ask you some questions.

I don't really keep track of it. My boat holds 55 gallons of gasoline and I have topped it off 10-12 times so I guess around 400 gallons in the boat and it takes more than that to get to and from the lake.

Jigs and tubes work for me. The last time out we caught 40 bass largemouth and spots mostly on black/blue jigs and smallmouth on melon pepper 4" tubes. I use both of those all year long.

A little more info would help. What do you need to know? Do you have molds or are you buying stuff and assembling them?

I just tied some 8# fluro to my 8/1 braid on my FnF rods using the modified Albright. If it goes through the eyelets on them as well as it did on my other rods it will really be a good thing.