JediAmoeba

Get yourself a drill and thread the spool on a small bolt - tighten it down with a rubber washer on each side of the spool and using one hand on the drill and one guiding the line onto the spool - spool it up. This will create a good base and should be good.

I got a Dobyns Sierra UL from TW

It's called a spit n image and the new Heddon ones are no where near as good. The o.g. spit n image is fire.

There are so many options at or around $100.

I always remember- if it ain't right, it's wrong.

I have the 7'4" Dobyns and it's great for hair jigs, drop shot and other small baits.

15lbs is light? I mainly run 40lb braid to a 15lb leader on all my jigs up to 1 ounce

I reel on the right because my first reels were Zebcos and all of them were right handed retrieves. The first time I picked up a spinning rod(some Shakespeare model with an easy cast trigger) I immediately put the handle on the right. I was probably 10 years old. It's never been natural since to reel with my left hand

I have bought these as well and they work fine for your knobs but require some work to get them going - take both retainers off and soak them alcohol, use a fine tooth brush on them and then resoak them for a bit and then spray them with air. They will work great after that; grease or oil after that and install them. I wish they would make some alternative material bushings for reels - there is bushing material that is really good and won't corrode. I would swap out all my worm gear, reel handle and main gear bearings for bushings if they did...

Most reel on the left...I however reel on the right for baitcasters and spinning rods

You should never overnighten those screws - just put some blue loctite on and snug them up

I have bags and bags if GYCB senkos but my trusty worms from Wacky Worm work just as well and I can get them by the droves for cheap!

I very rarely use a spinning reel. These isn't a technique I can't throw on a casting setup that I can on a spinning... The reels are bigger but I love them. I would say they are a bit less refined with bigger knobs.

Why so short is my question? You are really limiting yourself...

I have bought all sorts of bearings - from the most reputable sites down to questionable sites...I have never seen an improvement that made me go WOW, I need to put these in every reel. To me it's fun and I have all sorts of spacers to make sure all the components line up correctly and are spaced with just the right amount if play. But the only bearings that really matter are the ones in the spool, the others are just meh in a performance upgrade. In fact, a normal flush by taking the bearing retainers off and cleaning them with alcohol and using a high quality oil will give you a pretty decent performance upgrade. Most of the top reel companies but good bearings on their spools.

For the price they really are the best all around reel. I was spooling them up and tying on leaders for a trip tomorrow...

Depends on how and where you fish - I prefer a H action but I also fish some gnarly places and like to jack them out of there.

These are the combos that will be getting the most heavy use this year. Really looking forward to always leaning on my swimbait rods this year. Lol Team Daiwa X 103HVA on a Loomis 5'6" Pistol Grip Rod Zillion SV on a 7'1" MH Tatula Rod Tat SV on a 7'6" H Tatula Flipping Rod Alphas SV on a 7'4" UL Dobyns Sierra Ros Tat SV Limited on a 7'3" MH Tatula Elite Rod Tat 5.4:1 on a 7' Medium Power Moderate Action St Croix Premier Rod Lexa HD 300 on a 8' XH Tatula Elite Swimbait Rod Zillion SV on a 6'9" ML Tatula Elite Rod Tatula 300 on a 7'9" H Tatula Swimbait Rod Cabelas Arachnid Daiwa on a 8'0 H Tatula Punching Rod Tatula SV on a 7'4" MH Tatula Elite Bladed Jig Rod Tatula 150 5.5:1 on a 8'0" MH Tatula Elite Deep Crankin Rod Tat SV on a 7'4" Cabelas XML H Frog Rod I have a bunch others but these are the main ones that will see the most time...Yeah, I have some eggbeaters somewhere but they only see action on the most dire of circumstances.

Daiwa. Why? Because I only have daiwa and have never owned a Shimano

Definitely the best - half the price of a Rico and works better imo.

This is the answer - it's highly subjective and changes depending on the conditions.

Gliders, Gliders, and jerkbaits.

Personally I hate the S Waver. On a MH rod I would choose a pistol pete but that's more of what I would call a twitch bait. There aren't many glides that throw well on a mh rod. And the ones that do lack the drawing power that makes a glider work well IMO.

If it isn't right, it's wrong. I have the Tat 100 and 150 in 5.5 for crankbaits- I didn't know it wasn't made for lefties.