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I once dated a girl that I'm 95% certain mistook this for toothpaste every day of her life. That didn't last long.

I'm so good at casting that most of the time I skip it's an accidental

This is the same degenerate culture that gets blackout drunk to celebrate the feast day of a saint. (Mods if this counts as a religious post please delete)

I was wearing a pair of Brooks running shoes, but my feet hurt after just a couple hours of standing for whatever reason. Then I went to the shoe store thinking I was going to get some Hokas I had my heart set on, but the lady said look, these New Balance are a lot better for the same price ($250). I'd always associated New Balance with cheap dad shoes, but took her word and she was right. Most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. Forget the exact name. I'm a simple man. I also wear flip flops a major portion of the time simply for convenience and being happy that it's summer.

Far as I know bass hit balls of bait year in the summer

I mean, isn't it slippery to have plastic on the cork,?

I love how bass anglers are adopting female shopping logic. My fiancee comes home and shows me all the stuff she bought on sale or with coupons. No darling, you didn't save "x" dollars, you spent "x" dollars on things you never would have bought in the first place. ?

63 cents per plastic that Team9Nine made last iirc well over 100 fish is not unfair

Yup. People will pay $5 for a half bag of Lays chips and heart disease. Why not for an absolute fish catcher that lasts an eternity unless you snag.

That, I do not do. I do not ever use a weighted Wacky Rig and I'm not going to wait an eternity for it to flutter down. I exclusively target cast with it in shallow water. So that's not being "not true" or "wrong", that's just a different technique in general.

If it's not a 110, I don't bother at this point.

Bass Resource has an article that touches on the initial fall of a Wacky Rig. https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/falling-bait.html

He's definitely not dumb, and he's been smart enough not to say anything that would ruin his Nike contract which is his bread and butter. But this is about his ability to sit in the front office of a team rather than court side as a player and he's consistently proven that he's awful at it. Name recognition gave him that privilege.

Two years later and it's still a target casting technique for me, all about the initial fall. Likely always will be, and I'm not alone. ?‍♂️ From an article that can't be mentioned here: Through my experimentation, most of my bites not only happen on the fall (as we discussed earlier), but they happen on the initial fall. So after the cast, if a bass is going to eat it, I expect action within roughly 15 seconds after I flip my bail over. It’s a target-oriented approach that allows you to hit the most high-percentage spots at a rapid pace.

And the vast majority is from his long standing Nike shoe deal he got because of his dominance on the court. Not because he's a brilliant businessman. He earned very little of his wealth from actually playing.

Every Dobyns I buy has it. Recently purchased Shimano Expride had it.

Don't kid yourself, man. He made the vast majority of his money from his Nike deal, a deal he got because of his dominance on the court. The same dominance on the court opened positions for him and gave him the privilege of successfully sucking off the court. You don't want to suck at business as much as Michael Jordan. What you really want is to make such a name for yourself that you can suck successfully.

I am known to spontaneously travel long distances across states to fish...

For me a proper Ned Rig is a dink fest for LMB, but for river SMB it's a bigs magnet.

Immediately upon arrival.

Mooresville, fairly close to you

Yes, I'm in Indiana and we can use bluegills although I never have (but I'm gonna try it out). Pretty free out here.

Welcome, brothers...

I've never been pooped on by a bird while fishing, but if one more middle aged white woman calls a Heron an Eagle at a nature preserve I fish I might **** my own pants over the agony that has become the human race. (2 years in a row I've witnessed this...)

I'll use about any brand. I think it's hard to mess up plastics, especially from the reputable brands. Buying authentic Senkos is pretty much the only place I draw a hard line. No knock off works as good or better.