Alex Ball

731. Just got it. Very Impressed. Feels like my high end abu's.

The only one I see differently is the frog setup for hollow body. My only difference is the GR. I'm a 64-75 guy on my Scummos and BPCs. But as he so eloquently put it, it's his opinion based on experience. Incredible list. I build setups for other guys; I'm basically a semi-pro fishing buddy. This will be my Rosetta Stone. TYSM for posting this. Holy Grail stuff.

Nano spoon- 5.5 to 6.5 ft rod UL/L MF/F with 4-8lb FC or 10-20Lb braid on a spinner or a BFS baitcaster like the KastKing Zephyr between 481-581 on spinners and 661-811 on BFS. Small Jig/Casting (1/4-1oz) - 6-7ft M/MH M/MF with 12-17lb FC or 30-65lb braid on a 531-591 BC or Round Large J/C (1-3oz)- 7-8ft H MF/F with 17-25lb FC or 65-100lb braid on a 481-591 Round or mag BC Mag J/C (3+oz)- 7.5-9ft H/XH F with 40-100 lb Mono/FC or any braid above 100lb that specs to rod on a 481-601 Mag Round. Hope it helps. Below is a short history of the spoon. The Spoon has been argued to be the ORIGINAL artificial lure going back to the late 1700's by some accounts. Earliest known example is from the 1840's. Think about that..... ancient in this hobby is 70 years old and these can be verified at 2.5x times older. Teddy Roosevelt loved them. Trout was his game. As for bass history, this is what anybody back in the dark ages when the bass was considered by most to be a nuisance fish(pre-1960 really, if you can believe that), would use paired with an old school round or spinner reel, some 8lb mono and a matched rod like Heddon. Off to Guntersville or Okechobee they'd go. Later, around the 80's, bass fishing became rocket science with Shimano revolutionizing the Baitcaster and companies like Yamamoto and Booyah gaining notice for doing the same with lures and soft plastics. the spoon, perfect already, got left behind because you can't reinvent perfect. Mann's tried and ultimately succeeded with the Leroy Brown lipless crank. which was basicall y a plastic spoon with a rattle inside and a fancy paint job. LCB's became hot and bye bye spoon. Outside of a select few companies, they've really become a bargain lure on places like amazon where you can get 30 for 20 bucks. War Eagle and the Ben Parkers com to mind as well as Patton's for a quality Bass Spoon. As for your original question, here you go. Think of them like a swimbait and apply that setup with aspects of the crank setup. Don't worry, got you covered.