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I generally use the lightest I can get away with, but as other have pointed out, the depth of the river and speed of current factor in as well. The river within 2 miles of my house is shallow and not fast moving at all, so it's generally a jig head just heavy enough to cast the distance that I need.

I've been trying to use the Fish-n-fool for everything this year. So far I haven't had any issues with it.

I've just always used clear for everything.

I generally use whatever is lying around. Currently it's Yo-Zuri Hybrid and some Invisx. I know everyone on here seems to hate Vanish, but I've been using Vanish 4lb on my trout setups for a couple years now. I've never had one of our "massive" 1 to 2lb trout break it yet :)

I've got a couple, but I've never had them in the water. I've just horded up far more lures than I have the time to use.

The Cudas are cheap and work well.

I was fishing with a friend a few weeks ago that only uses spinning gear for everything. He noticed me picking out a small backlash and commented "that's why I don't fool with those things".

I think that covers the "basiX" ;)

That's a good idea.

Probably just your vast experience and extreme fishing skills.

I could see a use for the reel when fishing dark nights when you can’t really see your lure in flight that well.

Years ago it was all a friend of mine used. I used to think it would scare fish away, but he always caught as much or even more than the rest of us. Evidently it never scared off those fish.

I've had these two sitting in my rod rack for years unused. I'd wondered if they had any value.

I never did till last year when I cleaned all my handles and then sealed them. I'm not sure it really does anything other than a slight cosmetic change, but since I already bought the bottle, I'll use it yearly until at least I finish what I currently have.

I've been trying braid on one of my spinning reels. In the past I had a lot of wind knots with Power Pro. I switch to Fireline this year and haven't had the problem. I don't know if that's from switching lines or some other mix of reasons though.

I use 12 lb. I really don't need that heavy, but I feel it gives me a little better abrasion resistance than 10 lb.

I started out with grand ideas of “this is my worm set up, this is my jig set up, etc”. But after one trip I find a spinnerbait tied on my worm rig, a Texas rig tied on my jig setup, etc. in other words my grand plans all fall apart :)

My dad swore by blue, but I'm guessing he caught more fish on the blue one because he fished that color more than anything else. I still have a bunch of Jelly Worms in black, purple, and blue.

Nobody using the reverse clinch knot? I tried it today with initially running the line thorough the eye twice. It was fairly easy to tie and seemed strong.

I use similar wraps. Normally whatever the cheapest ones I can find. The work to keep the hooks from getting caught in anything. I never really thought about a rust issue, but it shouldn't be a problem if you remove them after you get back home after each trip.

You lost me on that comment. I'm not sure how my original post has anything to do with my work ethic or stupid mistakes....

He'd seemed fairly objective. I watched another review from a sponsored guy who made it look like it was impossible to backlash. :) I'll be interested to see how theyi pan out. I've been seeing KastKing advertising their own "backlash free" reel.

I've never worried much about keeping them year round, but you can pick up a cheap cooler and some worm bedding (ground up paper) fairly cheap and keep them all fishing season fairly easily. They'll need air holes in the cooler top.

All I used for years was the improved clinch knot. I started using the fish-n-fool knot some last year, but found when I was in a hurry the improved clinch knot was used from muscle memory. I'm going to try to give the fish-n-fool more use this season.

The video I watched of Gerald tying the knot shows a doubled clinch knot, it does go back through the top like an improved clinch knot.