wolfe_ohara

i miss twin cities public transportation,busses just hit the shoulder and keep going. they have a schedule and by golly they are going to keep it! Here in michigan, that is far from the case.

i still have, and fish, several gen 1 revo s reels. they are workhorses

yeah, that's the one

did you get in on the bogos someone shared? they had shower blows on the list <insert bait monkey gif here>

according to animated knots, the san diego jam knot does not have a loop that passes over the bait. I have no issues with Tactical wakes, Wad3s or other semi bulky baits and tying it.

i think boatside has a video of them throwing the Rapala "mantle" bait.

huddleston swimbaits. they produce when other swimbaits don't.

lost my last 2 clown hudd 68s today, which isn't my most expensive loss but still stings a bit.

i have lost several hand built swim baits. it never gets any easier to deal with.

i have enjoyed my tw sling. I can keep 2 3600s and an assortment of swimbaits in clam shells in the main compartment, hooks, leaders and my fishing license go in the small zippered pocket inside of the "work station". it may sound silly, but the water bottle holder is a great feature. There is a small elastic band with a pull tab on it that you can use to secure the bottle in place when you are moving. I use a 1 liter "smart water" shaped water bottle and it is easy as heck to insert/extract from the holder. My only complaint is the interior is a little tight for getting 3600s in/out. I also understand that if they made it much larger people would be trying to shove 3700s in there.

i quite enjoy my jm carbonlite "tecnique" rods. I have the glidebait and the "draggin" models, both perform well and the line-up goes on sale fairly often.

was also wondering this

to this day, i still check garage sales and all the bst pages for left handed "purple" rick clunn reels. Those were some of my favourite reels and purple is top of the list for my favourite colour.

this is why i like the fiskars scissors. they can be serviced/sharpened fairly easily

i have mended a few nessies and cull shad with it. just like any other plastic i have used mend-it on giving it an overnight, open air cure seems to work best for keeping the mend-it smell to a minimum. The powerbait scent tends to bounce back fairly quickly.

what is the "mesh bag"? is it tackle specific or is it something you have borrowed from another hobby and brought over to fishing?

having just cracked open a fresh bottle of mend-it, this is believable to me. i plan on "making my own" this winter to see if this ratio is correct

i owned 2 of them, caught a few fish and noticed that the bait was blowing out (wide left) even with minimal reel input. I tried tweaking the line tie and even messed with sanding the edges of the joints to see if i could get it back to any sort of S motion. No joy. for $50 the s-waver 200 was a better value for me.

i was browsing some icast coverage videos on youtube, trying to find something entirely different and saw that spro was coming out with a dedicated swimbait reel. i an unable to find anything about it other than their icast blurb. anyone have any info?

I love walking baits, they are some of my favourite baits, but these days it is big wakes. something about hearing them going <clack, clack, clack> on the way back, and knowing that any cast could be a monster. every cast has me on my mental tippy toes

always thought that ri and teckel were working out of the same "playbook". the swamp donkey and the tekel frog were dang near identical, the kick knocker and the vixen, and then the dolphin and whatever buzz bait tekel had going 15 years ago. they all looked/worked so similarly.

savage gear's 3d/4d line thru swimbaits have been pretty good to me for "cheap gill/crappie imitators". i just took advantage of the tw sale and grabbed a few more for next season as well. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Savage_Gear_Live_3D_Bluegill_Line_Thru_Swimbait/descpage-SGLBG.html

I would assume that TW has enough turnover/buying power to ensure they have the newer models, but I do not know for a fact that they have the "new" hangers. initially, breaking 2 in a row was frustrating for me but bucca brand made it right and the replacements have held up to a variety of bass, some pike and even a couple bowfin. I will be willing to buy and try the 8" trick and the 5" bull shad when they come out based on how the company has handled this issue.

from personal experience, they are replacing the lure with a newer model. The hangers look the same, but i was assured they are not going to break out. I had 2 of the very first run of them break, but the replacements have been stellar.

afw tieable wire, i use the 26# and use a modified alberto to secure the leader to my line.