MontanaBasser

That means 5 companies responding?

I work in shipping so I have my favorite shipping stories. About a decade ago I was asked to pack and ship an official NFL regulation ball inflator. A quarterback who had a place in the Yellowstone Club and in New England wanted it sent home. This quarterback (a real Patriot), was very sensitive about making sure his footballs were properly inflated. More stories tomorrow but it's bed time.

I'd bet your new engine has enough torque to "throw a blade". I've only heard about it from the Team Marine guys on YouTube, but it sounds like it would cost way more than a stainless steel prop. My boat came with a 4 blade but a lot of the true bass boats come with a 3 blade on the same engine. I have an aluminum Deep-V.

I fish a 3/16th Thinfisher all year. Specifically the 3/16th has a faster harder vibe than the longer heavier models. Fast hard yo-yos near the bottom seem to tick off the bass. It's also a 'catch anything' bait. Walleye love 'em and large trout too. I'd say I'm using the middle hole 90% of the time. However, if I know I'm on a sandy bottom, I'll clip into the front hole of a heavier blade bait and grind bottom. My goal is to real as fast as possible while maintaining bottom contact.

Where? Scugog?

For finesse stuff I like Scientific Anglers. They're often in the fly fishing section. Are you running your swivel directly above the bait or further up the line?

Amazon has a discount/resale section called Amazon Haul. Often it's nothing special, but a few times a year they seem to blow out stock. All the fishing stuff will be 40-70% off. As an example, a pack of rage swimmers was marked down to $2ish. Then, because I had $75 in my cart, they knocked another 25% off of the discount price and throw in free shipping. So, they were around $1.50 to my door.

The majority of the stuff I bought on haul showed up and I've had issues with three items. One item was mislabeled as a set of Rebel Pop-Rs and was instead -Tracdowns. Another disappointment was a bait that had clearly been swapped by someone before they returned it. The package said Nomad Designs Chug Norris and inside was a Googan Squad Blooper. Both poppers, but the similarities ended there. In both instances, when I asked to return the items, they credited my account and told me to keep them. Has anyone else had that experience? The third "issue" more than makes up for it though. I ordered one shallow Money Badger in bluegill and they sent me a case(4)! Winner winner!

What makes it different than similar baits on the market?

I love how variable boats are. All of them float, but that's about the only thing they have to have in common.

Walleye cranks are always bright. I'm a big fan of wonder bread.

It's all quality if slightly expensive at MSRP.

It surprised me too. I live in the literal Mecca of fly fishing. So when I needed some leader material and didn't want to go far, I ducked into a fly shop. I was so impressed with that spool this spring I picked it up in 3 weights. Another thing I learned was that fly tippet spools are a way more convenient size and a lot of the spools interlock with each other. I just looked and diameter is roughly the same. Gold label 10lb is 0.009 and Cortland 2X(9.6lb) is .008

Everyone raves about Copper frogs. I've got to get one.

I threw a lure into another dimension last week. There was no splash down, it wasn't caught on a bush behind me, it was just gone and my spool was F'd. Worst backlash in a long time.

It's the main page for all GSM Outdoors brands.

Cortland Top Secret tippet. Technically it's a fly line, but IMHO, it's better than Seaguar gold.

Will do. Were you able to put the side plate on? @bulldog1935 It would be really fun to sit and soak up your knowledge sometime. I'll read and reread your posts and links until they make sense conceptually, but that's different than being hands on and in person.

I tend to get excited and haul them in surf style. Then I back justify my actions by claiming it's for the health of the fish.

I found a kastking shallow spool that's 32mm. What are the chances it fits into a Lews 32mm frame? I'm betting it fits.

Well, that makes me feel better. I found a Chug Norris for $10 that I'm excited about.

Good God that got out of hand. FYI, the cart maxes out at 50 items.

I saw the discussion in the other thread and almost commented there. To me, stand up head = Ned head. There are skirted options, but bare hook tends to be the norm. For skirted neds, check out the Buckeye Spot Remover and the skirted Z-man Shrooms. The skirting on the Buckeye's is very cheap, but it'll accept replacement skirts. Matzuo makes a Marabou skirted ned that I was really excited for. Unfortunately, the fish don't seem to be as excited as I was. Truth be told, skirted ned heads have never worked as well as I thought they would. My theory is the skirt throws off the silhouette enough to make the fish reject it. This summer I'm going to try them trimmed down like a finesse jig.

I also have some quirky formatting things happen. It'll often delete returns, forming me back to the previous paragraph. I've found that if I keep typing and then add the return after the fact, it works.