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thanks for the tips. i will practice tomorrow in daylight. so release the spool about 12o'clock??? i read that in the sticky topic on baitcasters. i have the link to reelmech's article. i found it to be good on how to set up, but very brief on casting. there is a pretty good baitcasting "tutorial" here: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Bobby_Ivie just scroll down and click on the "baitcasting reels-definitley worth learning" parts 1, 2, and 3.

ok well i used WD-40 as lube, not to clean out old lube. should i clean this out and use something like 3in1 household oil?

ok. i can do a side arm cast very well w/ heavier stuff, and kinda ok w/ medium stuff....forget about light stuff (should be using them on a baitcaster anyway). no matter what i try casting overhand w/ i get a birdsnest. it really sucks. so how do i make an overhand cast w/ a baitcaster? i've read that the reel shouldnt be upright, it should be sideways? can you give me any info, tips, links regarding how to overhand cast? THANKS ALOT!

thanks dan. i'll loosen it. and you are very correct about that link....i couldnt even understand it!!! :-? i just cleaned it and oiled it and respooled it today, i cleaned it all out w/ rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush and then sprayed wd40 in there.

i found a Daiwa Procaster 100H once at a pond. its in pretty alright condition. anyway, if im using a senko and i loosen the spool tension knob, no matter how loose i get it the worm still doesnt fall fast enough. is this common, as in is it just too light for the reel? or is it a problem as in something wrong w/ my reel. it casts heavier stuff in a cinch. so that got me wondering, maybe its not falling fast enough because my magnetic brake is too tight (its on max=10). how exactly do i use magnetic brake??? PS: im very new to using baitcasters. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANY INFO!!!

what i do is i take a small aluminum oxide bit and put it in my dremel tool and i sharpen it like that....just dont put your face to close because it produces mucho sparks!

ok. is there a website i can go to to get this stuff? also, that polycarbonate/lexan ive seen doesnt look like you could cut it w/ tinsnips!

ok well yea i know that screweyes fail in balsa but thats ok cuz i use a hardwood to make all my biats....i use basswood.

i just cant seem to NOT catch fish on my shallow wobblers

BPS sells a kit i forget what the worm is called but its one of those big kit in the boxes type deals.

its bigtime too hot here! Check out this pic i snapped the other day: my solution to the heat is to fish at night! much much MUCH cooler and the action is much better.

i am right there with you on this one. i realllllllly like the looks of it, but i dont like the price. i'd have to take extra special precautions as to not loose this lure!

a fat shallow wobbler in a natural color...like tennessee shad.

and that is....... ;D

i might do that. how do i cut it?

yea. painting the top and bottom can be a pain...but its not too bad, specially if you have an airbrush. and i hate makin a thru wire crankbait. now those are a pain. i just epoxy the screw eyes in and they hold fine.

nobody is missing anything this person is just sugarcoating it to stand up for his company.

what i think is interesting is that you took a fly pattern (a nymph) and put it on a jig. cant say ive ever seen taht done before... :-? im not saying thats a bad thing either i will say that you tied it upside down tho. on a jig the hookpoint and eye are supposed to be up, and the top of you fly should also be up like the hook point. other than that keep at it!

i actually prefer the looks of photo finishing to painted. i am all about realism, and for example i wouldnt consider making a fire tiger lure...i just dont like the looks of it. and photo finishing is a snap! its real easy and if you could have one painted in the time it takes to find and resize a pic then you must be a crazy fast painter! ;D

i need a good reliable source for lip material with out having to buy pre made lips. what is something i may have around the house that could make a good lip?

hey. i was wondering what happens if you have you lip facing the rear of the bait instead of facing the front. would the bait just glide over the water w/ no action?what if you had it facing rear but put a little curve in the bottom of it that faces forward?

who here puts a photo finish on their lures? i see that alot of people paint them and paint them pretty but they all probably got air brushes and stencils and what not. well i suck at painting and all i have is acrylic paints and paintbrushes, so i like to do photo finishes. here is a pic of my first photo finish:

nice work. how do you get a joint like that?

yeah the ones i was using were the shaw grigsby jerk shads. the were 6" i believe. i guess my 2/0 is just too small. i'll try the corkscrew method. heres a link to the rigging method/video i described:

i got problems rigging these types of baits on my 2/0 gammy EWG's too. it difficult to rig texposed. i saw on a doug hannon video about taking a cork screw and puttin one end on the hook bend and screwing it into the nose of the bait. i havent tried it but it looked like its worth a shot. i'll have to put a weedguard on my hooks before attempting this tho.