6 minutes ago, fishwizzard said:

If in the last two seasons you were at a SOMD pond and some some dude squatting on the bank trying to swap out a spool while muttering to himself, that was me.  I tried so many different things and wasted so much 16lb Inivx. 

There are no bass in SOMD....  

I don't fish Super Flukes that much anymore (for no particular reason), but when I do it's usually on 10 or 12 lb. 

On 4/16/2021 at 5:15 PM, BassWhole! said:

Not a fan of the Rio, the regular Rico, Oh yes.

Nice collection. The Michael was the 1st I know of and smaller diameter faster working then all the others. 

Splash-It uses chicken feathers and Owner hooks my choice of what is availed today. Not a fan of Yellow Magic.

What is missing is Megabass open gill popper (PopMax) that came out in the early 90’s.

Zell Roland modified Pop-R’s to spit and faster retrieve similar to the Michael. When bass are feeding on Threadfin Shad the fast spitters are the ticket.

Tom

5 minutes ago, WRB said:

Nice collection. The Michael was the 1st I know of and smaller diameter faster working then all the others. 

Splash-It uses chicken feathers and Owner hooks my choice of what is availed today. Not a fan of Yellow Magic.

What is missing is Megabass open gill popper that came out in the early 90’s.

Zell Roland modified Pop-R’s to spit and faster retrieve similar to the Michael. When bass are feeding on Threadfin Shad the fast spitters are the ticket.

Tom

Thanks, (If my wife asks, that's all of them  ) The Pop-X is in a box with a bunch of poppers with no rear hooks, I took them off to put on spinners. I just found a Pop-R in progress, It's stripped down to bone, and just needs the hole in the filed lip filled with a little JB Weld. I think it's going to be a good one. I used to enjoy tying feathered trebles, but now it seems like work, I gotta do a bunch. I get my Yellow Magics from Japan, the ones you get here are not as good.

11 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

There are no bass in SOMD....  

I don't fish Super Flukes that much anymore (for no particular reason), but when I do it's usually on 10 or 12 lb. 

 

I like the thicker fluoro both for strength and how it affects the fluke. I think the thicker line makes the lure slower, so like I can fish it with fast, hard twitches, and the fluke will make a quick dart to the side and but then quickly stop.  I don't know if the bass like it better that way, but they very much seem to be able to get a better bite on it when fished like that. 

1 minute ago, fishwizzard said:

 

I like the thicker fluoro both for strength and how it affects the fluke. I think the thicker line makes the lure slower, so like I can fish it with fast, hard twitches, and the fluke will make a quick dart to the side and but then quickly stop.  I don't know if the bass like it better that way, but they very much seem to be able to get a better bite on it when fished like that. 

I can see that.

6 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

I can see that.

I have a partial spool of 20lb Shooter and once it gets almost kicked I am going to spool it up on that AFC spool and test my theory ad absurdum.  I will also be taking bets on how many casts I can get in before I blow it up. 

14 minutes ago, fishwizzard said:

I have a partial spool of 20lb Shooter and once it gets almost kicked I am going to spool it up on that AFC spool and test my theory ad absurdum.  I will also be taking bets on how many casts I can get in before I blow it up. 

LOL

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