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Black Max, or an old Trion from ebay.

LOL. Striped bass are not particularly hard on tackle. They don't fight much for their size, and usually swim towards open water when hooked. Some of the nutty MD guys here use 10-15 lb braid with medium bass rods. Being a good striped bass angler is like being a good Tic Tac Toe player...

Newton just rolled over a tad..

We just sold one NOS in the box at our fund raising fishing flea market for $15. It had been in storage since before covid. Have a Silver Calcutta in great shape for like $100. I am not allowed to buy stuff (by the wife) but I "donate" $, and get some freebies, so no quid pro quo... Sold a bunch of Shimano BC combos for a song too.

I still don't get it, but ok. It's not you, it's me.

No, I usually have the Korean hottie do my nails to match whatever color reel I'm fishing with that day, and if I have time I'll get tips in my hair to match the lure. What is wrong with bass anglers?...

Yeah, but you already own the rod, no?...

There really is only one way to determine if a rod is going to work well for D-shot, or any other presentation...

I didn't know what a top or a bottom drag was, so I googled it. I had no Idea Rue Paul likes fishing... Now I'm really confused, but I think one is more versatile and the other more flexible and can be made tighter somehow? Maybe... Either way, I'm sticking to bait casting.

Do the same thing you just did, and change the words? You can even edit this one...

Just added four 25 pks to my cart...

Why would anyone trust anything someone says that thinks EWGs have good hook up ratio? G-locks are EWGs and suck just as bad as all others.

If I hit my head hard enough to ever want to fish from a yak, I'd be more concerned with the rod's dimensions based on fishing from that thing. The power and action will be the same as when fishing from a boat or shore.

I read a brilliant comment yesterday, "Fishing is misunderstood by bass anglers" somewhere on the InterWeb...

Fishing is misunderstood by bass anglers.

And most are.

Yes, but those are other attributes, not line stretch. That being said, perceived or "functional" stretch is a real thing.

A ridge is like a boy scout tent, a hump is like a teepee...

Yes, otherwise it's just a shelf, fortunately fish don't speak english, so they just see a continuous break of some sort...

I was sure that would be the word.... (Spoiler alert, that IS today's puzzle)

Nope, no sharing.

There are some monos with less stretch than others, (or is that some monos with more stretch than others?) either way, it's not a huge difference, and yes, increasing the diameter of line results in less stretch for the same application, and is a good way to go assuming it doesn't negatively affect other aspects of what one is trying to do. I find that to be very true as I get older...

Can someone translate to boomer (barely cause I'm 1961) the above, cause I see "I've used both for a few years and want someone online to tell me which one will work best for me" and that doesn't compute in my old brain...

"Current Favorite Mid - Priced Hard Jerk Bait" Reading comprehension class would be my guess....

I don't derive pleasure from buying or owning tackle, so N/A on that one. As far as which is "more important" as far as catching fish, it's a matter of it being adequate for the job at hand, be it rod, reel, line, lure or terminal tackle, anything above that goes into the pleasure thing and FOMO I guess.