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If you are new at this, I would save these for a later date and buy some pure soft lead. reason being, soft lead fills cavities easier and is less problematic. Once you gain experience with pouring, yes you can use the lead wheel weights, and yes it is very hard lead.

My wife fishes with me all the time even in tourneys. Unfortunately she got her PB ( a 6.2 largemouth) fishing with another guy at a tourney in which we fished. It's hard to keep her from fishing with me. She'll get up at 2:00 A. M. with no complaints and is ready to go. If I fish with someone else, she gives me this sad face when she sees me off in the morning. I like to fish with other guys so I can learn from them. I wouldn't trade her for any other fishing partner. No drama, no BS she just fishes and tries her best. That's all I can ask for.

x2 what Pa Angler said. I have a Ranger 619VS multispecies and I love my boat. It is not a bass boat and it tops out at about 50-55 mph. But I bought it for what I needed and it makes a great big water boat. If you look around, you can find a good used one. You will love this boat as it has a lot of storage, a big livewell, baitwell, cooler and a add on deck in the back if you want to bass fish. If you would like more info or a pic let me know

I have something similar to what Pa Angler posted a link to and it works for me. I have to rest my back at some point in time as it gets tired. Also what has helped me when I stand is the absence of a trolling motor pedal which I used to keep my foot on all the time all day long. With the remote Terrova, both feet are on the deck and it keeps both of my hips straight. Seemed to help tremendously. Just some more info for you to ponder over.

Use pointed gate shears. They are about $8 and will cut all strands or each individual strand, one at a time. They cut fast and clean.

Pointed gate shears will do the job the fastest. To avoid this why not pour the jigs with the correct number of strands, and avoid the hassle of cutting strands? Just curious why you do all of this work.

On flux, I used to use beeswax, but since my wife is a big Yankee Candle fan, I take all the stuff that doesn't burn off the bottom and use that to flux my lead. So it seems like any candle wax works fine. The only benefit I get from using Yankee Candles, is that my work area smells really nice when I melt a chunk of wax. Other than that all candles work.

First of all what number do you keep your pot at when you are pouring? To clean your pot this is what I do: #1 Heat pot until lead is melted. Remove all lead. #2 Remove plunger ass'y. #3 While the pot cools, put on some cotton gloves, and then take some steel wool and clean the entire inside tub. If pot is too hot wait a bit. Dump out all debris from tub. Clean until tub has no lead along sides and bottom. #4 Take some steel wool on a screwdriver and gently clean the spout area, along with the spout pouring hole. Do not force anything, as the spout is made out of brass, and you will damage it. #5 Once all clean put in clean lead fill to about 1/2" below top. Flux your lead thoroughly and remove floating debris. #6 You're good to go. To keep from having problems with your pot clogging, Melt all of your lead in a separate pot. Flux thoroughly and pour in a mini-muffin pan. This will make it easy to put it in your Lee IV pot when you need.

I use red/black jigs especially in Spri9ng and Fall

If you want a chartreuse belly use chartreuse as the bottom tab, and tie it that way.

Definitely get the 115 now and everything else later. You won't regret it.

Can you take the pic from the site mark it up and then post it as a JPEG. I'm interested on how this would look?

Bluebasser, I am going to totally agree with you on this. Also I went on Barlow's site, and they always list alternate hooks that would fit, if any, and I didn't see any other hooks listed.

Bluebasser, I have a lot of Do-It molds, however I do not have this one. The reason I didn't buy this is because I was told, that only the Trokar hook will fit in that mold. If you look at that hook it has a very distinctive curve to it and I have never seen another hook that resembles that Trokar. However I cannot confirm this. If you do buy it please post your results as I'm interested to know for sure.

I have several of these reels, and decided to clean them up internally. My question is that some of the bearing sets on the handle seem to be sealed. When I look a both sides of the bearings, you can not see the actual bearings. So is this possible? If it is I assume you can not clean and oil these? I looked at all the other bearings and you can see them in their cases, which I oiled. One last question. There is a set of what looks like needle bearings that sit in its own sleeve which go under the spool on the shaft. These do come apart and I can clean them. Do you guys do this and then replace and grease? Thanks for any help.

Very Nice. BTW another Delavan fan :thumbsup1:

If you are using thinner weedguards, put a piece of tape on the edge of the hook face and then just touch the weedguard to the tape. I do this all the time. It will hold the weedguard in place until the glue or epoxy sets. I sent you a PM with some pics

That's weird, because I've tried a lot of others as well and only get bit on the Rattlin Rapalas. I was fishing with a buddy of mine when we had our 30 and 40 day fish. I think it must be the way I work it because my buddy used my spare, and he wasn't catching anything. He then went to a red eye shad and he started catching his own share of fish. So I don't know?

I also always throw the 1/2 oz size. However, I have only had luck with Rattlin' Rapala's red craw and chrome shad. I throw these religiously and don't use anything else and there were some 30 40 fish days in Spring and Fall. I have tried Bill Lewis rattle trap and never did good on them. JMO

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Small jaw, Thanks fore the info, that's one thing I didn't look at is weight. The Curado G's are in the BPS Spring Classic flyer. (2) limit. March 15th only. $99.97 each

From the feedback here I will probably get the Tatula R. Thanks for all the help. PM sent.

I would like to know the opinions of you guys fishing any of these reels. I am looking for an extra jig reel or two add to my Revo Premier collection and also to have a couple extra. So here are the parameters and I would like to know what your thoughts are since I've never had a Shimano or Daiwa reel. The Curado G is on sale for $99.00, money here isn't an issue but let's stick to the two reels mentioned. Also if I go with the Tatula is it worth the extra $50 to go with the Tatula Type R? ... All have to be L.H. crank ... All will be put on a 6'10 mh rod, currently Johnny Morris sig series. ...All will be spooled with 10 or 12 lb mono ... All will be used for jig fishing 1/4 oz jigs with a paca chunk trailer. ....Gear ratio not important. Don't think I missed anything. Thanks for any and all help

Fishwhittler, You are correct, I've seen their work and spoken to fatfingers, jrhopkins and also tigger, and there work is the best of the best from some of the most helpful luremakers. From making every bait from scratch down to painting, top notch.