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I have a JM Sig, 4 PQ's, and a Carbonblack. All of them have 2 or less centrifugal brakes on and magnetic set on 3 or less.

awesome stuff. Pretty much the only true flouro that i use. It is made by Seaguar to be nearly the exact same thing as Invis-x.

I have the large Browning Toploader bag and have 6 3700s (Deep Cranks, Shad baits, sq bills, traps, topwater, and a flipsider for jigs), 2 3601's (jerk baits and unweighted hooks), 2 3500's (weighted hooks and drop shot equipment), one double sided 3500 series (I think) for weights, and a few of those small 6 slotted 3400s for tungsten weights and trebles. With all of this crammed into the bag I'm still lacking room for soft plastics. I've debated on attaching the XL worm binder to the straps for the rodtube holder. In the past I've used a small boat bag or another soft bag that hols 5 3600 boxes with large side pockets. I want to be me more organized though... I was thinking about getting those large rings from Menards or Hobby Lobby and using those to separate plastics by type using 6 different color coded rings so that would cut my search time by 1/6.

my girlfriend complains every time we are out together...

I'm pretty sure they even have a saltwater lineup?

I went to talkeetna last year and am making a return trip to alaska in a month.

if you're talking about the kenai river then get your self a 8'6 medium spinning combo and a 7' mh-h baitcast combo. went to alaska last summer for the tail end of the sockeye run and beginning of the coho/pink/chum. going back in about 50 days for the king run can't wait.

weightless t-rig. 7" ribbontail worms, baby brush hogs, rage craws, pretty much anything. If its a little more windy try a 1/8 or 1/4 oz tungsten bullet weight

if your fishing mostly for pike and bass a 2500 (or comparable size) reel will suit you. Now you said occasional saltwater and I personally would have a seperate combo for fishing saltwater. But to save money there are reels that will hold up to the corrosion of saltwater as long as you rinse them with freshwater after each time out. Those Penn reels you mentioned are heavy and overkill for most fresh water fishing.

i have more of an issue getting snagged with jigs. i feel like I am always getting snagged on logs and stuff when fishing jigs compared to a t rig

only have one spinning combo left now. Started using bc's about 3 years ago now.

have both and definitely revo sx no question about it

Get a pair like the halfjackets where you can easily switch the lenses out. I plan to buy a pair with the shallow blue but pick up a couple other sets of lenses for different situations

oh and someone told the story about a kid... I'm 18 so I still kind of consider myself a kid but if a younger kid comes close to me I assume they are trying to learn a thing or two. I used to do it when I was younger so if they come over to me now I will always try and help them and give them some pointers.

I remember bank fishing in alaska last summer and some guy came in and waded about 5 feet away from me. After a while I just realized this is how it goes up there. Now fishing here is completely different. If a stranger comes within casting distance i get pretty ticked off. Ill usually just throw really close to them to make sure they know im mad and that i was here first.