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That's a good point. It may well be stiffer in lighter test. I haven't felt anything under 10lb in the Stren. I'm fishing 15 and 12 and it's noticeably softer than Invizx. And I totally agree that Invizx doesn't get brittle or memory like a almost every fluoro I've fished.

I've got two reels spooled with it, and I'd really have to disagree. The Stren has performed very well, much better than I'd initially thought. It's not even close to the hardness of Invizx, and retains its strength like Abrazx. More and more, I'm thinking that I'll go to the Stren as a mainstay, depending on its overall durability. It has all the qualities I'm looking for in a line: great knot strength, it's easily handled, it isn't as hard as other fluorocarbon, it casts very well, and it's reasonably sensitive. The more I fish it, the more I like it. Considering it's under $10, too, it's worth it. That all said, I've had it spooled for a short time. It remains to be seen what the longevity is and how well it performs over its lifespan. All things considered at this point in time, the only line I've liked more is Tatsu.

Love the spin jig for spots and smallies. The casting jig is nice, too.

I travel frequently for my job; I did 157k miles on United last year. 1. Don't wait, you'll often get stiffed on ticket price, plain and simple. 2. Don't use travel sites, go directly to the airline, you stand a chance at getting a better fare because airlines don't publish "sale" fares on travel sites. 3. If you must use travel sites, search only once. Don't search the same flight multiple times on the same site. They use cookies to track the searches, and thus generate a higher fare. It's been on the news a couple of times, as well as confirmed by a couple of the "urban myth" type sites. Search once, compare Expedia, Travelocity, and Kayak then go directly to the airline.

1/8-1/4 ounce hair jigs, small jigs like the Bitsy, and the like. I use it for small spinnerbaits like the Pond Magic, too. I'll use it for dragging tubes as well.

Last year it was all about the Rage Chunk and Craw, I caught probably 10 fish on those trailers to 1 on anything else. I fell in love with those fool things...

Yeh. KVD said, at one point, that all he does is clean, lube and change the drag. He may change bearings but it isn't a priority. I've heard the same from several other pros through the years.

Tatsu or Invizx. Edit: Stren Fluorocast. I forgot about it when I posted this. I'm really impressed with it thus far.

carves easily with a sharp utility blade. i think you'll have problems with melting if you try a rotary tool. Not really. You can use a router on it, as well as the Microplane.light passes high rpm and you're golden.

SHould have fought him on it, really. I know that in NE they're legally bound to sell it at the tagged price or lower.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the hooks but have experienced them in several situations, including fishing them several times on a friends baits. That said, I wouldn't waste my money on them. I felt like I lost more fish, and missed more on the bite than with Mustads. I also didn't see any genuine gain from the hook. FWIW...

Man I wish they still made the Risto. Killer smallie lure.

I buy them. Still the best action in that style of bait, imo.

I remember reading once that fish don't like sweet taste at all, and they like garlic and table salt only marginally more than sweet. The article went on to explain that the salts they were after were those that were most similar to their natural prey. IE: fish proteins and the like. It also had some information regarding the fact that bass almost can't define oil based smells. The article was from Keith Jones, I think, and Robert Montgomery. Montgomery says something about it in his book, too.

/agree I have two Winches, both are at 17.5 cranked down. Both were 20 on the nose fresh out of the box.

Lavender Shad, Slick, Rootbeer, Chart/Blue, Red ear are my tops.

I'm like most others. If the hooks are quality and sharp, I don't change them. On everything from Strike King, for instance, I change out. I change hooks, too, to vary buoyancy, as well.

Yes.

I've got a reel loaded with 10lb on a Little Cranker for small cranks. The line isn't bad, really. It's priced reasonably, and retains the better features of what I'm after line in that class for: castability, it's manageable, and it lies evenly on the reel. Overall, I'm pleased with it. It's earned it's keep.

I can tell you with certainty that no vis and invizx is not the same line. I'm a big Seagur fan when it comes to Fluro. He's what my experience has been of the three lines in question. Huh, I was told in no uncertain terms that the lines are chemically identical; there's a difference in the winding process between the two and not much more.

Depends, really. I'll change line when I start getting memory, I'll change if I've been in really nasty cruddy water for a period of time. I might change because I've been fishing rocks or timber and it's abraded deeper into the spool. Overall, I might change anywhere from 4-6 times a season on fluorocarbon, twice annually on braid, usually just once, though. On any rod I have mono on (topwater and walleye rods) I'll change monthly. Most of the time, though, I'm replacing about 70 yards at the most, leaving backing on the reel from whenever I spooled it.

Isn't Kistler using North Fork Composites now for their blanks? I'd think that would eliminate, or as close to it as you can, the former problems.

I love the bait but I have a hellish bad time keeping fished pinned on it. I'm sure it's pilot error, but don't have the same issue with other similar baits.

I fish jerkbaits on a couple different rods 6-9 Medium, a 6-6 MXF, and a 6-6 MH. I don't like crankbait rods, really, for jerkbaits. I just don't feel that I get the same action. In terms of spinning or casting: up to you. I fish quite a few smaller jerkbaits on one of my spinning rods.

They're not that heavy, really. In terms of a graphite/glass composite blank they're actually reasonably light. I've fished the 7-4 M for ripping through grass and really liked it for that purpose.