OkobojiEagle

Will... I'm so glad you posted the pic above (beyond my tech ability). As you've shown with the marabou jig, today's marabou is far, far less "webby" to the tips of the feather. I think they harvest the plumes before the turkeys get to a mature age. Of course that's just my opinion. oe

May I ask why? oe

When tying marabou jigs, who among us stacks their marabou vs. palmers the 'bou? I prefer palmering a couple of marabou plumes on each jig, but I'm having trouble finding plumes of enough quality to accomplish more than a few jigs per bag of marabou! I may have to stack a few jigs and compare them to my palmered jigs this Spring. I really hate when ***** makes me change my preferred ways... oe

Pointer 78... Ghost minnow oe

"finessey" isn't the size or weight of the bait, its how you fish it. oe

"but"... it will weigh more and probably have a higher return rate than a 500/1000 sized reel, which is counter productive when fishing light hair jigs. oe

At our age, I sometimes have this problem too. oe

self tied oe

The Supreme XT I bought a couple of years ago has the anti-reverse bearing not working frequently. I've read of this problem from others as well. I've been going to dis-mantle and clean the bearing, but haven't as yet. oe edit... this thread got me off my lazy *ss and found that reel. Cleaned the anti-reverse bearing in an ultra-sound cleaner. Works as it should now.

...a little barbaric isn't it oe

In the interest of accuracy, I suggest you delete the above quoted information. oe

Ahhh... thank you. oe

hmmm... tell me about this rod's power, action and taper to the tip. My first thought is a MH rod would be too stiff to load with a Pointer 78, but I like the idea of more control of a 4lb smallie than the M power rods I've been using. oe

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My most certain and consistent hook-ups with a tube have come from a hook point exposed rigging. Most of the retrieves listed above have been effective. oe

In the right places a slow steadily retrieved jerkbait can bring some nice sized walleye to hand... oe

Various labels within the Fenwick family... so I guess just one. oe

OP... there is more than just the blade configuration that makes the Booyah Covert spinnerbait a good tool. oe

Be comfortable... trade it. oe

Curious as to the water clarity you fish? oe

This is often the problem... Both Brewer's slider fishing and Kehde's Ned rig fishing are about the technique, not the tackle. oe

Even though the guards are often fewer and softer, I occasionally cut 1/3 of them off. When fishing swim jigs over coverless structure I cut the guards completely off. oe

For most of my fishing I use the 6:?:1 ratio, however, I want a 5.?:1 spinning reel hanging from the rod I use for very lightly weighted plastics and hair. oe

hmmm... thought I'd find some small duo-lock snaps and put them to use on my hard bait rod (jerk baits, top water, lipless cranks, ect.). oe Will you be fishing fewer jig worms, aka. Ned rigs? oe

Complete cleaning... 1 time each year. Clean & re-lube the spool bearings... several times each season. oe