Raul

Muddy posts in other forums, however he must be busy either fishing or helping the needy because I haven 't seen him lately, why he left BR ? I have no idea, he had his reasons and I respect his decission.

Muddy is no longer with us, the combined forces of Abu/Shimano/Daiwa have overrun the place.

Wacky rigging - Is it really less productive than T-Rigging during the summer? No. Even though there are no absolutes, you have answered your own questions, the devil is in the details: it seems that I am getting more strikes on a 3/16oz t-rigged presentation lately The detail is: that 3/16 oz sinker My largest fish in my tourney this past weekend was caught on a ultra vibe speed craw with a pegged 3/4 oz tungsten sinker The detail is: that 3/4 oz sinker So details are telling you that a slow fall is not the ticket, it 's not the rig what 's not working, it 's the rate of fall, nowhere is wirtten like if were a commandment that a wacky rig should be without sinker, no sinker is one of the ways but not the only one. So back to the original question the answer is NO, a wacky rig is not less productive than a T rig, your application of the rig is the one less productive.

I don 't think you have a problem with the action of the rod, it 's more a problem of identification, you haven 't really identified what is biting your bait. Bluegills ---> tap, tap, tap in rapid succesion, bass ( even dinks ) ---> tap.

Don 't know about you guys but I feel that after 5 pages and the subject becoming a little bit more controversial .... I begin to smell Irene 's perfume.

Go big or go home.

Dude, stifness is not proportional to length.

It would look less large in 10,00 dollars bills.

As many know, shad is a species that does not live in the waters I fish, howver there are many other native species and I 've seen and experienced that behavior, for the fun: Heddon Baby Torpedo ( nothing like bass striking violently the bait ), less fun but more productive: Lipless cranks & jerkbaits.

If you went home tonight and found that your son had used a GLoomis rod as a play sword and snapped it into many pieces would you send $100 and the rod in for replacement? NO. I don 't know if I 'm an extraterrestrial alien or something like that, but my sense of honorability/honesty puts many barriers to my everyday behevior, that 's how I am, to many it may sound dumb and I don 't care in the final end what they think or do, I care about what I think and do.

Yes, they are great companies to the point of: We will change your broken rod for X ammount of money no questions asked no matter how it broke or how old is your rod. If you have read how the warranty works they even will exchange your broken rod for the closest comparable model if your rod model is discontinued, no longer in production or out of stock. For me the relief is to know that in case s*t happens I will only have to pay a proprtional ammount of money for the worthless piece of trash a broken rod is. Your math is: IMX = $285, replacement $100 = $385 That math is wrong The math is: BROKEN IMX WORTH ---------> $ 0.0, replacement = $100 New replaced IMX = $100

For everything, most of my rods are 6 '.

Most of my rods are GLoomis, I didn 't purchase them for the warranty, been fishing with them for more than a decade, I 've never ever needed the warranty, I do not expect a rod to be replaced that I for neglect broke, it 's not the manufacturer 's fault, it 's my fault. In lame terms, GLoomis is saying: We appreaciate your business by purchasing our product, just for that reason we offer you a replacement warranty of "X" ammount of money ( now 100 ) in case that your rods break out of neglect/ abuse. It 's your fault however for an X percentage of the value of the rod we are going to pay the rest for your neglect/abuse..

Well, I 'm not a fan of the Jitterbug because of the wake action, I 'm a fan of it because I love to hear that gurgling sound.

Too funny !. ;D

No more Disney please ! My kids are 7 & 5, you got any idea how many times I 've forcefully watched Pinoccio, Dumbo, Snow White & others ? > Man, they even know the dialogues by memory ! And the girl with them Princesses ---->

Yeah, add a jig spinner to a jighead rigged 5" curly tail worm and you 've got a lethal weapon. Like I said, with a good assortment of terminal tackle you can turn one bait into multiple baits, now that I think about it in more detail ........... looking at it in perspective if I knew back then when I began fishing what I know now ......... I wouldn 't have tons of tackle ! :-? But purchasing tackle is very fun.

Built like a tank and meant to last forever.

I don 't choose my reels because of their old school vs new school look, I choose them for their ergonomics, how they sit on the rod and how comfortable they feel. I 've got small hands and even though there are some very small round reels still they sit high on the rod and I can 't palm them well reason why I don 't purchase round bc 's.

Check the schematics of the Chronarch 50 Mg, search for that part and order it to Shimano USA, the parts are compatible and interchangeable between both reels. The only parts not compatible between both reels have to do with the braking system.

True and the crankbait fights more than the fish you are trying to catch with it.

If you wait to "let 'em take it" two things happen: 1.- You end up with a gut/gill hooked fish or 2.- The fish spits the bait

Like a lot of things in this sport, it depends, depends on what ? on a lot of factors, for example weed height, let 's say you are C rigging a bait to fish a flat where the weeds are in average 4 ft in height, a then a 4 ft or less leader is not the most appropiate leader length because it will allow your bait to bury in the weeds where nobody can see it, you want your bait to ride above the weeds, then you 'll need a 5+ ft long leader, so you actually need a 5+ ft leader for fishing that weedbed. See ? you actually need "X" ----> it depends.

Line is a lot less prone to twist in baitcaster reels, one of the meany reasons why you don 't need a swivel.

With all these clouds covering the sky I can 't even see the moon.