rockchalk06

I've been testing some 20 pound stuff for about 3 months now as a leader only. I don't use fluoro as a main line but on one setup only because its another review in the making. I hate memory and some fluoros are full of it. That said, I have had somewhat decent results with it. I only bought it as it was on sale for 5.99, so I couldn't go wrong. It doesn't seem to fray as much as I thought it would. Even the 6' leader I have, has some memory to it. It's very stiff and makes tying my preferred Shaw Grigsby knot a pain. It is 20 pound though. I've had no break offs with it though. I'm going to finish off the spool and don't plan to buy more. There are plenty of better quality fluoros out there to choose from. That's just my opinion.

Kinda what I thought. Ill be doing something and just have a random thought about him. Then realize what I was doing was something that he taught me lol

I will definatly want to give these a try. I have bought more Senko type baits than I care to admit. Still have a big ole goose egg for fish on them. I believe in the Megastrike attractant, so maybe these will pay off.

Hey guys have a question. For those of you that have lost a parent, mainly a dad, how long before you seem to feel better about it? I lost dad to cancer last September. He was battling it for about a year and a half so when he passed it was kind of a relief to be knowing he would be happy, not suffering and in a better place. I'm not a bible thumper persay, but my old man was very religious. He tried to live a life to ensure he would make it heaven. I'd like to believe he did. Dad was catholic so I guess you would call him his father?, told me to talk to him everyday and it would help. I guess the reason I bring this up, is because I've had some really weird dreams about him over the last few weeks. Dad and I were tight all the way from being a smart ass kid to becoming an adult. We did everything together. The dreams are always about fishing for small mouth on Wilson Lake or hunting Pheasants back home. Sorry for the long ramble, just curious I guess.

Main difference is quality. North Stars are all hand tied. Care is taken to ensure tr skirt is even and looks good. Better quality and harder paint. More color options etc.

Ponds= Jig haven!

I'd have to say Shimano followed by Loomis with a wild card. Bring it in to the nearest dealer and swap out. No shipping, no hassle no money.

Ya it can. It can cause kinks which can weaken the line.

I thought I had seen him post where he rigged it upright. I've been doing the same on my new gill flip n swims too.

My scale shows .4 ounces

Well dang. Zona told me he preferred a 5/0 lol

I have tried both a 4/0 and 5/0 Stroker hook and I cannot get it to run true when I rig it like a swim bait. If I rig it like a flipping bait, no issues. I've also found that if you don't let it sink and burn it back, it's like a little buzz bait.

4/0 Moaner Stroker hook. Any speed the tail will have action. I mainly use them as swim jig trailers though, but they work really well with either

Ex friends and stupid people yes, all the time. Now my ex wife, na, it's all good every time he kisses her he's...........ill stop now

Look at the IPT on them. The 5 gear has 23. The 50E has 25 and the 6 gear has 27. What's closer to what you have been using? The STX in a 6 gear is 26. If you were to make it a dedicated cranking set up, and use lipless or even squarebills say 75% of the time, I would say you need a faster IPT like 25 plus. For me, no matter what the crank, 26-27 is just too fast and I end up being worn out after 100 plus casts. Even on lipless cranks it wears me out. I was using my 25 IPT 50E and its too much for me. I'm going with an E5 next month. 23 I can speed it up just a tad and be perfect for lipless or average speed and be fine for deep diving cranks. I've been using 19IPT reel to crank with for about a year and love it, but lipless cranks its a bit too slow. Some say get faster and just slow your cranking speed down, but for me it throws me off.

Not a clue who makes them, but they are good baits. I like a few of their color selections, but feel they could do better. As for the hooks, they are top notch. They have the heavy duty VMC hooks. Super sharp and they last a long time

H2O baits come with heavy duty VMC hooks installed. I like H2O hard baits and strike kings. I probably have more SK's than H2O's. That said. The stock SK's hooks suck compared to the VMC's

Now that's marriage for ya lol

What never man. If I told you the sky was blue, you'd say it was wrong too.

Skype and FaceTime are great tools. I talk to my son every night via FaceTime. Doesn't make it perfect, but it sure does help some

I really like Squarebill crankbaits in shallow water. I have done so so with jigs, but the 4s and the 1.5 seem to bring me the best results. If the bass are pushing the bait fish to shallow water and tearing them up, I will switch up to a top water spit shad and have really good luck too.

I don't use them as much anymore as I use Berkleys and SK's, but I rigged them all with an internal tube weight and a Gammy Skip Gap 4/0 hook.

One brand maybe. Look at every other flipping hook and tell me there they same

Look at the size difference between them. A flipping hook is usually very heavy gauge wire where as a EWG hook is thinner. Flipping hooks are a straight shanked hook. It makes the hook point have more surface area to dig through the plastic and into the fish's mouth. And EWG hook doesn't have as much hook area.

I can't duplicate it. I've tried tighting the reel seat down so hard it's over tourqued and no issues. When you say it won't come open, are you giving it some elbow grease? They don't open near as easy as my Revo's did at first. After a few months they became smoother. The tolerances on the Chronarchs are pretty tight.