rockchalk06

Mine has the same deal year round. Good stuff only it's not full bags and most are smaller plastics

I gotta wonder if he took out the good drag parts and threw in some junk or worn parts. Pull the reel apart (if your willing and able) and see if the drag washers are placed together correctly

Yep, your hooked! Start a jig fund now, cause its just gonna get more and more expensive when you get that littel bug that tells you to pitch that purdy jig into the nastiest cover you can find

Backwater is right. You can fish a swim jig like any other jig. It may not stand up near as good as a flip n swim or flipping head jig though. North Star has a Flip n Swim jig series that is perfect for what your talking about. I use Berkley Havoc Sub Woofers as my swim trailers but if you take a craw like a Rage Craw and swim it, the claws put off some serious action in the water. I will take my flip n swims and work them just like I will a spinner bait. I will also flip it just like a flipping jig.

It may have a tad more abrasion resistance than regular braid, but its still going to act like braid in reguards to abrasion.

I have thrown caffene shads and zoom fluke jrs weightless on a M/F casting rod with no problems. You almost have to use a swivel with flukes. No matter how good they are rigged, they will spin and cause line twist to some point. I don't have the time or the knowledge to know how to pull out the line twist so I use a swivel. Solved all my twist problems when I did. They are cheap and stronger than my main line. Just give yourself a 2-3 foot leader on the swivel and you should be good. For whats its worth, on my spinning rig, I started noticing twist in 6 pound fluoro after 8-9 casts

For starters, periods are your friend 25 yards, is more than I have ever heard of a leader. Why in gods name would you use such a long leader? Of are you talking about the 25 yards is your main line backed with the Pline? Fluorocarbon on a spinning rod (I assume spinning as your using 8#), is more difficult to maintain and will have more memory that most coly polys and mono lines. Its still managable though if its spooled on correctly. Super cast is closer to a braided line. I run no more than 5-6 foot leader. I can usually retie 4-5 times before I need to use more leader. There is a guy here that catches more fish that I could shake a stick at and he uses a 2-3 foot leader, so I can't for life of me see what 25 foot would be needed. It kinda defeats the purpose of a leader. About 3/4 of my casts in a days fishing never exceed 20 feet.

Jig! You can swim it, flip it, punch it, slow roll it, burn it, dead stick it......list goes on and on

Shaw Grigsby knot for everything, With 40 pound braid, I can almost flatten a 3x 30 degree round bend hook with it before the line breaks. I have not had the knot fail yet. Line breaks before the knot.

I don't like sprays as they contain oil. Never worked well for me. I use Megastrike on jigs trailers and plastics. It's a cream type. Order less and colorless. I also use some on my hands to mask my scent when I touch plastics. Not sure if it helps, but it makes me feel better. And it works for scents like I use when deer hunting. When I want something different or to give it some color, I use JJ's in chartreuse. It's a garlic scented dipping dye. Reeks something good!

On spinning gear the Elite was easier to manage. On casting I didn't notice a difference. You would think no as its more stiff etc, but I couldn't tell. I never got over 14 pounds though.

X2. I use a #2 VMC spin shot hook for baits like a finesse or trick worm, Strike King dream shot etc. For a rage craw or larger, I go with a 4/0 Mustad ultra lock hook.

Cranks I'd prefer a tuff line. Especially shallow square bills and lipless since you are going to be dragging them threw the nasty bouncing off cover etc. More abrasion resistant. I like about 15-17 pound for these. The siege, in my opinion would be better suited for it. Drop shot is more finesse and a softer line is what I prefer. The Elite would be better suited for drop shot. 15-17 pound might be a bit much for drop shot. It will work and catch fish. If you don't have another rig, it will work.

What will you be throwing? How heavy? The elite is more soft and easy managing where as the siege is tuff. If I was to use mono and open water drop shot or finesse, I'd go Elite.

Mono and fluoro lines have a slick surface and will come through the guides easier. I have only one rod that's not braid and when I pitch with it, it will travel further than my braided rods. I also use power pro slick. It's smoother but I don't know if it will help give you want you need.

All I use is 40 for jigs now. I have used 50-65 with no issues. I don't use anything but 1/2 oz jigs so in my opinion it's not the line if your using 3/8 I don't know anything about a Lews reel, but have you checked the breaks on it to see if they are turned up etc? When you say your not gettting what you feel is good distance, what are you comparing it too? Were you pitching same jigs on fluoro or mono?

Yep! No problem

Your going to want to use a swim jig. The Fliping jig uses an alien head design for brush and timber. The head is wider to deflect off cover better. The swim jigs and the flip n swim jigs use a narrow head letting it burn through weeds and grass much eaiser. If you have that pond scum or moss stuff, I haven't found anything that will go through it without getting buggered up.

I've used every secret decoder ring I have to decifer what you said, but I assume your asking if the newer braid will harm your rod and reel. Short answer is no. Ive never had any issues with it. Just watch for wear marks on the guides after hard use.

They have been having some killer deals lately. I buy all my Havoc baits from them, except for one color, when they go on sale. It seems like once a month they are on sale.

No it's a myth in my opinion. I use 30 for cranking and 40 for my jigs.

I've got some of the raptor tail chucks. They are pretty good trailers. Claws float and they are pretty durable.

I take that bait or rig that I am trying to master out and leave everything else at home. I will watch videos on youtube, listen to pros and ask questions here. I will fish it until I get the confidence I need. I am by no means a master or have mastered anything except heckling a ref at a bball game , but you get the point.

This! I start off with a swim jig to cover as much water as I can, then switch to a fliping jig and find anything cover wise to throw it into. Then I'll drag it and see if can find something to drag it over or through. I'll switch to a squarebill and depending on if I get hit but no takers, I'll go small or finesse. I always go back to a jig and the last cast is always with a swim jig. I do this year round. I really don't think you can throw it too much. There are so many different prey you can immitate with a jig.

The Subwoofer in Alabama Craw color is a dead ringer for it. They are only trailer I use for the Flip and Swims. Action is amazing. The pictures don't do it justice though. Go to Tackle Warehouse's website and look at the picture of the Alabama Craw. Its spot on for the color