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Willing to consider used or potential retail sales like a 15-25% at a later date or is this something you need now? Weight of jigs and cover conditions? For starters the *** *** jumps out at full retail. Used you coukd find a Kistler KLX close. I bought my used IMX 844 previous generation rod for $140. Phenix Recon is another rod that used can be had for $ range.

A weightless fluke on a 4/0 EWG hook fished right in Florida should produce year round. I have yet to find a color better than black. Fished on casting gear and 12# tatsu gets the job done fine.

Spo is about all I toss.

The older website design allowed for better zooming. The newer website is a bit tougher. Not sure if there was a size/space issue due to the expanded product offerings. Hopefully something can be done to correct this a bit.

Sounds good. Check back again when you receive the rod and fish it. Simple clean build or tricked out with "the fancy stuff"?

At 92, I prefer to think of my grandmother as "vintage" instead of old!

Love it! Probably a few tournament guys out there wishing they had similar powers.

That is how my thinking is when considering swim jig trailers. The Dirty Jigs California style swim jigs can support a 3.8 or 4.8 fat swing impact. They have stout and bigger hooks, more skirt material, and a bigger profile. The more slender, thinner skirted, and smaller hooked bullet or finesse style swimjigs I prefer smaller trailers on. Really like the Keitech swimg impact in the 3.5 inch size. Male perch or pro staff special would be matches for the jig on your mock order. My general philosophy with Keitech baits as trailers... 3.5 Swing impact - For finesse bullet head style swim jigs 4.8 fat impact- California style or flip and swim style heads 3.8 fat impact - Can be used on any style of swim jig great compromise between the two above Just my thoughts. Your findings may vary...

Nice work AJ! Medical setbacks have dampered my 2014-2015 fitness goals. If I get my health back I am going "all in" Keep up the good work!

Weld's, If you are buying the 4.8 fat impacts to use a swim jig trailer for the dirty jigs swim jigs I would suggest the 3.8. Lots of tail grabs and swipes at the 4.8 by fish not taking the bait. I use the 4.8 on the beefed up flip and swim style heads vs the thinner and smaller profile bullet or northern style heads. Just a suggestion from my own findings...

Glass helps keeps fish pinned on the treble hook baits. They have a similar graphite rod in their cranking line of rods but I havent used it. It doesnt fish like glass rods of the past which were heavy thick blanked rod that lacked feel. The 705 cb glass rod I belive is a graphite / glass blend. When I was searching for a rod to accomplish this I found this rod had high praises. The folks at Dobyns would point you in the right direction and could give you a good recommendation. A friend who cranks much more than I do has 4 of these. Wait for 15-20% off sale and snag one then.

Give Mike at DVT a shot at your reels. You wont be disappointed and you will not see anything like that on the finished product.

705 CB glass fast action rod is my all around cranking rod. Also a great topwater rod for bigger spooks and poppers. Can do 90% of what I need it to less deep cranking.

Thanks Mike! Please notify us when you get these in stock.

3.8 and 4.8 inch fat swing impacts are must haves when considering there appeal and effectiveness as swim jig trailers. Probably a green pumpkin, a bluegill or perch pattern, baitfish, and a few other misc colors. There slimmer swing impact would be my second choice. Again similar colors. The new crazy flapper could make a good craw jig trailer as is or fished alone on a texas rig. A mix of colors would be nice too. These 3 offerings have the appeal to fish as stand alone baits or as trailers with your jigs. I would buy a few packs for sure when I place jig orders.

Needed a few extra decorative paper weights for the office! On a serious note they are a top jig and jig company for me. The colors and quality are two of the main reasons without going into too much detail. I don't really lose them anymore than jigs from other manufactures. If they ever get the hippy jigs in stock again I am buying at least 50.

This. No need for a spool upgrade on the MX. The tolerances are tighter internally than the 1016 as well.

Nah, they don't work.

43 Northstar jigs!

AlphaMale, Nice photo of your system. Sadly I am one of the 10+ boxes of jig guys referenced in your original post. Just ordered 43 more so I may be closer to 14 or 15 boxes now. Organization is dependent on what I am doing. No longer fish many tournaments so an outing could be a 2 -3 hour bank fishing trip from the boat or bank at local lake, it could be an hour long outing to test a product or two, it could be a 8 or 9 hour day on a lake further way or a 3 day to a week long fishing trip. Everything is stored by type first then sorted into smaller categories as needed. I have "pre rigged" Cabelas backpack stocked with seasonal favorites for the quick outings. For planned outings I will shuffle things around a bit and select boxes and bags from the basement storage rooms and load them in the boat accordingly. I leave plano 3700 boxes free as well as those sort of small "purse like" bags without the clear dividers and inserts free to put things in. Most of the plastics I will keep in Tackle Logic binders or Large Tub totes that you would find at your local home improvement store. Things are labeled and organized on shelfs to an extent but I need to re-organize it and better label it before the start of the spring. It is difficult to explain but hopefully this helps. Great pics and organization on your part!

I respect the views of many on here and some in this thread but fishing success is so regionally, geographically, and temperature driven that it is difficult to use a "one size fits all approach". I am just basing my answer off of the Midwest lakes that I frequent during the winter season when water temps and air temps are very cold 30s to low 40s). Many days of getting 1-2 bites per hour is good yet alone landing a few. I have yet to take one on a 7 inch Texas rigged worm during this time but to the guys that can more power to you. That doesn't mean that I won't fish them in the summer and early fall though!

I agree about the ease of photos compared to "back in the day". No longer need to bring a long a sketch artist. I need to do a better job of taking photos then what I do. Typically get caught up in the moment of wanting to get the fish back in the water quickly and return to fishing, that I often forget to "capture the moment" with a picture. Sadly a change in weather for the worse or better can turn on/off the fish. Hopefully the right switch will be flipped and you can follow the skunking with a day of catching!

It probably will boil down to what matters to you most. Some rods are known more for balance, some for looks, some for feel, and a few combine all are some of these. You should be able to get a great new jig rod for under $200 MSRP. The next round of retailer sales will probably be around Memorial day with discounts from 15-25% bringing into play a few more options or making some others less of a financial stretch. Also if you consider going used most rods will be sold at 25 to 50% off depending upon condition and resell value. When you are fishing jigs that are around 3/4 to 1 oz with trailers weight included you are going to want a pretty stout rod with lure ratings that link up. A typical 1/4 - 1 oz rod will probably not cut it and be under powered. Look for a rod that has ratings close to 3/8 to 1 1/2 ounces. If I was fishing a jig bite detection would be key. I would Look at: Megabass Orichi XX rods Dobyns Champion or Champion Extremes *** *** Kistler KLX ALX Custom- If you go this route consider the wait for the rod to built and the labor for the rod ($50 - $100 typically) not to mention parts (Blank, guides, reel seat/handle, trim pieces,threads, small parts and products) If you go used I would highly recommend the older GLX rods. The BCR (bottom contact rods) or FPR (flip/punch rods) would have a few models that would be great and can be had for under $300. They are just extremely difficult to track down as most guys just won't give them up.

Winter baits for truly cold water temps in the high 30s to low 40s vary. Soft baits and hard baits a like will produce. When you say plastic worms I tend to think 7 inch ribbontail worm texas rigged with a bullet weight. That bait will have too much action for what I prefer. For plastics I would fish a finesse drop shot bait first. Weightless plastics like a senko or fluke will also produce fished slow. A Texas rigged beaver bait may work as the bait doesnt have alot of movement or action.

Flukes can be fished and effective year round. Retrive speed and action are dictated by water temps and fish activity. I know the color black doesn't resemble any kind of baitfish but that color fluke for me outfishes all other colors by a wide margin. Fish it weightless on a 4/0 EWG hook.