daiwaguy

Ticking a trap off of the tops of deep submerged weeds is a "trap" for bass. Just find a patch of vegetation cast out as far as you can and let it get to depth. Bring it back to you barely skimming the top of the grass actually let your bait touch it and rip it out every so often and you will be in for some good fishing.

Good idea

I agree with that. This has been the longest winter ever.

Got ya. I have all of those reels and you can adjust them with your thumb while palming it is one of my favorite thing about most Daiwa reels.

The Daiwa reels mentioned are all adjust on the fly Mag systems. But It sounds like you got a good deal. Congrats on the new reels. I have been thinking about gettint the 5:4.1 for some time now.

well that was easy.

9 and 10 years old. I took them a few times last year with T-rigs and they had a blast so I thought I would continue their fishing IQ with something a little different and a little more high paced. I figured if I got them both a box with a little mix of lures they would be even more excited about it. I have some things for them already but I know they would be pumped to get their own little boxes.

yeah I was more worried about them throwing them up into the top of a tree not getting hung up in the water.

I am teaching my Nephews to fish and want to teach them traps and squarebills this spring. Only problem is I dont want them losing my good baits. I found this company on Fleabay and they have an actual website. Has anyone had any experience with them? All of there lures say tank tested but for the price of these lures(usually 1-2 dollars each) there is no telling what that means. I wan them to have a lure that runs true but one that I wouldnt care if they lost.

upX2 my 98 Nitro uses this same one. Follow these instructions or google a picture and you will find it.

They are both good reels and I dont think you would be making a bad decision either way you went. That being said you already know which one I would recommend. LOL. Anyway I would personally go on up to a Daiwa Certate 2506/2506h.

I was there last July and I didnt see any expeditions for fishing or I would have been all over them. You may be able to find something though.

Sharp looking reel!

Great. Thanks guys.

What he said. lol. I ordered a few this weekend I said 113 in another post but I forgot I had included a cover for each one for 2.99.

Jumping in on an old topic but I have a ? to add. Should the "backing" line have a bigger diameter than the leader line?

I would wear it proudly supoort a fellow Missourian, BR sponsor and da*n good jig smith. I am with the taller guys here on having an option of not showing our belly buttons or top portion of our backsides to fellow anglers.

I agree with the Curado, but one other option is to jump on a T3 Ballistic at TW right now. I picked up some this weekend because with the 25% classic sale going(ends today) they were only 113 bucks.

Keep the reel man. No matter what she says it will hurt her feelings if you take it back and then she may never get you fishing stuff again in fear of disappointing you. Sounds like you have a winner. My wife told me she looked at Daiwa stuff for Vaentines day and instead got me Fig Newtons. Needless to say I wish she hadnt even told me she was looking at Daiwa stuff. She said she was to overwhelmed with all the stuff that she didnt understand. What I am trying to say is she took a plunge and did great not many would even attempt to buy something like that. You can get a good rod these days for 100 to 150 bucks. I would go that route.

I am the same way.I use a couple Daiwa Vientos in 6:3:1 if I am wanting a little different action because the twitching bar gives it a nice little hop. I also use a Zillion SHA 7:1, Aggrest 7.3:1 and recently picked up a T3 in 8.1:1. All for Jigs or flipping and pitching set ups. I like to pick up slack fast.

I got some SK tungsten for 5 bucks a pack. Also got some 6 paks of KVD trebles for 5 bucks a pack. Rods were all about 15 bucks off. Did score a bunch of Bobmer squarebills for 2 bucks each.

Just google search Creek Channel swings boostr. The first few images show good examples. I tried to load it into this post but would not work for me.

The Stren is on sale 660yds for 5 bucks. Check it out.

I am one of the self explanatory ones! But I was a bit curious about yours.

I use 12 pound Cajun on one of my Zillion set ups and I love it. Have had no memory issues and have had it on for almost a whole season. Only put L&L conditioner on it once. Can not remember any breaks or much abbrasion on it either. It really impressed me for being a farily cheap line that i picked up at Wally World.