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I'm thinking about getting a 7'6" heavy with a Tatula CT-R & 20lb fluoro for big jigs and deep carolina rigs. Maybe even smaller "big" swimbaits

Guys I'm not over filling. I have no problems. Lol. Thanks for everyone's input though.

Anybody tried one of these bad boys yet?

bingo

I never fish senkos like a fluke - that's what flukes are for. You let them sink to the bottom on semi-slack line, sit for a couple seconds (or longer if it's a slow day), lift it up off the bottom a ways, and repeat.

I typically use it when I find suspended fish schooling on the graph

I think the main argument here is that most of the time you will catch just as many with cheaper alternatives

I've always filled up my baitcasting reels to their max capacity - right below the point where the spool tapers off. I see pictures online a lot of times where guys fill up 1/2 or 2/3 of the way... Any benefits to this? I guess you don't use as much line, but you could just use backing to use less line instead.

Well-rated ebay sellers. Japan Tackle.

I heard that 3/0 gets you the best action for 5" senkos. Is that what you were using with the dingers?

They're only about 10c cheaper per worm. And I would consider them less similar to senkos than basically all of the other alternatives since they have 8 sides. That being said, I love ochos.

What hooks are you using?

Those look really cool. For bigger inline spinners check out Terminator

Sold my Aldebaran 50 and just got the replacement (HG model) in, along with a Gantarel Jr

You ratted yourself out... You told us that you broke it, not that it broke. It was on purpose so you'd have an excuse to make another order

I'd get a Shimano Aldebaran or a Daiwa Steez SV TWS. If you treat them right you'll easily get 10 years out of them.

Baitcast Finesse System I think. I'm a proud owner of an Aldebaran as well, if I could afford it I'd switch almost every reel to one

Used a 250 for the first time this weekend. Spent probably 6 hours throwing it over the last couple days with 4 followers and no bites. One follower was a big one... I'll keep throwing it and one of these days I'll catch a giant on it. I'm guessing you could catch as small as a 3 pounder on these though, can anyone report their smallest fish caught on a deps 250?

Got these 2 suckers on a rapala rippin rap on the same cast! Casted into a school blowing up on the surface. I had this happen on a yellow magic once but one of the fish got off before I landed them, glad they both stayed on this time.

Ghost are you using fluoro?

I'm here, I'm struggling... We caught a few in 25' yesterday that we found on the graph by accident, caught a couple shallow but it's been sloooooow. Not a single bite yet today

Never heard of it... I use the navionics web app

How much time and money do you have invested in fly tying equipment? And real estate in your house. Tools, vices, materials, etc... You didn't pay all that off by making 12 flies. My point stands. I realize it's worth it at a certain point, but it's not for a casual fly fisher.

This thread was mentioned in the Bass Blaster. It's kinda cool to see stuff from the forum show up in there (he has around 100,000 subscribers to that newsletter). I assume Kumar asked the OP for permission to quote this?

I'm gonna need the length, weight, and girth of each of the individuals in the picture to make an accurate estimate. Make sure you weigh them on solid ground, not in the boat. Also please provide the temperature and barometric pressure on the day that this picture was taken.