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He'sbeen busy at work but still around. We our tournament season starts next month so I suspect you'll hear from him them. He'll be posting all the fish I catch.

Chris, The NRX series are 20% stronger and more impact resistant than the GLX series. I'm not sure what Loomis means by "stronger" but no one should be breaking their rods on a fish. I suppose fishing heavily matted areas would be a likely time to break a rod but I wouldn't recommend the NRX for that type of fishing. In fact, my flipping stick is the least expensive rod I use because breakage is more likely to occur than fishing other techniques.

You're tieing the knot wrong........a 5# fish should not break any knot. I only use FC leaders in the ocean, my knots hold much larger fish and I use a simple clinch knot. Me too. I suggest using retying often if your bait/knot has been out of the water for a long time. FC has a habit of becoming brittle.

It was supposed to go to me so please forward, thanks. Wait a minute, what was inside?

Gotta try one, bro. I'm sure you've eaten things that smelt worse.

Of course I have the GS cookies. Ive been on a Jalapeno Hummus kick lately though.

Best thing to do is toss the FC into the garbage or buy a new spool. Perhaps try a better knot.

Holy heck Batman, why didn't I know about this this? I'm turning it right now.

Like what? :o

comes on at 5:30 on TCM. It's a classic worth watching.

Yep, mine do the same thing.

Bassthumb, if it feels that light and crisp, it IS going to be more fragile ! So why not use a rod which is a fraction of the cost, MUCH more durable, against those inevitable bumps and bangs a rod takes every now and again, then use braided line with such a rod, and have a rod / line combo that is FAR more sensitive, than this WAY expensive (ugly) super light and crisp rod, used in conjunction with stretchy @$$ monofilament ? Because from what I'm reading, this would be a terrible choice, of a rod to use with virtually zero stretch braid..... Just MPO..... Fish PS, In an earlier thread, somebody asked me what super high modulas rod I used (it felt REALLY light and crispy, too BTW) that I snapped on a hookset, while using it with braided line.... I remembered later on.... It was called a Fenwick Iron Feather. So sure.... It was a REALLY sensitive rod ! Way moreso, than anyone who uses real line (oh, I'm sorry.... braid ) will ever need. Not true.The NRX are lighter and more sensitive than the GLX but also SRTONGER.

A Pimiento cheese sandwich with chips and Jalapeno Hummus.

LMAO, that was fricken hilarious. Maintenance wipe? Is that what you call it when you shart? True story. It was late, probably 1-2am, and I was doing surveillance when all of sudden out of know where I had to take a major. I knew from the rumbles and butterflies in my stomach that it wasn't going to be nice. I must have driven to 3 different stores and they were either closed or bathroom was out of service. By this time, my belt was off and pants unbuttoned but no where to do my doo. I parked behind an empty store, dropped the tailgate and let'er lose. Man did I feel good but what a mess I made. I was out of paper towels and only had Clorox wipes. I figured they were good for cleaning my hands and wiping down the dashboard so they must be good for wiping. NOT the case, especially if you have a hemorrhoid. Bleach and hemorrhoids don't get along. My ARS was on FIRE.

Yea, I wasn't too thrilled about the color either. It looks different in person though than in pictures.

Darn near every company puts out several different models of their product. You have the cheapest, most expensive and then a few in between. Stay away from the cheapest, the most expensive isn't always necessary but often wanted by the consumer. Buy the one just below the most expensive. IMO, save your 90 bucks and buy the one I reviewed or the higher end one.

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Here's a few to look at. http://www.japantackle.com/Tackleinformation/2011/TackleShow2011.htm Here's a 5.3 ouncer http://www.japantackle.com/Daiwa_reels/Daiwa_PX68SPR.htm

I often wondered the same thing. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in.

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Looks like you and the wife had an awesome trip. I'm glad you decided to go. My panic attack would have started on the escalator in the airport :'(. Is that a marshmallow with legs and arms jumping off the cliff in the 3rd picture ? What about your move to Kansas?

LOL, isn't it great? Adan was watching me take a leak the other day and decided to stick his hand in the stream of pee coming out ;D ;D.

To be honest, I didn't even turn on my electronics the whole day so I can't advise on the water temp and I couldn't give you an accurate temp if I guessed . I started out by fishing the west side of the lake, hoping the sun would help produce some action. The wind was about 5-8mph. I was fishing a huge eel grass and hydrilla bed in about 3-5' of water. I knew some of the bass were bedding in this area while others were probably staging a little further out, getting ready to spawn. I mostly threw a Pop-R and spinnerbait but couldn't produce. I also tossed the Huddleston money minnow a bit to no avail. I moved to the east side of the lake by 8:30 and headed south along the bank, into the wind. The east shore is lined with lilly pads and has quite a few more docks/structure then the west side. Most of my fish came on the outside edge of the pads in about 4-8' of water. The wind had picked up considerably by 10 o'clock and I was forced to put on a splitshot above my Senko. By 11 O'clock I could barely gain any ground by heading into the wind, but I knew the fish were still there. In fact, because of the wind, I doubt I would have caught half the ones I did if it weren't for using the NRX rod. The fish were barely, and I mean barely, picking up my bait. They wanted the Senko fished super slow or just sitting on the bottom, but that was difficult to do with the wind pushing me backwards. The wind was about 20 mph after lunch and I knew there was no way I could productively fish the Senko so I headed to some canals off the main lake that ran east/west and were somewhat protected by the houses. The fish turned on and seemed to be more aggressive. I'm not sure if they turned on because it was their time to eat or because I was out of the wind and able to keep the bait in the strike zone longer.

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