NorthernBasser

Good thing the new year starts Friday!

Tell me about it. I used to have a 7'2" Curado that I eventually sold and upgraded to an Expride. And I really have no use for this in my arsenal right now...yet I still wanna get it because the deal is THAT good!

TW has the Shimano Curado 7'6" Heavy Flip on sale right now for $69.99. That's $100 off.

Check out the Lew's TP-1 Black. Their jerkbait rod is 6'8" med/moderate-fast. Very well received, especially at that price point.

This truly is a special place. It's a place for us fishing nut-jobs to go because our "real-life" friends and family just don't understand us...or our addiction.

For those needing a little inspiration:

Merry Christmas to all of you who make this place 'home'.

Thanks. My luck by the time I get it, what I want will be out of stock.

For those who bought an electronic TW gift card, how long did it take you show up in your email? I got the confirmation email earlier but still waiting on the actual gift card code.

Omnia Fishing has 15% off digital gift cards.

So when purchasing a gift card at TW, does the 10% off reflect in your confirmation email the same way Shimano, Megabass, etc does during sales?

Hey guys. I have a friend who's just kind of starting to get into fishing. He has a nice casting set-up, but his spinning set-ups he got at a garage sale and are pretty beat up. Anyways, I'd like to get him a decent combo for Christmas. He throws a lot of smaller cranks, smaller jerkbaits (KVD 100) and smaller Keitech's (2.8 and 3.3). Personally, I have a lot of technique-specific rods that I use (and many time I use casting rigs for with some of these techniques). What one spinning rod would you guys recommend that can handle these techniques? I see the Sierra's are on sale right now for around $120. How about a 703? Or 704? They also make a micro guide version as well. How would those fare with braid/leader knots? Any other suggestions for around that price?

I use 10# 832 Ghost with 8# fluoro leader.

I would just rig it on one of these. Man, it would slither through any cover. Unmatched action to boot. Pretty much fished it like a Fluke/Slug-Go.

Very nice. Let me know when Strike King brings back the Pork-O.

I have the Frog Rog that I bought maybe 3 years ago. I've tried 'upgrading' my frog rod with other rods since then, but always find myself coming back to the ZX. It's a great rod. It's a great rod. I thought I read once that Lew's actually made these rods. I could be wrong, but I thought it had been confirmed by someone. Anyways, you may wanna give the Lew's TP-1 Black a look. It also has the Winn Grips. Many people like the jerkbait rod. It's $20 cheaper here than TW. https://www.sportsmansoutfitters.com/products/lews-tp-1-black-speed-stick-rods

What is your budget?

I bought a Kistler Helium 3 a few years back. 7'1" med-heavy. I use it exclusively for Texas rigs. To me it feels as, if not more, sensitive than my Expride and Orochi.

Ya know, I've been wanting to try the rattlesnake, but always forget when I place an order! Majority of the time t-rigged, unpegged. But also on a shaky head.

I started fishing the Grande Airtail Rattler a few years back. I've caught a ton of fish on that bait.

What's a wife??

Has anybody else ordered these yet? Just like the traditional 1.5 squarebills, but now with a single hard knock rattle inside. This this is gonna be killer in some of the more stained/muddy lakes I fish. The hooks on these seem sharper out of the box than the regular 1.5. And the hooks also seem a tad smaller.

Oh for sure. TN is one place I've contemplated moving to in recent years because you DO still have smallies. I was talking more south..

Smallies are the one thing that's kept me from moving south my whole life. I love being able to catch both black bass and brown bass. Smallies are so fun and MEAN. Largemouth on steroids.

Nobody has asked the question yet but, what's wrong with smallies??!