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They're so awesome and genuine. Their only fault is they "Stan" for Shimano and won't admit it, but that's really no problem at all. I enjoy watching and learning from them.

I decided to give Lews the opportunity to change my mind about them. I'm getting the new(er) $100 speed spool in 6.8:1 @ 28 IPT.

Probably not the same fish. They don't tend to bite again for awhile if they "felt" the hook.

They even added a treble hook to the photo. Savage.

Jerkbaits are a different story. I'm interested in the guts the 7.2:1 has for hard pulling blade baits.

I keep thinking about a case for fraud for making money off giant bass he either didn't catch or didn't legally catch, but there's no definitive proof; and fraud for taking tournament money from anglers who were legitimately catching their fish, but again there's no definitive proof. What we have is credible eye witness accounts, but that isn't enough in the court of law. I'm thinking about how he likely did try to kill other anglers who knew what he was doing by loosening their wheels, and how that criminal behavior needs to be punished, but again there's no definitive proof. I'm thinking about how he used intimidation tactics, especially regarding a 13 year old boy, when he made it clear he knew where he slept and shined lights through his window, and how that criminal behavior needs to be punished, but again that can't be proven in the court of law. This scumbag will get away with almost all of this. The only thing I can see him being in legal trouble over is snagging the bass in this video. How much trouble in the grand scheme of things probably isn't a lot, if any. I'm sure a case would be made about stalking, recording without consent, cries that he isn't the man in the photo, something, anything. Sadly it seems it is up to the industry to punish him. Take away all his sponsors, take away his lake records, and ban him from all the lakes. No tournaments, ever, although it seems he stopped tournament fishing because he's a fraud who couldn't answer questions honestly.

Just finished reading the whole article. He threatened so many people who caught him cheating and in a few cases essentially tried to kill some of them by loosening wheels. He even threatened a 13 year old and made it known that he knew where he slept and shined lights in his window. He belongs in jail, and he's lucky he never received a shot to the head.

Fenwick Aetos. 6'8" MH/F casting, 6'9" M/F casting, or 6'6" M/F spinning. Just depends, but definitely the Aetos.

Bill Murphy was scared of Mike Long. ... “Murphy absolutely thought he was a cheater. I had breakfast with Bill Murphy a few months before he died, he thought not only was he dangerous, but he was a cheater, and that he was spawning a bad element in bass fishing in San Diego County,” Zieralski told me in a phone interview this May. “He did not respect Long. He feared him. He feared the element that Mike was bringing into the sport.” https://sdfish.com/general/dark-secret-americas-big-bass-guru-mike-long/2/ That's crazy. Sounds even worse than I thought.

Sorry that I'm about to lead off with my regurgitated hatred for the Fury rods I bought, but the 2 of 5 I decided to keep I sold to my friend today for the price of 1. He snapped a rod with me the other day and I handed him a Fury spinning setup and he liked it (how?! lol just kidding, I know I'm the minority) so selling those to him for a deal kind of just... happened. I'm out some money I guess but I already considered it lost money to begin with. Anyways now I've got $100~ to spend towards fishing and a MH HMG rod currently sitting without a reel, so the obvious thing to do is get a reel for it. The Fury had a Fuego on it but my wife adopted it. I've decided on the SLX 7.2:1 at 29" IPT. I'll just use that setup for spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, jigs, and Texas rigs. My question is, for anyone with experience with the reel, is this SLX going to be alright for spinnerbaits and chatterbaits? Will it struggle, will it feel good? I don't typically like a 7 for my reels but it is a lower IPT 7 so that would be ok to me and the 6.3:1 is 25" IPT which is just a tad slow for my liking. I guess I just want to know about the "guts" of this reel.

Can there be a case for fraud here as far as money made off the lies? Seems that could be legally devastating for him. Me either it just seems like the quietest, out of the limelight place to go.

If I was him I'd move to the Midwest and just fish (the right way) for fun and stay out of the tournament scene. Just live a quiet life away from the cameras.

Some sports are so corrupt that it pushes formally moral athletes to cheat just to keep up with the rest of the cheaters.

It's clown behavior like that that puts people like me (Aspergers) in a tough and stressful position of lie detector tests should I ever achieve my dreams. Rules, laws, and warnings exist for a reason: because it's been done, and those immoral people screw it up for others.

Same. If I knew of an electric purple reel of quality, I'd be them all. ETA: Except for pink being a favorite color, as it's not, but that particular reel is sharp. Purple is my favorite color though.

Where are you located that bass are still in pre spawn? I like a Texas Rigged Havoc Pit Boss or a Wacky Rigged Senko for these situations.

They would all be really skinny if that's the case.

There's no way those photos weren't intended.

A Fluke... So simple, so fish catchy, and yet, I'm a fool with the Fluke.

Daiwa Aird X paired with a Daiwa Fuego LT ($155 retail) Or Fenwick HMG paired with a Pflueger President ($160 retail) Power, action and reel size depends on what you want out of your spinning setup. If you're going to prefer throwing Ned rigs and dropshots, a ML/F with a size 1000 (Daiwa) or 25 (Pflueger) reel. If you're going to prefer throwing Senkos and other weightless plastics, wacky rigs, and small Texas rigs, a M/F with a size 2500 (Daiwa) or 30 (Pflueger) reel. Cheaper options would be a Daiwa Aird X paired with a Daiwa Legalis LT ($125 retail) or a Fenwick Eagle paired with a Pflueger President ($120 retail). [ Notice the pattern? ]

That's one that should have been made into a meal.

We don't control the weather, but we are capable of breaking it, and we have.

I'd like our rain to be gone and some heat to come. We're still dealing with unseasonably cold temperatures and flooding rains. It's almost July and we're still getting 50s and 60s for highs, some low 70s, and cold rains that have once again destroyed river fishing. My home river has risen 4 feet in a day and the forecast for the next 2 weeks shows 1 day of no rain. In fact, it's raining now and thunder is in the distance. The seasons have been so strange for several years and it has continued to get worse. We're destroying the planet.

I sometimes forget to take a bag of plastics out and they always end up bent out of shape from the heat. I have what I consider entire bags of ruined Trick Worms especially. This is in Illinois. It gets hot here (not yet this year tho) for a few months but nothing like other states. I don't know how people get away with keeping them in their cars.