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Not a bad idea, but if you have the bug for something new then look at this: Daiwa Exceler LT Spinning Reels | Tackle Warehouse Zaion body, anti reverse switch, screw in handle. Pretty much on par with the recently discontinued Tatula LT which is a fine reel. If you're on the TW mailing list, click on the offer for 20% off which ends in a few days.

Doesn't matter which reel you buy, they typically have a thin coating of paint which will scratch/chip if you're in the habit of dropping them into dirt or onto concrete, or if you have them strapped to a boat deck left to clatter against one another while moving from one location to the other. The simple solution is to use reel covers during transport which go on and off in mere seconds. That's a vague question. How extreme will the exposure be?

Roadside pond Legal Dope TUM TUM eater.

BASS needs to steal away MLFs production team. Gee wiz. It's like UHF versus cable. You'd need to be born in the 60s to get that reference.🙃

Chucking 6-8oz baits all day is pretty brutal. 22oz? Nah

I have no idea how aggressively you cranked the handle without the spool installed, so there's no way to know. Gear sets aren't expensive, but yours might be OK still. The pinion bearing, anti reverse bearing, or the outer crankshaft bearing are vulnerable, and rinsing will often just send salt and suspended fines deeper into each. Send it to site sponsor DVT: Delaware Valley Tackle - Home

Never ever remove the spool from a Tatula and turn the handle. Never. Send it in for service if you're not confident opening it up yourself. Probably not, but you may have pinion bearing issues now. It isn't a salt water reel.

^^X2^^ They're the softest frogs out there which can really help when use spinning gear. Still need to set the hook, but they're more likely to at least get them as they collapse so much easier than typical frogs. Launch Frog (americanbaitworks.com)

I'm really digging the standard Tatula Elite 6'9" Heavy F. Great for skipping or anything else I've used it for out of my un-decked jon boat. Got the latest BB1 Pro on it spooled with 50lb braid. Daiwa | TATULA® ELITE™ SIGNATURE SERIES BASS RODS Model Number Developed by Purpose Power Action Length (Feet) Pieces Line Wt. (Lb.) Lure Wt. (Ounces) Guide Type TAEL691HFB - SKIPPIN' JIG H F 6'9" 1 16-30 1/4-1 1/2 Fuji®Alconite TAEL701MMHXB-AGS Brent Ehrler FINESSE M-MH XF 7'0" 1 8-20 1/8-1 DAIWA AGS® TAEL711HFB - SKIPPIN' JIG H F 7'1" 1 16-30 1/4-1 1/2 Fuji®Alconite TAEL731MHFB Brent Ehrler MULTI-PURPOSE MH F 7'3" 1 10-20 1/4-1 Fuji®Alconite

I gave up fishing at any of my local spots following last Monday's attempt. After a month and a half of relentless heat and lack of any meaningful rain they're nearly unfishable. A better way to say is that it's just too tedious to deal with, and I generally like fishing very heavy cover. But it's different this year. Topped out with weeds is one thing, but when they're covered in shore to shore cheese it's another thing altogether. Sounds like good frogging conditions but it actually isn't. The water is just stagnant under the cheese and withering milfoil, and deeper water is out of reach. Thankfully, yesterday I got a last minute invite out to a deep water eastern LI lake for a later afternoon sesh. Time was short so it was run n gun mostly, and we found some good zones but the bites were super subtle. My fishing partner didn't check the hook on his new-out-of-the-box Dark Sleeper. He should have, because we lost count of how many fish he had shake off including a really nice mama just 1" from the net. Mine bit on a BBB Trick Stick in Prime Rib rigged on a VMC Rugby Head, a Launch Frog, and Fish Arrow Heavy Poop. Just at dusk, it was my turn in the barrel. Had a freakin mondo shake off right at the net after it went airborne one last time. I knew beforehand I should've swapped out the stock hooks on my Bullshad, but it is what it is. The bite was good compared to my home waters, so even with the near misses it was a fine day.

As far as pro competition goes, they should've never let the camel get its nose under the tent a long time ago, but they did. Here we are now, and who knows how far it'll go before the average tournament watcher gets grossed out enough to tune out. All of it is like PEDs in pro sports, IMO. The argument that everyone involved being allowed to juice makes it a totally level playing field doesn't make this any more appealing. It's still juicing, and most people don't juice. When I was a gym rat the roid heads stuck out like a sore thumb, and their results were a big "whatever" to anyone who simply worked hard and was satisfied with what they ended up with. For civilians who'd rather not grind it out constantly, do what you have to do. I don't have giant, deep bodies of water locally, so no judgement from me. I don't know for a fact that I wouldn't succumb to the tech if I were facing 10s or 100s of thousands of acres of mostly dead water.

Tricky. If I were determined to attempt this myself by hand, I'd hit the area of concern with spray freeze in a A/C'd chilled room and work fast per area. Probably have to sand the entire handle to achieve something resembling uniform texture. Amazon.com: MG Chemicals 403C Super Cold Spray, HFO-1234ZE, 235 gram Aerosol, 8 oz Aerosol

Here's Bubba from Forrest Gump. 24" on the Rapala fish ruler, including the lip. This old northern girl had some shoulders.

Heavy Fast or Extra Heavy Fast rod and 50-65lb braid. Gotta get them up and over the top quickly and keep them there until they're in.

Free shipping and 30% off sales at BBB keep getting me. Every low light/night fish I caught in SC earlier this year came on this color. Plenty of bites too. We'll see if those results transport here.

I don't find that it makes the cork slippery at all. I think if one hasn't ever felt cork that's been treated, they assume U40 is like putting clear coat poly or shellac on the cork, but it's not even close to what that might feel like. To me, the feel of cork is still there. The texture. U40 is so thin that it doesn't change much. What it does well is protect water-based fillers from easily falling out.

Now that you've been iron-headlocked into submission, and if the AirdX will be it, I'd suggest the 7'3" MH as it's the standout in the line, IMO. Going a step further, the $100 Tatula XT of the same dimensions would really be a nice step up. Most sales drop the price to $80, so well worth it.

They know exactly what they're doing, and many people play right into it. Smart business.

This is another great option for hard baits. DAIWA 22 TATULA TW 80 (japanlureshop.com) It's Zillion buttery smooth on the retrieve. Aluminum frame AND side plate. It's also quite small if you happen to like compact reels. The T wing allows plastic lines to just flow out.

Yes, but SVs are purpose built for extra control with less user input than MagforceZ or centrifugal brakes. As a byproduct, some distance is sacrificed. Excluding SV Boost found in the Zillion G, I don't often use my standard SVs for bank or wade fishing but I have and will sometimes when throwing lighter baits in heavy winds. While I can manage in those conditions throwing those baits using reels with standard braking profiles, there's no good reason to. SVs are the right tool for those conditions, IMO, especially with plastic mainline. Another area where I find that SVs shine is when casting from a seated position like in a yak or johnboat. Zipping line drive casts to targets with light baits from 70-90 feet is painless. Something to note is that casting mechanics are calibrated by one's eyesight. When you stand and cast your entire body is part of the equation, and if you stand more often when fishing you're calibrated for that. When sitting, half of your body is removed from the equation and the other half is somewhat restricted. As a consequence, I noticed quickly that I often overpowered my casts when seated in order to compensate which led to overruns. This overcompensation is typically solved by going up two clicks or so on the brakes with most standard reels, but with SVs there are just less worries in general, especially with higher arc casts, and with no additional braking force applied. Whether any of this has value to you is a personal thing. I'm glad a have a few SVs. I'm digging the Alphas 800s I recently acquired. Light plastics and cranks, which can be tricky to deal with using standard casting reels, fly very nicely with little worry of overruns or fluff ups.

Codes were bbb10 and thanks. Try both. P.S. Just tried both and they worked.

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I'm not fishing these, but I've been fishing the Fish Arrow Heavy Poop 3.6" which are quite similar. The Owner Twistlock 5/0 5132-151 with the stock medium(M) keeper swapped out to an Owner CPS large(L) works well but rusts easily. I switched to the 5/0 Berkeley Fusion 19 Swimbait hook with the stock spring keeper also swapped to the Owner CPS (L) and its finish resists rust much better. However, I need to bend the hook's point down a skosh towards the hook's eye to skin hook the plastic. No big deal with standard pliers with the jaws insulated with some electrical tape. Needed to do a slight overbend also with the Gamakatsu 5/0 3/16oz 296415-3/16. It's also very rust resistant.