6317 BN is the hook number. I got mine from Zeiner’s in Wichita KS.
You don’t have to have a Midwest finesse ewg mold. You can modify most any mold. It just has to be ground down to where the hook fits before the bend. I used my old Midwest finesse mold and had a guy at a machine shop grind it.
I didn’t want the keepers and wasn’t sure how the hook eye would fit so I used high temp silicone to fill in some voids.
I sent several reels to a guy to be cleaned, super tuned and install ceramic bearings. I didn’t see much difference. I’d just put good abec bearings in.
Those look like they would get the job done. I don’t have those kinds of knives but I keep a folding knife and a fillet knife in the boat and carry my Uncle Henry Rancher and a Swiss army knife all the time.
Largemouth
Smallmouth
Spotted (called a Kentucky around here)
Meanmouth that looked like sm/spot cross
Meanmouth that looked like lm/sm cross
Guadalupe
Well I’m doing great. Nitro took my boat into the factory and a bunch of glass work which they covered under warranty. It came back during the cold spell. It is warming and the wind is supposed to drop so I have everything ready for a trip to the lake tomorrow. I haven’t been in the boat since early October.
Eric Prey would be a good choice or Pete Wenners. They both put out frequent reports and you can look them up and maybe follow them.
If you should decide to try Bull Shoals, I recommend Buster Loving.
Have you ever been to this area before?
That sure looks like centrifugal brakes to me. The way I clean them is take a clean dry Qtip and wipe the drum. Then put a little Shimane oil on a Qtip and wipe the drum. How many of the brakes do you have set to engage the drum? You may want to experiment with that.
90% of my fishing time is spent fishing on or near the bottom. My 6 best setups are for bottom contact Some of them do double duty but each of them has a specific bottom contact job.
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