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@Pat Brown it's funny that I've used its component parts individually in a lot of different ways, but it never occurred to me that such a thing as a craw worm would be useful for the ways I usually find myself fishing. It's like the combination pizza hut/taco bell of bass fishing.

Zoom still makes the z-craw worm, too.

Lord. That swimbait's heavier than all the different presentation I've thrown for the past six months together. lol What do you use for your leader connections?

I get what you're saying. I'm using the fish as an example of a greater (and more prolonged) stressor than the cast. I've never had a break during the cast, either, now that I think about it. My thought is that, as long as the leading edge of the knot (which is what I assume would see the greatest amount of force should it strike a guide ring during a cast) is braid, then the braid side of the knot kind of cushions the weaker line. I don't mean to sound like I'm trying to convince anybody to abandon their knot. I understand that's a deeply personal thing.

"In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that, as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."

FG knots really shine because – properly tied – there really isn't any part of that knot that's susceptible to damage from sliding through a guide. So if you use that knot, I can't think of any reason to worry about it. I don't use that knot, because I'm too lazy to learn it. I use a double uni to connect 6lb YZH (or 6lb Assassin, whichever I grab first) to 15lb Power Pro V2, and I use it on a rod with micro guides. And I still don't worry about it. Not once have I lost a fish because my designed failure point failed when it wasn't supposed to.

It's true though. I've caught bass that were warm to the touch, and they were eating just fine.

I wanna be the first to say that I don't really care how big the fish are. I just think they're neat to look at.

Well now the bait monkey's chittering in my ear. lol

So cool. Glad you guys got on the water together.

The bottom of the ninth last night was very stressful for the animals. They knew dad was excited, though. The cats handled it a little better than the dogs did.

I bet that'll be fun. As many brown water snakes as there are around here, I've thought about getting one of those top water snakes to play with.

The biscuits gotta get made, even if it is on my face, during a meeting, on a hot mic.

Works a trick for 4-stroke Mercs, too; eh @TnRiver46?

I was mowing earlier this year and yanked a bunch of vines off our fence and just mulched them up with my mower. So I kind of turned poison ivy into an aerosol, and that worked out about like you'd expect. I don't make smart decisions.

Mama says fluoro's so ornery because it's got all them knots but no knot strength.

I just love everything about this thread right now.

It's only a Big Hands dip net if it comes from the Castaic region of California. Otherwise it's just sparkling twine.

I've never seen a 6lb bass in person, and this dude's catching them by accident. Somebody's living right, and it ain't me.

She's mad about her diet.

I'd understand if they needed a beat to collect themselves. Alien abduction will put anybody off.

If I thought there existed enough people that had a fetish for floppy feet, I'd have an OF right now. lol