T-Billy

Congrats.

Jerkbaits. Two old broken wrists, and tendonitis in the elbows takes all the fun out of throwing them. That said, when I'm marking suspended smallies and they won't eat a grub or a kietech, I'll suck it up, put my big girl panties on and have at it. Nuthin a few Advil won't fix.

The Curado is a solid choice for sure. I'll submit another solid choice. I've been very happy with my Lew's Super Duty G's for heavy cover, heavy line techniques. My oldest one is starting it's 5th season, and is still smooth. It's spent it's entire life on a flippin stick and is my most used reel.

Come on... You know better than to believe anything that guy tells ya. Wait... He has the authority to put me in timeout. Umm... If @J Francho says he fixed it, it's fixed by golly. ?

@A-Jay broke the internet.

Last year? Bout 10K. Lifetime? No idea. I probably don't wanna know. I FOR SURE don't want the wife to know.

I saw that episode of Bill Dance. Interesting idea, but I'd personally just throw a Keitech, or swim jig, or ribbontail worm in that same cover. I'd probably get just as many, or more bites, and enjoy an excellent hookup and landing ratio.

I checked one out at my local shop recently, and liked it. Lot's of more expensive rods on the rack that aren't as light or balanced. Same story with ARK. You get a lot of rod for your hard earned $$$ with both.

ARK rods turned my Sierras and Kadens into bench warmers, the Tharp series in particular, and they cost a good bit less at $129. My Fury 735 still sees lots of action though. It's a solid spinnerbait/swim jig/frog rod for the $$$.

#StraightShank4Life LOL. They're not all heavy duty. The regular VMC flippin hooks, not the HD's are lighter wire and have a smaller gap. They work great on smaller and more slender baits in lighter/no cover. Available all the way down to #1.

10-4. We don't have any Florida size basses round here, so I roll with the original. Everything from redears to bass to musky and flatheads eat those suckers. Zoom got it right for sure with this bait. Great craw profile when fishing it on the bottom, great claw action when swimming it. Those long legs make it look bulkier than it is when swimming it too. It's a MUST HAVE bait IMO. I've taken to fishing all my bottom contact plastics on a snelled flippin hook. Hookup percentage is outstanding, and the snell makes the bait land right side up evry time.

Great quality molds for sure.

I'll second this. Those feathers are really nice rods.

I feel the same way about the UV Speed Craw. It aint often I don't have one T rigged.

I recently bought a Fuego CT with a Ray's Studio BFS spool in the deal. Spooled it up with 20# 832, paired it with a 7' MH XF ARK Tharp, and I'm like'n it for light 1/8 and 3/16 Trigs. It's gonna see lot's of action once the grass comes up.

It's great for both of those techniques. You'll find lots of uses for it.

I happen to have that model. It's the only Cobb I have. I bought it because that blank isn't available in the Tharp series, or any other series for that matter. It never leaves the deck. Light Trigs, grubs, jerks, topwaters, senkos, lighter spinnerbaits.... It does alot well. Same as a Lancer. Different cometics. Outstanding value.

I prefer that kind of linear mag brake. Simple, effective, zero maintenance, and while they may not be the longest casting system out there, I get plenty of distance. I do wish there was more aftermarket support for Lew's though. I'd like to have some lower capacity spools for them.

Lew's LFS.

What type of hook was he using? This is no place for skin hooking with an ewg or offset hook. Snelled Flippin hook with the point buried inside the plastic is the only way to go into thick cover IMO.

Randall says fast in the video, but it's an XF rod. Light, sensitive, Fuji K frame guides with fazlite rings, 5 year warranty. $129

My wife has mastered this technique. ?

Really? Which part? ? I bought a couple edge 3600's for terminal tackle. Worth the $ for that I think, but not for baits that stay put in standard boxes.

Ahh... It allowed me to add it to the cart, but then wouldn't allow me to view the cart. My bad. It no worky worky.

Of the three rods you listed I'd go with the Tatula. I'll take an ARK Tharp "Money Maker" over any of those. It's a 7'3" Mag MH F that'll do a great job with all three techniques you mentioned for $129.