JakeBrown

I personally would consider that "clear." I fish braid all the time and don't have an issue. If the fish are feeding and they see the lure they're gonna eat it.

I actually had a similar problem but using bigger line and bigger hooks. Same concept though so I just upped the diameter of my line. I used to use 8lb diameter in saltwater but I had the problem of breakoffs so I went to the 12 lb diameter. In your case I'd go from the 2lb diameter maybe even up to 6lb. Just depends on your preference. Another alternative may be to use what people down here call quick clips. It's just a swivel that has a clip type device on one end so you could just tie onto the swivel and not worry about the hook breaking the line. They've held up to 12lb redfish so they should do the job just fine.

Unless you found some custom gears you can't do it. The reel is a 5.8:1 and really isn't too far off from a 6.2:1. If you're looking for a good baitcaster that's a better ratio you may look at a shimano curado 200DHSV. I prefer low profile reels over round baitcasters

I buy from M-F Manufacturing. Their saltwater plastic is pretty buoyant and also is quite durable. Here's a pic of a devil tail I made a few weeks ago.

Here's the link to the floating additive I was talking about. I use the saltwater plastic since it is much more buoyant than the freshwater. It's also a little more durable too. With a gamakatsu offset round bend 5/0 in one worm the lure acts like a topwater. http://www.fishingworld.com/M-F-Manufacturing/Details.tmpl?ID=10987218768780891&Cart=11050&SKU=FA32%20-%201%20Quart

Lemme check my catalog, but the company I buy my plastic from (M-F Mfg.) has a floating additive that works quite swell. Jake

very nice lures guys. where do you purchase your plastic?

will do, this is a picture of fishing the same type lure back in December. I built it to be more of a saltwater lure geared towards trout but it seems to be working on quite a few species of fish. btw, would this color be close enough to the gold shiner or would I need the sides to be a solid metallic gold?

thanks for the help guys. I'll be painting some lures tomorrow and hopefully I'll make it out to fish as well.

the color doesn't have to be anywhat similar to the one in the pics, but just one that might work for the type of lure. I can recreate almost any color pattern you can dream of pretty much. I'm a bit lost when it comes to freshwater colors, but what exactly is the gold shiner pattern? something like the attached image?

and the last image. Hopefully you can kinda tell how the lure looks. It works pretty slow compared to most bass rigs. It sinks a little slower than a work with a 1/16oz. jig head and it's fairly weedless so far. I'm still looking to improve it a little more for freshwater use.

another image.

Just to give a little background I'm doing some research on some color combinations to try and use on some saltwater lures that I use. Attached are some images of fish caught with the saltwater baits my buddies have been using Thanks in advance for any info that will help me out. Jake PS: The lure is just at 6" in length