http://www.tackletour.com/reviewphenixFTX71MH.html Phenix Feather 7'1 MH is what your looking for. Under $200, weighs 3.2 oz on my scale, good balance. It's rated MH but it's actually medium. Ya beat me to it. It was the first rod I thought of when reading what the OP was looking for. Not only unde...

If you are trying to reduce weight while maintaining hook gap, consider using plugging hooks (single hook with large eye in the same plane as the bend, designed to slip into a split ring). You could probably even go up one size in gap while reducing weight. A risk of any hook change, though, is tha...

Those floating Carolina rig things shaped like bullet weights may be worth a look. I have those! Both in black and white. Probably bought them 15+ years ago. What I like about your idea is that they can easily be cut and trimmed with a razor to the size and shape I would need. I’ll do some tests th...

you might try palsa stick on strike indicators. I did a google search on those and though the colors are brighter than the sun those are visually what I was thinking of. Permanent marker could mask the fluorescent colors. I may give those a try but the suggestion regarding the floating bullet weigh...

y2k88 wrote:Foam tape?

An idea I also had and happened to have some on hand. The stuff I had absorbed water and made it sink faster, lol. Maybe a stop at the depot will yield some non-moisture absorbing foam but I’m not optimistic. Thanks

I’m looking for what I can only describe as float dots, lol. Something I can add to the top of shallow diving suspending or slow sinking jerkbaits and make them slow float. Even if you don’t know of an actual fishing related product but something that would work, I’d appreciate the tips. I have a fe...

Thanks for posting this. I love soft jerks post spawn and also skipping docks with them. They do look very interesting and I will give them a try once I put the hard jerkbaits away and post my thoughts on these. You probably won't see a TT review of these for quite sometime. Some baits, like the Dar...

We here at TT certainly appreciate your honesty. I think I speak for everyone here to say sorry about your family members' declining health. Speaking solely for myself here; I will remember you and all the affected families when I pray. Prayer changes things-maybe not always solving the problem in ...

Tactical Bassin just released a YouTube video talking about the new Antares. It was more like a Shimano ad than a review. I wish they would have talked more in-depth about it like casting distance, ergonomics, etc. They used to be pretty objective about their gear, but within the past year they hav...

Tactical Bassin just released a YouTube video talking about the new Antares. It was more like a Shimano ad than a review. I wish they would have talked more in-depth about it like casting distance, ergonomics, etc. They used to be pretty objective about their gear, but within the past year they hav...

Fairly recent to Kistlers (2017) so I’m not sure where the new Argon will fit in the hierarchy but here’s their teaser for it. Anyone have any additional information? https://youtu.be/gqAAa9JeGUs Edit: As I was looking on their website this actually popped up in the model line section https://www.ki...

Anyone have a chance to fish these yet? I still have a couple weeks to go in my neck of the woods. Gave a sexy french pearl one (confidence color) a good workout today. Didn't catch anything. Didn't catch anything on any jerkbaits for that matter- fish still too deep in ~40 degree water. The plus 2...

dhottle wrote:


First fish on the new vision 110 +2.

That... is a hell of a first fish. Well done. Other than its fish catching ability how was it to fish?

Maybe the new Vision 110 +2? I do like the Shadow Rap Deep. Too many northerns around here to throw a 110 all the time. I’ve mentioned this before because I fish waters loaded with pike and we know how pike love to munch on Visions and! Contrary to common belief, we/you can throw them using short a...

What would you recommend I use to throw this beast?