i was at wal-mart yesterday and seen that they now had vicious fluoro there but i didn't look at it. that sounds like the way elite is packaged, i'll have to check it out. thanks for the heads up!

i have the 6'9" ml and have caught some nice fish on it, so it will handle fish without a problem. i'm actually going to buy the 6'10" m next as i like a little bit stiffer rod for jigheads. the 6'9" works really well for dropshot though.

i've had good luck with all of the bps reels i've got/had.

i use the 15# for plastics and jigs and don't have any problems as long as i retie every 3-4 fish. i use a doubled-line clinch and wrap it 3 times and pull it down slow. i've got 8# elite on my spinning rod and haven't had any problems. i used a jighead 1 day that i had used on a previous trip and p...

cool! maybe u will get yours in shortly. i'm hoping i can pick up a couple next month.

What reel seats do you guys recommend? I am going to give Batson Enterprises a call as well. As of now I am thinking about ordering this foregrip hood, it looks sick! http://www.batsonenterprises.com/hood-fore-grip-assemblies i had the batson reel seat & forgrip on bottom of that page on a rod i ha...

it's been 10 years or better since i've had a loomis, and then it was imx not glx. i had a custom 843 & 844. the 7' mh steez falls between the 2 as far as power goes. i use the 7' mh for t-rig plastics with a 1/4-3/8oz weight, and also use it for 5/16-3/8oz finesse jigs. sorry, i wish i could be mor...

any of you guys that ordered the new carbonlite get them yet? i'm still pretty fired up about getting a few of them this year.

thanks for the responses guys! i had a pretty lackluster year in the appraisal business for 2011, and 2012 hasn't started out any better. i had decided this morning to put some of my high priced stuff for sale and go with a more moderately priced rod like the abus. that's why i was wanting to know a...

how long is the handle fully extended? i've been looking at this rod and can't really figure out what the handle length is. abu's website shows it the same as the flippin rod, bps has it the same as the 7' mh, and tw shows it at 14". also are the verdicts a little stout? i have a 7' m/mf veritas and...

i've been using 12# yozuri hybrid for cranks but i'm probably gonna switch back to 10-12# fc this year. i tried using 8/30 power pro with the smallest h2o squarebill last year and it damn near rattled my teeth out! i really wasn't expecting that much transmission through a 6'6 m tds glass rod. i rea...

any of you guys used the super stainless wire for spinnerbaits? i'm thinking about getting lpo to make me some of the hidden-weight heads with this wire but i have to buy 25 per order. i just wanted to see if it's a crock before dropping $50

great lookin jigs!!! i love the brush jig head

my favorite is the brush jig/alien head in 3/8 & 1/2oz. i had thought about trying to pour my own last year, but i ended up finding heads online cheap enough i couldn't come out on the deal. i just slap a skirt on.

i might have to try some with the owner hook this year.

i think it's kind of a cool concept, but i don't see myself spending the money on it.