after 11 1/2 hours in a sandwich baggie, there are still no signs of any meltdown. no stickiness. no color bleed that i can tell. i am going to leave the bag intact for the rest of a full day, then check it tonight. and with this i hit 100 posts!

after 2 1/2 hours there is nothing happening. no blob, no color transfer, nada. going to leave it overnight.

short term MAY be okay. but when you forget there IS gonna be a mess. like trying to keep the cueball from scratching on a DEAD scratch. it's going to happen. just grab a sandwich baggie for them. i tried to do the wagging finger smiley emoji! soft plastics and hardbaits are risky. zman softbaits ar...

you guys have made me realize a new abu Cardinal rod and a new diawa spinning reel is not all that much.with the whitecaps(little bitty 45 acre lake) i was getting away from i just didn't care. lost a phone out on a lake. no 110's lost to date. happy over that. i remember ish monroe had a BAD day, ...

that looks like a good repair. i like the spigot material you used. at that point way up on the rod, near the tip, the repair should be fine. keep us posted.

are you in eastern ky now? new york? way different fishing between the two.

you know,"slamming a hemi in an old Ferrari" sounds pretty awesome. tell me /us more. you could get to a fishing hole pretty quick and be in style, too.

cal did a review on a tatule type-r reel in 2013(6 years gone by and i've not lined both of mine yet)here: http://tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatattyper.html i'm trying to find a spare spool for bfs for one of mine. i'm seeing a bunch online.to my question: is my reel considered a CS, CT, T3?? all of th...

that's not the schematic i use . on https://www.reelschematic.com/reel-schematics/shimano-reel-schematics/shimano-chronarch-schematics/#gsc.tab=0 there are several bantam chronarch 100 listings. my reel seems to be as shown in this: https://www.reelschematic.com/wp-content/uploads/schematics/Shimano...

the brake case on the left side plate may have been turned 180 degrees from original. also, the latch may have just been turned short of full tightness. it will still lock up but there will be a bit of play/movement in the side plate. if key is turned full range i'd check the brake case for wrong po...

H & H has a some small inexpensive effective spinnerbaits. some of my favorites for creeks/small waters.

some days shine brighter than others. way to go!

you might try palsa stick on strike indicators.

well you've had that curado dc a month now. how are you liking it? would you recommend one? i fish smaller lakes, no saltwater. no huge weedbed/grass mats. i throw trigs, spinnerbaits, cranks, topwaters, senkos, ned rigs, plastics, and jerkbaits. i've got three daiwa/megabass casting reels NIB but b...

what reel are we enhancing? some are fine/excellent as is. some need a little help.
i like stradic 2000's as they are. my cardinal 3's and 4's have been given bigger handles and metal spools.