this is great news

depends on the line material, I use the trilene knot for mono, copoly, and fluoro and the palomar for braid. I have tried many others but these have been the most dependable for me.

I don't particularly like round reels for jerkbaits, but the 100DC is excellent (I use mine for cranks) and the Conquest 50 works better than most round reels for this technique. I prefer slower reels for jerkbaits, 5.1-6.3, Calais 100, core 100mg, chronarch/curado 50e etc Or just get a Zonda and go...

Get yourself a Shimano Calais 100 while you can, absolutely killer reel for these techniques

edit just saw you went with a zonda, another great choice

Finnz922 wrote:If Jimmy "the Drunk" Houston does it then it's a joke. Just like how he can't even catch his own fish. Fish are caught by other members of his crew and he runs his boat over and pretends to catch the fish. Pathetic.

he also got caught shooting drugged and chained up deer for his show

damian_megabass wrote:that Tequila Talapia looks freaking killer!!!!

thank you sir, you are too kind

I don't think it will be all that economical if you have to remove your line to change to a shallow spool or vice versa

you can get them direct from megabassUSA

http://www.megabassusa.com/products/kat ... barb-hooks

email or call Catherine, she will take care of you

Catherine is replacing two of mine that were lightly used before they broke, very pleased as I dont believe they need to do this, but it shows that they care about their customers. A+ for MegabassUSA customer service!!

SMB


LMB

Dude you and those hardy reels :roll: :lol: A few excellent choices: Ross Evolution #2 Ross F1 #2 Islander IR4LA (click & pawl but just a beautiful simple reel, I have this one my cane) Islander LX3.2 Lamson makes some very nice reels too, but I cant stand the clicker noises ](*,) If I had to pick o...

NJ Jigman wrote:so, where are the giant bass pictures that were caught on these good lookin jigs

I wish I had some to share apparently the bite was very tough and my buddy only got one on my jig and no pic i guess we will have to wait till next year when he says he is going back...

I have tried quite a few different reels on mine, but settled on a Metanium MGDC7 Just feels right...

igl00jx wrote:Gotcha, because of the size of hooks I want to tie, it brings the lower limit higher.
Thanks

for 8/0 i would go with a bench vise or a dyna king, they have hook pockets that completely stop large hooks from slipping

I would think so van, I have an MG spool that I interchange with the SF spool on a standard calais