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I'm interested in the loomis gl3. how much?

reel is sold.

For Sale; RL Winston BIIX 9',4 piece 4 wt, cigar handle, elder reel seat w/nickel siver. Beautiful rod. Used one time. Like new. with rod tube and rod sock. $500.00 Galvan, OB-1 reel, 4/5 wt, large arbor, green, includes spool of new line. Used same one time. Like new. includes box and reel sock. $150.00 Makes a great looking set. Perfect for ozark fly streams or travel.

I'm with the front hook crowd. If i'm getting several fish in a row on the back hook only I change something. I want them eating it.

I always do well in the summer on a t-rigged yamamoto cut tail worm. But mostly i'd be swimming.

Guess my experience has been different. Most of the big fish i catch are on reaction type baits (buzz bait, swim jig, crankbait, etc.).These baits are going fast as I can move them or ripping them out of grass to get a reaction. Probably personal preference/confidence thing. I'm just more comfortable power fishing than finesse fishing. I'm mostly lmb fishing tho.

Glad you made it safely. That's alot of alone time.

Got a new lews american hero reel for $31 and love it. Haven't had it long enough to tell if it'll last.

if your fishing weedy cover for bass. can't beat a swim jig. i like the hack attack heavy cover swim jig with a swim fluke trailer, rage tail trailer also works good. it'll go thru just about anything. you can chunk and wind just like a spinner bait or change trailers and pitch it. you'll never have to change lures.

Saw a tip on Hank Parker and have used it ever since. Store your line in an old styrofoam cooler, will keep light out. I now buy bigger spools and keep in the cooler. Even the mono looks brand new for years.

I've got a c5 that i love. This year i caught crappie (makes a good reel for trolling cranks), bass, redfish, and a four foot shark on the same reel. Drag is smooth as silk and they'll hold a ton of line.

Im with MO. The KVD square bill is a fish getter.

Chart. / Black back for stained water would be nice. Blue glimmer is a hot color right now in the custom painted lures.

For the op. I recommend always having at least two rod set ups ready. One for slack water presentations (i.e. fluke, wacky worm); and one for presentations in swift water (jigs, in-line spinners etc.). Lures are tools not all work in all conditions(jigs being probably the most versatile). Flukes are great in slack or low current (maybe the best), but they are far less effective in heavy current. So if your trying to fish a fluke all day and the fish are in the current pockets your gonna have a tough day. Develop your favorite technique for each type. Generally heavier lures work better in current as they get down to the strike zone quickly. Crankbaits work well in long riffles with moderate current and in slack or backwater. Spinner baits and jigs are pretty versatile. As you float down the stream pick the set up that suites the water.

Other than the method of discard, I don't have a problem with a group legally catching, filleting, and eating a dozen largemouth out of lake conway. That lake has a healthy population of lm and the game and fish supplement by stocking. I fish that lake a lot and catch and release, but as long as they're not over the limit I don't have a problem. It would get under my skin if he was throwing that soon to be stinking mess in my neighborhood tho.

Favorite fishing phrase "its not the arrow...its the indian"

For summer smallies a texas rigged yamamoto cut tail worm. All time summer favorite is a rapala skitter pop(leopard frog color), they smash that thing. I think its the red feathered back hook, big smallies can't stand it. Probably caught more smallies on a gitzit than any other bait tho.

Best smallmouth day I ever had was on a dropping and clearing Kings after a July thunderstorm. I can still hear the sound of those smallmouth attacking a buzzbait.

I've done it in mid april several times, as late as early July, and one time in october. First of may should be perfect, in the middle of summer you get and algae bloom that makes fishing a bit tougher because you have to use lures that don't catch a bunch of grass (flukes and small worms work). And water levels become more rain dependent. And the warm nights make camping not as comfortable. Its a great float, nice camping, and huge bluffs. Really your biggest danger in the spring is a bad thunderstorm, so keep a weather radio with you and make sure your camp has a back door.

purple bunny leach is a killer

I've done that stretch each year for the last 8 or 10. We make it a week and go slow. The only bad rapid is clapboard creek maybe a half mile down from the put in at rush. If over 5'(at 7' i wouldn't try it) a series of rolling hay stack waves form on the right side and will take you down. Stay left and be careful of the flow from clapboard that will try to push you back to right and into hay stacks. Once past that rapid, its a piece of cake. Lots of great camping and fishing. Clear creek is your half-way point and buffalo head is almost home.

Upstream from rush there are a couple of very long pools with a great summertime topwater bite. You may have to drag over the gravel bar just upstream from rush, but after that there's a couple of miles of deep pools to fish.

A light (1/4 oz) swim jig will come thru pads better than you think. I fish pads alot with them tipped with swimming fluke. Just keep it coming just below surface (think spinner bait) and it'll crawl up and over the pad, let it drop on the other side (that's when it usually gets bit). Braid is a must. Also caught some nice bass this spring in the pads on chatterbaits, but that bite has slowed.