MOBASSIN83

Grubbed, on a recent trip to table rock, I tossed my 130 out and was doing the exact same thing you described. I had used it several times before heading to TR with no issues. I spoke with Nathan at River2Sea. He is one of only a few people that answer if you call customer service. They replaced mine but I had to spend $6-7 to send the old one in! It took about 4 weeks to get my replacement.

Wow thanks...def had that happen. I could see the line moving and then swing and miss! My partner and i both had that happen in our derby this weekend. I think they must have been biting that top part which would be an obvious cause for clear swing and a miss! Fyi the 6 lb fluro worked great. I had a lot more issues with my 8 lb fluro (fc sniper) compared to my 6 lb setup!

Yes we sure enjoyed learning from the master! I will get in touch soon as i need to place an order my friend! Your heads did very well. Have you ever noticed the wire guards causing a bit of a bad hook set? I feel like i had a couple flop off and wonder if just a bad hookset or did the wire get in the way? Curious to get your thoughts.

Fished the Kimberling City area last week. Fishing for me was pretty good. The quality was good but the numbers/day have been lower for me this year. The best pattern i have found is fish slower than slow! I caught most of my fish on a very popular "little" bait. When i fish slow i catch way more fish vs bank beating. Most of the tournament guys would come rouring in and fish very close to me while moving on high with their trolling motors....it didnt pan out for most i saw. I enjoyed catching some nice fish while they whizzed by and stared! Here are some samples of my better ones. Caught many keepers from 4-8ft on gravel areas. I tried in 10-15 ft of water with reduced success. Fishing was better if i had some wind on the shore. It was interesting that the species would change with the depths each day. Hope to get back down south soon!! I am new on the forum and have really enjoyed everyones tips so hopefully this helps!

Great meeting you Dave. I will look forward to more updates and photos! Thanks again for helping us all out to become better finesse anglers!