I know I am late to the game, but to free stuck ferrules, I use an old bamboo rod trick: put the stuck joint in your hands behind your knees and use your knees/legs against your arms to free the ferrule. Much safer than just pulling with your hands. As far as ferrule wax goes, I haven’t ever used an...

I haven’t really done any major mods to baits before...thanks for all the advise and methods!

WOW...jersey...that is some serious dedication right there man! I will be picking up some of these on the next Wally World trip. Would you mind giving us the lexan size you settled on for the mods? Thanks for going the extra mile!!!

This Varsity isnt quite the GT experience, but it sure beats the heck out of dealing with ATL traffic!

Will definitely check out those Academy cranks. Thanks for the heads up on them. And feel free to look me up if you ever want to chase anything in the water!

hoohoo - Thanks man! That Crul looks like it may be the ticket. CRS doesn’t look bad either. Do you replace the treble hooks or just fish it straight out of the box? Any special retrieve with it?

Can anyone recommend a good square bill lure for doing some bass river finesse and standard fishing? I have yet to catch a bass on a crank bait in all of my years fishing. I fish mostly soft, jigs and spinners so I honestly don’t know where to begin and have been overwhelmed with the selection. If y...

Chris over at Tenkara Bum also has a very nice selection of JDM spoons:

https://www.tenkarabum.com/fly-rod-spoons.html

and

https://www.finesse-fishing.com/jdm-spoons-shop.html

Always a great guy to deal with!

I have been experimenting with some circle hooks rigged Texas weedless style using the small Z-man TRD craws. Primarily using this style of hook with a UL rod bass and river fishing and have increased my hook up percentages dramatically since I have started doing this. Typically the rod didn’t have ...

I recently went thru and re-organized my fishing retirement investment. I purchased some of the steel freestanding shelving systems from homedepot, some flip top lidded clear plastic bins, smaller cheap Tupperware containers, and a ton of those zip lock bags that are more long and narrow than they a...

Does anyone have any experience using circle or octopus hooks and finesse fishing. I do a fairly large amount of small stream/river fishing for redeye’s, Bartrams and other smaller bass species. Have been thinking about rigging a few patterns, jigs, or even tying some weighted flies to use with my b...

I don’t lose fish. I am the Chuck Norris of fishing. I eat toast and jellyfish for breakfast. The fish feel my presence on the bank and will commit fish harakiri before seeing my lure. When I want to ice fish, I fish in the desert. When I do have a fish come off my hook, it’s only because it thought...

One of the biggest advantages of Flouro over mono is the abrasion resistance. Around rocks or heavy structure, the Flouro wins out every time. Flouro also has an extremely high resistance to UV light. Mono leader will break down over time with exposure to heat and UV light. I have had spoons of Flou...