if you can get your hands on one of these older version:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimanocrucial.html
I pair it with my Daiwa Pixy Red reel. Awesome combo.

how about skipping? does braid skip bait better than flouro?

How is the Vanquish limited edition different from the normal version?

Very nice combo. If I own it and put a scratch on it I will be crying my butt off.

That spool is wicked

Welcome. Keep checking the sales board. For decent muskie reel I'd look for a used 400B. Good luck.

1. Tatula
2. CI4
3. Chronarch D7

I bought a new crucial 6'8 medium last week and it broke in 3 pieces from the first hook set :roll: Luckily for me it broke the same day I bought it. So I just got a refund. This is the first time that I've had a rod broke on me. The saleperson told me that it was supposedly stronger than the last y...

I use the little skinny dipper with my dirty jigs. I also use a little super glue to glue it to the jigs. I also just got some northstar jigs. Might have to give them a try. My favorite color is the houdini. I had intance when the tail is bitten off the fish still hit it. The tail of the dipper is r...

My set-up for shakey: curado 50E with 802 GLX or another 50E with 803 GLX

Gamma skip gap hook.

I bought 3 100 yard-spools recently (10lbs rating). My first cast, the line was break somewhere and the lure is gone . Spool up the second one and so far it seems to be OK. Not too impress so far. Might have to bring the last one back and get a return.

Personally in the spring (water is cold) or late fall I down size my senko. For summer I go with the 5-inch senko. Colors make no difference to me so far. I fish them either weightless or with a 1/8 oz tungsten bullet.

I think you made the right choice. I have an 843 glx that I use for 1/2 oz chatter bait and I think it's struggle a bit in heavy weedy area.

Right now my pixy is paired either with my GLX802 or with an older version of the Shimano crucial drop shot rod (6'6, 1/8 - 3/8 Oz?, cork handle). I have not yet thrown anything closed to 1/16 though.