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Nice work, you'll love them, they catch everything. Do try to find the texposer hooks though, they really are the best by far, the flat hoook end sits so nice and weedless and I probably only missed 2-3 hookests in the past several years on them, the gama hooks work well but not quite as good. Also I've had by far the best luck with the rainbow trout color slug-gos. I use it primarily with a 4lb smoke fireline in my ultralight, the line really gives great feel for the jerking, is tits for hooksets and you can cast to Tibet. Yes, I tend to ramble about these sorts of things lol... I love topwater fishing. The surface breaches are so awesome, it's like mini sharks or something.
If you ever make it down to the Quabbin, let me know.
Oh dude it's cool. Everybody has stuff they like, no worries.
I''m not anywhere near as huge fisherman as many out there but I do enjoy the hell out of it. I prefer braided or fireline for jerkbaits though because of the lack of elasticity, how tough it is and the smaller diameter. I'm just not big on flouro, I know it's supposedly better for some things, I just don't like it as much personally. I've had the best luck with fireline, but I'm not married to it by any means. Was just saying that for topwater jerkbaits (which I primarily use), it's my go-to because it fits my style of action perfectly and around here, it's really tough to find braid under 15lb test- and I like to fondle line before buying- I'm just one of those guys I guess. Never had a problem with it jumping the bail, but I know it has the potential to happen. Also never had problems with the grooves, but then again I don't have a big money setup either so I'm not too worried even if I did have to replace the rod someday.
