My Favorite Topwater
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I haven’t been fishing in a while. Yesterday I decided to take the whole day off and go fishing. I was up early took care of a few things, took care of a chore or two, and get some gear ready separate from the gear I plan to keep in the boat(s). I was planning…
Bob’s Tips For Anglers #1 Go When You Can If you only go fishing when everything is perfect, the tide is right, people confirm its going to be good for you, and the stars align you won’t go very often. As a result you won’t have very many great days fishing. “Oh wah! Its hot!” …
Most of us are probably familiar with the telescoping flipping stick. For the rest… no not like a multi section telescoping rod. Just one where main body of the rod can be pushed back into the butt section of the rod. This is fairly typical of 7’6″ to 8′ med-hvy to x-heavy fast to x-fast…
One of my fishing buddies called me up yesterday and wanted to hit the local water. I finished up the CAD/CAM for a custom mold for one of my customers, and I was at a stopping point waiting on feedback from another before wrap up. I wasn’t quite ready to take either to the machines…
So far today I haven’t really done much. Some is fishing related, however. I spent some time with machines running in the background repairing a couple of my favorite rods. A flipping stick that needed a new tip top, and a multipurpose rod I really like needing a new tip top and a new double…
Bait Casting Basics The following works for me. With experience you will probably find some difference or idiosyncracies that are different, but work better for you personally. Most modern bait casting reels have two different adjustments you can make. Basic Controls 1. Some form of braking system or anti backlash control. a. Shimano and Pfleuger…