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Topic Started: May 10 2009, 09:31 PM (68 Views)
jigmister	May 10 2009, 09:31 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Posts: 103 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: April 20, 2008	Hello? anyone home?????? I see the club picked up some new members. Just what it needs I think.



ScottC	May 18 2009, 06:47 PM Post #2
Delta Grasshopper Posts: 59 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: September 21, 2008	Well, I check in about once a week to re-read all those hot posts from...February...just to make sure I'm up to date. I tried out your braid + mono leader deal for flipping this past weekend. I liked how it handled. Only problem was when I snagged up on rocks, I'd break off right where the two lines joined. You have a special knot for that? I've been using the double uni. Hit or miss bite on Sat. Mostly miss for us. Did have three blowups on a frog, landed one. Thought it'd be better today after all that heat, but it wasn't. Had a 3 first thing on a wakebait, only one swirl on the frog. Blew a trailer tire on the way home too. What a day. Tons of carp just slamming things under the weed mats. When the carp are feeding so violently and aggressively, does that mean it's time to move? Or, are the bass still around because there must be plenty of food in the area?



jigmister	May 19 2009, 09:50 PM Post #3
Advanced Member Posts: 103 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: April 20, 2008	I missed the tournament but for good reason. wish I could have made it however. the knot I use for braid to mono (now I am using maxima leader floral carbon) is the Tony Pena knot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNAzz_sG-Jo I have never had the knot fail. not once so far. I am flipping with a heavy rod to boot. 8 foot lamiglas 806 The # one reason I started flippin with briad is that mono will not slide throgh my hands worth a damn first thing in the am. that sticky humid air on delta mornings makes it impossible to flip to my liking. The mono drags across my fingers and stops and goes. This makes the water penetration HORRIBLE. looks like a kid throwing stones in the water. by about noon on most days the dew is gone and flippin mono is not a problem any more. going to braid fixed that problem but it created another! I found out real fast that ROCKS eat briad. I mean it eats it up fast. Rocks put nicks in braid. once that happens it breaks so easy you would not beilieve. TO have the best of both worlds I started joining mono to braid witch has evolved to braid to floral carbon. Now, Green maxima is the most abrasion resistant line I have found. It takes a beating on the most nasty rock structure and keeps on tickin. It just has a horible memory. Stetching it out on your truck bumper in the AM solves that problem easy. I started with the maxima floral carbon just a few weeks back so I can not say for sure how I like it. It seems to be fine. if you want the proven rock resistant mono stick to green max. join your braid to mono using the tony pena knot and test it. tie the rig to a solid outdoor fixture like a car bumper of fence post. stretch it out by stepping back slowly. I tested mine this way hoping to break it to find the weak point. I applied enough pressure without anything failing that Iam saticified a fish will not break it. I leaned back with nearly all my weight but nothing broke. my experince with carp is that bass maybe near but not right with them. when the carp are trashing about like you see this time of year they are spawning. It has nothing to do with food source. The carp come in such large numbers that they push the black bass out. When I say out I mean just down the bank a few yard. Bass NEVER thrash around in the shallows like the carp. Alot of folks mistake the carp thrashing about for large mouth. when you see that thrashing just troll over and investigate. you will find soon that they are alomost always carp but never bass. when you see those carp spawning its time to get out the fresh cut mackrel becuase BIG cat fish are spawning right around that area as well. I have caught cats in the teens several times on multiple lakes when the carp are full on spwaning. Hope this helps some. Edited by jigmister, May 19 2009, 09:57 PM.



ScottC	May 20 2009, 01:57 PM Post #4
Delta Grasshopper Posts: 59 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: September 21, 2008	Thanks Jim. That all helps a lot. I think Mike and I spent too much time beating to death this one stretch where we thought there were active fish - probably the wrong species. When I think back, we both got bit a little further down past that area. I've been switching between fluoro and braid for flipping. I had the same issues with braid on rocks, so I thought that pure fluoro would be fine. The problem I have with pure fluoro is that after a few trips, it gets coiled up so you can't watch your line as well and it starts to feel more brittle. Darn stuff is too pricey to be switching it out all the time. I'll give that Tony Pena knot a try. Thanks again.



jigmister	May 20 2009, 08:25 PM Post #5
Advanced Member Posts: 103 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: April 20, 2008	all you have to do is tie the floral that is coily to a bumper. disengage the reel and walk back 30 yards or so. stretch it out real quick and your good to go. mono is the same way. it only takes one minute at the very most per rod. it will be like new again.



ScottC	May 21 2009, 12:41 PM Post #6
Delta Grasshopper Posts: 59 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: September 21, 2008	Cool. I'll give that a try, too. Thanks, man.


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