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The Berkley works good but always looking for the next best thing.

Im looking for the best clip-on line counter. Any suggestions? I currently have a Berkley http://www.berkley-fishing.com/products/tools-and-equipment/classics/line-counter

What your doing will certainly work. The only suggestion i would have is to run your wire diver on a .5-1 setting. My dipsey sets i run are all the same. Matching equipment and always 30# wire and matching divers. My belief is everything is the same, i am able to judge their performance and pin point their location in the water better because they should react the same in the water.

Im curious to know what spoons you are running? Stickbaits are very speed tolerant and the trick is to find a spoon that runs well at your "succesful" or your desired trolling speed. Dreamweaver Super Slims are a big producer for me in the shallows. I have no issue with running 2-4 riggers and all with spoons while shallow water fishing in Spring and have them all take fish. My leads are rarely anything more then 50'. Typically varying lengths of 20-50', only to get separation between baits. I also tend to fish them in the lower half of the water column to keep tangles to a minimum while fighting fish behind the boat. This is my starting point, and of course there are days were my leads need to be lengthened.

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wow... great site!

They are a great choice for short coppers. After using other reels, you will notice how loud the clicker are on all Okumas. A great copper rod is an Okuma Classic Pro GLT copper/leadcore trolling rod (CP-CL-862M) and no you dont need a special tip.

The Sandy Creek pen rearing project meeting is scheduled on Saturday March 23 @ 3:30-5:30 @ Hamlin town hall gym. This will be the only meeting schedule before the project begins this year. Anyone who is interested in volunteering (past, present, or future) in the project please try to make the meeting. We hope to see you there! Anyone who is unable to attend but would like to be on our email list please feel free to contact me. Follow the project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SandyCreekPenRearingProject Directions: https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=hamlin+ny+town+hall&fb=1&gl=us&hq=town+hall&hnear=0x89d41d5bedeb4e89:0x7446cd7af95fe75d,Hamlin,+NY&cid=0,0,1277834623508503513&ei=z5U0UdTwEIi30gHXp4HIBg&ved=0CH4Q_BIwAA

Yes, Okuma 30s are comparable in size to Daiwa 47s Yes, a 1000' spool will fill those reels I ordered a bunch of these myself for the boat this year. At first it was to replace the Convectors I was using for divers and now I also have some coming for rigger rods too. I plan on fishing them next to the Convectors for comparison and If they work out then maybe ill upgrade all of them.

You will find that flasher color is more important then fly color. My combos may not match perfectly but the color always seem to go together

Yes only enough to cover the knot not too much to impeed the swivel

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Spro heavy swivel- Size 3 http://www.spro.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SHSB-ALL

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30' fluorocarbon leader. Spro inline swivels will provide you the best connection between copper/ leader and also copper/ backing. I would also suggest small shrink tubing to help to protect your knots copper connections to swivel= haywire twist leader/ backer connections to swivel= palomar knot

Once again LOTSA puts on a great weekend. On saturday, I had the opportunity to sit in on the seminar and witness a great job by both Tom Alllen and Pete Alex. The expo on sunday was insane at times but as always a great time. It was nice of alot of you guys to stop by the Blood Run Tackle booth and say hi, and also to put some LOU names to faces. Spring cant get here fast enough!

this weeks episode... http://vimeo.com/60137731

Youll find that they are great to keep you organized. A couple of downside to them are they do take up alot more room and they dont store as much.

yes special boxes are nothing short of awesome

I always see guys (on calm days) parked in the plume at Sandy casting. Im not sure how successful they are but they are there. I have done both and trolling (when done right) will prove to be more successful then casting. It allows you to cover more water and leave your baits in the water longer.