Been quiet lately around here, I've been doing several projects in the background, pics for those soon, including a few reels! I got done with the Regionals, and had such a terrible showing I'm not even going to say! I've taken a step back and decided to fish a little less, ride my motorcycle a little more, and make my fishing trips less of a 'job'. My thought is that I'll try to make the best out of the time I do go, and be able to focus more.

Still working on the Tackle Tour crank, one of the editors is giving me his sage advice along the way, so hopefully the next week will bring an announcement. Folks that know where to look can find pictures of almost all of the trial baits, that's as much hint as I can give!

I did break an Airrus rod at the Regional, the shakey head on it attached itself to my shirt when I was sitting down, and it snapped in two places when I got up! I am going to replace that a little earlier than I thought I would, I do not know what happened, I used to love my Airrus rods, but lately they all seem to have some sort of quirk that bugs me. I'm going to go with the Dobyns 682C, which is actually made for finesse fishing, as opposed to trying to make the Co-Matrix work. I'm also not very happy with the Spectra AFT I am using for Spinnerbaits, I like the action of the rod, hate the handle, so I am going to replace it with a St. Croix Legend Tournament TBC63MF Sniper Spinnerbait rod. I'm still going to need a bit larger spinnerbait setup, but this will do for now, even though it's getting a bit late in the year for that sort of thing, at least where/how I fish! I'm happy with the Revo STX for spinnerbaits, and am using a Scorpion MG for the shakey head, but thinking of letting that do dropshot duty, and trying out an Alphas, Pixy, Sol, or even a Presso. Decisions, decisions!