Been looking forward to this

Well I know what's gonna be on my radio tomorrow during work. I simply can not wait for the jig seminar.

@zachg5356

Жыл бұрын

@@computerguy1724 nah bro. I have a long ride ahead of me and it's perfect.

@zachg5356

Жыл бұрын

Jigs are my favorite lures and I can't wait until he does that seminar. But I am certainly excited for the jerkbait seminar as well.

@lost4real777

Жыл бұрын

Some people just look for reasons to get mad

Randy, I love your content and I really appreciate these in depth videos. Keep up the amazing work. You are running one of the most informative bass fishing channels and you deserve a broader audience. I know your current viewers appreciate your knowledge a lot.

Been looking forward to this!

Been looking forward to this! ✅🙂

JERCK BAIT FISHING SAVED MY LIFE.. ... WHEN YOU NEED A BITE. . I wish I could fish with you on lake Travis . Best JERCK 👌 bait lake anywhere.

I'm 65 and liking your videos thx for your time!!!

Thank you mr Randy for this info , I love table rock and translucent colors , thanks for the 30 minute change

Thank you for your time Randy

Thank you very much for your seminars , I am very grateful to you for teaching us how to fish , greetings from Spain

@randyblaukatintuitive

6 ай бұрын

Thx Carlos!

Thank you Randy. You are appreciated so much.

I can’t believe this is free content?!? THANK YOU!!!!!

Loved it Randy!!! Thanks!🐟🐟🐟

Thank you! Randy ur the man! Damn ! Unbelievable how much info you share. It's ridiculous because in the Ozarks you are sharing the juice!

@heathspratlin2628

Жыл бұрын

Stop lol

been looking forward to this Randy thank you sir!

This is one of my weaknesses. I truly appreciate you doing this. We love the Old School jigs.

Randy I appreciate your channel’s so much. I live in Branson, Mo and I fish Table Rock or Bull Shoals every single weekend.. I get so much valuable information from you, it’s priceless in my opinion. I plan on booking some on the water lessons! I’d love to go out with you and learn to Jerkbait and Jig fish the right way from you.

Randy, GREAT STUFF from a man with decades of valuable information. Thanks for sharing this with us. Would you consider doing a 1-hour seminar on your baitcasting and spinning reel casting expertise, or even better, hold an outdoor casting clinic in Springfield where those of us interested would pay a fee and get together with you at a field or lake shore and work with you at improving these valuable skills. Thanks for your consideration. Keep on hawgin'.

@kevinbeaudean704

Жыл бұрын

Go in your back yard , set up targets and learn. I do the same thing before spring every year to get ready.

Great job Randy!

Good stuff. Thank you sir, I can’t get enough info. I appreciate your take on things, you seem to be a real straight shooter

Really appreciate you taking the time to teach us your knowledge! Great videos!

Randy I'm just getting into the spinner bait fishing and really appreciate the awesome tip's to help out with the upcoming fishing! Thanks brother and keep up the great work!!

More of these video layouts would be nice thanks Randy

Great video randy can't wait to try some of these tips ! Never had much luck with jerk baits excited to try more thank you!

Thanks for the movie very informative I’m definitely hooked

Thank you randy very nice for you to share your knowledge so freely your the man

Love this video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on jerkbaits.

Thanks for all the information, Randy

I appreciate the info, Randy...thanks.

Loved it. Great info and very helpful. Looking forward to more of these. Thanks. 👍

Man I’ve been subscribed for over two years. I would watch these all day long. Hell I don’t even fish jerkbaits. Like these over the five minute clickbait videos.

Hey Randy, love your videos - please keep making them. I've actually been watching you for a while and the other day stumbled across tournament footage from I think maybe 89/90 where you're casting jigs over willow trees in hurricane-flooded water to catch ridiculous fish and only realized it was you after they showed the weigh-in. Then I saw some more stuff about how you'd taken apart your boat to fit it under a bridge to access water that other anglers hadn't, and I was like, yea that sounds right lol.

Thank you so much Randy 🎣👍👍

wow thanks Randy for this great info it cleared up a bunch of myths!

Thank you!

Thanks randy, always like these in depth tutorials 👍🏻

This is awesome from a early pioneer of jerkbaits.

That was a very awesome video Randy, very informative and informational. Thank you!

YES RANDY THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE

Thanks Randy for being honest I can see how you put your heart in your videos

Thanks so much for this video. Following your jerkbait advice I caught my best Table Rock bass in 20 years fishing this lake. I switched to the spinning reel set ups and dropped down to the 6 lb fc line. Bit the bullet and bought a handful of the MB jerkbaits. That has made a world of difference for me here. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

Really enjoyed this Randy! I checked out the products for you. Please do more of these!

Been working my butt off Randy. Haven't got to watch any good KZread for a few days.but im.back to support you channel 😎👌.this seminar series is super cool.and I appreciate your time and effort it took to make it happen 👍

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

Thx man

Awesome videos

Been waiting for this one!!

Best I watch

Thank you for sharing the valuable information and not hoarding it.

Hey Randy, thank you for all of the info and work you put into this channel. I got serious about learning to bass fish about 6 years ago, my guess is you have forgotten more about bass fishing than I will learn during the rest of my life. I primarily fish Northern California Lakes and The Delta. On the west coast one of the often referred to Jerkbait gurus is Tactical Bassin when they were at Clear Lake. I think (which isn’t saying a lot) this is a great example of the spectrum of opinion through which we all must be aware and chose for conditions. What I learned: Baitcaster, 12lb flouro, suspend without movement. I’ve not done badly with Jerkbait, but always looking to get better. I look forward to trying your setup and technique tips. Thanks again.

Awesome information. I've been using your advice for years when it comes to jerk bait fishing and it's dead on.

Have no idea how excited I got when I saw this video is up!

Great video Randy! I struggle with jerkbait fishing. I now have a lot of explanations why. I’m definitely going to try all of these tips on Saturday at our club tournament. Thank you so much!

Thanks much for sharing a wealth of information on jerkbaits. I have recently started acquiring Vision 110's and your advice on color is really going to help me focus on what should work in my local lake first and likely save me lots of $ honing in on that. Really appreciate all the info you share with us.

More juice from Uncle Randy's tackle cave. Can't thank you enough for helping improve my jerkbait game.

U have to watch this like 3 times to catch all the juice

I have a lot of confidence in this video. I have went to the spinning reel with 6-8 lb line and what a huge difference it has made in my fishing. I use it for bass and walleye... just an incredible difference...!

Thanks Randy. I used to fish a lot of Rapala husky jerks and caught plenty of fish when I lived up around Birmingham but I moved back home to the Mobile delta and it’s worms here most of the time. Going to Lake Martin at the end of the month tho and I’m going to focus on jerk baits up there. Also, I am looking forward to the 1 hour jig seminar.

Thanks Randy 😎👍 I really enjoyed the seminar. ✅🎣🏆 🔥💣😈. This episode is packed with information, SO much information. Me (average Joe) has some replay-the-video-to-absorb-all-the-information ahead. I guess i've got square eyes by then, lol. Happy Fishing 👋😃🎣

Fishing a jerkbait with a spinning rod does make a lot more sense, even from a casting distance point of view. Great tip thanks Randy. Great video.

@uncleanswer6488

Жыл бұрын

Why. I haven't got there yet

Great video Randy u minus well do these live at whatever time ur doing them and then just post them after. I bet u would get a lot of people watching ya live I would personally and im sure a bunch of other people would as well.

I just looked my 3 cheaper ones will back reel don't even hardly use them anymore go figure I'll have to try sometime

One of them is a bigger one I use for hybrid and striper and I was having trouble with them straitening the hooks I'll start trying the back reel might help thanks for the tip

Like the longer format

great seminar Randy! Hope you'll do a more in depth video about how to fine tune the jerkbaits in colder months in order to suspend or slow sink. I found that 101 original or +1 tend to float and rise pretty fast in cooler water than in warmer. I usually try to avoid that by putting a large split ring in every treble or by changing the treble one size larger

This is really great and you are right in regards to using a spinning outfit, you can cast baits a long way and really make changes in your presentation with lighter line. Thanks Randy for doing this and looking forward to future videos! :)

@atamagashock

Жыл бұрын

I use both, spinning and casting. My casting setup is a Megabass JBS fitting with a ‘22 metanium shallow. Slows me to east run 8lb and cast a mile. The one thing I prefer with a spinning rod is the drag, otherwise the casting combo is much easier to fish all day

@erichildreth7562

Жыл бұрын

@@atamagashock I use both spinning and casting setups and I really like both. They each have their place.

New subscriber and a great video randy! Megabass jerkbaits r the best!🐟 kerr lake aka buggs island here.

@randyblaukatintuitive

5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

Thanks Randy for discussing a type of fishing I love but one in which I have only random success.

A 37lb striper is really impressive. I thought I was a bad ass landing a 14lb carp on 6lb test.

Do you have a video on back reeling ? Thanks for all the great help

Hi Randy enjoy you show. My opinion is family always come first but I understand loving the Competition with that being said what about start your own league? No electronics I think it would show who the real fisherman are. Just my opinion

I been waitin for this one, Sir. Although I have taken most of this info in from the winter sessions on W2F; its' always good to get a refresher on the bullet points. Along with the 110 + 1 Jr, the Trick Darter is a little Sniper out there as water temps are climbing or falling.I have yet to throw it in 38 degree water yet.I'm a little dude,so I use a Shimano 6'6" Sellus and get good results without snapping the water or ground.I just cannot afford the WhipSnake or Orochi or any megabass rod as of yet. Anyways man; you're def an angler full of wisdom and you share it - I don't judge other men period; let alone by their overall tournament winnings. Thats very low - vibrational peeing contest type stuff right there.I always give source credit on my small channel ; like I just did an episode on your Lizard rigging and tagged you on FB and called it " Randys' way to rig a Lizard "..God Bless you and yours bud.🎣🎣

Thanks,must be hard relinquishing your money making tactics. I've had similar issues in my biz of auto repair. Been a fan for a while now but had no idea how to sign up,my daughter went through the sign up process with me😅. I'm not an idiot it's just that I get my but kicked at times with the complexities of comp.controlled Automotive problems that the last thing I want to do is come home and play on another computer. Sorry for being long winded. Took my daughter's to watch you at bass weigh ins thru out the 90's. Wishing you continued success, see you on the water ,J.T.

I’ve really enjoyed the jerk bait talk today I live in the middle of the Eastern part of NC our water Clarity vary in the 6in to 3.5 feet in the winter +++ the weather usually changing nearly in the winter months , so it may end up like if the hook ain’t in the water you cannot catch any fish. Ha ha

I'm fairly new to bass fishing. My confidence baits seem to be T rigs and flukes. Does most of these jerk bait tips translate to soft jerk baits? I just love being outdoors and problem solving. I used to train Jiu Jitsu. I loved it for the same reason. It's an infinite puzzle too. I'm so grateful that you're sharing your hard earned experience. Glad you're in in the Ozarks too. I'm born and raised in the upper White River drainage up here in Fayetteville, Ar

Curious as to why you don’t like braid with a long floro leader for your spinning set up? Straight floro is always such a pain with line twist and wanting to jump off the spool and loop. I’ve been using spinning gear braid/floro for years when fishing the starboard side of my boat and a baitcasting set up for port. It may also be my jerk style which is horizontal vs vertical to the water which for me worked better with arm fatigue issues…great video thx for info!

At ~ the 38 min mark, you held up a V110 without hooks but with some sort of clip, it seems. Can you talk a little bit about what the clip is and what it is used for? Almost appears to be a Norman Speed Clip. Terrific video. Thank you, sir.

Thanks for the jerkbait seminar. I am terrible with a jerkbait and want to work on it this fall.

I use spiral wrap guides on my rods so I get some of the benefits of the spinning rod

Cannot wait to inject this juice into my veins during work tomorrow…thanks Randy

Call me an "Idiot" but I'm gonna try the Spinning rod technique. Great info! Thanks Randy.

The thing of geometry of the cast retrieve. Is a whole subject area by itself. That seems to be important to jerk bait lure fishing (that is one of my take-away's from the lesson on jerk bait fishing here). It's a thing that was reinforced in this seminar. And I had not picked up on it too much before.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

I can look at lines designed for Pike fishing with retrieved lures in Sweden. Or lines that were intended to fish for steelhead in Alaska State in America. Or lines designed to fish with bass bugs and other large (i.e. jerk bait profile and sized lures), in western areas of Montana, Wyoming or Idaho States. And lines intended to be used to fish with lures. That get up to as large as swimbait and glidebait scale. In States such as Michigan. These are all different parts of the world in which fishing is done. Using retrieved lures of various kinds and styles. And the thing of design of the line from a point of view of assisting the retrieve to remain at the required depth in the water. For long enough. That is a common preoccupation with anglers that fish for other species too. That is another thing that is exactly similar in jerk bait fishing for bass. To other types of fishing in other parts of the world.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

That tells you why jerk bait lure fishing is a really strange method. Because it incorporates those aspects that anglers such as Goddard and the English surface dry fly anglers understood. In relation to how the fish see the bait, and how the water clarity plays a factor. To the way in which the retrieve of the bait works. The jerk bait is intended to imitate a real bait fish. So depth and retrieve come into play. There are a couple of inputs into that conversation. About lines, depth, speed and retrieve. In relation to fishing that are unique. Because they represent that same 'fifty years' of learning thing. That Randy is talking about in that seminar. One of those talks was by Tommy Lynch of Michigan. Episode 347 of the Wet Fly Swing series of interviews. Is really about what Tommy calls 'a sales pitch' in fly fishing. Using Rapala and jerkbait lure inspired flies. In which they fish for bass and trout in those colder northern rivers.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

Back in April in 2020. I'm glad that George Cook, explained at length how one system operates. He's done it all. The dry fly style of fishing that Goddard would have been familiar with. The bass fishing, the lake fishing for trout and bass. In a lot of States. A lot of climates. He's worked and fished a lot in Alaska on rivers that are extremely large, angry and fast moving (where line control presents all kinds of issues). And how the anglers came up with strategies to try and cope with that. His interview at the Gig Harbour Fly Shop in Washington State from April 2020. Is a very good journey into the subject matter. Of fishing depths, lure presentation and line control. It doesn't really matter what kind of tackle it refers to. Spinning, bait cast, fly rod. At the end of the day, it's about a lure presentation and retrieve. And as much as many of those anglers have understood. And they have figured out. There are still big un-awnsered questions about all of it. I would put Randy's conversation about the Jerk Bait lure presentation. Alongside some of those other ones. That stand out to me, in terms of depth and knowledge. And there's a similarity too in what all of them focus attention on. Even though they're all fishing different geography for different kinds of fish.

@kevinbeaudean704

Жыл бұрын

Hey guys go write a novel. A jerkbait is lure that goes from a dead stop to full excelleration to make a bass think it is getting away. That's it. The bass may not even be hungry he just won't let it get away (predatory instinct)

Hi Randy ...Does the same apply for early fall before the water cools down to the winter temps. I am sure that with most situations water clarity and wind as well as temp play huge rules in the fishes attitude, but I am more asking about cadence and colors. I fish a highland reservoir with deep clear water most times and very little weeds and a large small mouth population in it. Wondering what your thoughts are on this ...Very much enjoyed this seminar and look forward to others like in the future.

I fish mostly in florida so I can’t use that light ,they take it straight to the hydrilla and I’ll break off.

Randy you should have but up caution don’t watch right before going to bed I couldn’t fall asleep for 2 hrs

Best day I ever had with a jerk bait, I had about 10-12 inches visibility. Would have never fished it long, but caught one really quick, and sat on a spot and wore them out.

Randy why don’t you come down to toho in December I have a trailer you can stay in for free . I have two trailers right on lake toho

Which megabass vision one ten colors would you recommend to mimic bluegill during the winter?

Thanks for the spinning rod tip. I've been thinking about tournament fishing as a non boater,with a max of 5-7 rods do you ever recommend snaps for the hard baits /plugs to help with maximizing the actual fishing time? Thanks, J.T.

thanks for the long vid randy. gonna try jerkbaits on a spinning rod this fall/winter

Hey Randy that was a good one alot of great info. Thanks I really enjoyed that video now you just got to convince me to use a spinning rod I understand everything but the rod I don't understand how your getting the right snapping motion with a spinning rod. Remember now I've never done any major jerk bait fishing. But Randy I will buy a spinning rod for this technique just because you've stressed this alot. Hey Randy when you first started these jerk bait videos I thought you going to say use a med- heavy spinning rod. But when you said use a medium action that's what puzzled me about getting the right snapping motion but I will listen to the master jerk bait fisherman. I hope you and Kim and your kids are doing well next year I'm moving up to Minnesota hey Randy I bet those smallmoith bass will love the jerk bait witch everyone knows they love jerkbaits hey Randy I wonder why Kevin van dam uses a baitcaster. God bless you and your family your pal fisherman Mike. Ps I hope you do more of 45 min videos. Thanks again for everything. Hey Randy that video you just did about the haters I gave those people a piece of my mind I hope you read what I said to them I got your back Randy. Your a great person and a great teacher and we all appreciate and respect you big time.

Great video very informational I like the idea of using the spinning reel I've only been using a bait caster for a couple years now I've used a spinning reel for 30+ I'm curious about what you said about back reeling I probably have at least 10 spinning reels from 20$ to 320$ don't think you can back reel on any of them I do have a bait caster probably older than me that doesn't even have drag that will back reel. That's crazy 37 lb striper I've caught 2 or 3 lb white bass that have straighten my hooks on jerk bait

I know you're a long winded on this episode but this is a type of thing that I enjoy the most because it gives me the most information I ever needed I've actually based a lot of my jerk bait fishing off everything you told me

I noticed you tie direct to the eye. Can you use a snap connection instead? It is hard to believe that there are 2 or 3 big hooks hanging off a slow moving bait but braid is no good? Please explain.

I have tried spinning for the jerkbait , just not comfortable. Got any idea on what to use. Thanks

I for one learned a lot. Especially that bass are more aggressive in the winter than I thought and how slow u move that bait in colder water. Thank you

@kevinbeaudean704

Жыл бұрын

A little contradiction there you think. I fish in winter and aggressive isn't the word I would use.

@clay7514

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinbeaudean704 well I just said a lil more aggressive than I thought. I wasn’t thinking attacking buzzbaits. I’ve never done much winter fishing

I fish my local creek almost daily. There is tons of junk to get snagged on. What would be your advice for me. I usually use 20lb fluorocarbon so I can rip my lure out of a snag.

@fish2much12

Жыл бұрын

Or 20 to 30 lb braid no leader. The walleye don't seem to care, but I have noticed I don't catch many bass with the straight braid.

Kayak rod: would the length you recommend change? Would you go a hair longer or shorter? Also do you stick to the Orochi series because that blank is better jerkbait fishing over the P5 Landsat (whipsnake equivalent)?

Thanks Randy. The ghost, metallic and mat finishes make great sense and I like how you explained it. Where I fish clarity is always a issue. 2' of visibility is rare. Would you even throw jerkbaits in a tidal fishery with that clarity? I love learning new techniques but am I wasting time and money?

@uncleanswer6488

Жыл бұрын

Yes we exclusively fish jeekbait this time of year over grass beds in south Louisiana. Lake Pontchartrain specifically. Speckled trout LOVE them

@uncleanswer6488

Жыл бұрын

I have more jerkbait than any other tackle. I dont fish freshwater at all

Two things come together in this lesson on jerk bait lure fishing.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

I was watching a Fly Dressers' Guild 2013 event. It was given by John Smith in England who had grown up fishing with John Goddard. And the two things which apply to jerk bait lure fishing. Which also tend to apply to John Goddards work with trout. Is the thing of water clarity, visibility of the target from the fish's point of view, and the extent to which the fish will study the object. Which is the bait and hook. Those things when put together are very similar. There is very little footage of Goddard on his water in Britain (he specialized in fishing types of rivers that have been going through problems in recent years). Because of over-growth of vegetation has made the channels very small. And general lack of water owing to consumption by the cities and towns beside the rivers. Insect life and hatches too are a lot less (Peter Charles who fishes around the Great Lakes in Canada explained too). He noticed that with intensive agriculture practices in his part of the world. When driving down the road there now, he finds less and less aquatic hatched insects on his vehicle windscreen. At times of the year in summer now than he would have in the past. And he related that to health of populations of fish such as migratory rainbow trout there.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

Relating it back to bass fishing though, I tended to agree with Frank Scalish on his spotted bass episode no. 86 lesson. On this concept that predatory bass species tend to prefer this notion. That they can somehow pin their bait fish against some obstacle underneath the water. In order to become active enough to bite and chase after live baitfish. The point being, it's a calculation. The same calculation that the brown trout in the rivers that John Goddard fished for did. It's a trade-off between energy necessary in order to feed on insects or bait fish. Versus the amount of energy that is used up in chasing after them. Which led anglers such as Goddard to realize. That trout would key into a particular stage of a certain insect (namely the stage at which it was most vulnerable to feeding trout). And that trout would selectively feed on that stage of the insect. And it was important he considered. From a point of view of how the bait was made, what stage it was meant to imiate. There is some footage of the angler talking in 'The Educated Trout' series from long ago.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

The reason that this statement by an angler in Ohio State. Made about spotted bass fishing in rivers there. It made sense. Not far away from where Goddard fished in England in his limestone and chalk bed rivers there. That had excellent water clarity at all times of year (and being in limestone landscape the water flow were a lot more even and constant). Which led to very predicable insect hatching conditions. And as a side-effect of that, more predictable behavior from the brown trout in rivers. In terms of their feeding that he was able to study. Not far away from that fresh water system of rivers. Is the limestone and chalk geology coastline with the saltwater habitat. That lots and lots of European saltwater bass anglers fish in. Often they use the same Megabass jerk bait lures there too. And they've rationalized what is going on with shoals of bass and the bait fish. On the saltwater side of things too.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

It was shocking to figure out some of this. There are only a limited number of types of fish that exist in the world. Some of the fish species are much older and more primitive than other species are. And not older by a small amount. Older by a hundred million years or more in some. Having enjoying reading about 'fly fishing' sports people around the world. I've heard of those bonefish anglers who fish shallow saltwater habitat in Florida. It was a real shock to understand. It's a part of the family that we consider a freshwater fish in Europe. Known as the freshwater Eel fish. That had adapted to saltwater condition living in America. And visa versa, the saltwater species that we know in Europe. Became a freshwater type of fish in north and south America. The catfish that exists in America. Was part of a family that changed from saltwater to freshwater habitat too. In one of the Ice Age periods of thousands of years ago. I think it's part of the Carp broader family. The point being though, these fish have evolved over a very long time. To cope in different kinds of habitat. It was the same 'brown trout' that John Goddard was fishinig for in southern England. Had been brought from Bavaria in Germany at some stage. To the State of Pennsylvania when the brook trout were fished to extinction. In the rivers there, it spread out into freshwater systems across America. And the brown trout turned into a bait-fish hunting species in north America. As opposed to an insect feeder (and it other parts such as Scandinavia it evolved into a migratory saltwater and freshwater fish). Living mainly in estuaries in places like the Baltic.

@academicmailbox7798

Жыл бұрын

The whole technique of presentation though with the dry fly. As in the case of Goddard and these kinds of anglers (where they are dealing with sight-feeding trout in very clear water). Where the fish is able to distinguish very subtle differences in the insect. The technique of fishing involves a good bit of slack line in the casting presentation. In the same way as with the jerk bait technique. Where they fish, the bass that studies the jerk bait in that case. Is not going to attack the bait automatically. And that was the skill about dry fly fishing. How to present the lure to the fish. In such a way as it drifted over the eyeballs of the fish that was studying it. Without showing the angler having any manipulation on the lure. For that length of time (otherwise you would break the illusion and the fish would refuse the bait altogether). Not many anglers could do that well. In the same way too, that jerk bait lure anglers in bass. Are a group of anglers who are separate a bit from others. The dry fly anglers in the clear water conditions for trout. Are separate from others in the same way. Because it's a visual bait presentation. It's not easy for a lot of guys to master.

I know that you run jerkbaits on a spinning reel with light line. I usually tie a palomar knot and changing colors with a decent sized jerkbait uses up a lot of line. (I always pull the tag end to close the loop in order to avoid friction burning the main line) Do you have any suggestions for other good knots or a better way to do this in order to minimize the amount of wasted line? Or is that something you just do not really worry about? Just curious about your honest preferences.

call me crazy, but i have a much better landing ratio using a spinning rod and MONO. a lot of these jerkbaits have small wire hooks and the mono gives me that little bit of stretch to not pull them out. i use 4-6lb test maxima for most applications. can cast a mile :) given they hook themselves, i don;t find the need for extra sensitivity of FLORO