and I am anxious to give the Dyin' Dawg a few tosses as soon as the weather breaks. Picked up a few Mag Invaders as well as Deep Invaders, the new flash series Triple D's, Smuttly Dogs, Phantoms, various spinnerbaits, Bait Rigs Esox Mag Jigs and a new Big Nasty. All I need now is some temps above 32 to get this season underway.

For those of you using rod balancers, I have been using shrink tubing to secure it to the rod so I can add more weight to these longer rods. The tubing allows me to add an extra ounce or 1.5 ounces of weight to the butt cap and still keep it secured tightly to the butt of the rod. FYI, after experimenting with the shrink tubing, 5 inches beyond the top of the butt cap seems to be enough to secure it and not allow it to loosen up after a season of hard use/travel.


Anyone else excited to get some new purchases in the water? Which lures or rods did you get?