<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Steve Root wrote:</div>
I tie all my own flies. I have hundreds of them that will probably never get wet.SR
I could take some of those off your hands, Steve. Seems a shame they won’t see water. Although I’d probably put them in a tree on my first back cast…
Well let’s go fishing some time. I’ll bring the flies 
Loads and loads of plastics.
Crankbaits with stickbaits being the most. F Raps, Thundersticks, Rogues, Husky Jerks, etc.
I’m pretty well stocked for fall night trolling.😏
Still waiting for iowaboys response.
Lots of big sinkers, plain hooks and gobs of worms. 
Sharp hooks attached to SR5 Rapalas
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan wrote:</div>
To take this a step further, if the answer is crankbaits then for me it’s overwhelmingly firetiger color and it’s not even close.
Amen. I could go two years without buying firetiger anything and still be able to supply all of my friends.
Crankbaits and jigs by far for me, with spinner rigs as a distant third. I’d say I’ve got ~100 flicker shads and another ~150 shad raps in just about every size and color combination made. With each passing year, I fish slightly more aggressively and abandon live bait that much more often. Sure, I could probably lindy rig on a spot with crawlers or minnows and pick off some fish that don’t hit crankbaits…but I could also 3 way or pull leadcore for a couple miles in that timespan and likely up my success.
My fishing motto: Cover water and be willing to leave passive fish for more aggressive ones, while keeping the cooler cold. 
I thought i had a flicker shad problem…got about 80 of em along with plenty of jigs
I must say I really like casting Mann -1 crankbaits – esp the red one.
Probably jigs and crankbaits. I have a problem.
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I admit it’s pretty fun to go through other people’s tackle to see what toys they have…
Jigs by a wide margin then probably Shad Raps and Husky Jerks. Do red hooks count? They might be #2…
Soft plastics and #2 is not even close
Oh crap, don’t even really know where to start. For everyone that posted that they have a problem…..set your beer down, and accept this – You HAVE ONLY BEGUN!!!!
When my favorite lipless bait was discontinued by Livetarget, I bought the 305 that were in stock with the manufacture, then I tracked down distributors, manufacturers reps….even bought the 80+ sales samples that didn’t have hooks for a total of 600* of them. That’s just one bait, size and color.
To complicate things, I’ve been a DIY guy since late 70s. Make my own jigs, blade baits, flies, and now paint my own cranks. I have over 1500 blade baits ready to rock, couple hundred painted cranks waiting on hooks….
It’s not a problem. It’s a matter of being sufficiently prepared
1500 blade baits? Wow, that would last me almost two hours before I lost them all 
SR
I really try not to pay attention but I do have a problem with buying alot of plastics. My fly collection keeps getting bigger since I started tying.
1500 blade baits? Wow, that would last me almost two hours before I lost them all
SR
Steve, it’s having friends like you that forces me to make so many 
Damm, this post made me look at the quick stock board I have next to my boat for reloading essential items. Kind of feel like I let it slip to a Gander Mountain status
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You guys are gonna get me off the hook with the fw. I definitely have a problem buying new tackle but you’re all on another level 
Jigs by far. It’s what I can afford to buy. Haha
Definitely jigs though… they catch every species of fish. Rapalas & Salmos second.
If a jig + plastic/minnow, OG floater, or rippin rap cant catch it I’m not interested in it.. and my tackle box is stocked accordingly. Cant get enough spinner rigs during mid summer though.
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