Tks again, mrp. That's basically what I thought it meant but I couldn't find any reference to the baseline number [ie: 1.5] in the piece on FAOL. I must have overlooked it. That's what happens when old folks like me try to read something late at night! <G>

That may work. I do a fair amount of "creek fishing" where you may catch 8-12" smallies one day and 2-3 # suckers the next! Never dull. Also, we have a large number of lakes in this area and they are heavily developed and have been for a long time. The builders - in the interest of creating more "lake properties" - have dug channels off the lake proper. Some of the older channels were constructed fairly deep and remain weed free. There are often really nice panfish feeding in them. Thirty foot casts would cover much of both situations.

Again, tks for your help. Now the job of convincing the other half that I REALLY need a 1 wgt....

Donald