Yes they did i have it here right in front of me. Gary

 

Thanks for the info Gary. I didnt want to spring the $40.00 for the pro edition and not have it in there.

 

No problem I know 40 bucks is tough these days. Its a great book dont leave home with out it lol. Gary

 

Watch out with the dive curves. The BPS weights dive deeper than beaded chain sinkers. I've done tests on both and found this out. I found them to be app. 20% deeper.

 

Being interested in physics most of my life, this theory of how a two oz. weight can go deeper than another is interesting. I'll agree that by connecting the weight at different points along its body may change dive characteristics. The same can be said when you turn a regular in line weight around, so the narrow end is leading. More stream lined and less of a plow action. I am not disagreeing, just wondering if cabin fever has me so badly in its grip that I need to sharpen my pencils.:C

 

Well. I'll put in my 2 cents. I do not have one in my hand at the moment, but if memory serves me right the design with the Bass Pro weights, you may get a lil very minimal drag, such as a dipsy, but not on that scale obviously. They have more of a diving design that a standard chain keel. I have also found them running deeper, than my other keels or inlines. We found this out one afternoon running some new keels. We ran four rods and were boating fish 3-1 over the Bass pro. We shortened our lines with those by 20ft. and bingo we were on fish as consistent as the regular keels. Was an interesting observation. My conclusion was weight for weight they were indeed running a lil deeper. All four harnesses we were slamming the fish on were all the same setup also.

 

Thats it in a nut shell!!!!! There is less drag with the BPS in-line weights. Just like a snap weight will be shallower than an in-line at the same distance back. It is all speed sensitive also. Juls and I have spent hours testing and recording depths on all three types of weights at differant speeds.
Thats why so many people have different results when trolling. They don't put all the pieces of the puzzle together when getting information on the radio.

 

I can't even find the xps trolling weights on-line. Does BPS even sell the xps keel trolling weights anymore? If so, where?

 

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...res/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_42748_100010000_100000000_100010000_100-10-0

 

I beleive ******* is going to have his at the Vermillion flea market the 7th. Or Olepete has them on his site Ithink. Same as XPS's except with an eye in the bottom to add a hook. AAron