I've never given willows a chance except further east. In the western basin, everything same except blade type, the fish often clearly favor either indiana or colorado. Didn't try willows until 10 yrs later in central/east-central erie. Indiana blades - I fully appreciate the 'splitting hairs' comment in a prev post (you gotta stop somewhere) but I started out with indiana's and colorado's inland and west erie.
I'm going to try to touch on a few things:
