The choke was removed you can still move the rod.It idles the a/f I tune but the fine tune screw next to it doesn't make a change I can take it all the way out.Now thats not the a/f screw.It is getting fuel into the bowl.New plug
It's gotta be related to the choke. It's getting fed too much fuel. This is for a 2 stroke right? Did you just soak the whole carb in cleaner or did you actually take it apart then soak it while in pieces? If it runs great at WOT but crap on the low end that's too much fuel. If it was lean on the low end your rpms would hang for a second then go down. Try either putting the choke back on or run a smaller idle jet. -Mark