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The sky cleared up last night in time to take a few photos. I put some together in this little 4 second movie. Enjoy.

Cortland Micron Dacron in 30 lb was the go to fly line backing back in the day. edit : some guys are buying spools of kite string for float reel backing

Stop laughing misfish, you bought my fishing gear.. maybe I can borrow it :)

Anything no stretch is better for backing. Mono if wound on tightly could bust the spokes in your reel from the pressure. Reels that don't have spokes would be ok? I don't know.

I did start out with "Besides the obvious (fishing)" I probably won't be doing any fishing, so I am asking about other things of interest in the area.....

Just for that, I am going PURDY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I’ve done it as long as I’ve owned a float reel, which is a long time. Never had an issue. Careful what you read, a lot of the guys giving the advice these days have only had a bobber pole for a couple years. Anyhow, whatever floats your boat brother in the end it don’t matter so long as the equipment operator is happy 😃

I think there was a Pflueger model named the Akron back in the day. Dad tournament casted back around 1950, I inherited his wornouts for a while, think he went to a Langley when I got the Wonder Reel. He was pretty good, there was a 1st place trophy for 5/8 ounce bait and a fly accuracy 1st place , won at the Toronto Anglers and Hunter's competition at the sportsman show. Had a good teacher. 👍

++++++The fortrex is a bow mount minnkota cable steer electric 😉. I use it while casting. ++++++ I had an 80# 60" Fortrex on my last boat and it was by far the best trolling motor I ever used.

Floating fly line works well. It keeps everything light by not absorbing water. Also used black coated dacron. I think it was heavy duty ice fishing line. It was perfect backing for the float reel.

Do a search on “I want a bigger boat” and then do “I want a smaller boat”. And there ya go. You’re welcome, I just saved you the value of 2 years depreciation on the 1875 😁

That’s what he uses for ice fishing now

Always enjoy reading whatever you write Drew, whether it's fishing reports or just yakking about boats, it's always a good & interesting read.

5 years and going strong.

Optima hasn't been the same for years. Don't waste your $$$ on one. Go to Total Battery, get as big as a AGM that will fit and go to town.

If you have the appropriate tow vehicle.. go big or go home! My 2150 Baron is now, unbelievably, 13 years old. Doesn't leak a drop, still looks close to new. Can be a lot of boat for one guy to put on a trailer at a crappy launch though. Good launch easy pezzy.. Agreed value theft and liability is gonna cost you a grand a year.. Trolling 5/6MPH on the 275 burns about 0.6USGPH or 2.4 litres/hour and is much nicer than listening to the kicker scream to achieve Musky troll speed. So a 10 hour ''tour" and run in/out on GBay only uses about 30 or 35 litres. Now take that heavy boat for a long high power cruise and it can get expensive. WOT is 32USGPH/120 litresPH. Cruising the boat at it's sweet spot, around 32 MPH and 4200 RPM burns about 11USGPH/44litresPH.

Just buy some cheap Walmart 20lb line for $4 and away you go.