smitty55

I would look into environmental splices like are used in the aircraft industry. There are two styles, one uses a butt style crimp and then has the shrink tube with a sealer on each end. The other style like I've used on engine harnesses has an integrated solder ring in the middle of the shrink tube again with a sealer ring on each end that melts and provides a much better seal than standard shrink sleeving. In your case I would think that the solder connection would be preferable to a crimp. With larger wires I've found that it helps to tin the wires first. You will need a quality heat gun that will melt the solder and is generally used with a U shaped attachment on the end of the heat gun so that it reflects the heat on the backside of the splice at the same time

Pretty neat rig Dan. The one thing I would be worried about is the wear on the rod itself. How does it look after 3 hours?

Most folks aren't too quick to give out trout spots. I would suggest using Fish-on line to find trout lakes in your vicinity and work from there. https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/fishonline/Index.html?viewer=FishONLine.FishONLine&locale=en-CA

Hulu carries it from what I've read.

So I d/l the first two seasons and watched the first 3 episodes. I though it was hilarious, best laugh I've had in a while. Basically an R rated comedy that doesn't need a laugh tract to convince viewers it's funny. I had no idea what to expect so it was all out of the blue, so many one liners. I wouldn't call it vulgar, but certainly crude for sure. I'm not a fan of sitcoms but I'm looking forward to catching more. Seasons 3 and 4 on the way.

Yea for sure get a hammer drill, they are made of much tougher internal components. Just don't use it in hammer mode.

I've never watched it, maybe I should give it a shot. Please tell me that it doesn't have a laugh track I can't handle them anymore.

To think that we grew up using that strength of deet. It sure does melt plastic and removes dye. Pretty sure I have one of those light green bottles of Muskol in the bottom of an old tackle box. It sure does work better and for longer than the 25% stuff we get now in Canada. Good for the girls. I know Jeff at YIG has a temper but I wasn't aware it was that bad. Cheers

My fishing up that way has all been March ice fishing since back in the 80's and 90's. Mostly at Sunny Hill but we had some great years at High Country Snoasis while they were operating. Their main Shacks in March were located on Bark lake in a spot that is known as The Piers. Think fishing in 15ft of sandy bottom clear water with a current in the original river run that the smelt still follow as they migrate toward their spawning grounds. Some years that channel opens up late March and is even accessible from the shore out across some ice and you are literally casting from "shore". We also had some good times fishing several back lakes for trout on the west side of 523. Check out Fish on-line I would say that you picked an excellent area overall.

I remember reading that and I if I recall they actually recommended not even trying it as it may do more harm than good.

Words of wisdom there Andrew. Merry Christmas to You, Bren and the rest of the gang. I haven't seen Summer for a good while now, is she off at school? Btw, I had to chuckle when reading about dealing with the bugs and crap bug spray. So I figure I can help you out with that for next spring. I'm more than willing to donate a 4oz spray pump of MaxiDeet at 98%. My sis in the US sent me up a box and I have more than I will ever use. We're maybe 20 min apart, you could even send the boss over sometime this winter. Cheers man

LMAO that is great and likely not that far from the truth in years to come.

A pressure cooker maybe, but pressure canners are far more scarce, not that many folks actually use them. Plus right off the bat many are just plain scared to use a pressure cooker even, I know my wife is. I've never seen a pressure canner at a thrift shop and rarely a pressure cooker even. But you never know.

I'll just leave this here. Medical common sense, not fear mongering from big pharma and politicians. https://rumble.com/vbq6jx-dr.-anthony-faucis-ex-employee-was-jailed-finally-tells-all.-censored-by-yo.html?fbclid=IwAR35pB0aVlsxJBGxNXpv3fRekOHG1_hh3AvXMklrjIuOo60LQYi1VxE32Cw

80% of covid deaths have occurred in people over 80, another 18% in people in their 70s. I don't have the numbers for people in their 60's but basically when you remove deaths that have occurred in LTC facilities the annual flu kills more people each year, including children. In BC they just admitted that of all the deaths in the province there were only 2 that happened outside of LTC. There's still way too much fear mongering going on.

If I was to buy another one this is the one I would get. Presto still makes the top rated ones. More pricey in Canada but it will last forever. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000BYCFU?tag=aboutcom02thespruceeats-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&ascsubtag=4136488|n751a9192676c4effa9deeffdcdaac65420

My thoughts exactly, my pressure cooker just has the weight on it that spins whereas my much larger 16 qt 1970's Presto "pressure canner" has the gauge which shows temp and pressure as well as the pressure regulator weight and a small air vent with a sliding plunger that pops up and seals the unit when it's hot enough. It also comes with a rack which will hold 8 jars.

I'm not a fan of them on my little 1 acre of Lanark property, they do way too much damage. Had to take down a 14" maple beside my house after they did some major damage over the course of one day while I was at work. There was a good 20ft spread of wood chips on the driveway.

If you like dills you will love these. I had some from 2017 with lunch yesterday, still nice and crunchy and just the right amount of bite

Floater if you want to try canning carrots again I highly recommend you try making dilled carrots. They stay crunchy for years, have great dill flavour and are also great with a hot pepper or two in the jar. They turn out best using baby carrots but I've used full sized ones too cut into spears. Easy to make as well and the recipe is per jar so you can make as many as you want at a time. Here's the recipe from the Jean Pare Company's Coming preserves book. Dilled carrots- double recipe for quart jars head of dill, 1 per pint (more if you like) small clove of garlic, 1 per pint (I use way more lol) baby carrots or large ones cut into fingers, to fill 1 pint Hot peppers 1 per pint, two for quarts pickling salt, 1 Tbsp. per pint 1/3 cup boiling white vinegar per pint Boiling water, to fill jar In a bottom of a hot sterilized pint jar, place head of dill and garlic. Fill with carrot sticks to within 1 inch of the top. Measure salt over carrots . Add vinegar. Fill with water to within 1/2 inch of top. Place sterilized metal lid on jar and screw metal band on finger tight only. Process in a boiling bath for 20 minutes Let stand 6 weeks before serving.

Those Sabiki rigs wouldn't be legal here without removing two of the hooks. I know a guy that has used them for herring but he said they're a pain to use as the tend to get all tangled up.

Bottom depth finder for ice fishing was my first thought. Easy to spot when it reaches the surface when a good distance away as you walk back.

I take it you've met Adam, and his family. He did a bang up job on White Lake for the dozen years he was there after his dad bought Cedar Cove resort and creating Adams Outfitters and building it up bigger and better each year. Last three years he ran a derby for charity. His new bungalows I believe were relocated to Loon lodge a week ago. Not sure what the previous owners had for shacks. https://www.facebook.com/adamsoutfitting/ When you speak of not going off the roads at night is it because of sketchy ice in some areas or is it more related to pressure cracks and ridges? Cheers

That's the cat's arse for sure. With a regular quad no matter how good the tires are and how much power it has if you get the frame hung up you are stuck. Same with a 4x4 truck. Out of curiosity, have you ever deliberately tried to get it stuck like in a deep drift just to see if you could?

Watched Dark Waters with Wifey last week, pretty decent movie.