kickingfrog

I've only used one but it appears as if they've been discontinued. Shimano trx (or something similar). They had different powers and came in baitcasting as well. $90-100 range. Mine did exactly what I expected it to.

Braids are not abrasion resistant, period, full stop. A mono or flouro tippet tied to mainline braid might be your best option so that you have the capacity you need with the toughness you want.

Waiting for the airline style pricing for hotel rooms. Bed fee: $ 4.95 Doorknob for bathroom charge: $2.99... or $9.99 if you've had a lot to drink Lock on the door surcharge: $7.77 Air: $1.99 Getting screwed to sleep in a lousy bed: Priceless

And the coincidence is that they have the only fans that can read.

Yes. The only question is the price.

Ads on the broads, on the ice, the screen behind the interviewee, behind the coach on the bench, in the penalty box, in the arena hallway, on the steps in the arena, ridiculously bigger logos on the equipment, projected onto the glass behind the nets, rotating light boards, as I'm standing at the urinal, every tv segment sponsored by a faceless conglomerate. Hate it all, but the only thing I have to say is: Surprised it took this long.

Fifty years ago the CBC aired a program about the First World War which had started 50 years before. Much of it is first hand accounts from the men, then boys, that fought. Lest we forget. The Bugle and the Passing Bell: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind

And here I had been doing everything possible not to bother with the hockey thread.

Great to read Lew.

No issues for me on either.

http://atikokanprogress.ca/2014/10/29/solo-cross-canada-paddler-mike-ranta-wraps-up-trip/ Solo cross-Canada paddler Mike Ranta nears Cape Bretonby M.MCKINNON on OCTOBER 29, 2014 Solo cross-Canada paddler Mike Ranta nears Cape Breton “I’ll walk the rest of the way if I have to,” Mike Ranta told us Tuesday. The winds on the Northumberland Strait were just too strong to even consider paddling last week, so Ranta portaged the eastern coast of New Brunswick, covering some 150 km between Sunday and mid-afternoon Saturday. At his present pace, he should cross into Nova Scotia sometime today. That’s province number eight on this magnificent trek, which he began on the Pacific Ocean April 1. “I’m hoping I’ll be able to get back in the water early next [i.e., this] week,” he said, as he portaged along Highway 134. “I’m still debating about [the] Hallowe’en [deadline]. Right now I’m just shooting for the island [Cape Breton]. I don’t think I’m going to try to paddle the Bras d’Or [the large lake in central Cape Breton] in November.” He took a day’s break on Friday (the rain helped convince him it was time for a break) at Shediac, New Brunswick. That’s 344 km by main road from Port Hawkesbury, the first major town on the Cape Breton side of the Canso Causeway. So walking to Cape Breton would likely take until November 7 or 8. If the winds ease off and he’s able to get back to paddling (October 21 post: “Hoping to get on the water tomorrow morning and get a paddle in. I miss it, eh!!”), he might be able to reach Cape Breton a little sooner. “I’m just going to have to play everything by ear from here on in,” he told us. He posted during the week that he would do nothing to put Spitzii and himself in peril. If he is able to get back on the water, he doesn’t expect to face the same struggle with tides as he did in the St. Lawrence. “The tides really caught me there. I’d be paddling along and suddenly be swept up a beach, or have rapids appear out of nowhere. I tell you, without Greg’s [Greg Cowan, who guided him most of the way], I never would have made it.” “Here, it’s 12-hour tides. In the St. Lawrence, they were six-hour tides, plus all the big ships [that would displace huge quantities of water]. I really learned a lot, with Greg’s help.” The past week was highlighted by the walk through Kouchibouguac National Park, and the overwhelming hospitality of Acadians. “The fall out here is just so striking… unbelievably beautiful,” he said. “And the people are wonderful… the best part of the trip. They are not shy: people are stopping me all the time to ask what I’m doing and invite me in. I have to tell them I’m on a mission, so then they start running after us with food. I must have 20 pounds of dog food…” Weather-wise, rain remains the issue. Though “there is definitely a chill in the air”, conditions are nothing like what he experienced in the mountains in April and early May. “We have good equipment, and I actually saw a mosquito yesterday.” The determining factor may turn out to be his portage cart, which has seen far more use than anticipated. Its aluminum construction is showing some serious wear (he had to have the frame welded earlier this month), and he continues to have to deal frequently with flats. (A bike shop owner from Shippagan treated him to eight new tubes, a couple of tires, and an Acadian flag.) Finally, you know the end of a trip is near when Mike Ranta starts talking about the next one. “I’m loving it… all the new challenges. And I know I’ve gained the knowledge to do the next one.”

We saw one lone set of rabbit tracks. All the brown ones must have been staying home. Porcupine, martin, wolf, deer, moose, vole, white footed mouse, grouse and red squirrel.

Grouse trip with my brother and son was planned. Snow and cold were not. Beautiful day. Lots of tracks. Some were even grouse. Not one bird though.

T'was. Even in the sun.

Some might consider all that has been gained.

I'll be looking for some footie prints tomorrow.

Many Christian base religions do not like many, or all, parts of Halloween either but don't let that get in the way of indignation.

Never wore a costume to school in the 70's and 80's. If I'd come home an hour before trick or treating with a wrecked costume I'd have been wearing my dad's boot instead. That's the good ole days. Not this eternal juvenile state that many live in now.

Remember when we went to school to learn?

Halloween is bigger, and generates more money, then ever. It's fine. Somehow we will get through.

Yes I can... It's not good.

I'm of 2 minds on this. As a option to have a better chance for a young child to see/catch a fish, great. The more fun, the more they are likely to be a lifelong angler. But as a means to increase your creel, I feel it is wrong. For me, until my son could reel in his own fish I'd only keep my limit. Legal and moral don't always mesh.

Baby boom predicted in Saskatchewan.

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/saskatchewan/story/1.2818238 An ice-fishing dad who was accused of having too many lines in the water has been cleared by a judge because his three-year-old daughter was fishing with him. According to a recent Spiritwood court case, in March, the man had been fishing on Turtle Lake with his daughter and there were four lines in the water. Under Fisheries Act rules, anglers who are ice fishing can only have two lines in the water at the same time. A conservation officer ticketed him, saying the little girl didn't have the ability to set up the icefishing rig, maintain it, watch it and retrieve fish. The father fought the ticket in provincial court and won. Part of his evidence was the Saskatchewan Anglers Guide 2014, which on its cover shows what appears to be a father helping his young daughter bait a hook. No minimum age Judge Dan O'Hanlon said the only issue to be determined was whether or not the three-year-old was legally fishing. Reviewing the rules, he decided there's no minimum age limit for what constitutes an angler. "Just because an individual is three years of age, and does not have the ability to do everything required when fishing, it does not mean that he or she cannot legally fish," O'Hanlon said in a written ruling. He then found the father not guilty of the