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Hey Thanks for the kind words guys!! We work hard to make it a fun trip. The reason we started doing 5 hour trips this year is beacuse we are running out of Bluffers and basically all the big boats there run 5 hour trips. Longer trips can be arranged. Just ask The fishing along the North Shore of Lake Ontario and particularly along the Toronto city line is amazing in the summer months. Its just doesnt get any better anywhere on the lake. Lots of great guys mentioned in this post, enjoy its a great fishery! Ryan Hare

Love the spalted BLM burl can't wait to see it in handle form.

very nice! I like the wraps sharp looking design..

Thanks again Mike, more then happy with the blank Yeah I've kinda grown partial to them, really like them in the cold weather freeze up isn't much of a problem. They do make for nice light sticks

LOL Bill sounds good, I'm in .. Dan might be better competition his wallis casting is pretty sick. At the very least it will give us a reason for another get together LOL.

Sounds like a plan we will have to set something up once this chocolate milk clears

Just wanted to share with everyone a couple of the custom builds that Spiel has done for me this fall. I was fortunate to have Chris do a build for me last year and it turned out awesome. His attention to detail if amazing and if anyone is thinking of having a rod built I would suggest contacting him. Great guy to work with. The first rod is a Rainshadow XST1382F 11'6" I had this rod built for my wife for xmas. The handle is turned a bit smaller for her hands. It turned out awesome and pairs nicely with her pink steelheader. The second rod is a Sage GllSH-1136-3LLB. A 13'6" 3 piece. I picked up the blank last fall but didnt have a chance to have Chris build it until this fall. It turned out to be a beauty. The wood reel seat and inserts are made of big leaf burl maple and the pics really don't do it justice. tightlines Ryan

LOL, It's like riding a bike spend enough time trying and all of a sudden it just happens. looks like your having lots of fun regardless Brain

That depends on the person... A good wallis caster can cast as far as someone side casting. A modified wallis or spinning side cast can pretty easily be tossed as far or further then a side cast. It all comes down to timing and technique. Most guys really stink at casting because they really dont have to cast very far in most of the flows we have.

Walker downriggers should not be on the list... 1. They sold the downrigger division this year back to a US company. I believe Burts bought it. 2. The riggers where never actually made in canada. They assembled them in a plant in Stayner but the bulk of the rigger is built in china. They now focus on there deeper diver sales, good product but also not made in canada. Just distributed by a canadian company.. They also have a hunting division quigley bows and scopes I believe. I know Scotty down riggers is already listed but they are one of the best examples of a pure canadian business there is. Every part that is on a Scotty rigger is made in Canada. In fact almost every part on the rigger is made directly in the Scotty Plastics factory. With the exception of the new digital counters ( made in Canada however) and the stainless bolts ( also made in canada) In 60 years they have never sold out or out sourced to China... Its actually amazing. Beyond downriggers Scotty also makes many other products. The egg incubators they make are used all over north america to help keep producing fish for the future. Rod holders, tons of new paddle sports products,products for fire departments for making connections to hydrants quicker and easier for firefighters. They also produce many products for other companies in canada and the US.

I run a fairly large charter boat on Lake Ontario . I have to agree with the above comments,that for the most part most of the clients I have are catch and release or at the very most keep 1-2 fish each. The 5 fish limit on kings is no issue at all. The lake supports a world class salmon fishery and since its purely a sport fishery (no commercial boats) there is no shortage of salmon. On our side of the pond we stock around 560,000 chinook. The Americans stock around 1,600,000 chinook. (numbers are not exact) For the most part the natural reproduction is limited to a few rivers, so as stated above it is for the most part a put and take fishery. Although there is no need to abuse any fishery for that reason. There are plenty of boats that do target silver fish on the lake out deep and those (coho and steelhead) are the ones that should be protected by a 2 fish limit. A lot of this happens out on the East end of the lake. Clients often are looking for limits of fish rather then quality fish.As far as the GOSD running a fish slaughter, there are other events on the lake that kill waaaaay more fish in a weekend then are caught and weighed in the GOSD. 60 teams weighing 10 mature kings over 2 days... likely killing 30-40 to get there best 10 over the 2 days. Even the 1 day events 60 teams x 6 mature kings likely killing 8-12 fish to get ther 6 best. I fish the events so I am guilty,the fish is never wasted. Teams even donated over 20,000lbs of salmon at one event to the Toronto zoo to help feed the polar bears. However, all of these events as well as the GOSD help fund the stocking of these fish so what's the real damage... Lake Ontario is an amazing fishery. Its able to support a world class salmon fishery, world class steelhead fishery, amazing lake trout and brown trout fishing, world class walleye fishing... All for one reason, shes a bait machine! The amount of Alwives and smelt in the lake is unreal and its from shore to shore. I dont see any issue with bait in the next 5 years anyway.I think it was 3 years ago we had the biggest runs of smelt and alwives that have been seen in years. Anyway, amazing fishery we are truely blessed to have it in our backyard. get out and enjoy it!

Oro Canvas, line 7 S Oro. not sure the number but it's in the yellow pages. She does great work.

Why go traxtech? The scotty riggers are still faster on pick up and drop,require much less battery power, parts are much easier to get, lifetime warranty, 100% made in canada for the last 60 years. $300 less per rigger, simple almost fail proof design and most important they are proven to be workhorses.

ooohhh so that's whos that was thanks for making my decision easier Mike lol

The pic doesn't do the handle justice Chris it's a beauty!! Really happy with the work so far. Anyone looking to have something made up should shoot Chris a msg or email. great guy to work with, amazing workmenship and a high standard of quality. won't be the last rod he builds for me