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lefty is almost like einstein when it comes to fly fishing...He literally had a different brain when it came to fishing, moreso maybe than any other person on the planet. He somehow took things that are notoriously complex and broke them down so that anyone could do it. A great example of this, my father turned 65 this past fall and he is beginning to have trouble tying complicated fishing knots. His eyes are wary and his hands not as sturdy as they once were, regardless he was having great difficult tying to lines together recently, and low and behold I introduced him to the Lefty Kreh knot...if you can find me a more simple way of tying a two lines together, try me. To literally invent knots, but have those inventions be something complicated in the most simple form really speaks volumes to how this man's brain worked. I owe my ability to double haul to lefty's videos...If only I could feel and look as effortless as he did when he casts lol

friggin tank, well done

for the fly guys around here, Lefty Kreh passed away yesterday. My first fly rod was a TFO Lefty Kreh signature! "Dear friends,I am sorry to relay sad information to all of you. Bernard Victor Kreh “Lefty” passed away today in the presence of his family. He passed without pain. He told us multiple times during the worsening of his illness how lucky he was to have so many friends. During these last few weeks he was so sick and without energy that he was unable to respond to any emails and the many phone messages left for him. I can say this was a-great comfort to him. There will be a celebration of his life in the upcoming weeks. We will update you when plans are made. Lefty would want us to celebrate life and not mourn him. During the course of the week that I’ve been here, one thing he kept mumbling was Spirit Springs, over and over. When I asked him, what or where that is, he simply replied, that’s where he’s going, to fishing heaven, to Spirit Springs. He passed peacefully and with no pain. He was surrounded by family and loved ones. At the time of his death, a hard wind shook the house as if he was taking the winds home to my Grandma. As he got me into photography, he once told me he had to carry a camera with him because you never know when something may take your breath away and you want to take it home for later. So on ending this, I know myself and all of you are going to look to the water now, and if you come to a spot where something takes your breath away, I’m going to feel his presence each time and take a photo. That way I can take a bit of the inspiration and his spirit back home with me. Tight Lines, best wishes, and All The Best, Sam and The Kreh Family"

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does this unit come with a footpedal and remote? Also does it have US2 capability?

Im in total shock...but not entirely, at the total lack of suggestions...it really seems like my experience with marine mechanics is not that far from the experience of others around here. Weve got a guy in Pointe Au Baril thats pretty good, but the problem is that he doesnt always do all of the work because he also runs the marina...depending on the job, it either gets done right, or gets done terribly. Doesnt sound far from finding a good ski poo mechanic either.

goes to show that even with a good product, running a business takes a lot of intelligence and good business practices. One of those occasions where you have a pretty decent product, but perhaps grow too fast or get ahead of yourself and end up not being able to pay your bills.

holy crepe what an eye, especially coming from a muskoka lake...very very impressive.

really disturbing how the last 20 years the problem is clearly exponentially getting worse

that chart basically shows how global warming is happening lol

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hthm having just done a significant amount of boat shopping myself, In my opinion, you are offering this boat at a ridiculously good deal...so much so that I am shocked that you have had trouble selling it thus far. I am going to just throw a suggestion out there to try and help you out. I honestly think the pictures and details you have provided on your ad are whats holding you back. All of the photos you have provided in the ad make it feel like you are attempting to hide the condition of the boat, while I have a strong feeling that your boat is actually probably in fantastic shape, but its impossible to tell from the pictures that you have provided. Some larger closer shots of the boat I think would should your potential buyers the full details of how well kept the boat really is. One of the best photos that you could provide would be to take a step ladder and take an overhead shot of the cockpit and decks...a few close ups of the condition of the carpet on the front casting deck and another photo of the condition of the rear casting deck, a few photos of the seats, and maybe one of a close up of the engine itself would do wonders for your ad. Consider opening all of the compartments to show that they are not rotted or rusty, that would be great as well. If you are having difficulty with the photos, please feel free to PM me, i would be more than happy to assist you with cropping them and making them look good for a new kijiji post. I could even post the ad for you to give you a hand. As far as boat details go, You will definitely want to provide the year of the boat and the motor, from what i can kinda see...you might have a jackplate? If so, mention it, thats a huge deal, the brand of the onboard charger (how many banks?) does the boat also come with all 4 batteries for the trolling motor and starter? Stainless steel prop? I would also add your compression test results to the ad as well. Once you have added all of these details to the ad, i bet the thing will sell within days!

they are a real eye sore I could go back to the same spot 100 times and finding that random rock in a basin is still like finding a needle in a hay stack.

we need some pics!

swimbait on a jig or underspin...do you have electronics? You are going to want them. Lakers arent that shy of a fish, I personally run braid and then a good long leader of mono or flurocarbon.

this just reminds me that i need to get out salt water fishing again some day...nice catch

dissapointing when some of your last trips dont pan out...im really hoping for some luck this weekend, i think ive only got a couple more days on the ice left before the long wait for the lakes to open up.

You know iron, thats funny because my experience with fall walleye is that if im not in my 20 foot "box" im not catching at nearly the same rate...its so precise that GPS waypoint gets you close but its actually visual alignment that gets it perfected. We had a morning last year that for whatever reason I was fishing the front of the boat...i caught 28 walleye that morning, while the rest of the boat caught a collective 5. The other scenario where electronics absolutely changed the game...shoal drop shotting smallies. I have a few spots in late september that are rocks in a giant basins...they are so random that navionics charts sort of mark them but its not very accurate and a few arent even charted at all they were found using a friggin pirahnamax and became honey holes later...they are marked on my units now and ive even autocharted them now so that I actually have an exact "graph" of whats going on down there that no one else in the world probably has. The poorly charted spots show a depth change but dont actually precisely show where the reef actually is...The actual reef itself is probably only 15x15. ipilot helps an absolute ton, especially with the new jog feature on the terrova's...it allows you to stay on target but shift 5 feet to the left right front or back to make sure you work over that one particular spot. Im back to a cable drive now so I will be bringing marker buoys with me to throw down for a visual cue of where the heck i need to be sticking to. The results speak for themselves I used to think electronics were a bit overrated, and in shallower lakes with a whole pile of weeds, imaging isnt as essential IMO...i.e. when im fishing shallow for largies my electronics are basically turned off. But you start fishing that 15+FOW on clean structure, finding deep weeds, random shoals in big bodies of water...I literally owe some of my best catches to my sonar and GPS. My PB walleye, we drove up to the edge of a shoal that once again is very poorly marked, flipped on the electronics found the actual edge of whree the bottom of the basin started to run up...sure enough marked a tank of a hook on bottom, the thing had two bloody fish icons on it...dropped the drop shot down and instantly hooked up.

lol, those rednecks will drive their cars on anything though, my boys were out on 6 inches on scugog on first ice and the boys had their cars out... Gotta love the guys that leave all of their trash on the lake when they take their huts off too. last weekend i saw a guy with his hut up on 2 foot long pieces of 2x6...tied up the shack and just drove off leaving all of his wood and shims...should make some nice dead heads to hit with my lower end come spring.

Would this coverage allow me to enter bass tourneys? can anyone confirm? I should be a member anyways

Frigging adulting is so hard....the way this translates to me is that I have liability coverage up to a minimum of $1,000,000 through my home insurance policy because it has a clause for fur, bicycles and watercraft and this is a standard among all home insurance policies.... does this mean that if I were entering a Bass tournament that I would be able to display this policies liability coverage? Can anyone with actual tournament experience explain how this works? I have no idea how registration for a real tournament even works. The events I have fished have only ever been small friends and family/trailer park/resort operated tournaments.

From what I was told is that because my outboard is over 60hp they couldnt throw it under the house policy it needs its own policy entirely on its own. otherwise I totally would have gone that route. once again I am only looking for liability coverage and unfortunately that is not an option.

I called a pile of places and tried to get just liability and no one would do it. they all want you to buy all of the bells and whistles.... Slightly upset that i'd need coverage to fish proper tournaments if I ever cared to try, but whatever it is what it is.

jesus man, nice plan B!

Jesus manitou, easy on the flashbacks dude! crazy to think this was more than a decade ago...Rock the Bellz 2007! (SORRY FOR THE THREAD HIJACK!)