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I can not believe the prices of some of these reels/rods, these days. Why these outrages prices? What makes them so special ? Do they catch bigger/better fish? My god, the prices I have seen for new, and those selling used, has my mind twisting and turning. I can understand those that design and manufacture, custom pin reels, and sell as one and only 1st off of 10. But, when I see well known manufacture reels, selling for hundreds or even thousands of $$$$, I just squirm. Whats so special about them? I have caught many fish over my 45 years of fishing. As a wee fella, I used a simple closed face reel, Zebco,Johnson. Oh they cast a mile it seemed ,back then. Getting on in age, ya 12/14, I was introduced to the spinning reel. Mitchell,was the family brand to use then. Wow, look at me, Im using a spinning reel . Then comes the , oh look, Cardinal has brought out the 3 and 4 black. I never knew there was an earlier 3/4. You know, the green/white, brown/white ones. The newer black card, 3/4 blacks, were the reels to be had in the early 80.s. It was the river rave then. I still had a Mitchell 300 on my old ugly stick rod. I called it the salmon hunter. LOL Seemed then, I was the guy that looked out of place. Back then ,before this WWW, the word on the river, was the word. You need this, you need to get this. Everyone shared by word of mouth. Those were the days. Had a guy standing beside me on the Humber river one morning. He had this new rod that came out. Called the HELL BENDER . It was a sweet rod. I drooled. He also had the new, black card 3 on it. More drool. He had told me where to buy the rod and reel, but they no longer had them in stock, so I called many shops in the GTA to find this rod, and the reel. ( Did I say call) you know, by phone. LOL I found the rod at a local shop. the name escapes me. I drove to the store and bought it for $60. I was like,I am in the club. So now I have this rod . I need a new reel. See where this is going ? So one day walking through a Kmart, I see it. The Black 3. OMG. It,s the black 3. And it,s $45. Back then, it was like, do I get diapers and formula for the baby, or, do I buy the reel. I was brought up right, so I knew best then. I had mentioned to the mrs,s that I had seen the reel at the local Kmart, and when the time was right, I would buy it. Well time went by and I just couldn't buy it.. So here I fished with a nice new rod with a mitchell reel. Oh, I still caught some nice fish . Come Christmas, there was a box with my name on it. From Santa. I knew better , but played along with the kids. The size of the box told me, it was what I thought it would be, but no, it couldn't be. So I unwrap ,and I see ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OMG,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I rip the rest of the wrapping paper off as quick as I could. IT,S A BRAND NEW BLACK CARD 3. The next morning, I slide the reel in to the slip rings, secure the rings in place with my hockey tape. It was a great feeling. So a , a talk about must have rod, and a new must have reel, was joined. Did it catch more fish, or more quality fish ? Oh I caught fish back then. I caught just as many fish as I did with my Mitchell/rod combo, before I went and got my new must have combo. And even to this day, I cringe, at the prices. Anyone catch my PB LM , or my laker videos? Using 15 +, year old rods and reels. The Hell bender and Card 3, are still mated. The reel is still healthy, but the rod well, has shown it,s age. I did get a custom float rod, ( hype ? ) Ya maybe, but it did feel good. Work of art.I have caught just as many fish using a lower priced rod,pin combo, My point in this post is,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Do not get caught up in thinking, the more you spend, the more you will catch . Knowing how to catch, is the answer here. Tom Sawyer caught fish on a twig and a bobbin thread,hook and worm. Was just in the mood to type and share . Keeping my mind off udder things.

Love watching , but not for me. LOL Those guys have been doing it since they were crazy. LOL There is a lady here that has her sea doo rigged for fishing. Pretty cool.

Heard today on the radio, those special glasses that make the watching safe, have been scooped up fast and hard to buy at a local store. They are sell for up to $30 on Kijiji. $3 glasses . LOL Money to be made on anything these days. UNREAL At 2 pm, I,ll be too busy working, and probly fixing some machine.

You can PM Rattletrap. Mr.B.

If I had one on the back of my toon, it would be so helpful. LOL Yer a good man Simon.

Glad you got out and had success .

THE KING

I have never had an issue using straight braid, I find when fishing bass, it,s a reaction bait. The spots I will fish them, are in heavy cover or under docks, floating swim platforms. If they want it, they will take it. I will make long casts, and just watch the line. I rig it weedless. I will run the hook through it and up the line, and work it til 3/4 down the worm. Pop it through, and then just press the hook through the worm. I can drag it over pads and heavy cover. When I see an open hole, I just let it drop down. I find this method has a better hook ratio for me. Hook in the middle, they can grab either end and the fish and you, miss. Just my experience with the worm. As for colors, well, I like pumpkin seed and white with black or gold fleck.

Oh you missed that one. Like a 747 over yer head. LOL

EDUMACATION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

LOL I have shown and proven and even did the top back up the tank thing like Bill M told me to try to confirm the computer read out. Pretty well bang on in my truck. BEST TO DATE IS 7.2 PER 100. My average on my fishing excurtions hit between, 7.4-8.1. Depends on the hwy speeds. I dont have a heavy foot. No need for one. Im an early bird. Im on the water when most are deciding what they want for breakfast. LOL

When I was in my teens, I had buddies that rode. I started learning on a gold wing. Even took it for tours on my own, ya, no lic. Then I had 2 very close buddies get killed. They were cut off, went into a ditch, had their head cut off by the guard cable. That ended all my plans of being a bike rider. Dont mean to be a downer, but I felt the need to share.

Nice. Get some flippers and just spread your legs over the side and flip. LOL

LOL The quick story They had 2 trucks, both single cab ,short box. One white, one black. White was an 8cyl,black was the 6 cyl. Even though I wanted a truck, I still wanted something easy on fuel. Black was $21,000. White was $17,999. So I start chatting and ask why more for less? Meaning, less for the 8 then the 6. They said supply and demand, yet they are saying inventory clearance. So I say, black for the price of the white, this amount for my Avenger as the trade in. The reply was, will you be taking it before sept 1st. Ah ya. Then Im thinking, thats was a weird question. Find out that was the dead line for their , win the dealership award for selling the most cars and trucks. Leverage to me. So I say now, Black truck plus a hard top cover and we have a deal. HMMMMMM OK. So black truck,cover out the door,$18,000.Still owed on the avenger,so it all balanced out in the end. Bought it in Mississauga. Ontario Crysler. Barrie was out to lunch on their prices. I couldnt by a used truck for that price here.

Yup More bait means, more time to fish and drink beer Dan.

Those are some upper class toons. WOW SWEET. Very nice. I lucked out getting the one in the pic a few years back. CTC had them marked down for $199+ tax. Reg, $400. A steal, considering a replacement bladder was the same in US funds + shipping. I like how light it is and how easy it is to maneuver. With oars or flippers. Thanks for the pics Josh

Broken peg or pegs in the connector plug. Corrosion.

Also look for online specials Kelvin Terry gave me the heads up on mine. Brand new $18 K out the door. Also right now is inventory clearance time. Deals to be had.

Yup, it,s what I wear Dan.

Try , My name is Lenny.

This is my second one. I would be interested in what you meant by a pull out casting platform.Do you have a pic ?

Tom Hardy has it. Legend was awesome and Lawless was friggen cool. Bronson and the Drop were not bad.