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i'm happiest when i'm fishing, and that means anything at all. it doesn't matter if it's a big fight, no fight, soaking a bobber, or jigging a sabiki rig. I grew up on a lake catching big pike, perch, and walleye so i got hooked on fishing from a very early age. I have to say i prefer any kind of fishing where i'm casting when i have a choice. or maybe i just think that because it helps fuel my addiction to getting the latest greatest gizmo rods and reels. What i would like to try is tuna fishing, and i mean big tuna, like 1000#

cook healthy meals him, do his laundry, fold and iron his clothes, comb his hair, shave his back, etc?

that's a weird combination. I must be missing something. This is like being a CNIB cameraman or audio engineer at a school for the deaf.

They've been predicting this for quite a few years now and i think it's finally starting to kick into gear. Starting back in the early 80's, almost everybody and their dog was sent to university to the point where it was expected that school did not end at grade 12/13 and you would go to post secondary. The prediction was that all the skilled tradesmen would become very scarce in the glut of university grads and it's happening. Although the trade incomes willl never pass the top level accredited professionals, they're definitely getting paid more than the typical university grad. 4 of my friends' sons (different families) went to college for marine welding not long ago. They graduated from 3-5 years ago and they're all pulling in over $100K. not bad for people in their early 20's. I went to university, got my CA, did that at a hometown firm for 7 years and didn't like it. I later found myself in IT, worked for canada trust then BMO in performance testing and systems migration and deployment. That was interesting work but i didn't get enough free time during the summers so i moved on again to an industrial coatings company where i've been the last 5. I don't find the place particularly stimulating because it's the same ol' same ol' every day but they allow me to take off for exntended trips whenever i want. The joke is i'm the teacher there because i only work between 9-10 months/year. I've been going up to Alaska every year for fishing about the last 15 years. When i started going, it was about 3 times/year and i tried out all the seasons. Man, some places up there get a lot of snow. I've cut back a bit the last few years to make it one mega trip for 5-8weeks and fish everything there is to fish in that time. I've made a lot of good friends up there over the years and a surprisingly huge numbers of people make the annual trip so i see a different bunch of familiar faces every time. Fishing has become part of my life and work and i basically won't make a career move unless it allows me to plan out good fishing trips. Do what you like and like what you do. There's no point otherwise, life is too short to spend it being a clock-watcher, hammering away at a job you hate.

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a few differences off the top of my head. weight. -generally, saltwater reels are heavier because they take more abuse and have more sturdy parts. no fear of chromed iron there. -also related to weight, saltwater reels arne't usually made out of the lightweight magnesium alloys because it reacts in the salt environment although some manufacturers are now putting heavy duty powdercoating finishes over them so saltwater fishermen can enjoy the lightweight reels too. -they always have to be careful with different metals used in components that touch and will result in galvanic reactions -bearings are usually all sealed for the corrosion resistance but this makes it difficult to service..and it's not all that necessary in freshwater reels. A lot of people pick the seals off their freshwater reel bearings -drags and bodies are almost all sealed in saltwater reels especially the surf reels used in salt and sand

this advice is hillarious to me because a friend got married about a year ago and he did just that and a lot more. He upgraded his pickup for a new ford super duty, sold his bassboat and got a Skeeter with a 225HP, traded and upgraded a honda crotch rocket, and bought a new 4 wheeler. He figured that the days of new toys are over once he got married...and he was right. He hasn't been able to get anything since then.

Did it roll or make straight runs when you were fighting it? That'll tell you which it is. heheh. anal fin. most likely a coho.

for the OP, get the best reel you can afford becuase junk is just hard to use, especially in baitcasting reels, and you'll be left with the wrong impression of them. Personally, i would recommend a used one so you can get a higher quality reel that you would probably not be willing to pay full price for considering it's your first. Another thing about baitcasters is the better reels have better casting controls which makes them easy to use, like you want. I should say "easier" because none of them are easy to use if you've never used one. expect tons of backlash and line over-runs in your first few months.

Are you looking for the real one or the cheap one on the plastic framed reel that Daiwa released not long ago? If you're interested in getting the teamdaiwa Viento , i'm going to be brining mine back home to Ontario when i come back from my vacation spot in late September and will probably sell it. I've had it for 2 years but since i only used it on vacation, it's only had about 3 months max of actual use. It's 3 months of hardcore fishing though so it has had moderate use, no worn parts, very well taken care of, well rinsed after each use (saltwater environment). It's a lefty, btw. Beautiful reel and an amazing caster. On an 8' rod and the right lure, i can cast it right down to the spool.

If you're smart, you'll never get a boat with a full head...that'll keep them off the long fishing trips. The grossest setup i ever saw was a head installed in the middle bunks. gotta know the people sleeping around you very well to be able to use that setup.

If you're smart, you'll never get a boat with a full head...that'll keep them off the long fishing trips. The grossest setup i ever saw was a head installed in the middle bunks. gotta know the people sleeping around you very well to be able to use that setup.

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. which would mean yet another place is clearing out the 2 top quantum reels at roughly 1/2 price. I saw the first ad about a week ago, the Energy PT and Tour edn PT baitcasters for $100 and $120 respectively which is roughly 1/2 the normal price. This would make 4 or 5 retailers with the same price reductions. Quantum must be getting ready to roll all new lineup for the summer and don't want their distributors to get stuck with a truck full of older models. It's definitely a good deal for those who like quantum unfortunately, that doesn't include me. Maybe i'll like their new stuff.

you most likely overcooked it. I don't know about eating rabbit that live in too close to city environments, personally, i would avoid them because you never know where they eat and what chemicals they're exposed to. The first time i saw a farm rabbit at a grocery store i didn't think it was rabbit because it was so white like chicken. Wild rabbit meat is much darker, almost liver colored compared to the stuff i saw on store shelves. Actually, almost all wild game is darker than grocery store meats. What i like is how small game taste different when taken in different seasons. The flavor varies considerably depending on their diet at the time, i think you'll enjoy getting the rabbit yourself if you decide to go that way. Tuleremia is about the only common thing to watch for. rabbit fever. winter is safer than summer. It's a quick search to find info on it.

I think you answered your own question when you said you could only afford the aluminum. Get it and be glad you have a spare handy.

also the possibility of a bent or seriously part somewhere, a ripped torn or worn drag disc.. Rear drags are not the best or smoothest design anyways which is why they all but abandoned that idea a few years after trying it out. the top dollar reels have never had rear drag for this reason..the best place for a spool's drag is right on the spool, go figure.

same here. I'm dying when it hits about 25C...that's my teetering point between constant sweating and being comfortable. I wear shorts all year long at work and havn'et owned a proper winter coat in over 25 years. I've been wearing windbreakers in the winter since my parents stopped choosing my clothes for me. I also grew up in the north and never got used to the humid heat waves in SWO. I agree with greenhouse being hype. At this point, it's not only marketing but there's a multibillion dollar industry built around it and none of those people are willing to dump the idea that's paying them so well. World climate is cyclical, that's a proven fact based on various geological data..the earth has had warm periods before, we are in one now, and it won't be the last. Another thing that kills me is polar ice and rain forest. If you look at isolated areas, yes, they're disappearing/shrinking, and that's all they want you to focus on because that's what keeps the donations and corporate cheques rolling in. What these people don't want you to know is that in other areas of the world, the ice and rainforests are growing and expanding.

2 steps in and i'm still thinking import tuners. heh.

One of the biggest trade-off in fishing rods is toughness or sensitivity. you cna't have both. Also if 2 rods are exactly the same in dimenstions but one is lighter, it will be more sensitive because vibrations have less rod weight dampening the wiggle to get to your hand. secondly, rod toughness is always done by adding fiberglass to the mix...that's what uglystiks are built with as well as big trolling rods, and stand-up rods like tuna and marlin sticks. do you need sensitivity for that kind of fishing though? definitely not because the rod is in the holder until a fish is on. third, if you want nice solid backbone with crisp hook setting power, you have to get graphite...fiberglass rods are like rubber in comparison, very slow action like classic glass flyrods. ...so if you want sensitivity, you need to stay away from fiberglass or "composites" like the UglyStik which almost always means fiberglass is used. Since you're already looking at spending $70, why not spend another $30 and get an entry level higher end rod? There are a lot of rods to choose from in the $100 range that are fairly sensitive, good stiff crisp backbone, lots of poer, nice and light. some of the base model st croix like the inexpensive "Premier" or "triumph" series. ...almost all of the spinning rods in these 2 series are under $100. Of these 2, get a premier as your 1st choice if you can.

Not all batson's are imported, their top blanks are made in the US. RX8+, RX7+... some of these are $200 for a blank around 6' Besides this, many non US made blanks are very good considering shimano, megabass, and daiwa are all made in some of those countries.

-weight, -sensitivity of the blank, -inexpensive alconite guides vs SiC or RECoils -quality of the cork (less filler) depending on the rod and how many guides there are, this alone can be a $100 difference.

does new brunswick count? heh. I always wanted to fish the miramichi atlantics on a fly. so far, i've only read about it and i have a few friends who are originally from out there who have stories about the runs.

You need to crank it pretty hard to turn over because it's a manual bail. I would guess the reel is likely over 20-30 years old, at least that's the last time i saw that sort of non-offshore/surf reel with a manual bail like that on the stem. Modern VERY high end jigging reels, offshore, and surf reels still have manual bails but not like yours. Not worth fixing unless it has some meaning to you. You can find a better replacement at a garage sale. I'll bet that if you take off the bail roller, the shaft it's on will be worn down to the phosphor bronze metal, a brass looking metal.

I'm not up on the whole history of procaster but i can tell you it's a good series that's been around a while. I think the procaster was updated maybe a year or two ago in red, i believe. They're all good sellers, not the the best reel but not bad. Off the top of my head, the most expensive procaster model would be around $100. They're like ABU Garcia C3, C4, C5 casting reels, no flash, no super refined features, not expensive, just solid worhorse reels.