dave524

Wait till some of these fellows try salt water fishing with conventional tackle, can just about guarantee you are going to have to reel right

Their best music was before Keith Moon died.

When spinning gear was fairly new to North America in the fifties and early sixties, it was not unusual to see people that had been brought up using bait casting gear and cranking with the right hand actually switch hands with spinning gear and with the spinning reel on top of the rod reeling backwards to retrieve. Same problem, different era

Me three, of course with a high enough graphite content, it could double as a VHF Marine Band antenna

Might depend on how you hold a bait rig too. I learned to fish with the old direct drive casters with the pistol grip offset reel handles. Dad taught me to cast in the late fifties, he was a very good tournament caster, won a few T.A.H.A. competions at the C.N.E., before there was even a Sportsmen Show. He'd set up hula hoops and my favourite target, the lid off the galvanized metal garbage can, gratifying clang when you hit that, in the back yard , the competition was called " SKISH". Anyway, being right handed we cast with our right and like everyone would transfer the rod to the left and reel with the right, but instead of gripping the rod handle, the left hand would grasp the rod ahead of the reel somewhat with my palm against the sideplate. To this day, I use the more forward grip while retrieveing. To use my favoured grip while holding the rod with my right would seem to necessitate tranferring the rod to my left and then repositioning my right hand above the reel, even more movement. I use the more common today straight grips but still grip the same as I learned. guess I've just done it too many years to change now. Really this left hand reeling only started when fixed spool spinning gear started becoming popular in the fifties, before that everything was right hand reeling. The guys that grew up with spinning gear became accustomed to it and it's carried over to their casting gear.

For those of us that need bifocals to do routine tasks , last time I needed some correction in the top 1/2 as well and can't swing the price of polarized presciption glasses. I've been getting these for some time and been very happy with them. The clips are very close fitting, light and secure unlike most of the aftermarket polarized clip ons. Last pair is 4 years old and the magnetics are still strong. Look at the Easy Clip line http://www.aspexeyewear.com/

Disagree with the LCD graph, unless you are fishing on a flat bottom. You'll lose your ability to see your jig if there is any structure down there until it clears the top of the structure. edit: try googling " fish finder dead zone " or just look here, one of the better explanations http://www.a-guide-to-florida-bass-fishing...ish-finder.html

Small game licence, if I remember correctly, couldn't find it in the latest regs, you have to be north of the French-Mattawa Rivers to legally snare rabbits EDIT: after a little further searching "Snares cannot be used, except by the holder of a resident's small game license for taking varying hares north of the French and Mattawa Rivers with a snare constructed of copper or brass wire between 22 and 24 gauge. The opening of the snare wire loop must be 10 cm (4 in.) or less in diameter."

I'd be surprised if I totalled all the snow I've had here this winter that it would be over 4 inches. First snowblower in the garage and used it once to clear the end of the driveway when we got about 2-3 inches and the plow put enough to actually use it at the road. 59 winters under my belt and this is the least by far for snow. Bring it on, can handle 6 more like this.

The narrow beam will help as you see less of the bottom, what I think you are experiencing is what is referred to as a dead zone. This link will explain what is going on and gives a little insight on LCD vs Flashers in this situation. Read the section on cone angle, shows visually what I tried to explain. http://www.a-guide-to-florida-bass-fishing...ish-finder.html

You are looking at a fair amount of bottom there, depending on the cone angle. If in the area of view the bottom varies from 102 to 100 feet deep, the finder will show the bottom at 100 feet but if you happen to have your line set in the 102 deep area of the field of view you will not see the jig as a separate mark until it clears the 100 foot mark. Hope I am making myself clear.

Thanks,Good one got a second chuckle when I saw the ad for saline filled testicular implants at the bottom of the page

Born 1950, started cutting a few lawns grade 7 and 8, including a neighbour who had a very large fruit farm in Niagara. Going into high school he asked if I would like to work on the farm, made a $1 a hour, 11 hour days during cherry and peach season. At 16, bought a real nice over and under shotgun, came out of the same factory that Browning bought to make their Citori guns later, paid $300, a lot in 1966. By the time I finished high school had a lot of good fishing tackle, bettter stuff in some cases than Dad's. Got a 19 year old here now, unemployed, live in Grimsby ( fruit farm country) , I tell that story and suggest farm work and all I get is

I would also expect that seat is filled with level floatation material, another reason to leave it.

Just a thought, I would think the wooden diving lips are adding floatation exactly where you don't want it, on the bottom. Maybe hunt up some clear lexan or acrylic material and cut out your lip on a jig saw and epoxy it into a fine saw cut, could help with the attitude in the water.

Doing a rough head count , looks like a couple of Marlies are going to be called up to fill a few spots.

the worst part is who replaced Luongo in net and held the Leafs scoreless, he is still on the Leaf's payroll

I could see that the option to have your number made public, that is listed in the phone book and available on 411 should be made possible. A few people I know dropped their land line based phones completely and rely totally on cells now.

Very nice fish, that brown is probably the prettiest brown I've seen out of the Niagara.

Almost 30 years ago I used to have two and about 30 less pounds around the middle

Same here, alternating 12 hour days and nights, seven days a week for the best part of thirty years , then got on a Monday to Friday job 7-3 and 3-11 for the 4 years. Retired now too, wish I could have had internet access to pass the slow times at work Believe me and Lew, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

This board has a chat feature, its just gone for a bit during an upgrade, but its usually just a bunch of old guys Seriously, I think you are referring to Internet Relay Chat , haven't used that in over 12 years, beleive the program I used was mIRC and I was on dialup with a 14400 modem. Doesn't it have a search function for channels ? Sorry, as a old guy couldn't help responding, good luck and welcome to the forum.

I used to really like 2lb. Trilene XT, used it for steelhead leaders and on a Mitchell 308 for stream specs. Haven't seen it that light in years though. The stiffness didn't seem a problem in the finer sizes but I found it unmanageable on spinners in heavier sizes.

I think you will find that most match grade bullets are of a hollow point design, but it is not a large hollowpoint designed for rapid expansion but a small one because of aerodynamic stability and also an exposed softpoint is subject to deformation on handling and feeding through the action and this would affect accuracy. Edit: in most cases when a hunting bullet with a soft point is swaged, the copper cup that the lead core is place in before swaging has the open end to the tip of the bullet, most FMJ military rounds it is reversed the open end is to the back of the bullet.

From a practical standpoint I really don't think there is any advantage for angling, I could see a tournament distance caster reaping some benefit , a steelheader that used one for float fishing or some one who regularly used extremely light lures, but I would think any advantage would be nullified by the antibacklash braking system. To gain any benefit you would have to have the system backed off all the way and a very educated thumb.