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Very nice shots, Joanne, the one of the cocoa was fabulous. Nice to see Terry and Paul again with fish too. Thanks for your post.

Nice shootin, Emil. Your report is making me a little itchy.

Fabulous, Carole. I love that shtuff, and am now trying to get the next generation interested in the same stuff. I find it helps to point me where I 'm going, now that I know where from I is.

Elitist. Dang. On the other hand, I am thinking about putting $10 a week away for four years to get a Manzer guitar. http://www.manzer.com/guitars/index.php?op...0&Itemid=19 Ya gotta be nuts - at least, if you are, I think you have more fun.

Just for the Southern contingent, -18C is less than 0F. A mite chilly dere b'y, for float fishing, I should think, and we have an explanation for the lack of traffic on the trib. Kudos to the hardcore effort.

That was great, Brian, always enjoy your stories. Pretty savvy on the game tracking, and the posting too. Soup soon? PigeonFisher is out to lunch, somewhere else, maybe in a different country. Maybe Raf might like to join in some lunch too.

That monster was a bit of a tussle, I'm sure. Hope he enjoyed the meal, that is the real cap on the day. I also hope your lad lives a full life of fishing, always trying to better that perch he caught when he was eight.

Now that's one fine looking dinner you got there. Nice shoootin'.

I thought it was more of a 'Jerry, Jerry' kinda thingy.

Just to annoy Whitespinnerbait, I guess 18.5. The real question is, does Clamp it know the answer? This could be like deja vu all over again like never before.

Vintage Snag. Great stuff, but I gotta say that you are one strange child. I'm just not sure you're healthy.

I think that the message is clear here. Hear?

I think that this is a fine time to mention that PowerPro contains SpectraFiber, a Honeywell product.

I'm SO HAPPY that we now have this topic out of the way, beaten to a thin pulp. Why do you hate OFC so much so that you can't breathe and also promote Communism also as well.

You coulda just listened to me in the first place already, Mike. Surely no one has ever been left on an island, while the drivers herd the lunkers downstream. Kickingfrog, your post of that link was on topic, but it was the second reference to that url.

I have an Abu Record, I use it for all sorts of things - downrigging (very handy, I use the freespool and clicker when setting lines) and also for trolling or casting for esox and lakers. It has a flipping switch or something that momentarily disengages drag for depth or length adjustments. I think I paid about $140 for mine. http://www.tackletour.com/reviewabugarciarecord.html

I agree with Chili - even though we will not be changing the board format anytime soon ( I hope!), we need to learn to accept well-meaning suggestions for improvement without accusations of hate. That with us / agin us attitude is wrong minded.

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I haven't had so much fun since the time the pigs ate my sister.

I haven't had so much fun since the time the pigs ate my sister.

Oh, Dear... I will check in around 9 or so. As for topic #5, Ma always made me go before I went. On the other hand, when you gotta, you gotta. The expression is 'being short taken'. Hope this hleps. Also, watch out for all the tiny, short, diminutive, little, small, stunted, wizened, elfin, furry gnomes, this is their natural habitat. They could be anywhere.

My first choice would definitely be a jig and minnow. No wait, it would positively be a jig and a grub. No wait, I haven't gone yet, it would be a spoon and tail. Or a deadsticked dead shiner. What I really meant to say was a jigging rap tipped with a minnow head on the dropper. I've always believed that you need to find hungry fish, the rest is easy. Let us know how you make out.

This sounds like the steelhead equivalent of topwater fishing for muskie or bass.

Pass that Dutchie from the left hand side. By times, I am pretty good at this sort of thing, but drawing a blank right now. I think that Jed is changing the mechanics of the story as we go along, and pretty soon there won't be much left. Next we gotta change the license plate stuff.

Yes, please keep us informed as you can. God Bless.