douG

Actually, I'm a little older than that, but let's keep that our little secret.

I remember the Munich Olympics, and the Israeli atheletes - "They're all gone". Chilling.

Thanks very much, Drew. Fabulous.

Welcome to the board. Let us know how you make out!

douG is 39.

Ambidextrous? Luck-y. I'd give my right arm to be like that.

And then there was that story about the salamander that went to Hollywood to make newt movies.

Dad, Warren, Marc and I, leave tomorrow for Wawa. We will be flying into some remote lake outside of Pukaskwa on Wednesday morning for four nights at a one room cabin on a tiny brookie lake. We will have boats and motors on two adjoining lakes as well. We expect that since this is the only cabin in the area, we will find complete solitude, and lots of those pretty little feesh. I hope the 11 hour drive will be worth it. Pictures and lies on my return. douG

Joey, those were priceless. Great memories from this board. Dang, now I'm verklempt.

Attach your new line to the empty spool with an arbor knot, wind a few turns, then apply a turn or two of electrician's tape or duct tape over this line against the spool. This will stop your line, even braid, from slipping on the retrieve.

Mono backing is useful only if you are afraid of putting a piece of tape around the arbor knot tying your braid to the spool. This will stop the whole business slipping against the spool as you retrieve. I troll with long lines and like the braid to go all the way to the spool. As others said, you need the Palomar knot or uni knot to tie your line to a swivel or hook eye, and the uni uni knot to tie on a leader of fluoro.

Thanks again, Bunk.

Best to you, Joanne, on your birthday.

Bonne Fete, Art, and as we Acadians say, Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!

Cookslav, your post shows in spades what I love about that damn place, I got back today myself from five nights, and keep looking at the pictures I took. You do a great job on the camera, I think. Saturday and Sunday were a challenge with an inch of rain and 30 kt breezes on the big lake Opeongo. Buddy says that Algonquin is like an addiction, like gambling, because both will give you a cockeyed return on your investment. Sometimes you lose, sometime you win, but when you win, it is the greatest thing going. Solitude, wilderness, family and friends, challenges, successes and failures, too. Thanks for the great effort it took to post such a great triplog. I hope you can share with our friends on Algonquin Adventures.

I have about 1100 lbs of stuff sitting on the front porch, awaiting Brian who gets to drive AND pick the music on our drive to Opeongo. We will be four, then six, then eight and back to six, frolickers over the course of the week, with Brian and I coming home on Thursday. Lake trout will be on the plate at least once during our stay on the north arm, and Eric's Island and Frank's ashes will be honoured again. Play nice now, and there will be a report on Friday or so.

Espeshiallery when it's attached to a shark.

Very nice crappie, Glen. Thanks.

Downrigger releases look like a clothespin - the line pops free on a strike. Planer boards can work the same way, sorta. Do some googling, the truth is out there.

Don't think so - that cracked up more than a few. Keep it going!

I leave for Algonquin in TWO MORE SLEEPS for five nights in, hunting lakers. The end of May will be a fly in near Wawa for some speckled trout. Then Lakair.

What kind of tea exactly are we be talkin' about, anyway?

Nice shootin', KingotSteel. I love fishing with my Pa.

DanC, soon comes the generation that doesn't know the experience of a canvas tent, I have some great memories too. I still prefer my cheap coleman with full fly, small groundsheet underneath. Getting to like the smell of that tent, too. I think it is really an association thing, and that any tent will smell good after a while. To recap, pick a size (suggest 4 man), a price point ($200 is fine), a full fly, and you will be pleased for many years with your choice.