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The Tea Party is alive and well in Canada

Well is a bit strong, considering all of their albums after The Edges of Twilight sucked!

I watched Alone in the Wilderness and Dick Proenneke makes me feel like less of a man. I wish I could do what he did.

I hope to soon also see Alaska: Silence and Solitude and The Frozen North.

I guess all of you are fishing with right hand reels. No lefties out there?

I'm generally right-handed, but I hold my rod with my left and I reel with my right. Is that normal?

Yup, call them direct: 866-491-5229

I just ordered a spool from them for my Spirex. Came out to $28 or so with the $3 shipping charge, should arrive in a week to ten days.

Very nice!

No problem. I'll say a prayer for your mom, man.

Losing pets is rough. Some people don't seem to understand. The pain of burying our first ferret a few years back was brutal. I can't ever do that again. Sorry to hear.

Dana another great doc is "A River Never Sleeps" based on the Roderick Haig Brown book.

Thanks! I'll check it out. Also, I looked up the one you mentioned first, and I couldn't find that exact title, but I found a short 9-10 minute video on YouTube about it, and realized I had already watched it. I want more of that, but like a thousand times longer.

the rest of the time.....i let my imagination take control of me

Stick 'em in Skipper D's pockets..

Toronto is unspoiled wilderness compared to this place.

Wow, sounds like you're probably going to catch asthma and cancer, then..

Remember watching the Olympic coverage in 2008 and seeing the sky? You should see it in person...

Nope... Don't watch Olympics, and don't have TV service either. I also don't have a landline with Bell. All internet here, baby!

I have had the ugly stik and the berkley and the Shimano rod's and I say go with the Shimano Voltaeus! I landed a 45" musky on a Med 7' rod the other day (not targeted) and the grip is a cork wrap. I hate the foam garbage they throw on rod's now...

 

PS, the berkley is my back-up back-up rod...

I heard you can land sharks with a Voltaeus! (I love mine)

Besides, I look out my hotel window, and the sun doesn't come out during the day in China...the smog just changes colours from grey to yellow.

That reminds me of when I lived in Toronto..

They are definately a pain in the Butt But no matter what we do, they are here to stay.I usually drive the hook through thier brain before throwing them back.

"Usually"? What do you do the rest of the time? Whack it with an oar? (Stop invasive species!)

lol, of course! By this time next year your gonna be winning tourneys, remember? Dana=the prodigy of angling!

Prodigy? Hahah, hardly. I fished a lot from ages 5-15... I just didn't know rules or proper presentation. Mostly did what the adults were doing.

Dana, try spiderwire in moss green. it's round and casts well.

Hmm, cool. I'll see if it's at the shop when I go and give it a try.

I have had the opportunity to try out some of the NEW "Super Slick" made by Power Pro. I gotta tell ya, I was very impressed with the stuff. I am trying the 15 lb for walleye and smallies. Thinner diameter than regular PP and very very very quiet through the guides.

This Super Slick PP also sounds good to me, too. I'll add it to my own list to try out.

No problem. I should also mention the "new knot" is abit of a hinderance, but not of any real issue after a few ties. If I remember correctly, I used a 4lb version, and some of the issues I had may be corrected by simply using a larger diameter.

 

Dana, those metal eyes are generally referred to as "guides", lol, but we got ya

HAHA, yeah, I knew that. I don't know why I wrote eyes.

I, too, am a mono fan, but this year I've used PowerPro, Fireline Fused Crystal, and Tuf-Line Duracast, as far as super lines go. So far, I've preferred the Duracast. I was using the green 12lb line (diameter was about the same as 6lb mono I guess), and I still caught three small brook trout with it (and lost others). It's smooth like mono, so it doesn't make the noise that PowerPro does going through the metal guides on my rod and it doesn't lose its color. Quantitatively, I didn't have as many issues with memory or wind knots or fraying as I did with other lines (including monos like Suffix Elite), but I'm now casting to the end of my spool so it's time to get a new line. I am going to keep trying other stuff, but so far I've liked it. It feels and acts somewhere in between mono and braid, I find. I'm sure there's someone here who has some horror story about it, though. (Edit: I just glanced back over the thread and yeah, someone already posted they don't like it. )

I need to respool before the weekend trip to go for trout (weather permitting), and I'm not sure if I'll just put 4lb Trilene XL on there for that, or try out something new like NanoFil, Suffix 832, Fireline Fused Original, or Spiderwire.

I really like these guys:

 

http://www.thenextbi...om/TNB_Episodes

 

All free. Enjoy it.

Thanks. I did see them before. I watched a bit of it before, but it seemed to be more of a, "watch other people fish" show than the documentary style that I'm after - less about fishing, more about fish. But it's probably a good resource for when I want to learn new fishing techniques.

Nice fish!

Thanks all. I'll look around for these and others that seem good. It's so cool to see underwater footage of fish and learn about them. Being above the water all the time, this type of thing helps me appreciate and understand them a lot more. I'm excited to get my hands on more.

Danforths are not so good on rock or grass bottoms. Maybe that's part of your problem? Maybe a Bruce would be better for your bottom conditions?

What's gulp?

You're supposed to kill them, right?

If you're looking for a cheaper rod that has a lifetime warranty and is supposed to be durable, then the Ugly Stik is for you. If you want all of that but also want to feel your lure's action, I'd suggest a Voltaeus.

I have not really much experience outside of these two rods, but I can feel so much more after ditching the Stik.