Spiel

....Sweet looking fish there Fidel. I'd be happy to see them replace the chinooks with cohos anythime. Almost as good as steel.

....Sweet

....It's a preference for some to go big and I believed in that as well when I started float fishing 30 years ago. These days I use an 11 1/2 footer and I'm telling you it's plenty. I almost exclusively fish the big flows of Huron and Georgian Bay and I honestly don't feel handicapped by the shorter, lighter and more comfortable rod. Funny when I first got into steelies an 8 to 9 foot fly rod used to bottom drift was considered a long rod, honestly!

....I retired my 13 footers years ago after decades of use and switched to an 11 1/2 footer. No regrets and no handicaps. Wouldn't go back to anything longer. As for the Quantum Tour Edition, I have one I use for walleye, been a terriffic rod.

.....Just waiting for all dem salmon to be gone.

....Congrats on your new "Baby" Dan.

....Good to hear from you Garry. I hope your health issues are all behind you and that you'll be casting for many years to come.

....Ah the tales of "boat laaunch bozos", often the highlight of many a trip. Always entertaining even if they be making me wait to launch. Good tale Glen, or would that be tail.

....Good to have you back Tom. Though in all honesty I did not know you'd been absent on account of I've been mostly absent these past few months as well. But I think I'm back?

....Well you done a whole lot better than I Al. My season ended last May and it wasn't planned that way, just sort of happened. I'd hoped to be up there this week but that too fell apart. Oh well guess I'll have to try for two trips next year. super pictures, congrats on a great year.

....Best wishes fellow Virgo. Have a great day.

....Awesome!

.....Brutal! It could have gone tragic real fast. I'm glad everyone is okay and certainly much wiser for the experience.

....Super! Glad you were all able to enjoy each others company for a day out on the water. Don and I are still trying to get some time together out on the water and I look forward to it.

....Those are some impressive bass. Well done.

....The entire idea was Dan's and and all the mods felt it was a good one. I expect it'll be a hit Dan, have fun with it. I hope to be able to contribute to it as well in some small way.

....Oh now you done it. You know me secret location and tube colours. Oh well, it's big water. Nice job on the catching.

....Beautiful !

....Oh my

....Looks like the ghost of the bird that hit your window....lol. Pretty interesting.

....Super!

....Braid all the way. As already mentioned go big, #80 for casting and #100 for trolling seems to be the standard with heavy floro leads. Advantages, fish are boated quickly and have a better chance for surving when released. Not to mention more solid hook ups when driving those over sized hooks home as wells as keeping those expensive baits tethered to the end line rather than lost in the fishes mouth. It's a win win situation for sure.

....Aw shucks, looky at what I missed out on....DANG! Glad to see you had a good one Ron.

....Congratulations on dat der anniversary thing. Fine, fine women you got there boss who's willing to spend it working and relaxing in a bush camp. And the camp's looking great as are those fish. Guess I shouldn't be surprised that it took a 77 year old women to show you where the big "eyes" be hiding.

....Sheeeesh, that is a "biggun" KIrk. Congratulations to the whole family. You know he'll be needed a new rod pretty soon.....*I says while chuckling*