Spiel

There is an elastic band to be seen here on the old LG Custom CP reel pics. Don't fret over the death grip fish hold, I ate it! (also note the hat)

You don't see it Dave but there is one there. When your give back cabochon a 1/4 turn it engages a pair of micro detent springs, not to be used however when fighting fish, just to maintain line tension when the hook is in the keeper. I have two of the original LG Custom (Stanton style) reels and they're extremely well used, now retired, they were always paired with a rubber band or hair scrunchie.

Well, it's finally completed and I have just received a few pictures of my new toy. Looks like I'll be road tripping next week to London Ontario. This folks is the "Cats Azz!"

I think all hardcore anglers love their toys AKRISONER and the more hardcore we get the more expensive the toys. Many thanks for the props.

Good old Lorne, I remember getting the goods from his basement back in the day as well and yes the Whaler.

I am old school Dave, I've been doing this since 1975. The reel pictured is 5 and 3/8's and little sister reel I had custom made to match is 4 and 7/8's.

The handle for my new rod build is now finished and I'm a showing just a portion of it here with the "big sister" reel that will soon be replaced with the smaller diameter "sister reel" that I hope to pick up in the next week or two.

The "soon" to be in my possession reel does have a name. This is the medallion that will grace the presentation box that the reel comes in.

More progress today. The reel seat has been mortised and the hardware has been glued on and it's now clamped until tomorrow while the glue sets. I also finished up the final shaping of the fore grip and inserted a matching insert to the butt cap.

Progress is slow but I'm still advancing. This seamless all cork design handle is almost ready for installment onto the blank. I just need to mortise out the reel seat to accommodate the reel foot.

The line up to get that blank off me CM as you can well imagine is rather lengthy.

This..... "No consideration was given to those fishermen already either with booked accommodations or those with planned trips," True fisherman/anglers don't plan their trips around this annual rape snag fest!

I'm somewhat torn on this one CM. I have an old Loomis 1562 IM6 I've considered building but given that my shoulder and wrist issues are a big factor these days I'm thinking it will most likely be an 11'6" CTS in a 4-8 line rating.

I got around to starting the rod build yesterday for this new custom reel using a supplied piece of acrylic in the butt cap with some in house dyed Poplar and a hunk of vulcanized rubber fashioned in an "Old School" Float Rod style.

Happy Anniversary wishes to you both. Cheers 🍻

Oh I know the joys of a fly rod, I was raised with a fly rod in hand not long after I learned how to walk. My Grandfather who taught me never fished anything else. Sadly he suffered severe Emphysema from his coal mining days which severely limited his mobility and thus Trout stocked ponds both public and private were my domain were spent until he passed. In time my Uncle actually had a Trout rearing facility where he raised Rainbows, Brookies and Arctic Char the commercial retail market as well as pond stocking, including his own pay to use stocked pond. All that being said, those fish would absolutely be fun, fly rod or otherwise and they would fight considerably more if they had been reared in a better environment and released with their propellers intact.

Sweriously Barry? Those are some of the saddest pen reared stocked on demand trout I have seen. Pay to play is all good but those are mutant fish.

Well I just received a number of pictures showing me that the final piece has been completed and installed. Colour me, excited!

You and me both Bill.

This is two of the many teaser pictures sent to me of a custom reel that I'm having built that is nearing completion. Once in hand I'll be in high gear to get a matching custom built rod for it to fish this Fall's Steelhead season.

What is this Facebook thing you speak of?

Far too many years back now I was up on Nipigon with DanC, Nita and TEP and the western shoreline was on fire and the water bombers were routinely swooping down to scoop water., we knew darn well to stay the hell out of the way while we fished the shoreline. Messing with those big yellow birds is just, well as Lew stated "stupid!"

I can't offer you anything of late as it's been about 40 years since fished there. Back then I stayed at Dry Pine Camp and the best fishing I had for Walleye was in the dead of night fishing minnow tipped jigs in the down current side of the narrows below the bridge where I have red circled on the map. There was a channel there with weed banks on either side. Anchored in the weeds and jigged in the channel. We caught fish all over but that spot was a consistent hours after sunset and very close to camp. Mind you at the time Great Escape Cabins was not there. Best of luck, it is beautiful waters.

Found this little critter on one of my geraniums a few mornings ago. Not a bad image for an inexpensive point and shoot camera.

I've been there too, but those were the Mercs of old and I too called them "black anchors," back in the day, but times have changed. My Yamaha and Honda friends have stated on a number of occasions how well my "Merc" performs and how quiet it is compared to theirs. Trust me, when I was shopping out my boat, I didn't want the Merc but my dealer said "trust me," so I did and as I have previously stated, no regrets.