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Nice pics. That whitey skull would've definitely been a keeper..

Yup.

Great vid.

I got sick of paying 9 bucks for 3 tapered leaders, so I started making my own. I buy Berkley in the big spools from 20 lb down to 4 (in each size down), cheap, plentiful, and hasn't cost me many fish (to my knowledge). People will probably laugh when I say I usually just use one strand of 8 lb (not necked down at all..) 9 feet or so, when nymphing almost anywhere. I've become a big fan of GRHE's, bigger with 2 beads. And shot in front depending on current. Can't say I've ever had real difficulty turning em over either. If the situation dictated a hair-fine tippet I carry a few in my vest, or just use a bit longer finer add-on. But I've become a fan of making tapered leaders, as for the knots, pull test til it draws blood, and good to go.. Never had a problem with them after. I check 'em periodically for nicks, and cause I tend to step on them alot.. As for busting off fish, I had a bit of a heavy hand at one time, but it's rare I snap one off on the hookset nowadays. They seem to lay out well, for my most-certainly-lacking-finesse casts.. Definitely worth a go in my opinion.

Had a Springer and a Brittany when I was a kid. Awesome dogs, though the Brittany was a bit high strung at times.. No dog now, unfortunately.

Aren't pike herbivorous?

The biggest Rainbow I ever saw came from a canal.

Guess that's where the phrase "Went home at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2" came from.?

And live goldfish..

I just traded up my Cummins yesterday.. Miss it already. There's never been made a good V8 diesel as far as I'm concerned. (Except maybe a 6.2 Chev, run forever but couldn't pull the hat off your head..)

Now that is a pimp set o' wheels..

Awesome pic.

Hehehe...

Be careful walking whilst random casting/rod testing is being done, I had to duck for cover from some guy that looked as though he was trying to land a part in "The Passion of the Christ".

I know but my lips are sealed...

I thought that was pretty interesting.. It would have been a few years ago now, and I can't recall exactly the circumstances other than a guy I met on the water ( the only one that day) and I got talking and he mentioned it. Pretty cool I thought.

Wonder Boner... Another well thought out marketing scheme.

Not the exact video, but we'll go with it because I'm obviously inferior..

Nice bunnies.

Agreed, nice pup.

Nice looking hound also.

Nice fish and nice hound. I was down in that area (where you're from) once and someone I met on the river told me of a decent size laker caught below Lundbreck Falls..

Nor I, in regards to Turner, but I did find that book rather interesting. Some of his political views I don't really agree with, (the ones I've read, can't say I know much else about him..) but the book seemed pretty accurate. As for the tulips, I liked the bit in that book where the guest ate his host's ridiculously "valuable" tulip bulb, assuming it was an onion..

Mmmm pike is right... especially from under the ice. Good video on youtube for removing the Y bones from the fillets, but I'm too stupid to post it. Keep getting a malformed video ID when I try. I think I might have seen it here actually..

Ironically enough, I recently read "Tulipomania" by Mike Dash, and "Greater Fool" by Garth Turner. Pretty interesting stuff.