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A few... I just happened to be there with a camera. First 2 were fooled by a certified Jedi Master..

Seen it done many times. Right in front of the old ferryman's house near Steveville the old cottonwoods were littered with big old ling skeletons. They're tough SOB's too, we caught one when I was a kid, tossed it in the truck, drove a solid 45 minutes home, planning to clean it (without the help of a tree, but a 2 x 4) and found the thing still very much alive. Tossed it in the pond in the backyard, and be damned if it didn't swim away....

Hehe... Family friend sent me pics of several up around 20 lbs or larger.... Never got that lucky. Roebuck didn't pan out very well either.

Ijmuiden is a nice place. Never got a chance to fish for pike much when I was there, but did get out on the Ijssel River for an afternoon near Kampen, guy I went with has sent me pics of the pike and walleye (snoekbaars) that they get, walleye considerably larger than the average we see. Lots of slow moving productive water and forage fish, no wonder they get so big. Definitely want to get back there with a flyrod..

That pike was caught in Holland.

x 2...

Or, as many people around here call them, Dutch Cowboy Boots...

There are days when I miss my rubber boots, tarps, and shovel...

Airflo 40 +. In the 8 Wt. variety.

Awesome. You're kinda looking like you're still dressed for Alberta weather though..?

I think I might make an appearance, always fun to watch the Passion of the Christ auditions... Not many people out there cast worse than I do but I usually see a few at the show that make me appreciative of my ineptitude.

I have one of those flip-out William Joseph ones. Keeps line from tangling in whatever may be at your feet in a boat. I use shooting heads alot, so I have alot of running line hanging around for repeat casts. Works well, I find.

Quite likely caught out of season also.

Awesome pic.

Very nice.

Hehe... Did come close after stopping to grab a handful of feathers off a freshly roadkilled sharptail out that way once...

With a few RPM thrown in..

That snake also had a "Don't F*ck With Me" attitude....

A few screwups. Not all fishing related either. Some probably posted before.. Thanks to WesG I bought a macro lens though.

Both very good points.

Hypocrisy always amazes me. Just like the Auto Executives that flew private jets to Washington to go cap in hand asking for bailout money, with a sob story about how they were going to "streamline" their operations.

I can always count on you for a laugh....

Awesome.

Can pick up a decent used one for about 750 k...