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Ahhh I see what you are saying brain, I haven't casted any myself, just going off of what I saw on the vid from You Tube, but what you are saying makes sense.

A snake roll for the zspey would be weird but like I saw in a vid on youtube, Hendrick was saying that these rods with the zspey handle (single or double) is only meant to do underhand casting with, for any other type of casting he recommened that you change the handle back to the traditional one.

Well I actually tied up one from the vid that was provided and I kind of have the idea of what to do but will try to perfect it before I submit one for the challenge cause the first one reminded me back to the days when I first started ting.

Hey mark, The new Zspey do come with a interchangable handle so you can take off the zspey handle and put on a traditional handle. I might pick one up for the hell of it but not to sure, just got my new rod today so I am broke broke broke!!!!!

OMG Ron what are you doing to me, making me learn something new, geeeze, well if I can learn it in time to get a fly in then I will but currently if I am not out fishing I am either working or ting flies that I use, but will try and make a effort to do something for this challenge!

Al, I would contact Alberta Merina out of Clersholm for price or better yet why not try calling the actual manufacture of the boat and ask them what a resale value of it is.

If your on Fisher Rd. down south try Swetons, great place, and they should have them, or can get them.

Thank you, Thank You. Just remeber ya'll, I 'll be 18 till I die.

I believe if someone makes you pay for a inspection on a car that they are trying to sell to you then don't buy the car. I just think it is ethical that if purchasing a used car that the owner should have some type of current inspection papers, its not like you are buying something that can kill *sarcasm* Does it cost the original owner more money, sure but if you want top dollers and you have nothing to worry about then why not. I belive, I could be wrong, that when you do a trade in at a dealership then they will do a inspection on it, and I think the dealership pays for the inspection.

Well I have had some ****ed up *hit happen when playin Ball (Football) One that hurt quite a bit and still bother me to this day was when I took a facemask in the bicep and dislocated my shoulder (Did I forget to metion I dislocated my shoulder when it did a complete wrasp around) My should was so far out of place that the ambulance driver was commenting how my arm looked like a piece of rubber. The next year I dislocated it again at the end of the season (needless to say this was my last year I played) but when I was in the ambulance they were like we should pop this in now so no muscles slide into the rotater cuff and get caught in there. So they wrapped a wet towel around my dislocated should and one paramedic took one arm the other took the other arm and they braced themselves and slowly pulled me like a turkey wishbone till the shoulder went popin back in place. I also took another facemask in the ribs (was blitz through the line and got blind sided by a pulling guard) broke 5 ribs. Riding a dirt bike a whipped out and took the footpegs across my leg, tore the jeans open and left me with a 1 inch by 1 inch gash across my leg. Should of gone to the hospitial for some stiches but did not :0( Not as sick as some of the other one, was out fishin one day with max and I set the hook on a pig bow when all max heard was a loud popin noise and me swearing afterwards, I was like, *hit my shoulders out, the whole arm is basically useless and I am trying to grip onto my rod, long story short, I switched hands pop the shoulder in and landed the bow.

How come whenever I see something like this in person or on a vid that there is some sort of aholic beverage close by? I remeber a few years back when I was enjoying a day out at Nature's Hideaway we were sitting at the bench by the pathway that lead to the top of the jumpin cliff and some drunk comes staggering by falls into the bench, where we had all of our raps and what not (yup back in the day I use to be a spin caster) and put a treble hook (two out of three hooks) through his leg. Man we were like you should go to hospital (never knew a way to take out a barbed hook) and get it checked out. Well the stumblin fool was like nah I am man and I can pull it out. Well lets just say after he pulled it out he had to go the the hospital anyways for stiches. What a dumbass.

My grandfather a few years back had a Phesant Farm out in Grassy Lake, and my mother had a huge selections of diffrent feathers, well untill recently, What a diffrence there is using REAL Peacok Feathers and some of the other color feathers I have been experimenting with, only thing is my mother is starting to notice that key feathers are not in abundance like she use to have.

I would agree with what doc said 100%. It could also be were you are position on your chair, if your back not straight then there is unnessassary tension in your back. Maybe look at getting a better chair.

Lindsey, get use to running out of supplies all the time, it seems to be something that always happens to me. Yesterday I threw my scisers across the room cause I was out of #16 hooks, and cursed myself for not knowing better and picking some up since I tend to go through #14 and 16 like crack.

btw 30mins and counting

Well since I am one year more experinced with the Two hander I thought I would get other peoples thoughts on what their fav set up was this year. For me I enjoyed using my 11' 6 6/7 weight Beluha with my 9 Pulse Hatch reel, and my 32 foot 380grain (I could be wrong on the line weight) Scandi line. For chucking Cats and dogs I diged using my 12' 6 7/8weight TFO Pro with my Pluegher Prisendent reel and my 21foot 480grain compact skagit line.

Here the thing, even if you fall into say 1 fot of water you risk hypothermai (sp) here is what I suggest. 1. NEVER GO TO THE EDGE OF THE ICE, IN MY EXPERINCE THIS IS THE MOST FRAGIAL AREA 2. I START AT THE EDGE AND SLOWLY MAKE MY WAY OUT BOUNCING UP AND DOWN (NOTE: MY FEET ARE NOT LEAVING THE GROUND AND SINCE I WEIGH ABOUT 250LBS I THINK IF I DO THIS CHANCES ARE ICE NOT GOING TO BREAK) ANOTHER THING IS WHILE WALKING ON ICE SEE IF YOU CAN FEEL THE ICE MOVE UP AND DOWN, IF SO DON'T BOTHER GOING AWAY ELSE AND GET OFF THE ICE AS IT COULD BREAK. AS A GENERAL RULE I DON'T REALLY GO OUT ON THE ICE, EXCEPT TO LAND FISH, AND WITH ME USING THE SPEY I CAN GET MY CASTS OUT THERE. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO PLAY IT SAFE, IF YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS CHANCES ARE IT IS.

BTW Fly on the Wall or Hells Bells or even the soundtrack to Maxium Overdriver, where the best albums

LOL, I guess I should of been more clear, I just realized what I said, what I meant to say is that I filled the tub up with water, and while wearing some clothing I tok some photo's to test out the underwater option the Olyumpus Stylus 850SW has.

The ice is ice down south, if you do some walking and find some holes that are nice and deep then you might get lucky and find some trout, just please remeber to be cautious and safe while walking on the ice.

Well on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, and last saturday I put in over 30 + hours (worked like 10 to 12 hour days) so I am without a doubt loking forward to a couple of days off, hopefully I will be able to hit the river some and do some fishin. Was out last Sunday, weather was surprising good, but no bumbs but was only out for about 2hrs.

Well its not very offen that I am slow at work and am able to sit on the boards and read everything and not get in trouble for it, but today it is extremly slow and just wanted to let everyone know that in 2 hours from now I am off work and don't have to be back till Monday, yeeee haaaaw.

For me I say nothing that way if I don't accoplish something I am not disappoint, yet at the same time I am not saying I can do everything, always learning always growing, thats my motto

here are some of my photo for the year

I'll go through my photo's tonight and see what good photo's I have from 2008