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Wow. Welding is one thing I’ve not yet done but wouldn’t mind learning. The things we do that can keep us from fishing but once done make the fishing experience sweeter. If possible, post some pictures of the progress ?

18 and a life to go!

Koz, I believe you’re right on trellis. As for the scrap wood, it’s amazing what you can come up with. I think I heard that scrap wood whisper something all the way over here... Yeah, I heard them say multiple times now, “Crankbaits, and jerk baits and poppers, oh my!” (Wizard of Oz reference, lol)

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

I don’t allow my rods tips to freely dangle around at home or during transport. Talk about babying equipment, lol. Guilty as charged, lol.

Yeah. Pretty ugly, lol.

Wow. I’m not going to complain about 40 posts, lol. Every once in a while, the skies open and light from heaven shines down and blesses me with a joke off the seat of my pants. ?

We had a couple of root issues on this project. In general, I always like to address the root of a problem but what do you do when the root is the problem, lol? ? The fence is the background was the first fence I built by myself and I dug every ding dang hole to. The pole next to my house rotted and fell in the spring. The extra materials from the big project came in handy.

I guess I wrote too fast. I meant to write to break at the knot. ?

I guess I look at the scenario much differently, maybe because I am a shore angler. When I get snagged up, I want that leader to break so that I don’t waste my main line. To me, that has been the one of the main reasons I would use a leader. The break off will usually happen on the leader material and not the knot. im speaking solely on breaking snags.

If possible, test the speakers somewhere else to rule them out. I think I’d run system restore and get the pc back to its state before the install and try again. If that fails, I’d say screw windows 10, lol.

Thanks!

Yeah, I know. The skills of some of those bait makers is incredible. Much respect to them. With that said, you and I have something in common! My artist skills are not even a zero, it’s negative. However, I learned that this painting/artistic handicap I possess did not stop the bass or other fish from being fooled. Trust me. They bit. I was cleaning out my garage and came across a lure I shaped and primed but never finished and an old rapala I found that has its lip missing. I’m going to try to get them done and fish with them before the weather turns. Start with a popper or propeller bait like a devils horse (smith wick). This lure type does not need wire through construction nor do need the proper placing of lead to to upright in the water. They can also be made out of basswood or wood dowels (the heavier the wood, the smaller the popper or else it will sink by its own weight). You can use screw eyes for the trebles and the line tie. Get the screws from a place like lureparts online or other similar stores. Give it a try. If you live in a part of the country where winter pretty much shuts down fishing, this can get you through the cabin fever days, lol.

Then she said she wanted to have that thing that people put over a gate to let plants like vines grow on. I didn’t know what it was called and neither did she, lol. I asked her how she wanted it to like and from her description, I drew it one a sheet of paper. Bought the wood at Home Depot. This was actually the perfect excuse to by a sliding mitre saw, and I almost did. But the anti tool practical monkey reminded me it wasn’t necessary. Convenient but not needed. I used my circular saw to make the cuts and my jig saw to cut the grooves that attach the top things to the horizontal beam. It is because of her that I learned to build a wooden fence (by myself) lay tile, hardwood floors and install ceiling fans and other fixtures... for free, lol. My neighbor and I built a 40 plus post wooden fence to separate our yards from some wetlands in the early spring and summer. We learned one thing. We’re both too dang old (50 and 55) to haul 40+ 80lb bags of cement, and a gazillion pickets, posts and 2x4s down a hill, let alone drill 40 holes with an auger, lol.

I mentioned in Koz’s thread the extent on my middle school level wood working skills. Honey Do Wood Working Project My wife “picked up” an outdoor table set with 4 chairs and a table... For free. It was in awful condition. The seats were covered in that black, molding looking stuff from typical Pacific NW weather and in pieces. The table was a wreck. I was going to tell her “H” no, even if it were free. But she replied that she really, really liked it, and that it would look nice in the back yard. That was last spring. The COVID virus hits and a little suggestion from her was it’s as good a time as ever to work on this project. Drawing upon those decades old memories, I sanded all pieces that made the seats, glued them back together with TB3. I did the same for the table. Next, I refreshed the wrought iron frames for the chairs and the table legs. Then I painted them in the color she wanted. I couldn’t go fishing in my state anyway, lol.

Very nice work! I am not a carpenter but I love working with wood. Everything I know I learned from two shop teachers in 6-8th grade. I learned the basic tools: sanders, router, saws, making calculations, etc. It’s been enough to make lures from wood, like poppers and crank and jerk baits. And the never ending honey do projects, especially this year.

I can almost guarantee that you might have thought it was a little, but you likely inadvertently put your rod in the “high stick” danger zone. Don’t be too hard on yourself. We all will break a rod or two or three and sometimes for dumber reasons. Trust me. The first rod I broke was done when I wasn’t even fishing. I was late for something not paying attention to the time and was running to my car with 3 rods in my right hand. I tripped and flew forward like Superman. After I hit the cement dock, the rods followed suit and my hand held them on the ground while the tips undulated like a diving board. Did 2 the two cheap rods break? Of course not. My prized rod did. That’s how it goes. This is what I recommend and do when I get hung up. I take the rod and reel out of the equation completely and doing this practically reduces rod breakage to nearly zero. Pull out enough line to work with. careful though. Some lines can cut through your skin like a hot knife through soft butter. I usually have a small dowel with me but if there is a twig nearby and if worse comes to worst, I’ll use my pliers. couple things. Make sure you have your glasses on and make sure that you are NOT in the path such that if it gets freed, your lure can actually hit you. Hooking yourself is not fun. Therefore when I pull on the line, I pull it to either side of me and not directly at myself. I wouldn’t go with the ugly stik. I would rather get another rod and be more mindful when trying to free snags.

Thanks, Glenn!

So where’s the stuff you’re not showing? ?

Fishing. I never hunted but I know I’d be attracted to the tracking and stalking and getting down to man vs animal. Don’t know if I could make the kill shot. I’m not afraid to, I just think everything leading up to the shot is more appealing.

On the contrary, she’s not a nerd. If she pronounced it correctly, then she would be a nerd. ???

Travel rods are the most convenient, but if you’re adamant about using your own rods, I’d simply buy a Plano rod carrier. They are airline worthy out the gate. I’ve gone international with mine and no issues so a domestic flight would be a cakewalk. Done deal.

See if you can duplicate the break and try to see if it is truly the braid or the mono that is breaking. I’m hoping it’s the mono and not the power pro. This happened to me about two weeks ago. I was joining two lines, yozuri hybrid to mono that was already on my spool, both 6# test. I used my trusty Albright knot. As I did the final cinching it broke. I didn’t think much of it because perhaps I did it too sloppily as I was in a rush. Try number two same result. I thought user error again. Third time, same result. Now I was thinking something is really wrong and it is probably not me. I started look at the breaks. I should have paid more attention earlier because each and every break occurred on the mono, and the knot was actually intact. Woh! I did it a fourth time and voila, the mono broke again. Somehow the mono went bad. It was probably a year old. I took it all off and spoiled the yozuri 100%. I mention this just in case you might not have observed where the break occurred. It was the mono in my case and hopefully in yours because if it’s the power pro, you could return it.

I’ve done worse than that or at least equivalent so I know all about that scenic drive, lol. I’ve forgotten my license a few times and I don’t take a chance fishing without it. Not worth it.

That is not good. I’m pretty much in the same boat. It’s been a lonnnnng time since I bought braid and power pro is my go to. . The line I have is probably 10 years old but still good. Looking forward to the experiences of others who’ll be chiming in soon.