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Agreed, cool colors! How big do they get? Not familiar with that fish.

Looking at the indentations made by his fingers and the cupping of the belly made by the palm of his other hand, I would say that it isn't a mount. Does look rather rigid though. Aside from anything else, that's a really nice fish you have there. Great catch!

Way to go FFD and LongMike. Great head start! Goodluck tomm-ff15

To the ones with distance issues, I think it is fair to say that with all the normal variables (line weight, lure weight, etc), rod length plays a big part in casting distance. Take a 66mhm avid and a 70mhm avid with the same reel, line and lure and it's not hard to see what difference there will be in distance. IMO That being said, my Revo s' and sxs' w/ 12# test cast a country mile with minimal adjustments.

Ditto to what Micro said on the 12#. I have tried Yozuri Hybrid 15#, and have found that to be a bit stiff and stayed with the 12. Awesome line. Just my .02 cents

Hey Dan!

Muddy, or others, has any one ever heard of Otis and the Alligators?

Thanks Olebiker. BTW, I like your list.

One question Olebiker, where's the "eye of the stove"? ;D

The Perfect Storm! Only with a much better ending. Big O, that was a read worthy of a published short story. I like the part about the exorcism, nice touch.

The swimming pool theory is awesome. We used to do that up here during rockfest, was a blast!

I normally run with the St. Croix rods, but this summer tried others. Ended up with 6'9" mh and a 6'9" parabolic Carrot Stix. Both are awsome rods for their respective uses. And they look great under the Revo sx.

I like the hearing protection one.

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Nice fish, awesome catches!

Underneath the reelseat. Just trying to keep it simple.

It is a rod built with the reel seat on top and a "trigger" underneath. You would place your index (pointer) finger on it like you would the trigger of a gun. I think for you, the lightningRod would be perfect.

Nice looking fish billbrum! 25#?

I didn't exactly read the whole article, but didn't the states in the Georgia area just sue the great lakes states for some of their water, and have it thrown out by the supreme court? Great lakes hold 20% of the world's fresh water. I see why that's a hot topic, now if I can just find out what my state law is on pumping water from streams and rivers.

I guess when she's looking for you, she knows WHERE to look. ;D

I got an answer back last nite. He didn't list any examples as to why, but apparently it's true. He said he has cited companies in the past for abusing the law, taking advantage of the water. tipptruck, I was thinking the same thing but wasn't sure if you could burn up 100's of thousands of gallons for concrete. I guess for highway construction. fishfordollars, rape was the first thing to come to mind. I can't believe that every conservation group under the sun hasn't raised all kinds of hell over this. But I haven't heard a word til now. I hope this guys letter to the editor gets some kind of reacton from the public.

I'm not sure either. I have an e-mail out to a friend of mine that's a warden here in my area. I hope he'll shed some light for me. I'm thinking cranberry growers for their harvest. We've had a fairly dry year up here, and they need alot of water for that. Other than maybe hatcheries, I don't know what else would take that kind of water.

how the state of Wisconsin could allow the syphoning of millions of gallons of water from trout streams by contractors. If this is true, it's insane. Letter to editor in our local paper: EDITOR: Anyone driving on Highway 45 between Wittenberg and Birnamwood in western Shawano County recently is aware of road construction, but most are not aware of a state law that allows the local contractors to remove thousands of gallons of water from a small trout stream in the area without a permit. Such was the case on Sept. 4 as I attempted to fish a small creek emptying into the Embarrass River. Huge tanker trucks pulled up every half hour or even more frequently, pumping thousands of gallons of water. As this noisy activity ruined my fishing, I decided to report this obvious violation to the Department of Natural Resources hotline. The following Tuesday, Warden Jim Horne of Shawano County called to inform me that the contractor's actions were legal! State lawmakers allow highway contractors to remove up to 2 million gallons of water per day from trout streams without a permit. As this area's drought conditions persist this law becomes lethal to our trout. Thanks to our state legislators and the DNR, my 2008 trout stamp will be my last. Schofield

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