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I'd rather reel faster with a slower ratio. I also had a burner and got rid of it. I had to concentrate to hard to slow down when the need arose.

Pike I generally don't worry about. To my knowledge have never been bit off by one. Musky, in my experiance, have been a different beast. Musky's in general will strike a bit from the side. Not always, but probably 75% of the time. Have one get a little over zealous, and jump the gun, and your gonna get bit off. That's when your gonna wish you had a leader. I won't debate a mono or fc leader, but for me, nothing but steel. Whatever the material, get the edge and have a leader.

Good job Hawk 8-)

Mornin' Bates, welcome.

Welcome toBR

There's got to be better things to eat. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483504,00.html

Nope. We are good on snow, just cold than a well diggers adze! Supposed to get up to 14 today though.

Welcome Yank!

Should keep the worm farm idea, he'll need it for the tak fish. I love the tank pics. Makes me want to set one up again. It's been a long time since I had one to take care of. Now you got me debating with myself. :-/

Go by what you know, Not what one person told you. I would run with what Idaho***er and Bassin Blvd had to say. Pays to be safe.

Welcome to BR fishintroop! Stop up and way hey to everyone on the intro forum.

Either would be a good reel. I just went thru lookng at different spinning reels also. One that was highly recommended was The shimano Symetre. Check E-bay, there are some last years models going for roughly 60-80 bucks. Can't go wrong with that one. Here's one I just found. Not to bad of deal. Seller looks good and free shipping. Just someting to consider. Good luck-ff15 http://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-Symetre-2500FI_W0QQitemZ180303291873QQihZ008QQcategoryZ36147QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sorry to here it RW, you know what they say. A bad day of fishing is better than.......... Hope ya find 'em!

Hey Texas guy, welcome to the forum!

Welcome to BR!

Just a start. Mepps #3 inline spinners

Way to be sponsored man! ;D Something tells me if you show up with that, all wagons will be circled around you.

Gotcha! Guess I was thinking of something else.

Left me guess, a Eisenhower dollar?

Geez, I padded mine with toilet paper and the best I could get was 5/8".

I checked outthe state site that was given for on-line fishing license. Gonna get that done soon too. According to what I read, they just bill my credit card and issue a number to copy and retain. That's easy enough.

I've got roughly 600 miles and plan on leaving friday early evening. With one or two stops on the way down, plan on pulling in somewhere around 8-9 am. X2 on the cell service.

If it looks like there isn't anything to help with, that would be a great idea. If things work out, I'll look ya up when the time comes.

Is anyone going to be their on Saturday? I plan on being there sometime in the midmorning. Gonna be looking for something to do. Helping set something up, gopher, door greeter, anything? Otherwise, gonna go fishin'.

No, if you were to look where the serial number is on the other series rods, that's where they say made in USA. If I remember right, the Triumph series doesn't have anything denoting where it's made either.