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They still make lazy ikes, lurenet.com has them

Flukes need to be straight as possible, you know where the center of the bait is. I grab the hook in the bend to insert, the plastic is held between forefinger and thumb. At that point as long as you don't twist your fingers or hook it will go on straight. The easiest plastic to practice with are grubs. You can get a cheap pack of ten for a dollar. The body is solid and aids in making sure the bait is straight. There are no appendages too get in the way, its just a matter of practice.

Just thought I would remind everyone that a FMJ is designed to minimally wound unless a vital organ is hit. That's why the military adopted them after the Geneva Convention, the consensus was to minimize wounding from bullet shrapnel. FMJJ for those who may not know stands for Full Metal Jacket. I know ultra big game rounds are solid but the rounds typically fired at lions, elephants and the like are almost a 1/2 inch. Deer are thin skinned and easily killed, a FMJ round would have to take out the heart, lungs or break the spine to kill. By design they do not expand and do minimal tissue damage.

Man I want a fishing day like that, AWESOME congrats :respect-059:

Hold the jig head next to plastic see where the hook is going to come out. Then thread it on nice and straight, bring hook out at pre measured spot.

That's cool, I'll end up with a sweater or something. I even showed my bride the rod I want too, but I'm not holding my breath......

Thank you Sam, for those words of encouragement. I'm pretty frustrated right now, but now that I have an appointment with a nerosurgeon I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Part of it is my fault, I reinjured my neck in August and waited til September hoping it would go away. I had my first back surgery in 1992 at the age of 22, all went well with that, for some reason 10 years later my body reabsorbed the bone graft and the fusion failed. Which wreaked havoc with my back, one day I was fine the next I couldn't hardly move. The second surgery stabilized my spine but didn't really address the pain, the theory is that there was too much of a delay between the fusion failing and the corrective surgery, resulting in permanent nerve damage, i.e. pain. Then my neck started going bad, we will fix a few levels then the next ones down will fail, that is where I'm at now, this will be my third surgery on my neck, but now we are into the thorasic area to so hopefully between the limited movement in the thorasic and the disc there are in pretty good shape this will be my last. I'm blessed in many ways, I try not to be negative but the pain sometimes gets to me. My last surgeon was great, he was voted by the nurses association the best neuro in Western VA, he is out of Roanoke, but now that I've moved the search is on for another. This guy that I have the appointment with has good credentials is affiliated with the right hospital, so hopefully all will go well. Just hope he can look at the films and tell where the herniation is, etc. I'm fused at C7-T1 and supposedly had a complete discectomy there so the report saying that I have a herniation there is frustrating. I've called the last surgeon's office according to the surgical notes I don't have a disc there, the radiologist says I do, and neither will take the time to review to see who is right. That's the frustrating part. Time will tell.......T Thanks again Sam, the best to you and your wife and hopefully your ordeal is over.

I've got the patches in my closet, I need to quit now I gotta find the will. I think my wife waits until I say I'm going to quit to pick a fight, lol. Always light up after a fight

We are quite aquainted I assure you, however in pill form Morphine does not cross the blood/brain barrier very well and therefore absolutely sucks as a pain reliever. I am a chronic pain patient and there are meds out there that work fairly well. Chronic pain is a different beast altogether from acute pain, chronic pain can be acute at times though. A chronic pain patient should never try to be pain free, it just isn't possible with at home therapy, you cut the pain to a tolerable level and deal with it. Chroic pain patients have a ridiculously high suicide rate, and many accidentally overdose on their meds, it is a tricky balancing act and should only be attempted with competent doctor supervision. I undergo random pill counts, urinalysis tests and psychological evals to make sure I'm not becoming an addict. There are days that I can go without any pain meds but those are very rare, and much appreciated.

I know that my 3pq's are holding up remarkably well. For the price they can't be beat. Machined aluminum frame good bearings and gears. They cast very good, the only reel I have that is better is my curado e series, and its not by much, not enough to warrant another 100 bucks. During the spring classic I can get 3 pq's for one e series. I own a b series curado, an e series, 2 abu garcia ext pros and 3 pq's. The pq is my favorite

I made one once out of a portable clothes rack and plywood. Wouldn't show a picture of it even if I could. Redneck ingenuity at its finest, even left it on the casters so I could roll it around!

Batten down the hatches and stay safe

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Glad you got your reel fixed, enjoy.

How many times have you heard the old saying..."The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys."..the older I get the more true that seems.

How many of you use an anti virus app for your smart phones? I have one because of all the internet use I'm doing now on mine.

Very true Tom, my first surgery was a huge success. I just wish I would have known that fusions lead to more problems and that they have a short life 10-15 years. I should amend this and state that I have developed a degenerative bone and disc disease and that my current condition isn't from surgeries gone wrong.

Thanks Cobass, that makes sense, the other two surgeries he performed utilized cages that required removal of entire discs. I see now with this level at least he may have left some of it there, makes me feel better about it. This will make the third surgery on my neck, unfortunately I've moved or I would use the same surgeon again.

I've had the misfortune of having to have 4 spine surgeries. Long story short, having some major issues again. Last spine surgery 3 years ago fusion and disketomy C7-T1, MRI 3 weeks ago. Findings large herniation at C7-T1! I'm not supposed to have a disc there. Is it more likely that the radiologist mis-counted vertebra or the surgeon didn't remove the disc? Factors that come into play, day of surgery my nerosurgeon had to perform emergency surgery on a car wreck victim, took about 8 hours, or at least that's how long mine was delayed, actually surgery was about 10 hours late. From my perspective doctors practice medicine, and mistakes happen, so I'm not the type to sue. Just curious as to which scenario is more likely.

Last years e series curado is this years chronarch.

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Grizzin, You can go to the Abu Garcia site they have schematics for all of their reels. Makes it easy to see what you are missing if anything. Also they have great customer service, tech guys to help, etc.

Amen, to that traveler. I was injured in 91, kept working til 2002. I was forced into retirement. Couldn't go back to my old job, the doctors would not release me. Nobody would hire me, so I collect my military retirement, fish when I can, sit at home and rot when I can't. IT SUCKS!!! I am willing to work just not able, and I'm only 43.