Jigfishn10

I went with Fish Hawk Metallic thread...gold underwrap and sapphire blue guide wrap...Man, I like that thread, it wraps and lays down very nice and looks sweet after a burnish.

You got that right Derrick!

If you lived here, you would be saving $8.50 for a pack of smokes. I had brought this up to my wife, if she quit smoking I could save $50/per month just on our health premium thru my company I work for. I'm saving $50/month on health insurance b/c I'm running 3 miles a day/4 days a week and have lost 18 lbs thru my company's health premium. Add in the cost of smokes and we could have a huge savings...Ya think she would be motivated to quit? Not so, my friend, nicotine is a very powerful substance, more powerful than money to some folks I guess.

Drinking again Nitro?

You nailed that one S Hovanec!

I still have a few of those tubes you made Jig Man...Awesome tubes my friend! I'm also a fan of Yum F2ubes.

Man, what a great addition to the fine family of sponsors already on here. I have a lot of fun and a lot of memories fishing the Devils Horse! Welcome aboard!

Man Bobby, I gotta try these spinnerbaits. I'm probably late to the party on the special you had, but I'm gonna get a couple. I love the idea behind this and I'm convinced I need to give these a whirl. Keep up the hard work!

My current PB went all gangster on this spinnerbait with a zonker strip (rabbit fur)

Thanks S Hovanec. I went with metalic thread and got color preserve just in case. I will try it on a broken section of rod I have to see how it comes out. Just applied a new finish on the rod and insatled the new tip top. I laid out the guides and will start the underwraps this week. Thanks for your help guys!

In 1500's England: It was customary to hang up the bacon when visitors came over, It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Man, tell me about it Tim S. I would love to fish year round...and poking holes in ice isn't my way to fish either...LOL

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, “saved by the bell" or was "considered a dead ringer."

Where did "p1$$ poor" come from? Interesting history. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. And then once it was full it was taken and sold to the tannery... if you had to do this to survive you were "P1$$ Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... They "didn't have a pot to p1$$ in" and were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Pre-spawn/spawn? We're just icing over here...LOL...I forget how early the spawn is down there. Thanks MCS.

Hey all, I'll be going down to Disney World in 3 weeks and have a guide booked to fish the lake(s) down there. We will be launching out on the lake where the Contemporary Hotel is located (sorry, not sure of the lake's name) and would like to know what I can expect this time of year? Thanks for any help you can provide.

A-Jay, that rig never gets dull to look at...sweet! Here's mine: Here it is naked:

That's a GREAT IDEA! Very good post!

Glenn is your best route, he's all about promoting BR, IMHO!

Thanks CN.

Hey guys, It's been a while since I built a rod, but I have a question on color preserve. Would you need it for metallic thread? I want to give the metallic thread a whirl and can't remember if I needed to apply a preserve or not. PacBay has a Stay True Thread that indicates that no color preserve is not required, what are your experiences? Back when NCP thread first came out, it really didn't live up to the expectation. I'm sure since then there have been more advances to NCP thread technology, I just ahven't tried it yet. I'm not sure which thread I'll be using yet, but I was looking for your opinions. Thanks. JF10

Ah, does this mean we're gonna see all your pics of large amounts of snow you're getting in your neck of the woods?....LOL...J/K Congrats and good luck! Hopefully you'll be putting that camera to good use this year filling up the fishing reports section with lunker pics! ~ JF10 ~

Did you tie that on 00, that looks sweet?!

I just finished a 700 pc Batman cave for may son...I could have used a beer then!

I haven't met a dog walking bait that didn't produce for me. Spooks, Skitterwalks, Sammys, Woodwalker...Like em all. I probably throw a Spitn Image more than anything though.