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Maybe next year... :-[ I'll have my license then.

That confused me a bit.

By my count, the contest ended at midnight? Let the voting begin!

Yikes! Well next time I clean and lube ill give it a shot

I got the eagles by two or more.

Lol it was laundry day for me so I had all my clothes and stuff on my bed ;D

Over-view of my wrapping rig. Watch in 1080p and enjoy!

Even if they go 9-7? Not even wildcard? :-? Im not sure... And YAYYYY!!! I think the team just put in more effort ala Jason Garrett.

Welcome to the family!

Glad they gave up Paul Pasqualoni too lol

I figured God had to use the restroom and hit pause on Madden ;D

Although you did the right thing, protecting our freedom earns you a free liscence

COWBOYS WIN COWBOYS WIN COWBOYS WIN COOOWWWBOOOOYYYSSS WWWIIINNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D They said as soon as it all went black the players just hit the deck, and or hugged a person for dear life.

Never mind the sewing thread. The ones my mom has are too weak. Anyways I got some felt on it today and made an interesting Thread tension mechanism (I'll throw it on youtube soon). I used the sewing thread to practice wrapping on a broom stick, and I think I did pretty well for only one color. I'll try and put my rig on youtube tonight or tommorow afternoon

String that picture is pretty cool! From far away it almost looks like flames

...In the NEW MEADOWLANDS. A transformer is smoking there so all the power is out. And the game is on real-life pause! LOL! ;D

How does the smoothness compare, to say, grease on the worm gear? Because I just put a nice coat of Reel Butter grease on mine.

Next time I hit BPS ill see if they have any Line Butter

Well, your a little far from VA... But i'll see if I can catch a flight

To start I think I will re-wrap the guides on my saltwater ugly stick. Come to think of it I dont know if ugly-stick are evn wrapped? I just used a rat-tail file to make the slot for U shaped than V, and glued some cloth on. Will regular sewing thread work? I dont really want to buy some "rod-building" thread off the internet just yet.

Update: I just threw together a wrapping block with some wood and stuff laying around the house, and of course some help from the internet I just need some felt for the V in the 2x4's, and some thread to show you my concept! Also, Can I use a different material besides felt for the inside of the V that holds the blank??? Like, say a couple strips of soft fabric??

I'll have to try that when the weather gets warmer.

Maybe i'll try it again in the spring, when the weather starts to warm again.

Hmmm, Maybe it has something to do with cooler weather, because I hadn't tried it until about the beginning of October. I was shocked at my results because I've heard great things about it.

Info: 12# P-Line CXX Moss Green // BPS Carbonlite // Shimano Crucial 7' M/XF Appearance - 7/10 : P-Line sure did a nice job making the packaging on the spool look good. The snazzy red and white P-Line logo, the very futuristic CXX stamp with the line going behind it really got my attention. They really nailed the style of being subtle, but with a little aggressiveness in the design. But what I want to know is who thought of moss green? I mean, I personally think this is the ugliest color line i've seen. Yes, I know CXX comes in different colors, but the only one most places seem to carry is Moss Green. Oh well. First Impression - 8/10 : When I first got the line home, I took the line out of the box and soaked the spool in warm water based on a recommendation by J Francho to remove the slickness of the line. Once I took the line out of its nice little bath, I noticed it had a notch in it to hold the line like Seagaur of Sufix, and also had a Quality Inspected sticker to hold it in place. Although, I much prefer the Seaguar/Sufix design of it. The next thing I noticed was that the line was put on the spool very sloppily and poorly, worse than Trilene does. Needless to say in the first 4 ft I pulled out there was a small kink in the line already. I've been spoiled by the winding technology of brands like Seagaur and Sufix. But that's not a big deal to me, just little preferences. Spooling up/ First casts - 9.5/10 : Spooling up this line was by far very very pleasing. It layed on the spool very nicely for 12# line, and with a 1/4 ounce Practice casting plug, I was making effortless casts in the yard with the line going through the guides very smoothly and straight. No complaints from me here! So I decided to take it to the lake. Initial Performance - 7/10 : I was thoroughly pleased with the initial performance of CXX. I gave it a good sensitivity test while light t-rigging around some fallen timber. Sensitivity was decent, it felt in-between Fluoro and mono, but closer to fluoro. For 8$ a spool, it was pretty good. The line was extremely abrasion resistant, I was fishing in some heavy timber, and not once broke off from abrazed line. The line seemed to blend in with the water well, but that can depend on your body of water. However, I did have some mysterious breakoffs I don't normally have. I was working a cranks over a dirt bottom and my line just broke. No pressure, no kink, and i didn't snag because my crank just floated right up. Lucky it was only about 20 ft. out so I snagged it with a Pop-R. Also, I lost a good jig because it randomly broke on a cast. I was constantly checking the line for nicks and abrasion, but didn't feel/see any, so I know it wasn't abrasion. I don't have a lot of lures, so un-explained break-offs are a big NO-NO. However, the line didn't develop much, if any, memory. All things considered, it was in my eyes, a decent line for the price. Lasting Performance - 3/10 : After three days since the initial spooling up, I found this line to be unfishable. I even let the line soak in KVD L&L overnight, and when I got to the lake I was thoroughly disappointed. The line came off my spool like a Slinky and stayed that way all day, even when tossing a high resistance spinnerbait, and a crankbait. I tried to manage fishing for the next few hours, but it was very tough because I was limited in what baits I could throw with this slinky they call CXX. If I tried to throw anything under 3/4 ounce, even with the breaks all the way on, I would get backlashes, although they weren't bad enough to kink the line. Before I left the lake, I recycled it. This line was a waste of my time and money, because I would basically have to respool every fishing trip. While unraveling my spool, I noticed the line had almost, Bamboo-ish segments all the way to the spool. They weren't there when I spooled up my reel. Hmm, must have been me I guess :-?. The other thing that got me was that this time had LINE TWIST LIKE CRAZYY!!!! And im fishing this on a BAITCASTER?? :-? The twist was so bad, it was as if a kid just kept reeling on a spinning reel, while the drag was going out. It was horrible! However, I may have gotten a bad spool when I got it at BPS, so I picked up another fresh spool, of the same 12#. However, I got the same results. Instant memory. I get less memory with Fluorocarbon line But, I tried to fish it up until today, when I've become fed up with this line and i've had enough of this line. I cut it all off and threw it in the recycling bin. Conclusion : I will give this line a final score of 5/10. It was good for the first day of fishing, but after a couple days of sitting, it needs to be respooled. But, for the first day it had decent sensitivity and superb abrasion resistance. It has put a bad taste in my mouth for co-polymer lines, but I will try others like Yo-Zuri and Sunline Machine gun. I would take SpiderWire over this stuff. Overall, I've been let down by P-Line and I've been disappointed with CXX. I hope nobody else had this experience with CXX, But I wont be buying it again. I'm going back to Fluoro.