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I mixed 3cc and barely used 1.5 lol I bought the fancy mixer from mud hole also. I have a hard time starting my wraps especially on the ice blank it was so flimsy I couldn't keep enough tension to be effective without it bending the rod. The resin really darkens the thread also and makes it transparent. That one was the 17" bream buster blank I'm gonna do my 24" ML rod tonight should be a little easier.

Got the first one finished last night and left iron the drier overnight. Definitely a lot harder on that tiny ice blank then a arrow shaft to do the wraps.

That's all I was interested in was a cross patern

Been looking at all these fancy weaves on some custom rods and want to try to do it but it looks super intimidating. That and the kit to start or what ever it is is expensive.

Agreed I said that when I first moved in and I sealed the doors where I could see cracks and windows got the same treatment then the ole plastic trick. It's all going out the roof though the outside of the house we have 7' icecles hanging around the entire perimeter of the house. The addition is happening either way though the house is to small for us and my credit is to crappy to use my VA loan for at least another year or two but I'm working on it.

So with this winter being a bit cold how do yall heat your houses? Oil, propain, electric, wood/pellet? We have a oil furness and its killing us lol. We just fill it with diesel and it seems like it's lasting shorter and shorter each time but then again it hasn't made it out of the negatives and single digits in like a week. I used to put 3 cans in(15gal) and that would last us 4-5 days now it's 1-2 days if that. The gfs dad and I were discussing finishing the basement and putting an addition on the house and he wants to switch to propain guess it's pretty simple to go from oil to propain.

I don't want anyone in these snow threads whining about how hot it is this summer lol

Rods are dipped and awaiting clear coat probably clear them tonight when the kids go to sleep.

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Truck has been starting slow these past few mornings -6 this morning when I went to work. Snow is deep and ice is thick my favorite lake had 3 full size trucks and a suv on them over the weekend. When i ice fished the same lake 4 weeks ago it had 9" of black ice on it I can imagine it's probly twice that now

Me nah I was in a fox contest we called it quits after5 sets. Only 4 where taken out of the whole contest of 34 people. 2 fox won it $240.

Yeah it was pretty simple I just used rustoleum primer in whiteness drops of paint in a bucket of water a few swirrels of a stick and bam. I tried black primer but as you can see it didn't work. It has like a "ghost" swirl to it you can see it in certain light or angle.

Will do! Just dipped some sample parts to see how that Magic marble works out. Came out sweet I think I dipped the cork I cut off and some tackle box lids. Black primer didn't work but white really makes it pop. I'm gonna tape off and prime the rods tomorrow letting the epoxy sit a day

Well I finally got to starting my first rod builds. I went for a ice rod for my first one actually two ice rods one for myself one for a army buddy of mine. I went with a 24" ul his is a 17" bream buster. His is super short I was gonna order a different blank or handle but he opted for cutting a inch off the butt section and leaving it goofy looking. He said he wanted it short like that for being in the hut his other rods all hit the side when he sets the hook. Then I grabbed a old aluminum arrow shaft and practiced some wraps while I wait for the epoxy to set on the handles. Was a lot easier then I thought I just used regular sewing thread to practice with.

Thats a heat wave and a dusting

Go fox hunting a ball deep snow. Only made 5 sets last night one of which was down a hill which ment up hill climb back to the truck. My legs are more sore today then any leg day at the gym.

my ex would argue that statement

reds not my color

I drink them for the taste basically idk. It doesn't keep me awake or anything or make my heart race. When I was in college I used to drink the sobe no fear or NOS as 4 pack a day and my passenger side of my car floor was covered in empty bottles of no doze. My caffeine intake used to be insane my heart should have exploded a long time ago. I used to drive from Hartford Connecticut to buffalo New York on the weekends to see me gf in college. Sunday's I would leave buffalo around 11pm drive to my dorm and be at class by 7am Monday. I would pound a case of red bull and a bottle of no doze on the drive and smoke a pack of cigarettes. Back then I was a twig 5'9" 130lbs probably from the insane caffeine intakes.

I got the same amount as J and farmer pretty much. I spend every morning pushing my gf out of the drive way because she drives a tiny little civic with skinny tires. It was funny the other day my 5 year old and I were in Walmart and in the fishing section and he asked for a new lure. I told him not now wait till closer to spring. His reply was that the ground hog said only 6 more days of winter. I corrected him to 6 weeks not days and with out skipping a beat he says " ugh stupid ground hog we should shoot it 6 weeks is way to long" I almost died.

When deployed I lived on rip it's and monster rehabs. Since being home I drink monster ultra white from time to time I used to drink two a day but have cut back to Friday's only now.

Thanks for the well wishes guys. Looks like finally able to go home some time today. Have to take her to occupational therapy and to the burn clinic every week. She ended up having third degree burns in areas and may require grafts but we hope not obviously. She's been a trooper threw it all though. It's been a rough ride that's for sure.

My daughter had a mini mouse doll that sings "it's all about the bows" yeah heard it a million times this weekend. Stuck in my head.

Think this is more like it

Only one I'm against really is that dumb flu shot. They wanted to give it to my daughter this weekend since were in the hospital for her hands. I told them hell no I got it and got the flu twice now she's been around the flu and been just fine I'm not giving my little girl that shot. Everything else she's up to date