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Seen this one. It was explained that this was a movie stunt from Expendables 2 gone bad. According to several web sites http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/parents-file-suit-over-sons-death-in-explosion-during-filming-of-expendables-2/ the explosion KILLED one and SERIOUSLY injured a second man.

Yes.

Stopped 7 1/2 years ago. Things that are better without nicotine.... Breathing, money, breath, food, my wife, daughters, thinking, seeing, reading, moving, sleeping, working, friendships, shooting, hunting , fishing....living. Other than these not a whole lot. I had no idea how much I gave up to smoke. Insane.

8# Nano and a 6# Fluoro leader.

K i'll play... 1. 5" Tiki-Stick Super Soft Pro 1a. 5" Tiki Stick 2. Rage Shad 3. Roboworms 4. Rage Thumper 10" 5. Zoom Super Fluke ...i'm forgetting 8 or 9.

A couple of jigs that are a year and a half old.

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My everyday carry is a .38 special +P As far as knives go, for $60 do yourself a favor and buy one of these. http://www.crkt.com/...earch_id=164289 Assisted Opening has been around for a while but not like this.​ It has an "internal knife ball-bearing system". And it is ridiculous! Words wont do justice to how smooth and fast this knife is. Like I said, do yourself a favor.

Fishing one frequently now for ~9 months or so. I clean reels as often as I clean guns. Soooo I have not cleaned the reel. Zero problems. I catch fish with it. Going to get a lefty next time. I have gotten used to few other southpaw BC reels. And yes, I agree with the above, its size and shape make it a winner in the palming department. Your mileage will vary

Simple. Pick one and fish

Here in the Phoenix area between Oct and April yes. May through Sept no, stuff melts.

Epic. Just epic. Thanks! My avatar bass was caught on a DS using a 4" purple finesse worm right at a bridge footing not 20' from the wall. TTL was featured a year or two back on City Limits Fishing. It holds some nice ones.

I use and enjoy both. Two different tools for different tasks.

Nice intel Tom thank you. Tempe Town Lake is relatively new. Filled in 1999, it uses huge inflated rubber "walls" on both ends. Pretty cool engineering. Yes, lots of shad, bluegill and sunfish. I have several 5 ROF #68 Specials Huds ready in rainbow trout color. I plan on sitting in the middle of the channel this "winter" in my boat to see what these will do.

Yes, Phoenix metro. Tempe Town Lake specifically. Prey fish is shad by the ton. Have not seen any trace of craws there. The state is preparing its annual rainbow trout stocking over the nest few weeks.

Good. Food for thought... Not bound to the bank. I enjoy the short 1-3 hour trips to cast a line anytime I want. I love fishing from my v-hull. But the boat thing is an event I don't care for in the middle of the week.

I am a little stumped with the conditions here in the Arizona desert. Nearly everyone on the board are using fall presentation. Our climate here, I believe has really only two "seasons". One is called HOT and the other COOL. Here is the scenario. How would an experienced angler approach it. I am primarily a bank fisherman. My favorite "pond" is a 224 acre shallow (3' to 16') river impoundment. Bottom is rocky in my favorite spots. Bridge legs too. Water visibility is roughly 2 feet. Green stain. Bright sun and clear blue sky's as always. The water temp has dropped 10+ degrees in the last month. From the high 80's to the low and mid 70's. Wind will be 4-6 mph from the west at fishing time. Air temp will be an arid 90 degrees. Well, there you have it. What is your approch? THANK YOU

Take one rig with you next trip. Fish that one lure or bait type for a few hours. Your brain wont be wondering off thinking about some other lure or presentation. Cant, cuz u ain't got one . Spend the time feeling the bait on the bottom or wherever it is in the water column. Prepare yourself in advance to work that bait in all the ways it can be. Experiment.

Yep. Take it back for replacement.

A good reaction lure imo. It works in specific conditions here in the desert ponds and lakes. Seems to produce more for me in large deep lakes as opposed to small urban lakes and ponds. May have something to do with the amount of pressure these little bodies of water have. The fish there seem to spook easy. FWIW.

Me and Curt rolled up in a big sheet of heavy plastic leaving just enough opening on the end for two hands. These hands were needed to manipulate a coffee can full of gasoline and a box of kitchen matches....yeah. We had discovered a yellow jacket beehive in a foundation crack in my Grandpas barn. Poured the gas, struck the match...followed by a moderate explosion. A few dozen or 300 bees discovered the "opening" few in and attempted to kill us both. Curt tried rolling right and I tried rolling left and the roll of plastic just got tighter. This was all very unpleasant. Grampa worked hard to save the other half of his barn before turning his attention to us. Curt and I spent the next 36 hours or so hours in the hospital. We were 9 years old and the rest of the summer of 1964 sucked.

The slow thing has been the single most difficult aspect of angling for me no question. It has also yielded my best numbers and weight. If results are important it must be mastered. As mentioned the use of a wrist watch has helped me.

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The New York football Giants and New England Patriots are the two best teams in the NFL. Both teams will make the post season. And when they do...good luck with that