burleytog

The idiot that doesn't know how to cast.

They are all worthless until every team gets three or four games under their belts.

It's the New England accent, isn't it?

true....but if it can't hold a palomar knot like everthing else can, what good is. I'll take P-Line CXX over vanish anyday....Trilene sensation is more durable than vanish I used Vanish for two years without a problem. Never broke a knot.

You may want to edit your thread title so people know what you're talking about.

And an extra 4 mm will make that much of a difference?

Learn to tie a knot.

Unless you live in Cali!! : Then isn't it a good thing I don't live in Californistan?

I bought a ZPI 85 mm handle for my Core, but installed it on a Curado instead. I kind of like the handle on the Core, but wish it had the larger Curado knobs.

Heck no buddy. You can get a brand new in the box daiwa sol or fuego for around $145-155 shipped. Tons of no reserve auctions for these all the time. These are $250 reels we're talkin bout. The sol is all aluminum, not just the frame and the fuego is magnesium!! A new fuego just went for $147 on there, I was at the lake and got home about a half hour late and someone beat my bid by 3 bux to win it > These are even nicer then the curados that sell for 200 bux and blow away the citica for just 30 bux more! My buddy has nothing but curados and I have thrown them, they dont even compare to the sol or the fuego, it's not even fair to compare them infact. If you feel like waiting a week for an auction to complete then be patient and get a pro level reel for cheap. But whatever you do don't waste a dime at any store like dicks or bass pro, they sell everything for retail or right under retail. Been there done that. Just my 2 cents, good luck.

State employee retirement fund.

Why would he complain since he won the coin toss?

20 miles is a long drive? :-?

TAMPA, Fla. An official autopsy report released Friday found that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, but his family called the finding "speculative" and was considering getting an independent look at the results. The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office previously determined that the bearded, boisterous TV spokesman had a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive in bed in their Tampa condo June 28. Mays, 50, was a pop-culture fixture with his energetic commercials pitching gadgets and cleaning products like Orange Glo and OxiClean. While heart disease was the primary cause of his death, the medical examiner listed cocaine as a "contributory cause of death." The medical examiner "concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and thereby contributed to his death," the office said in a press release. The office said Mays last used cocaine in the few days before his death but was not under the influence of the drug when he died. Hillsborough County spokeswoman Lori Hudson said nothing in the toxicology report indicated the frequency of Mays' cocaine use. Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause thickening of the left wall of the ventricle and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries, the release said. The toxicology tests also showed therapeutic amounts of painkillers hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol, as well as anti-anxiety drugs alprazolam and diazepam. Mays had suffered hip problems and was scheduled for hip-replacement surgery the day after he was found dead. Mays' family questioned the finding of cocaine and criticized the medical examiner's officer for issuing the report. "We were totally unaware of any non-prescription drug usage and are actively considering an independent evaluation of the autopsy results," Mays' family said in a statement. The statement said the family was "extremely disappointed" by the release of the information. They said the report "contains speculative conclusions that are frankly unnecessary and tend to obscure the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension, which only demonstrates how important it is to regularly monitor one's health." Longtime friend and colleague AJ Khubani, founder and CEO of the "As Seen on TV" product company Telebrands, said Mays never showed any signs of drug use and was always prepared for his many commericial shoots. "I'm just shocked," Khubani said. "He was the model of a responsible citizen." Mays, a McKees Rocks, Pa., native, developed his style demonstrating knives, mops and other "As Seen on TV" gadgets on Atlantic City's boardwalk. For years he worked as a hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds with his booming voice and genial manner. He got his start on TV on the Home Shopping Network and then branched out into commercials and infomercials. He developed such a strong following that he became the subject of a reality TV series, Discovery Channel's "Pitchmen."

Fished a club tourney today on Ft Patrick Henry Lake in Kingsport, TN. Met my partner around 3AM and we headed to the lake. Blasted off around 5AM. Figured we could get on a topwater bite early, but it just never came around. We did pick up three quick keepers on a spinnerbait around docks. After spending about 2.5 hours working around the marina, we headed up the lake a little ways and worked a long bank covered in laydowns. Started off slow, then we hit a little bluff point. I picked up three short smallies (gotta be 18" to keep) on a jig and got bit a couple more times on a spinnerbait. As we worked our way up a long steep bank, I was just pitching the jig to anything that looked fishy. Saw a clump of dead grass stuck on a laydown, so I threw the jig in there. Set the hook on a nice keeper. We kept working up the bank, came to another clump of grass. My partner threw in , got bit but missed the fish. Threw back in, another nice keeper. So we've got five in the boat, need one more for the limit and really needed to cull at least one fish. We kept working our way up the bank (I bet we ran at least 1.5 miles on that bank), hitting every little clump of grass we came to. It took a very specific type of clump to get bit. Couldn't be too big or too small and had to be related to other cover in a certain way. Fishing another clump, I make three pitches to one spot without a nibble. Make one more pitch, line starts moving towards the boat before the jig hits bottom. Reel down and lay the hammer. And broke off what was probably a five to seven pound fish. 15 lb. fluoro didn't have anything for that fish. Talk about a sickening feeling. We finally get to the end of the long bluff, then head back down the lake. Partner spots a promising spot, so we head over to give it a try. Sunny bluff wall with scattered laydowns. I'm still pitching the jig, targeting the shady side of every bit of cover I can find. Pitch beside a log, jig falls, then stops. I shake it a bit, felt like it was hung. I pulled a bit, the jig moved, but not much. Gave it a harder tug, I see a flash. Never set the hook, the fish just inhaled the jig. Got it in the net and there's our limit. Solid 3 lb. keeper. We had about two hours left and decided to just run wood on bluff walls and see what we got. Picked up a couple of shorts on down the one wall, then headed up the lake to see what we could find. Come up on another bank that matched our pattern, got in there and started pitching the jig. Picked up few more shorts, but just wasn't getting what we needed. Come up on a fishy looking log. I throw in a few times, nothing. I just know there's a fish in there, so I make one last pitch. Once again, line started moving towards the boat. Bam, solid 2.5 lb. keeper. Culled our smallest fish and had us in pretty good shape. Just needed to cull one more small fish. Put the TM on high and just worked log to log to log. Would get a dink every now and then, just couldn't get the kicker we needed. We probably ran another 1.5 miles of bank trying to pick up one more good fish, but time ran out. Oh well, at least we got a decent limit. Take out, set up the scales and start weighing. We only had six boats, so it wasn't going to take too long. First boat weighed in with 12.16. Not a bad sack. Then Tom and his partner weighed a solid 14.80 with a 4.5 big fish. My partner grabbed the fish out of the livewell and hit the scale. We figured we had around 10-11 lbs. Put the big fish on the scale, 2.90. Threw the rest in the bag, 13.08, which put us in second with three bags left to weigh. Two of those bags were missing fish, so no danger there. Then came the bad news. The last boat to weigh consisted of a father/son team who owns the lake. Son & partner caught over 25 lbs. last summer (10 fish limit). They live on the lake, so all of us figured we were fishing for second anyway. They throw their fish in the bag and everyone picked their jaws up. Solid fish after solid fish. Weighed their big fish, 5.4 lb LMB. Threw the rest on the scale, 20.58 lbs. Oh well, like I said, we all figured we were fishing for second. That relegated my partner and I to third place, but we're still in the money. That's the first time in three years of fishing with the club that I've been in the money. Only $30, but better than a poke in the eye. All in all a pretty good morning on the water. Only bad thing was doing it on about two hours of sleep. Startin' to come together Pepper!

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The rare grammar fish.

I hope you max'ed the HP. Have fun loading it up.

;D If the line can't take a little chlorine, then it wasn't worth a darn in the first place.

That is the one thing I hate about calling any tech support line. They always try to make it your problem. I was on with Dish Network for about 2 hours on Tues. night trying to figure out a problem with an external HDD and a problem with my DVR's broadband connection. I realize they have to cater to the lowest common denominator, but you don't have to tell me how to reboot my computer or router/modem. I know how to plug a network cable into the jack. At least the homegrown tech support people will work with you a bit. The India people stick to their script 100% of the time. Good job setting the guy straight Kelley. I hate it when they pull that stuff.

Cherokee, Douglas and Ft Loudon are your closest options. I don't know if there is a guide on any of those lakes. You've got a year to find out, eh?

The light sucks because you lost two covers? :-?

Boy, you never fail to amuse.

http://www.***.com/descpage-OOW.html Owner Oversize 7/0 for any worm 10" or bigger.

The Citica is the best available reel for less than $150.