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You can buy them from a fly shop, but they are expensive. I cut up an old bungee cord and got enough rubber leg material to last two lifetimes.

I use 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0 and 5/0 hooks. About 75% of the time I use 3/0. I sometimes use 1/0 when finese fishing and I use 4/0 and 5/0 for flukes & frogs. I use regular offset worm hooks on worms & lizards and EWG hooks on thicker baits like frogs.

Sorry the fishing wasn't better for you. I was planning to come over for dinner Wednesday to meet everyone, but I had two employees call in sick Tuesday and Wednesday so I had to work late to meet a deadline. Maybe next year.

10.1 caught on a 1/2 oz Chartreuse & white spinner bait with a white twin tail grub trailer. At a Private lake in Sharpsburg, GA. Caught one 8.5 on a Senko the same day, my best day ever.

I would love to come over for dinner. Let me know what time.

I have a 12' jon boat similar to yours and I found that it was too unstable with a pedistal seat on a deck built above the bench seats. I tore out the high deck and put in a deck about 1 1/2 inches above the floor in front of the front bench seat. A pedistal seat there works well and is very stable. I'll try to take some pictures and post them this weekend.

I forget who it was that said "My greatest fear is that when I die my wife will sell all of my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it".

I'm a CPA. I have two jobs. I work for the county government managing the budget and I own a small tax and acounting firm.

A tax ID and sales tax number are two different things. A tax ID is for income tax and a sales tax number is for collecting sales tax. You will have to register with your state and collect sales tax on everything sold in state. I am a CPA and have helped a lot of small businesses set this up. If you have specific questions PM me.

I prefer folding money!

If money is really not an issue, have Reel Mech build you a custom rod on the St Croix blank.

I got one for Christmas and fished it once just to try it out. It is a pretty good reel but I don't like it as much as the Quantum Accurists I use now. I am planning to sell it on E bay when I get around to it, but I will let you have it for $50 including shipping if you are interested.

I have a pair of the gloves in the first link. They work great until they get wet (and they will). I replaced them with a pair just like them but made of wool that I got from Walmart. The wool ones keep my hands warm even when wet.

Actually right now is a great time to trout fish around Atlanta. The Chatahoochee Delayed harvest in in full swing. I fished there Saturday. for more information on trout and fly fishing in North Georgia got to www.ngto.org

I"d buy that in a heartbeat! I paid more than that for my 12 foot with trailer. By the way, I am 6' 1" 260 lbs and my 12 foot is not at all tippy. You should not have any problem with this boat.

Whether it is required or not you should always wear a PFD in a float tube. Also you should have a sharp knife handy. I have seen float tubes flipped and the only way to get out of it if you are alone is to puncture the tube.

I don't use flippers because I use my tube in the river and I wade at all the shallow spots. The flippers make it hard to wade. I use ping pong paddles for paddles to get where I want to go.

I fished a BPS 7'M Crankin Stick for a couple of years and for the money it is a pretty good rod. Mine just stands in the corner of the garage now since I replaced it with a St Croix Avid.

I've caught a 4 pounder on a 5 wt fly rod. It took about 15 minutes get it to the boat. With casting gear I would have just horsed it in. There is not anything more fun than catching bass on a fly when the topwater bite is on.

Anything by Wilbur Smith! Most of his books are set in Africa and are very good. I especially like Hungry as the Sea and Eye of the Tiger.

I agree that most of the ones mentioned are very good, but you can't leave off Young Frankenstien by Mel Brooks. Every time I watch it I almost fall out of my chair laughing.

It beats the alternative!

I use a medium light St Croix Avid with the smallest Pflueger President and 4 lb test line.

I mostly use mine for Senkos and Ikas. It's my favorite rod.