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Hey, Think your best reference is this site. Look at all the good information that has been posted just on where to find good information. This site is the best. As far as books, there are two that I have found that have been very helpful and have enjoyed reading. They are a little dated but have a wealth of information. The first is Homer Circle's Bass Wisdom: http://www.amazon.com/Bass-Wisdom-Homer-Circle/dp/1585740365 Excellent book written for all fisherman regardless of level by a guy who have been fishing and writing a long time. The second book is Roland Martin's 101 bass secrets http://www.amazon.com/Roland-Martins-101-Bass-Catching-Secrets/dp/1602392072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204637409&sr=1-1 Looks like it being re-issued this year in paperback. This is a good read informative and entertaining. It's a little dated in places (pub. 1980) but still very practical. Say what you will about Roland Martin, but the guy can catch fish. Like others have posted TV is really good. Its one thing to read about it, but quite another to watch someone doing it. I DVR about all the fishing shows on VS and ESPN. There is something that can be learned from each of them. Lastly, as is said about, how do you get to the Met? Practice. Practice. Practice. It applies to fishing as well.

2x -- add in the "earthy" smell of the woods. Only thing that makes it better is spring time when the honeysuckle is blooming.

Its been a lot of years since I have written any C code, but, here goes.. I thought that switch evaluates any expression and the expression can be integral or string, so in theory it should work. Are you using any type of quotes or single ticks? Is the variable you are using declared globally (if passing to the function)? You could try parsing the variable to a definition within the function. This would ensure that the var is assigned within the function and you are not missing an assignment somewhere. Like I said, been a while. Haven't written any C code in over 8 or 9 years - was operating system drivers and system resource apps/utilities in UNIX/AIX (similar to windows dll's) for integration of applications (AIX src) within the OS. One other thought though, putting on my IT architect hat here for a minute.. Although not as sexy as custom code, but MS access or excel should be able to provide the same (if not better) functionality. Ultimately what you are looking for is data collection and management two things that access and excel do reasonably well for single source. I know, not as much fun as coding, but think you might get a little more functionality out of it can focus on the function, interface and reporting instead of all the coding. Can use lists for the states and just input weights, dates and times and output to some custom reports. Just a thought. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Eddie

Texas Pete - nice spicy taste (eggs, grits) Cholula - rich, "tomatey" taste (sandwiches) Cackalacky - great spicey hot taste (a little bit of eveything) All three stay on the kitchen table.

Aragorn. I only wish I was as cool as Viggo Mortensen.

Very nice Ronnie. Looks like you will be having some reel fun now - sorry for the pun. Very nice setup. Eddie

I had given it some thought. But, when the same thing can be bought from bass pro for $3.99, it's pretty hard to beat. Eddie

2x The tackle box is great. Have two of them. I bought a couple of the crank boxes at Gander Mtn. But, quit using them after a while as they didn't fit well in my plano and back pack bags. I found the treble covers from BPS in a 34xx plano carries more than the falcon crank cases.

Sufix. Have been using for a couple of years now - great casting and knot strength. Haven't tried anything else - haven't seen the need.

Bull Durham and A league of their own - Tom Hanks was great.

Congrats. Always enjoy the posts and your input.

$3.15 / gal here in Central NC - Chapel Hill.

Big T., glad things went, and, are going well. Will keep you in my prayers that your recovery continues well. Take care, Eddie

Attached are pics of my rod wrapper setup I just made. Please, don't laugh. Went totally cheap and used old lumber I had laying around in the garage. All total I got about $20 invested - hardware, drying motor and in-line on/off switch so I don't have to unplug - using the drying motor for a fly and lure dryer as well. Once again, please do not laugh. Picture below shows where I used my miter saw to get the V-blocks all the same height and, then clamped all of them together and made my cuts at once on the table saw for the V's. The boards on the right are the scrap I used to get the cut angle and depth right. Countersinking of the screws to attach the V-blocks for the wrapping station. Did this for all the V-blocks, dryer and wrapping station. Used #10 x 3" wood screws, so, they are firm and stable. I didn't use any glue on any of this so that I can take apart rework, replace, etc. This pic also shows how cheap I am and the "quality" of scrap lumber I am using - very uuuuuuuuugly. Assembled wrapping station less the thread tensioners. Assembled V-blocks and drying motor. Put a bevel on all the bases just to be different. I am also going to use the drying motor to dry flies and other lures so there will be some mods coming to the chuck. The assembled components. The completed final set up. My home-made tensioners that I slapped together while in Ace last weekend - for $7. Time will tell how these work out and if I will end up spending another $24 to get the "real thing". For the material in the V-blocks to protect the rod finish I used - yes, I'm cheap - some old unused cloth diapers and wash cloths. They are super soft and smooth. I used the new (at least I had not seen it before) 3M mounting tape, it looks almost like jelly to attach the cloth to the blocks, then cut the material about 3x wider than what I needed. Put a 5" x ½" strip of the mounting tape down the middle of the cloth and wrapped around itself. Then forced down in the blocks and smoothed out. What I liked about this mounting tape is that its not hard and unlike glue does not leak into the material and get it hard. Very soft and flexible. I started wrapping my Father-in-Law's old Zebco 202 trout rod and immediately discovered a couple of mods that are needed. First, the cup hooks in the base to hold rubber bands that go through the "v" to hold the rod are toooo tight - worthless. I found that I could just as easy put the rubber band around the block over the rod and it was perfect. Doing it this way also allowed the band to move if too much tension built up as I was rotating the rod. Second, the fixed V-blocks on the wrapping station need to move - in and out. When building I started to drill holes in the base and use dowels in the V-blocks so I could position them closer. However, I am thinking about using some of the T-groove tracks from Rockler and make them "infinitely" adjustable. But, time will tell. Going to do a few more and see where it takes me. Need to add a tool holder for scissors, burling tool, files, etc. Need to make a rod loading jig. Got a good idea at the Custom Rod Builders Exposition last Saturday on how to do this. Was going to make one into the wall of my shop, but like the idea of a portable one I can put on my bench. Also, going to make a cork/grip lathe from one of my old drills. At that point should be done! Anyway, just thought I would share. Again, please don't laugh. I am going totally on the cheap here to determine if this is something I really want to do, and, am capable of doing. Time will tell......

As always really nice.

Sorry just now replying about the exposition - been one of those weeks. Went Saturday and it was great. Got to attend a few seminars and met some great people. Met Jim Upton, the dragon master. http://www.rodguild.com/mem_spotlight/JimUpton/index.html Had seen his work on the net, but was really something to see how he does it. He gave a seminar on basic rod building that was really good. Had a lot of good insight and ideas. Really nice guy. Picked up some really good information from Pac-Bay and Flex-Coat. The Flex-Coat guy, who was in the rod building video that was playing as you walked into the conference room, spent a great deal of time with me. Explaining finishes, types, differences, etc. very educational. Was absolutely blown away by some of the craftsmanship of the cork handles and reel seats. Amazing what some people are doing with these components. Some were so pretty I would be afraid to use them. Made a new friend from Cedartown Ga., "Fuzz" Morgan. http://www.rodguild.com/mem_spotlight/FuzzMorgan/index.html He's Retired from the power company in GA and been building custom rods for a long time. He makes some beautiful designs out of feathers. Absolutely amazing. I had seen feathers used as inlays and such, but, Fuzz makes pictures out of the feathers. He had one that was awesome. Was in the form of a crankbait and was the neatest thing I have seen in a while - all from feathers. Another amazing thing - I went back and asked him a question before I left, about an hour or more after we talked, and he called me by name. As far as damage........ I only spent $125. Picked up a Lamiglass CCB 84 MF5 blank going to build for cranking and rattle traps. Also picked up some basic supplies - brushes, mixing cups, finishes, thread, and one of the new Muddhole/Fuji "sprayed" real seats - very nice.... This was my first one, but hope to attend more. The venue was pretty nice. First time I have been to the conference center in High Point. Was really hard to hear in some of the seminars though. The seminars were in the same room as the vendor/display areas, so there was a lot of background noise. But, overall, was good and would go back in a minute.

I agreee. I read where the collision speed was to occur at over - get this - 22,000 MPH. Amazing.

Congratulations, Robert. Good story. Keep us posted.

I agree. Score one for the good guys. Shooting from a ship bobbing in the ocean and hitting a target 130 miles away moving at 5 MILES PER SECOND (17K miles per hour) - that's some good shootin'.

Come on down to the Atlanta area...and bring my some freakin' pizza and bagels!!! Drop some off here as you traveling to the ATL - and some of those meatballs we heard so much about from the last BR road trip.

Go where the heart leads - hate to sound like a hallmark card - but I know its hard to leave home and familiarity of where you grew up. Turning around what RW said, you could always live in Brooklyn and visit the South! Besides, that's the way us South'rn'rs prefer it anyway! Totally kidding. Sounds like you would fit in well down here.

That was sick. The cupcake, superman and bouncing the ball off the backboard with the left and slamming with the right is just not right.

Hey, RW, That's great! If you can, go check it out, don't think you would be disappointed. The entire college basketball world is focused on that game. You need to take it in if you like big events and can take it in. How often do you get to see #1 and #2 play in your own backyard? Living here in the triangle the last 13 years, the closest I have ever got was several years when dook was #2 and my beloved heels were #3. But, we're talking 1 & 2 for you.

Good looking fish. Congratulations.

ditto