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Have you ever seen that show Monk? Just joking....... That is one fantastic collection. It would take me two lifetimes to just fish all that tackle.

If you're looking for one knife to do it all, I would highly recommend the Leatherman Surge. It may weigh a lot but I can use it for anything. I use at work, home and fishing. The scissors will cut braid, the saw works great on de-scailing a fish, and knife is razor sharp.

I want to know, how did the paint get in there in the first place? I would say the guy got a bad reel and should send it back to the manufacture. They'll make him happy. That way he can put it back on his custom wrapped/color matching rod ........

Vanish, IMHO, is one of the worst lines out there. I find it hard to believe that it is still in production. I would buy Trilene XL before I bought Vanish. Just an opinion of course.....

Stopped at Dicks this past weekend armed with one of those buy $50 and get $10 off coupons and found some great deals on some clearance and sale items. Here a few of the final prices Lucky Craft Pointer 100 in Aurora Black: $6.60 GYCB Fat Ika in Black w/blue flake and Greenpumpkin w/black flake: $3.60 Rapala DT's any color (not clearanced): $4.05 There was more but these were the best deals out of stuff I bought. Just thought I would give you guys a heads up. Me like the cheap BaitMonkey......

I took the kids to see Wall-E over the weekend and dropped $50. It's just plain rediculious but it was a great movie.

like sea world. :'( ;D Love the free beer at Sea World. I hope that never goes away. Short story..... Went to Sea World. It rained all day so we hung out at the Bud building and partied with all the free beer we could handle. It was a great time what I remember about it. PS. Bud is great beer. It tastes like beer not water....

I have had the experience of having to get my heat pump and furnace replaced a few years ago with a high effeciency model and I also put new insulation in the attic at the time. My house is all electric and 4 years ago my bill use to average about $180 a month. Now with the new furnace, programable thermostat, insulation, a front loading washer/dryer and my house now has all compact flourescents (these have had the biggest impact), my bill is about $110 a month and that is with paying way more per kilowatt than I was 4 years ago.

I always look through the bargin bins at Wal-Mart, Dick's, Gander Mountian, etc. I have never found anything at any Wal-Mart that was worth it and very little at Gander Mountain but Dick's is a different story. They will mark good baits (Yum, Excalibur Lures, Lucky Craft, Rapala, GYCB, just to name a few) on clearance and then they will mark all clearance either at 50% or 25% off. Finally I will use a $10 off if you buy $50 coupon. That's about as cheap as you can get it. One thing about bargin bin baits and lures> If it doesn't work, it aint a bargin, just a waist of money. So be selective. There are times when fish will just bite on just about anything. This is the time to through that flouresent purple and pink swirled bargin bin plastic worm that you bought at a $1.00 for a pack of 20.

A little more info may help. What do you want to use the reel for? How much do you want to invest? Bait casting or spinning? And what size if it is a spinning reel? Just as a general sugggestion, a St. Croix Avid in a M or MH Fast 6'6'' bait casting or spinning would be a good place to start.

I had a Premier that had that problem, among others. On mine it did not matter where you set the brakes, it applied the same amount of stopping power. After talking to a few people, this seems to be a recuring problem with the Revos but an isolated one. If you can, I would exchange it for another one. Several members here have them and have reported no issues what so ever.

I say patience.....

The Lucky Craft Moonsault is my favorite but I have had good luck with the Mann's -1 as well.

Personally, I have never done well with the X-raps. I have bought several and have tried numerous presentations, ect. I rank it at the top of my biggest dissapoints in lures. On the other hand it is a total different story with the LC Pointer. I have caught tons of fish with this lure. It well worth the extra cash.

Great product. It's a match made in heaven when you put in on Fluorocarbon.

If I average it out I would say $75 a month. I have been buying one setup a year, maybe one $40-$50 trip to my local tackle shop once a month and maybe a Megabass lure every couple of months on ebay.

I can't speak for the BCR854 Mossyback but the MBR844C IMX is the best general purpose rod I have. This rod can handle just about anything. I find it works great for Fat Ikas and 5 in Senkos, jerkbaits, topwater lures, jigs (just OK), and especially great for Carolina Rigs. On the other hand I have a BCR803 GLX that I use for jigs/worms exclusively. It is the most sensitive rod I own and also the most fun. If have a couple extra bucks, I would highly recommend it.

I've tried all kinds of braid, including Fireline, Sufix, Spiderwire, Stren, P-Line, PowerPro, and recently Daiwa Samura. Out of all of them the PowerPro has worked the best with Sufix being a close second. Just in case, I usually only use braid on baitcasting gear. I would have to say the worst of the bunch are the Fireline and Spiderwire. One thing I try to keep in mind with braid is that if I don't have to use it, I don't. I have better results with Fluorocarbons on baitcasters and regular (mono/copoly/hybrid) lines like YoZuri Ultrasoft on spinning gear.

They can look cosmetically cool but it's what on the inside that counts. I hope they have improved the quality of their parts. One things for sure though, it has style.

When I use to live in Nashville, TN, I heard a story about a guy who died of food posioning at one of those restaruants. It was always called "Death in the Box" after that.

I know that with the proper setup (rod and reel) and the proper technique you can cast just about anything out there with a baticaster. But why fight it when you can use a spinning gear setup if the conditions call for it. IMHO, baitcasters and spinning gear both have their place. They're just two seperate tools for the job. For instance, I like to use a St. Croix Avid ML 6' rod and Shimano Stradic 2500 for Rooster tails and 3in and 4in Senkos. I don't think I would cast the same thing on a Loomis MBR844 and a Daiwa Zillion. I would also not use a baitcaster when I am casting into a gusty wind. I just try to keep it easy as possible when I'm out fishing. I'd rather be fighting fish than my gear.

Shimano Core and a Loomis BCR803 would be my setup of choice for soft plastic and jigs.

I use it for pretty much everything except shallow cranks and topwater.

I bought a bunch last year and still have plenty to last me until probably next year. Each of the spools I have used have been great, no issues what so ever. When I went to the BPS in Clarksville, IN last year, they had tons of it. People would pick it up, look at it and put back because they tought there had to be something wrong with it for the price. Just a great deal.....

The Canon S5 gets my vote for the best bang for the buck camera. It has most of the features and quality of a high end SLR. It also has the ability to shoot some nice quality video.