PourMyOwn

@Scud_Muffin, I've been using copolymer for 30 years and Gamma is my favorite. I would recommend looking at line diameter before buying- 12 lb Gamma is similar to 14 lb Silver Thread (which is sadly discontinued)

Just spent $85 there...fifteen minutes ago I had no idea it existed. You sir, are an enabler! Seriously though, thanks- he had some discontinued items that I love at a heck of a good price!

There's a lot of these kinds of "ponds" near me in NH. By this point in the year there are pretty choked off with pads and grass- I would start off with a black super fluke worked near the surface. What makes these places so difficult is that so much of the pond is good looking water that it's like finding a needle in a haystack. I would focus on edges between grass and pads, and look for slightly deeper water. Sometimes the difference between 4' and 7' is a big deal.

I have the same and love it. It excels at holding bulk spools-which is why I abandoned other methods. If I recall correctly it was less than $25.

I switched from a 6lb leader to a 10 lb test one when I moved from the light wire Ned heads to the ones with thicker Owner hooks. You may want to try something similar to reduce the stretch.

I'm not a fluoro guy, and one major reason is that I used Berkeley Vanish when it first came out. The good stuff really makes a difference.

I have both, and the Costas are better. I see things in the water with my Costas I never saw with my Oakleys.

That's also what Polaris and Ski Doo guys call Arctic Cat snowmobiles.

I call big smallmouth a Stewart.

I go to a barber every 6 weeks or so-I keep my hair really short, exactly how my grandfather had his in the 1930s! My barber does special 6 AM appointments for me which I greatly appreciate!

My buddy uses one for big swimbaits-that thing is a dream. Worth every penny.

8.1:1 Fuego CT here. Same line too.

Thank you, I have several OG Zillions in rotation, so I'm very interested!

Please let us know how those new parts work out.

I'd watch a once a year "senior" tournament.

Guitar strings work too- I also use them to snake carb jets.

I know you meant "overcome adversity", but what you wrote is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever read.

They must not know what's out there. If I needed a sub 100 dollar reel I'd buy used. Curados, Citicas, Team Daiwa Advantages etc are all so much nicer than Kast King and the like.

It's easier for me to speed up, but after a handful of casts I find myself back to normal speed again. I really have to focus to do anything other than reel at my normal cadence. That's why I have reels ranging from 4.9 to 8.1. (22 IPT to 34")

Same here- my Tundra doesn't mind a gallon of 50:1 in its 20 gallon tank. I also have access to ethanol free gas which is all I use in my small engines/outboards.

People like the repeatability of Domino's, Little Caesars, etc. Most of them just aren't adventurous eaters and see no need to change. I know this because I am related to a bunch of these folks. I make my own pizza dough, and keep a bunch of dough balls in the fridge or freezer. I wouldn't trade my sourdough crust for any I've had...and it's significantly cheaper than take out.

If I weren't sitting on 20 pounds of Hula grubs I'd be all over that!

I can understand why, not too many people go that far north- it's not the Appalachians, but it's beautiful country.

From Portland Maine points north it's really beautiful. Otherwise it is a human conveyor belt, no thanks.

I fish a lot of black because it's what I make with remelts. They flat out work here too.