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It seems these days writing is becoming a lost art, AI stuff ruining creativity. Being old, remembering the only way of getting information was the written word.Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Field and Stream and Fur Fish and Game. Growing up a big thing was TV, the Flying Fisherman with Gadabout Gaddis, then American Sportsman with Curt Gowdy. Then came Fishing Facts which for me was a revelation of the how and why of fishing introducing me to Buck Perry. Charlie Brewer and his light tackle do nothing approach resonated with me. In-Fisherman followed with a scientific approach to fishing. Saltwater Sportsman with Frank Woolner and Hal Lyman were another when I got the salt bug. Many contributors here have been mentioned and writers in magazines too, I'll add Rich Zaleski to the mix.

I'm getting betterer at bass fishing, still mangling the language

I'm interested in the re-tooled Daiwa BG, I have one that I use saltwater fishing and it's a work horse.The new ones are lighter, though more expensive. Good friend of mine has a Flux Jet on order, he's not sure when delivery will be. Interested in checking it out and getting feedback from him.

Me two 🙃

I'm still yelling mark twain 😃

I'm 100% spinning reel in freshwater, though not a "power" fisherman. You want to watch power fishing with spinning reels check out tuna popping videos on you tube, they catch some amazing fish with these.

I luv me some Muddy Waters,,,,,,

I am legend in my own mind.

Days are long, years are short. It's amazing how much smarter my dad got when I was in my 20's.

I see power finesse and only think of jumbo shrimp😃

Got back yesterday from a 4 night trip up to the Catskills. This is more of a trip to meet up with friends to hang out and eat a lot and have some adult beverages with some fishing. We hit a small lake on Friday with 2 friends and my son, it was mostly really small largemouth close to shore, I did get some better fish off shore but as has been my luck lost a couple on the jump but did manage one that was better than what we'd be catching. Saturday was a 5 hr drift down the Delaware, we had 15 people on this where most of them just drifting down in kayaks and not fishing. The couple that did fish had a few fish but was really slow. I caught a small Walleye and a small Smallmouth. Afterwards back at camp we had a pot luck dinner with everyone and had a great time with many laughs and some great food. Sunday everyone left except me an my son, we hit another small lake and I managed to land 6 decent Largemouths and lost a couple on the jump after I switched to a 5" weightless fluke. Got home on Monday and was greeted by a downed tree in the backyard.

The Eureka Timberline was an iconic tent, as Randy said it was the standard tent in the Boy Scouts. Unfortunately Eureka no longer exists, discontinued by Johnson Outdoors. My previous 2 tents were Eureka Apex tents which were great. My current tent is a REI Basecamp 4, which I'm now on my 4th year with it. I have over 150 nights spent in it, it's been through numerous rain storms, high winds and all the usual stuff you run into camping. I've had no issues with it. When looking for a replacement I specificity wanted a full fly and to be able to close all the screens as I camp in temps down into the 20's. What its not is cheap, not an instant tent, it's not a light weight. It takes me over 20 minutes to set it up, but I'm 73 years old so I tend to take my time. I waited until they were having a 20% off sale, went into the store and the guy in the camping department told me wait another 2 weeks and they would have a 30% off sale ! I'm figuring this could be my last tent, I'm extremely happy with it. It's just me in the tent, they do make a Base Camp 6, which might be OK for 2 people.

Suffix 832, 6lb to 40lbn

Suffix Elite in 8 and 10 lb. Tatsu in 6 and 8 lb. On my ultra light set up is 4lb Trilene XL

I thought this would be about the liqueur