BigAngus752

So many great movies. He will always be Hodges to me. "There's two bulls standing on top of a mountain..."

Yup, love it. I have used it religiously for years on Yo-Zuri Hybrid and Trilene. Noticible difference. I've read comments from some people that they feel it weakens the line but I have not experienced that. Yo-Zuri Hybrid is incredibly reliable for me and the KVD Line and Lure makes it a joy to use.

Those are some beautiful fish! What a great story and I'm sure it will be motivational for some of us not to give up.

I would drop my mic and head 1000 miles south.

Defense wins championships but it puts the spectators to sleep. \

Thanks for posting this...I think. My initial reaction was that I need a Version 2 immediately. That seems like it would really open up my deck. Upon further review, however, I'm thinking about how often I drop to my knees or even lay down to lip bigger fish. I'm wondering if this would create landing difficulty during "finesse season". Nothing is perfect, right?

Outstanding work! Getting there is the hardest part. Maintaining is easy. You’ll be very happy you did it.

Didn’t even think about No Country for Old Men. Outstanding movie.

My top pick is the 1960 The Magnificent Seven. Just a perfect western (based on another movie that I like, Seven Samurai). Outstanding cast and I love the stories about how the cast interacted (or didn't). In no particular order I also love The Outlaw Josey Wales, Big Jake, Tombstone, and Unforgiven. There isn't a single redeeming character in the movie Unforgiven. It's a bunch of bad people doing bad things and yet we find ourselves rooting for some of them. I never pass up either version of 3:10 to Yuma or either version of True Grit. This last one is always listed as a "western" though it's not a traditional western, Hell or High Water.

It's the only time of year a lizard will work for me and it's top gun in early spawn...by a long margin. Zoom lizard in junebug or green pumpkin depending upon water clarity and cloud cover.

I can absolutely understand how you could be disappointed if you went to a fishing expo for the purpose of finding deals. One would think they are a "sale" event, but I think that's rare these days. When I go to a fishing expo, gun show, boat show, new car show, home improvement show, etc. I'm not going there to buy things. Might I end up buying something? Sure, but it's not the reason I go. I go to these events because I'm a "hands on" guy. I can read reviews and I can ask people I know, but that isn't the same as getting my hands on something, checking the fit and finish against MY standards, and being able to ask direct questions to a knowledgable employee if, for no other reason, to get a feel for their company standards. I find these events very helpful to me, even if I don't buy something that very day.

I have several Fuegos and I love them. I would add that my newest Fuego is not of the same quality as my older Fuegos, but I would not hesitate to buy another new one. If you have the opportunity to grab an older used model I would definitely recommend that.

The only knots I use to tie on lures or hooks are Trilene and Palomar. With the Trilene knot I have a hard number. It's unequivocal. This is unarguable and must be used every single time. I wrap six times...unless I'm distracted by a bird or a fish jumping or I think about something funny from 40 years ago and then I probably wrap 7 times...or maybe 8. Don't quote me. Interestingly, the Trilene knot is highly reliable for me regardless of my distracted wrapping number. My line weight for the Trilene knot ranges from 6lb to 15lb. Also, @scaleface is 100% but in Illinois we use our middle finger to secure the loop.

It has only been since Tom left us to fend for ourselves that I realized there was a pattern to my responses to other members questions. It usually went something like this: A member posts a question I read the question and think, "I have some good advice I can offer in response" so I formulate a response in my head. I read everyone else's response before posting MY response just for my own knowledge. I find that Tom has responded and, upon reading his response, I find that he is giving the same general advice, but with more detail and probably something else I hadn't thought of. I abandon my initial response and, instead, I post part or all of what Tom said with some kind of genius addtional comment like "^^^what Tom said^^^". Now it dawns on me that a good portion of my responses to other member's questions tend to be something I learned from Tom's posts years ago. Thank you again, Tom, for sharing with us. You left an enduring gift for all of us.

Wow, I'm blown away. Until I read this paragraph, I had no conscious idea that this is exactly how I approach all of my job and personal goals. This is something I unconsciously or unintentionally transitioned to probably a couple of decades ago. It took reading it to make me realize the specifics which, in turn, is going to allow me to refine it and improve it. Thanks for posting this.

It's rude to talk about me right in front of me.

I have suggested repeatedly that one fan be selected to wrestle a bear every pre-game but you know how uptight Chicago is. No one get's to have any fun.

Absolutely agree this game is the Super Bowl. It's one of those years that I wish the playoffs weren't divided by conferences. I'm calling it the other way, however. I'm a big believer in momentum at the end of a season and I think Seahawks have that. I think it's @Glenn 's year. I just want a close game final game. There are few things more disappointing than a blowout in the Super Bowl.

He should be doing a happy dance. Harbaugh landed in NY on day 1 and fired everyone and then hired five new people just to fire them also . @Darren. is going to get a coach AND backup QB all in one.

I used to fish year round and, once the ice sealed everything else up, I would go to a cooling lake for a nuclear reactor. I fished a few times when the air temps were in the single digits. Every time I had to wear my Gore-Tex rain gear. The water coming out of the discharge is so hot that you are fishing in steam. Every single thing gets soaking wet and then freezes. The very first time I fished in those conditions I made the mistake of pulling out a rod lined with braid. After the second cast the braid was loaded with water. It freezes as you get it out of the warm lake water. By the fourth or fifth cast I could no longer reel in line because ice had piled up on the tip of the rod. I still fish this in winter but the catch rate isn't good enough to keep me out in weather that cold anymore. Not to mention the boat ramp which isn't salted. I had to pull a guy and his boat up it once. Fortunately he wasn't sliding into the lake, but he certainly wasn't going anywhere without help.

Same.

Heeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack...

Well I hope you're sitting down. Fox and SI are reporting that Brian Daboll is leading the pack. Because the team he was just fired from has performed so much bett.......never mind.

Great season! No more magic in the hat. Looking forward to next year.

We deal in ridiculousness.