MN Fisher

Gotta remember that Otter Lake Technologies (formerly Water Gremlin) is based here. One of the largest lead-weight manufacturers in the country. How much lobbying you think they did to quash it both times?

Yes - they're splitting the tariff until the end of the month...then we pay the whole thing unless they extend it Over a certain dollar (yen) amount, they have free shipping...so should be no additional carrier fee.

On my current budget - expensive would be an Okuma Celilo rod and Evan Williams burbon

If we're going crackers, there's only one that's worth the time. Original Townhouse.

^ I'm still waiting for the day when purified water makes the list in CA.

Live shows - especially big specials like this one was - they always do that. Think Rolling Stones giving a concert at The Met.

Not a fan of 'Symphonic Metal', eh Russ? That's fine, my 15 year old grand-daughter thinks it's cool...she loves Papa's music taste.

Simone...save me

Heck - now-days I think it'd take a Grant

^ Better lock him up...it's the only way to be sure.

^ I'd offer the adoptive grandson, but it's still halfway across the country.

^ You mean you have to still put lures in the water with all that?

Ya, and the engineers kept muttering, "It shouldn't be able to do that." And Chuck told them, "Well, it can...I proved it." There's a reason Yeager is still considered the best test pilot ever.

Ya - Kelly Johnson and his crew were the best there was

Not to mention that the fuel used takes a chemical reaction to start...ground crew in the old days would put out their cigarettes by tossing them in one of the pans they set under the Blackbird to catch dripping fuel.

I would have asked for an SR-71 - still my favorite plane ever.

I thought they got the stealth idea from you?

^

I tried to do that in the Air Force - signed up to be stationed at Loring, which is way NE corner, almost into New Brunswick, CA. They sent me to Omaha, NE

^ Sweetie, I'm working on eating healthier to help combat the cancer

I'd love to have SpotLock on Bass Trek...it'd probably help me so much. Right now, I have to work the TM manually to keep an approximate position. FFS - na....IMO it's cheating. Bag of chips? I'd trade that for a container of blueberries, raspberries or watermelon chunks.

I forgot if I've seen that before - very nice rig. Reminds me of @Goose52's who's own rig was one of my inspirations when I set up my old canoe. My fishing rig prior to building Bass Trek.

^ Ditto over here - frost alert tonight for my town anyway. And this past Saturday we got close to breaking the record high. And one night (forget which) we tied the record for the warmest overnight temp.

^ Ya - don't blame any overseas company for anything to do with tariffs - that's all originating here.