MN Fisher

Green Pumpkin

Then it must have changed after I left - cause that's how I grew up pronouncing it in the 60s living in MA.

The more the merrier...

I tie a small loop at the end of my line, hook my scale to it and pull.

Paul - go back to editing...writing just isn't your thing right now. BTW: It's 'warsh'.

Not just Z-Man - Strike King 3X plastic baits are also Elaztech.

I think I know it - was born there in '59, left when dad got a work transfer end of summer '71 Still have relatives (mom's side of family) who live there.

Kirk's Woods creek, Worcester MA, 1968-1971 (some of the best brookie fishing I've ever had.)

I was impressed with the Trions - still have two - but the new models have removed the anti-reverse switch...so get an older one from the auction site if possible.

Going for the stealth attack I see...interesting.

I have one and it's a very nice crank rod for the budget angler. Sensitivity is up there, I can feel the wobbles of the lures as I retrieve them.

Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakatsu_Finesse_Wide_Gap_Hooks/descpage-GFWGH.html They also have a weedless version https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakatsu_Wide_Gap_Finesse_Hook_Weedless_/descpage-GFWH.html Both in sizes up to 6/0

See KVD's updates on Texas? They're getting the snow we've been missing. Today - 10am and it's already 30 - looks like a melting day today.

Works for me.

Drop-shot to me is 3/8oz or less weight. #2-2/0 hook depending on bait and spinning gear with light line. Bubba-shot is 3/4oz+ (bullet or dipsy sinker), 2/0+ worm, EWG or Gamy Superline Finesse hooks and larger bait with heavier line on casting gear. Normally cast into heavy cover like where you'd use punching, but instead of the bait being on the bottom, it's suspended. Yes, you have to tie the hooks on instead of using a Spin-Shot or G-Finesse hook.

If there's any rigs that you might want to use in the future - or even swap out between trips - keep them...prices are only going to go up. If I don't have a use for a rig, I sell it. As my UL rig was just too light for the kind of fishing I do, I sold it to a neighbor and used the proceeds to purchase my Light rod. Note: I have 13 rigs as well - 10 for the canoe and 3 for shore-fishing.

Cutting? Last I knew, the ferrules lash to the surface of the rod - there's no cutting involved. Course, last time I looked was back when I was considering making my own fly rod - 35 years ago.

Take your pick - I'm free any evening.

Last spinning rod isn't here yet - but here's the BC lineup for 2021 Left to right Fuego CT-XS (8.1:1) on 7' Aird-X H/F Patriarch (7.9:1) on Fury 704C President XT (7.3:1) on Fury 703C Fuego CT-H (6.3:1) on Fury 705CB Supreme (7.1:1) on 7' Aird-X MH/F

6'-8' to start. When it's down to 3' is when I change it out.

Now I just gotta do research - I don't know who most of these people are.

I figured, 'what the heck'. Give it a shot. I'm in.

I'd just like to recover...period.

No - they don't have an XL or XT style - but I did use Stren 10# Clr/Blue Fluorescent last year and it seemed limp enough.

Stren still has it.