Darth-Baiter

My brother had a well trained lab. Duck huntingest dog ever. one single hike-in fishing trip ruined that dog. My brother brought his hot girlfriend and she started throwing rocks for him to fetch. Haha. He would swim down to get them. He would find the one rock! Underwater! Duck hunting he would jump in to find a rock to play with for the day. Haha.

oh..good idea!! i have pink JJ's!! i am going try again, this time with a less beloved rod. it was fun getting dragged around.

i'd bring my dog, but someone before me beat him with a stick or something. my dog is scared of fishing rods.

two things. Hiking and Mtn Biking. there is massive self satisfaction when you lace up boots or put on day-glow skin tight lycra and go after fish. i see water that is unfished this way. just kidding about the lycra. i cant wear it. i get all self concious with my junk's profile all exposed like that. if anything, this has taught me respect to bank fisherpeople. i will not EVER fish a bank or waters reachable to a person fishing a bank. i will move on and find somewhere else to fish. it annoys me to be casting to some reachable cover only to have a kayak or bass boat nuzzle up against it and start casting.

if i had a 3-bay garage, my wife would still park in the middle diagonally.

for the record, i dont want the WRB gene. i like mine. i do however KNOW i have it in me to get onto a big bass..and soon. i fish often, and i fish good good waters. i just need to find a time where my trajectory in life, meets a big bass vector. it is a game of numbers and odds. you have to be in it to win it. and i am in it.

back to this. in the grand scheme of things..the line is one of the least expensive portions of our activity, yet the payoff or (opposite) let down is huge. i am going to Brazil. my brother will probably show up with whatever old line is already on his reel. not me. i am traveling a billion miles, taking time off work, risking a tiny fish swimming up my pecker (:D). spending $80 on new fresh braid is a no-brainer for me. even if it means i trash it all when i get home to go back to Flouro....

@casts_by_fly that's the spirit. much in the same way, that i dont really drink beer anymore (my liver belongs in a 90 year old person), when i do drink a beer...it is a very good beer. or steak. i buy a steak from a rancher that gave it a name...like Ethel. i was just thinking. if i knew what i knew then, what i know now. i think i could have pared it down to 5-6 rod/reel combo, and bought way better combos. just a thought. because if i really had the gift of time..i would buy Apple and Google stock.

On bass gear I paid a kidney for? Yea. Dobyns fury? Bring it

The Bantam is popular. Very difficult to find one now. I have time.

I was agreeing with your 705.

we bought our cat a cat tree a long time ago. the snot decided she didnt like it darn near immediately. so it is essentially unused. we do hide dog toys in it, in it for our "contraband search dog" game. I was lifting it into my truck to put into a dumpster. it was brand new, looking so we put up a for free ad. 6 minutes and we have a line of willing recipients. WOW!! I offered to deliver, but nope. first response is on the way. crazy

more protein. no joke. an old lady told me to wipe peanut butter on it and wash it normal. my first field dress deer experience was very macabre. I had it everywhere.

I know there is no warranty support here, State-side. I understand that part. but any of our resident reel repair shops can fix them right? and which Shimano Bantam should I be looking at? MGL?

yes. lipless needs a heavier rod, cuz when it hits grass you have to have the backbone to haul it thru with enthusiasm.

Clearlake bass fishing. A catfish sucked in my jig. It dragged me out into the lake about 100 yards. So scary. I thought my new rod was going to snap. 12lbs. Big for me. I hooked two more, but they broke me off.

touche!!!! hahahah..

I have a better chance of understanding the mind of a woman..a bass? no way. I bet the jig coming out of the cover, and speeding up triggered it. kinda like how a lipless coming out of grass fast, gets bit.

I dont really pay attention to the Director.

I have to agree with IB. the 733 actually does jerk baits awesome. I can't catch a cold with a spinnerbait, so moot point.

First cast. ‘Bbbbrrrrrrzzzpppt”. My drag got to work. I thought I was gonna be posting up a DD pic. The fish came up fast and hard and I thought it was going to jump. Nope. It just swirled huge. Swirled? Bass don’t normally swirl. I work it towards my kayak and my hook popped out. I run my bait back down the line and reset it. I lost the next 6 bass! Haha. I looked at my hook, and I didn’t notice the first mystery fish tweaked my hook a bit. It was too dimly lit for me to notice. I put on fresh stuff and went back to work. I got three modest bass. im fishing thin wire hooks. I was unwise not to closely check my hook. Duh! I then hooked another cat. This time I recognized the pull without head shakes. I played it into my lap. 12lb! I let it clamp down on my thumb hard while I tried to take a pic. It squirmed free and I think we both got a laugh out of it. The cats were crazy today. My poor rod they wouldn’t leave me alone. I never redeemed a five bass limit. Grrrr bass pics later if they don’t suck.

Next time I see you, remind me. I have a jar of pickles I can’t get open.

the drag is friction. very similar to a car clutch. we dont have to push the clutch in for long periods of non-op.

I’d fish the edge of that submerged river channel. Go deep.

I’m gonna remember that one !!! Thanks.