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I have a 10 year old 8'6" 5 wt that I've use for everything from grayling in Alaska to trout in Colorado to largemouth bass in Oklahoma. It's not really ideal for any one of those applications, but it worked for all of them.

Following the regs meant paying the nonresident fee, which is what I did. I'm a little surprised at how many people voted to falsify a leave form.

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Welcome to BR! I lived in Colorado Springs for a few years. I did most of my bass fishing at Pueblo Res.

Let me start by giving you some background information. I am an active duty Soldier in the Army, and I'm currently stationed in West Virginia. I've been in the Army for a long time, and WV is my 8th duty station. Every couple of years I move to a new state and have to learn the state's fishing regulations. Most states allow active duty military members to claim residency status even though they claim a different state as their home of record. Here in WV, I had to wait 30 days before I could buy a resident license. I wasn't about to wait 30 days to go fishing, so I went to Wal Mart to buy a nonresident license. When the clerk saw my military ID, he told me that I didn't need a license. "You just need a leave form" he said. He opened a copy of the fishing regs, and showed me where it said that active duty military members on authorized leave are exempt from buying licenses. "I'm not on leave" I explained. "I live here in WV now, but I haven't been here for 30 days yet, so I need a nonresident license." He told me that his cousin is in the Army Reserve, and he just prints off a leave form whenever he goes fishing. He also offered to sell me a resident license even though I had already explained why I needed a nonresident license. I weighed my options: spend $37 for nonresident, spend $19 for resident, spend $0 and print off a leave form. I decided to do the right thing and buy a nonresident license. I mean $37 is pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I was a little surprised that the couple of others customers acted like I was crazy for spending money when I could have gotten away with fishing for free. What would you have done?

I agree. Defense wins championships. In 2008, my beloved Sooners put up offensive numbers unlike any the college world had ever seen, yet they lost to Florida in the National Championship game. I think Oregon is in for a rude awakening.

I didn't get a weight. I'm not much of a deer hunter, so I couldn't begin to guess what his rack might score. I did notice that it wasn't a real heavy rack, but it was fairly tall and wide with 11 points plus a couple of nontypical stickers that you can't see in the pictures. I just talked to the guy for a few minutes, snapped a couple of pictures and went on my way. Here is a look from another angle.

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Did you notice that they translated his hillbilly dialect into English in the article?

X2 I think it's ugly.

He probably parked there to avoid the giant pothole.

Thanks. To tell the truth, that pup never knew that bird was there until it was dead on the ground. The dog in the background is the one that found it, but I couldn't get her to pose with it. On the way in we saw this 11 point buck that some lucky hunter had arrowed.

I took the dogs out today for the first time, and we got our first bird of the season.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1289514683

I know how that goes. I was stationed in Alaska for three years, and enjoyed some awesome fishing. I had the option of staying for three more, but there wasn't one bass in that whole state.

Dude, that looks really good! Did you make that?

Has anyone had any Bruiser Baits products custom made? I'm thinking about ordering form them, and I'm just looking for some feedback from someone who has tried them.

As a quail hunter, I look for edges. Edge is generally considered the boundary between two habitat types, such as nesting cover and a cropfield, pasture, or woodland. It's very similar to the transition areas between deep and shallow water.

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Too funny!

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

X2 That was awesome!

You changed yours too. Since you added the part about the technicality, I decided to delete the constructive criticism. I don't know how you saw that. It was only up for a few seconds.

Congrats on your personal accomplishment. As far as the team goes, the 2011 season may have ended in disappointment, but it did end. It's over. Now it's time to start preparing for 2011. Don't wait until June.

You already have.