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Does he go by the name Robert? His answer is not valid in this thread

I haven't had a chance to try too many nice bourbons (college student budget) but I would say that of the one's I've had, I'd have to say Eagle Rare is my favorite.

Definitely ugly. Doesn't look too sporty, looks a lot like a luxury sedan.

Haha I remember yours as well. Seems like nobody has changed their avatar since the last time I was around here... I used to change mine just about monthly. Tin2Win and Fourbizz ever show up anymore?

Nope, sorry to disappoint. They have got friggin' huge though! Maybe when I go home for winter break I'll take a couple poop-shots just for you. Well don't go and ruin the surprise now!

Haha not quite. Just seeing if it's still the same bunch of guys or of this place got overtaken by a bunch of new people! So far I'm remembering most of the names I see on this board

Haha not surprising. It seriously has been forever. I'm going to try and hang around here more often. That fish in your avatar is huge! How much did that thing weigh?

Anybody remember this guy? Haven't been around here in ages, just wondering if any familiar faces are still around.

I am exactly as my avatar depicts.

My favorite song of theirs. And Inhuman Creation Station... and Sink into the Underground... and Flesh Into Gear... shit, the whole Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild album rules

I took a trip to the Patapsco river this afternoon with my new UL to see what I could catch. My goal was to get into some smallmouth. I've never fished moving water like this before so I had very low expectations with little to no confidence in catching fish. I strapped on my chest waders and went in the water. I was fishing a 2" pumpkinseed colored grub on a white jighead. I walked downstream a little bit to the bridge where it was deeper and shady. Not too long into fishing I got a really hard hit that got me very excited. Shortly after I caught this little redbreast sunfish. Pretty, but not what I was really after. It still made the trip worth it for me. I moved over to the next underpass below the bridge where it was deeper and rockier. On my second or third cast I felt a bite and set the hook and this little smallmouth came tumbling across the surface of the water. Tiny I know but I was still really happy about it... my first smallmouth! Just two more casts in the same area and my grub got absolutely nailed when I brought it over a ledge (you can see the ledge in the photo). It was a much bigger smallmouth, actually pretty decent sized for a river this small. This fish got me really stoked. It's a shame that I didn't get to fight it very long, I could tell it had some muscle. I caught one more tiny smallmouth in this spot before I decided to move upstream quite a bit to find some more pools. I was standing on some rocks that hang over the bank and I could see tons of sunfish and tiny smallies below me, constantly messing with my grub. I dropped it between some rocks and yanked up this small rock bass. Never caught one of these before either, so this made the trip even better. A little bit further upstream I decided to put on a 2.5" tube on a bigger jighead and target some more smallmouth like that second one I caught. The water directly in front of me was deep and slow moving, with a sandy bottom that sloped up sharply into a shallow, rocky, fast moving stretch close to the other side. I cast my tube along this edge twice and felt what I thought was a hit (current dragging the tube over these rocks feels just like fish biting its uncanny) so I set the hook to be safe and my line took off. This was a better fish, it was fighting really hard and then it leaped out of the air and tried diving beneath the rock I was standing on before I could lift it out of the water. My last and biggest smallie of the day. This fish made me really happy. All in all it was a good day, wayyy better than I had expected. For some reason, catching these tiny fish out of this river felt way more rewarding than catching 3 and 4lbers out of a pond on crankbaits. I'll be returning to this river in a couple days to see how I can do.

I always paint my bluegills with lots of silver and light green and pale yellow. That's how the small forage sized bluegills really look

As soon as I read "trolling for rockfish on the bay" I looked at your location. Knew it had to be Southern Maryland. Where do you fish around here?

Can anyone tell me anything about these? I've seen so many variations of these that I don't know what is what. If I go on Amazon, everything says "American Optics", when the actual name of the company is American Optical. But the reviews are great, saying it's the real deal. I've found some on Ebay that seem legit and in the description it describes how the real military issue sunglasses don't have "AO" stenciled on the lens as this would be against specification, but when you go on American Optical's actual website, there are pictures that have "AO" stenciled on the lens, and pictures without. I just want to make sure I get the real thing and not some counterfeit version, but I also don't want to buy directly from American Optical's website and grossly over pay for these sunglasses.

Painted this up as a request for a friend.

17.9 BMI

Evan Williams

gimme have it

what bait is this?

this warms my heart

hey q-tip, Iwata Revolution is a great brush for 70 bucks.

Yeah, this is pretty much what I'm expecting from the rod, especially since it won't be one of my main rods I use all the time... just for some UL fishing on the side.

Thanks for the replies guys. This is exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for. My friend said I should go with the 1000 size reel if it doesn't look too large on the rod. But personally, I think it will be too big for a 5' ultra light rod. I'm going to go with the 500 size.

So I'm looking to upgrade my ultralight combo from a cheap Pfluger combo to a 5'0" St. Croix Triumph rod, UL power and moderate action, and a small Shimano reel (most likely the Sienna). I realize Triumphs are nowhere near the best that's offered, but I figure it would fare just fine for an ultra light rig that will only see occasional use (currently I don't do too much ultra light fishing, but I think if I bought this combo I'd probably start UL fishing more). So if anyone has any experience with the St. Croix Triumph (or the Shimano Sienna for that matter), I'd like to hear what you think about it.

This is one of the best bluegill paints i've seen. I love the subtle ones.