fishinwrench

I've got way too much respect to be bothering that dude with something so piddly.

You, or a custom rod builder could. But why would you want one? Guess you could cut a foot off the tip of an 8' 3wt. 😅

I hate to tell ya this...... but if you're targeting Blues from the bank on a lake or a stretch of tailwater, then you're probably gonna fail. You could study a topo map and find a few places within casting distance from the bank that might up your odds a bit......but getting to those pieces of bank without a boat is more likely to be a real hassle. Location is way more important than keeping your bait 4' off the bottom is.

Because when I messaged them the reply (excuse) began with....."Due to COVID-19........ ". 🙄 Has it not become evident to everyone that anytime you wanna be a slacker....... you just throw out the standard "Due to Covid" line ? Hell, I used it myself the other day when my wife was railing me about not pulling the screens and putting in the storm windows yet. 😂

There was a time that you truly had to stick with a certain few manufacturers if you wanted a genuinely sweet rod......but those days are gone. I've fished with almost all of them and I promise that if a rod/reel/line outfit is balanced to your liking, then you can't notice the difference between a 300.00 rig, and a 1600.00 rig. All you're paying for with Sage and a few others is WARRANTY, and slightly better cork. You're buying 3 rods and getting one that they'll replace a couple times IF YOU BREAK IT. And the manufacturer will still be making money if they do. They know that if you pay 900.00+ for a rod that (warranty or not) you're gonna be REALLY CAREFUL WITH IT ! 😁

It has the "wings", that much I know. Post a pic of the front of your motor, with the wrap around cowling in place.

Speaking of old flyshops that are still in business (kinda)......... Let me tell you how LAME Hook & Hackle is now 🙄 They are still all freaked out about COVID-19. I decided that I'd build a dryfly rod over the Thanksgiving holiday, so I ordered a blank and some assorted components almost 3 weeks ago.......They are sending it one piece at a time. Took over a week to get a guide set, then a few days later I got the rod finish, a week later (today) I received 2 spools of thread.........I mean seriously....C'mon !!! 😠

There we go! In thinking of all the old flyshops I had forgotten all about Harry Murray's . I knew y'all would come through 😁👍

It "sounds good" until you consider what price the 50% is being taken off of. 😅

They have lost their everlovin' mind ! 🙄

This is how it begins..... Typical group of douchebag biologists that are anxious to justify their phoney baloney jobs. 🤬

Had the best day of blue cat fishing of my entire life this late Summer, while trying to learn how to fish big flutter spoons for bass. Only caught one decent bass....but absolutely loaded the boat with nice fat blues. With Livescope and handful of Dixie Jet spoons you can seriously put a hurtin' on the blue cat population. All of those were holding 4-6' off the bottom in 16-22'

The only "predator" that I've ever seen snatch a quail is a hawk. But foxes and coyotes are all anybody ever assumes. The old bird hunters I grew up around used to say that turkeys would eat quail eggs. And when MDC did their big turkey trade deal back in the late '70's all the bird hunters threw a big fit about it. All I know for a fact, is that back when quail numbers were excellent there was A LOT of foxes and coyotes.....so I'm not convinced that they are the cause of depleted quail numbers.

It's been a week and a half for me.....and I'm not being let out of the yard alone.

We should have a contest.... Invent a "fly" that WILL NOT catch a trout in a trout park. Go!

Whatever it was that lined the railroad tracks, power line crossings, and took over the strip pit spoils of Boone, Audrain, and Montgomery counties was the best Rabbitat and Quailatat that I've ever known. Pretty much just briars, blackberry thickets, sumac, poison ivy, and assorted saplings. Farmers had nothing to do with it. Matter of fact.....the further you were from anybody's farm, the better the hunting usually was. And when I was a youngun all of that land was open to whoever wanted to be there.

According to the serial number of your Merc the correct part# is 2182-7927A 8 The Mariner comes up the same

Whether it gets hard on its own.....or you forget that it's supposed to...... What's the difference? 😂 I could be happy either way.

I have one for a 4 cylinder 50 (possibly the same) but it's too cold to go digging for it right now. 😅 What's the offer ? 😁

https://greenbayprop.com/media/2182-7927a-8-mercury-outboard-75-80-hp-front-cowl-cover-1980-1989-2182-7927a-8/

Give me the Serial # of the motor

I'd love to hear it. 100% prepared for a debate. 👍 Oh and BTW......The fact that you are staring at your phone/computer while she is in the room tells me that y'all ain't exactly prioritizing each other either. 😂

I'm not sure how "good of a source" it is.....but Bird Dog Crazy kennels in Ivy Bend is owned by a customer of mine. They raise bobwhites and Coturns (sp?) https://www.facebook.com/birddogcrazykennels?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Yeah Flip monitors this forum daily. 😅 No, I called Brian at Mad River Outfitters. They didn't have one, but he said Flip likely had a whole case of original orange Air Cell. I've been calling places that have been in business forever.

Plant them, then give them a reason to want to stay. It's that simple. No need for a team of accredited biologists. I love hunting over a good pointer, but nothing will cause quail to evacuate an area quicker than a few encounters with a hound. No matter how cush their environment is.....SAFETY is #1 If they don't feel safe.....they are GONE.