fishinwrench

My default tippet size for everything warm-water flyfishing related is 8# fluorocarbon. I only drop down to 6# or 4# for Crappie & Bluegill. And upside to 12# for bass around heavy cover.

That's all that those illegal drug-smuggling crackheads are doing......Just actively choosing to coexist. 😅

You really can't, unless you could lay the motor on its side and allow it time to ooze out. I have a vacuum pump with a hose, but was only able to retrieve about 1/2 cup of it. Plenty remained. It's thick and doesn't suck out well at all, even when warm (it actually never gets warm there). I have a theory that it is a buildup of condensation. Doesn't matter I guess, since those motors aren't likely to live past 8-12 years anyway. 😅

When you change your oil, check for this BELOW the drain plug. So far, every single one that I have Serviced/Winterized has had it..... Not Good.

That's OnlyFans, not Facebook 😅 Where the REAL cougars hang out. Don't start shooting THOSE or there won't be anyone left to teach in the elementary schools.

I agree. Just kill it.....and keep quiet about it ! My wife can't even do her nails, bake a pie, or pot a houseplant, without parading it on Facebook. 🙄 It wouldn't surprise me if everyone following her doesn't know how many pairs of panties she has.

Tom tied his not splayed apart....but scissored like a shad tail. (for what it's worth)..

Say whatever makes you feel good,.... BUT the odds that you won't just see a mountain lion "just passing by & minding its own business" at less than 50 yards, is WAY more rare than an actual ATTACK by one. At least that's MY understanding. If you SEE one within easy shooting range, then there's a really good chance that it saw/heard/smelled YOU first.....and is there because it is CLOSING IN ON your @$$. If any court tries to fine them.....THAT would be a good argument. 👍

Old Man Tom Able used to fish a fly just like that. His had 2 hackle tails on it. He used to put on a clinic below Norfork dam. 👍

I have a cousin that recently married one. Been a bonafide U.S. citizen for less than a year. She's smokin' hot, and her English is getting better. She's never eaten chicken.

Yep, we've named that motor....Rudolph ! 💰 She pulls Santa's sleigh .

When the stuff doesn't even kill weeds you know it's gotta be bad for a fuel injection system. On that particular engine it took out the high pressure pump, the lift pump, 2 injectors @ 400.00 apiece, and enough labor to pay for Christmas 😉

It's ETHANOL FREE ! 👍 😅

Atta boy ! 👍 😉

Doesn't take a master-tech to diagnose that one. Does it ?

I installed a laser sight on that bad boy 👍 And I grind up my own ammo. I can smoke a cicada from 4 feet away ! 😀

Speaking of Mercury EFI's with poor hole-shot issues......

This guy here should be allowed to live and breed too I suppose.

Once you fully understand the Mercury oil injection system on the carbureted & EFI motors, I feel that it becomes obvious that unless you typically run 20+ miles at a time @ 3/4 throttle to WOT, or idle for at least 2 miles, every time that you turn the key.....the designed metering of oil is totally redundant.....and improper. The vapor separator (or carburetor bowls) are always going to be full of whatever metering of oil was demanded 15 minutes ago. Regardless of what RPM you are running NOW. So why not just run a 60:1 or 50:1 pre-mix.....and eliminate any possibility of potential oil metering issues? FYI: 50:1 has been the industry standard for 2 cycle motors forever, only because those numbers roll off the tongue easier. 🙄 65:1 is honestly the best oil ratio as far as lubrication, lower carbon buildup, lower engine temperature, better performance throughout the entire RPM range, AND LESS EXHAUST SMOKE is concerned. 😉 It's easy to measure and remember too.... just remember 2 ounces per gallon. 👍 (1.9 if you really wanna do the math)

For your style of fishing they should be just fine. 👍

I guess I should have said.....A known predator of anything with flesh on it. 😅

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've enjoyed the great outdoors all of my life MOSTLY because I know that I am the apex predator in the area. Having grizzly bears and mountain lions to consider.... would pretty much take the fun out of things. When I was a teenager there was a strip pit that we hiked into occasionally. It was kinda close to a landfill and there was a pack of wild dogs (escapees from the city dog pound...so I was told) known to be near there. Having to pack a 12ga. and a pocket full of buckshot rounds every time we fished that pit was a PIA. One winter while rabbit hunting in the same area, all of a sudden THERE THEY WERE and HERE THEY CAME ! The lead dog was a big black German Shepherd looking bastard, and there was no mistaking what his intentions were. I gave him a face full of #4 buckshot as soon as he got well within range......and LUCKILY the other 5-6 nasty looking dogs that were behind him got the message and I was able to get out of there while they stayed there sniffing that convulsing black mofo. Even 2 follow up shots of #6 field loads didn't cause the others to run away. One looked like a dalmatian mutt of sorts.....and THAT ONE did high-tail it out of there, but 4-5 others just stood their ground. Even when well armed & prepared, having a rather large wild animal attacking you sure takes the fun out of things, and will definitely ruin your day.

Well the next time you get close enough, give them a HIGH FIVE from fishinwrench!

Only because you live where the others are EXTREMELY RARE ! And I salute the ones who help keep it that way.. I've walked among hundreds of PEOPLE on a daily basis, for 60+ years. And my biggest fear has always been that a SPIDER (or pubic lice) might jump off of one of them. 😅 Hell I've even been cared for by two-legged critters. I can't remember EVER being given a jar of honey, or a pot of goose fajitas by a grizzly bear or a cougar. ❤️ They definitely cause more problems than they solve, that's for sure.

In a society where folks are obsessed with personal protection, and where even a verbal threat is considered "terrorism".... it amazes me that eradicating a known predator of humans is frowned upon, and even considered a crime.