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Permethrin, might be the only remaining legal chemical that actually kills ticks. (Cats too, unfortunatly, until dry). You can get "tick tubes" that are filled with permethrin soaked cotton batting and scatter them where mice will find them and use the cotton for nest material, won't kill the mice it will kill all the baby ticks the mice are nurturing. The organic that permethrin imitates is the Pyrethrin made from a single variety chrysanthemum, that Hawg speaks of, and though pyrethrin kills ticks and doesn't usually harm cats, it does break down pretty rapidly, a couple of days and it's gone. The permethrin stays in the yard and keeps kill insects for a few weeks. To stay organic go with @Hawg's recommendation, if not too concerned about the organics, the stuff @jdmidwest uses will last longer. Diatomaceous earth will kill ticks if they happen to crawl through it but I think you'd need to dust a uniform coating of it over the whole yard, in my yard that'd take about a dump truck load of it.

I never would have guessed that cheating in a fishing contest was a felony. Is that true in most states? Does it apply to other contests like Little League ball?

I was just thinking back to when I fished spinning tackle and all the times I deliberately shook the rod tip. It's been a decade or more since I took a spinning rig out, but, it occurs to me that when reeling in, the bait action in the water might have more chance of causing tip movement than the line drag on the guide would. I guess that eccentric gear action or wobble/binding in the crank would cause rod hand jiggle that would in turn cause tip movement. Of course the obvious- Do you have other rods you can test the reel (s) on? or another reel that you can test the rod with?

Had no idea that char could live that long, but for it to be in a Co. reservoir it had to have been stocked there and could not be as stated older than the reservoir it lives in.

push spool in while working the release? rotate spool cover slightly while working larch release? is there a burr in the lock groove of the spindle? lock button bent? (I'm not positive but think that should be flat and if bowed up or down could bind) I very rarely change spools while fishing, hardly ever use any line but a floating line in the streams anyway, and in still water if the conditions are right for a sinking line or floating line when I rig up, they are likely to remain so throughout that session. I mostly use the spare spools I have for lines in other weights and change spools when using a different rod. At least you can use that reel with one line if you chose and perhaps with use the latch will "wear in".

In that instance you had substantial resistance in the cardboard, in trout test weights you could likely break the tippet materials jerking them into cardboard. But did you actually measure how far the line moved at each end? or did you just assume stretch? I've done dozens of internet searches and I have not found a single instance of a stretch test that showed anything except % of stretch when the line failed, nothing showing how much tension is required to initiate stretch. If it takes for example a 10# pull to create 1% stretch in 6# test line, that line will have zero stretch when pulled against water or even a 2# trout. All the fluorocarbon I've seen was monofilament. I only use nylon, but for discussion either is mono and there not enough difference in how they work for it to matter. Fluoro has the advantage of lasting thousands or years in the environment as scrap or trash where the nylon only lasts a hundred years or so, but I won't live long enough for that to matter.

I think @Gavin hit it, the heavier tippet moved the fly faster, probably with less slack too. I'd probably be using 8# Trilene (1X) since it's my bass tippet and in the vest. I use Rio 5X for #16-18 and skip the 4X as a rule. In my leader builds it's usually 3X Chameleon to 5X Powerflex. I'd have to see an experiment showing that mono has any stretch at all when the only resistance is water. It should be easy in a pond or pool to take a 15-20' tippet and tie on a #2 streamer, then stretch the tippet away from the fly until straight, let it all rest a moment then jerk the tippet end a measured distance to a stop and measure how far the fly moved, the difference being the stretch. It could be done with a dead fish or a pork chop on the fly to see if the mono stretches with an average hook set. Have to start the measured pull with zero slack though.

wrench, what size tippet do you usually use with #12 streamers? 3X is what, 8#?

I found this of the DCC78 model that may be the same as yours, as I think that same mechanism was used under many names- I would take out the two screws that hold the latch cover #9 on and clean inside that, take things like that apart inside a shopping bag or pillow case so that the springs don't escape. If that spring #11 is full of hard grease or otherwise defective it could be your release problem. If I want to lube something that I don't want to use oil or grease on, I usually use wax and on things like a fly reel spindle I may use bar soap like Ivory, just rubbed on. Wax I use depends on situation, paste wax smeared on and buffed off leaves a pretty slick surface, or a lump of paraffin rubbed on and left as residue, even rubbing with wax paper can work.

In a lot of old reels that I've messed with in the past grease turns to cheese and oil turns to varnish. The latches on most reels is simple enough that the ones I've seen fail let the parts fall out, so I think it's a good guess that sticky oil is playing a part. What model is the reel? Maybe an online parts illustration would help.

Never seen that reel, but my guess is that it wants lubrication, or more accurately cleaning of old hardened lubrication. If the release is reasonably accessible, my "go to" would be BOESHIELD T-9. (or kerosene), being sure to keep the solvent off the line and backing. However, I might first try mixing a teaspoon of Dawn into a quart or so of hot water and immersing then soaking the whole reel for a couple hours to give the detergent time to soak into and dissolve the sticky stuff. Having rescued a few old reels I'm really skeptical of even using "reel lube". Might be better to pull the line off prior to doing any reel work. And this is just what I guess that I would do, not something warranted to work.

Nothing keeps someone from practicing C&R on any water they want to, and designating a section of a stocked stream as C&R has always seemed silly to me. The fish will die anyway from poor handling and the stocking program will continue. It just appeases a segment of the population politically. For those folks the most remote, most difficult and least fished water should be the section used. On the other hand a designated C&R on 300 yards of the most used water would be a study in how few fish survive after multiple C&R. An aspect of C&R that never gets mention in studies done in the past. C&R the same fish a dozen times per day and day after day and see what the fatality rates really are.

I've patched canoes and boats and I've done quite a bit of fiberglass work and I have attempted to repair several plastics that did not work with the commonly available materials and resins, those fails are why I suggested looking at the wider web. The people that sold a lot of Royalex also sold repair kits, like the one I linked above. or - https://tgwatersports.com/old-town-canoe-poly-roylex-repair-kit/ - or - https://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/west-marine-pro/royalex-repair-kit-24665 I have not worked with Royalex itself.

I would do a web search for how to repair Royalex or how to repair ABS, because I don't think that it is comparable with standard polyester resins used in auto work. I think ''bondo'' might melt the plastic, but I'm not an expert and it's been a few years since I did any of that kind of work. A real quick search gives this repair kit- https://northwestcanoe.com/shop/ols/products/royalex-repair-kit - and I've read about using "Gflex" epoxy from West Marine, but again that was a while ago and you should research it.

Mussels can live in lakes, ponds rivers and oceans. I think the Mo. limit is 5 daily and 10 possession. But, it may be worth noting that these are not really lakes, just impounded sections of rivers. One day the dams will need to be removed.

you may be right, but it is interesting ..

The words had different meanings in King James' day. Worship is the recognition of authority and power. To pray is to petition, beseech or beg. Gospels mention "two or three" gathering not dozens, or thousands; there is also mention that the two or three "agree" on what is asked, certainly in a large group not all will even understand what is being asked never mind be in full agreement. In your Bible studies did you read it all as one unit or did you compare the old prophets' teaching to that of Jesus, and each of these to exhortations of Paul? In your analysis of the Christian denominations did you find that more follow Jesus or did more follow Paul?

Churches and parking lots are Man's creations just like the planes, trains and cars. And all are public and have no closets in which to pray in secret as instructed in Mathew.

I was told that we all will have life eternal, just some will live in a better place than those that reside in the lake of fire.

Catholics, Christians, Muslims and Jews all use the same God. (edit- Mormons and Mennonites too) It doesn't say much about airplanes in the Book though, the Creator did not create them things; so it is quite possible that none of their prayers work when riding the Devil's invention?

Sometime in the late '70s someone invented "superglue" that could hold your hard hat to a wrecking ball and not long after that I read about using the superglue to attach live baits to hooks. It worked pretty well for hoppers and crickets, I never tried it with mouse or night-crawler; but as soon as I saw them attempting to wrap the "live fly material" onto the hooks with thread and no superglue, it made me think something was off, so I thought to check the posting date.

Today is 4-3 so two days ago looks like April Fool Day, Great show they put on but I doubt we'll ever see the other forty episodes.

What's the source? I need a couple grips. I thought those butt extensions were for rod holders ?? I've never handled one outside the BPS store, but figured that if I ever had to use one like that I'd just hacksaw off the useless part.

When I lived near the salt, the recommendation was to rinse with fresh water after each use, but if if I was not going to put the reel back into the salt for weeks or months, I'd soak it overnight in a 5 gal bucket of fresh water then do the rinse. And yes for that I'd remove the line so as to get to all the reel surfaces. Generally the lines and reels don't seem to be hurt by ocean use, but, I've seen reels corrode if left with salt on them in long storage.