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Thanks Dano. I hardly ever use it and doubt if I would fix it if it broke. It came with the Stowaway Rod I bought a few years ago for a beater rod in the Kayak as a combo setup. They are a decent setup for the price, but it is the only rod broken by accident, rolled it up in a power window and snapped the tip section. I repaired the tip myself and still fish it. All others are Orvis and have the no questions asked breakage warranty. And I have a covey of Orvis reels to go with them. I know Orvis will stand behind their product and carry parts for them. I am surprised that Cabela's would not help.

Guess you will have to drink Coors if you want an American Beer! Augie screwed up, STL will probably go downhill from here. Cardinals will become Dodo Birds. The Rams, well they should drink more buds, might help them. Grants farm will be gone. Other interests will be gone. Miss Bud will be eco friendly and become a hybreed. Clydesdale will be replaced by miniature pony's. To salute them, I am drinking Miller High Life Light tonite... Gotta give the other foreign owned brewery a chance too.

Wow, I would have never figured that out of Cabela's. They should have been able to give you someone that could get you repair parts. I have a Cabela's Prestige and just went thru the box it came in. Parts diagram and numbers, instructions on how to change directions of reel and spare disk drag, but no info on who made it and who to contact for parts. I would try a little harder with them, try to get a tech to help you with repair instead of just customer service. Chances are, the reel seats from other reels would work if the holes line up and threads are the same. I would try plugging away at Cabela's again. Take it to a local Cabela's store if you have one close. Last resort, if you live in STL, try Pauls Bait and Tackle, they carry parts and repair most reels, they may be able to come up with something.

I would either get a good epoxy and glue it back on or call Cabela's and see if they will sell you a new foot. Looks like it just screws on.

Terry, look for a custom hardwood floor installer or custom cabinet maker in your area. They usually work with the finer woods and sometimes you can go thru their scrap piles and find real nice pieces that are a good size for what you are doing. If not, they could get it.

Great station. What are the 2 rows of trays on each side for? Where do you find the cedar at?

I am looking for a new handheld GPS that has color and maps. Ebay is flooded with the Delorme PN-20 which probably means that there are alot of refurbs on the market. Are they any good? Anybody on here use one? I currently use a Magellan 210, it is a monochrome gps with mapping software. It does great and has a good battery life, but the map software is getting a little old. I am also looking at an all in one, PDA and GPS. Nobody makes one currently as PDA's are going out of style. Unfortunately, here in SEMO, we are still behind the times with cell service. I want something I can browse and check email at a hotspot, keep my addresses and schedules, read my news, listen to mp3, and find out where I am going. I don't have a cell service that will give me that, so a phone is not a concern and lets out alot of cell phones. There are PDA's less than a year old that combine GPS with PDA features and I am looking at them on the net also. Any feedback from other users on here?

Somebody email me some fresh salmon fillets, all I can find around here are made in China. I really wanted to go back this year....

Medium to low heat on gas, or directly over coals on charcoal grill. Taters cook slow, larger chunks if you do taters only, smaller chunks if you cook with soft veggies. I usually put on 10-20 minutes before meat. You can cook sweet corn this way also over coals or on grill. Shuck corn and wrap in foil with butter or leave in shuck and cook over coals.

Throw some Broccoli, Mushrooms, or Squash in there too for more variety. Works good at camp also, cut everything up before you leave and put in a ziploc.

I have fished the Quachita River below Blakely Dam for trout in the Spring and Lake Hamilton. Trout are stocked in the cooler months. Ark Fish and Game posts fishing reports and lists of fishing in each of the areas of Arkansas. You could drive a few hours and fish the Little Red.

It did not affect PcTools Firewall or Avast Antivirus. Both are free downloads and work well. I have always had issues with Zone Alarm and XP, I had always used it with Win 2000 without any hitches. With XP, it has caused mapped drives to disappear, wireless router to lose access, other problems.

You win, no trout, just excellent Smallmouth. Trout are further up on the Current River above Akers Ferry or over in the Eleven Point river. Jacks is not quite cold enough for trout.

Almost all accesses are from gravel roads at low water bridges. MDC has an access at Plantation Access, this is where it really starts to slow down and deep holes form. You can float from here to Millersville, it was pretty rough last fall, lots of trees in the river that you had to pull over or thru. Everything else is wadable, the further up the river the smaller the holes. Most of the river above Plantation is to low to kayak or canoe after May unless we have flooding like we did today. No camping like there is on the Castor. Almost all of the Whitewater is surrounded by private land and few gravel bars for camping.

Surprising enough, I have always used Outlook or Outlook Express for mail. It syncs with my pda better. I use Mailwasher to get rid of the spam first. Terry, Google "Thunderbird Tweak" and read a few of the articles, you may find something there. I don't know what you want to do with it.

Sheriffs dept writes tickets for the rowdiness, drugs, or minors with alcohol. MDC writes tickets for game violations or anything that the Sheriffs dept does not catch. Both are usually on the river on the weekends during peak float season. Since the NPS started the no tolerance rule with all the crazy's, the Sheriff is probably making a killing. 11pt has always been a calmer river compared to the Current or the Jack's Fork. Turner to Riverton or Whitten to Riverton usually gets most of the party floaters.

Just found this great guide on how to install, configure, and tweak the new Firefox Version 3. Alot has changed since the second version, even the way you configure the advance settings. It works with most of the websites, although there are a few older sites that I have to use the IE tab addin to view all of the websites. If you are using Firefox or thinking about it, look at this guide and find some new features. Firefox 3 tweak link

Great report, Castor has always been my Home Waters. We own a farm about 10 miles south of 34 on the Castor and have been fishing it all my life. The creek that runs thru our main farm is a tributary of the Castor. It remains clear and fishable until you get down below 34 then it enters farmlands and slows up. Holes become muddier and so do the banks and bottom. I have fished it all the way down to where it becomes the Diversion Channel at the Block Hole access, which is a good spot for some Jack Salmon at times. Whitewater is a good stream also, it ends up in the Diversion Channel below the Castor and forms a big ditch that runs to the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. Not quite as clear and fishable as the Castor but can be good at times.

You might want to try Gwins in Coopers Landing, they have it all, lodging, guide service, restaurant. Its close to Anchorage, fairly reasonable, next to Kenai River and Russian River. A float for Rainbows in late August on the Kenai is priceless. Salmon are pretty much done for this year, Kings are closed, Reds are peaking now, Silvers will be in late August. Booking a trip this late in the year is tough. You would be better off starting 6 months in advance for best rates and availability. Do a little research and try for next year or check out Lilley's lodge and see if they have openings. He runs this website and guides on the Naknek River over by King Salmon. Gwins Lodge link Coopers Landing Chamber of Commerce links

I have used the Palomar knot for years, its an easy tie and retains almost 100 percent line strength. Palomar knot link The clinch knot is what I use most for flies, fast and easy to tie, make sure you lube it with spit or water. Clinch knot link

Sorry faded, hit post and went outside to pick lettuce, pic did not load. #@%^& slow dialup connection. If SBC/Att would just upgrade one more station, I could have DSL. 20 minutes to upload a 444kb file and it cost $50 for the phone line and the dialup account. Anyway, a pic is worth a 1000 words!

Need I say more????????

I spin fish also. Cleos, rooster tails, jigs, and crank baits. I have used power bait to catch for a meal. I never use bait for catch and release, it will kill the fish as they swallow it 90 percent of the time. Plus, it makes my fingers stink!

Gates is retired and doing charity work......

You might find something under the Fly Recipes heading on this website........