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He needs dentures

Old Plug, I’ll give you credit for turning me on to the drop shot! Thank you Sir!

Just needs a little more cilantro!

852 pages! Congratulations Sir Ness of Birmingham!

Yep, saw the minnow dunking Menonites or Amish guys dragging stringers of all sizes (undersized mostly) down the Niangua with a minnow bucket. Josiah and Jebadiah don’t care much for the limits.

Way to go Bret!

I’m not gonna lie to you, it took me 15 to 20 tries before I got it right every time. It’s so strong and thin. Seth turned me on to this video.....

FG is best. It just grabs the line like a Chinese finger trap… There’s really no hard curve in the line that would cause the knot to break. It’s also extremely thin.

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Way to keep the tradition going!!

Finding wood in 2-6’ of water near current would be my number one spot. And don’t forget to pitch to the opposite side of the log too, in other words between the log and the bank. Be stealthy would be number 2...especially for big fish

Well Tackle HD sold last week, so I don’t own a bait company anymore. Funny thing is Strike King had an Elaztech type material a while back before the Ned rig craze but it never sold well. Maybe they made a marketing deal with Z Man

So you guys, start your own website, buy packaging, pay your 10% federal excise tax, pay your distributors and retailers another 40-50%, then make a profit of a few pennies. Then have people female doggy about it. I suggest you make your own.

We need to go fishing sometime Harry!

Chuggers work better around the spawn because it’s usually a pop and wait. The fish can’t stand anything near their nest, especially if it’s just sitting there. Faster WTD that glide usually work better in the full blown summer. But as some have said, a Chug Bug is a helluva bait when walking the dog with it. It’s got that little sexy movement and spitting that drives stream smallmouth crazy. It seems to work best (like all WTD baits) at a certain distance from the boat, with a certain angle of line to the water. Find out your optimum angle distance and keep your boat at that distance away from whatever object or cover you’re casting to.

Norm was involved in one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard in all my 58 years. I’ll try to tell the story and hope I get it right and give him the respect he deserves, because it’s a true story... Norm came from west coast money. His family was very wealthy and used to throw parties and invite all kinds of high brow people to parties at the Leppo home. Norm had just come home from basic training in the Navy. When he arrived home he noticed his parents were throwing another party. He walked in the door and to his surprise, there was a man holding a cocktail standing next to the fireplace. That man was Admiral Chester Nimitz...yes, THE Admiral Nimitz. Before he could very quickly sneak out of the room, his mom grabbed him by the arm and said “I want to introduce you to somebody”. Imagine how scared Norm was. They both walked up to Admiral Nimitz and Norm’s mom said happily “Norman, I want to introduce you to Chester!...He’s in the Navy too!!” I’ve always tried to imagine how Norm must have felt.

Norm was a good dude, lived till he was well within his 90’s. The week prior to his death, he was wanting a friend to guide him on the Meramec. I think about him a bunch.

Yep, and if a guy got lucky and caught one on a Panther Martin in-line spinner, he’d spend the rest of his life thinking it was the best lure ever created! RIP Norm

I caught this one in the Meramec system

Great job Emily!

At MCD, in order to make seniority rule, we had union classifications converge. They converged skilled trades with lesser skilled trades. Now the higher seniority riveter was staying as the higher skilled toolmaker was getting laid off...all in an attempt to be “equal” and fair. Equality is a failed notion, when trying to make things equal, someone else always gets the royal shaft.

Almost always the pendulum swings far in the opposite direction. Are unions needed, I think so....have they abused the privilege...heck yes. I was in a union for 14 years, or I should say forced to be. That should throw up a red flag having to be forced to join. The union stewards got super seniority, the officials went on major boondoggles around the country. When I worked at McDonnell Douglas using portable laser calibration equipment, I had to sneak the equipment in my trunk from building to building so a Teamster wouldn’t see me, or they would file a grievance against me. I stopped counting the grievances that they filed. I do believe that things would eventually swing too far the other way if there weren’t unions though. As far as the goofball writing bad reviews, I think what wrench said is true. People take reviews with a grain of salt. Anytime I read a review on a restaurant I can usually tell if they are over the top.

Wanna go camping? 😂

I’ve got a rain check from the Mrs. and I’m going somewhere....maybe just you and me Mr Fechter. We’ve seen high river water before......