fishinwrench

I was really proud of my elliptical Clousers cast.....until it occurred to me that I was twisting up my flyline 🙄 I still do it, but try to reverse the direction every so often to tame the twist...... Just don't get too close to me when I'm in reverse mode, or you might get hurt ! 😊

The biggest Smallie I've ever caught from the LN was a 16 incher, and that was quite a few years ago. It has a pretty good population of 12-14 inchers though.....and they are plenty of fun, especially of fly gear. The fish in there just don't seem to make it long enough to get big.....and the spotted bass are so ate up with worms that I really don't want to eat them.

From Hugh Hefner's mansion, to crashing in a Ozark hillbilly's tool shed. Talk about BACKSLIDING ! 😔

Oh c'mon now ! She just backslid a little. Have mercy !

For the first 4-5 days after stocking, many of those stockers will stay schooled up like crappie......and you can catch a limit (or more) out of one little spot. After a bit they will break up and spread out into individual holding areas. So basically anytime you are able to catch several from the exact same little current seam it is safe to assume that they were recently stocked.

"Backslid"? I don't see it that way. To accept THAT means that you also assume it was the first time she ever added something unhealthy to someone's food. More than likely it is just the first time that she got CAUGHT doing it. Don't ever act the least bit unpleasant to a waitress!!!! Or to your sister in-law, for that matter..... regardless of how good her potato salad is. 🤔

Yes it does. Pulling up on that piece of linkage is what locks the motor down......So it doesn't tilt-up when going in reverse. Your shift rod has a detent on it, about mid-way......right ? The washer merely rests over the detent. Without it the detent can get jammed (and stuck) in the reverse lock linkage. And that cheesyass throttle shift mechanism doesn't offer enough torque to pop it free 🙄 Crappy Brunswick design, if you ask me. 🥴 This is the kinda stuff that results every time a new engineer is hired on at the plant.

Speaking of good Christian women, and things that didn't work....... https://www.krmsradio.com/versailles-woman-charged-after-attempted-poisonings/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0XbP59Jo7KspVZi82EDK_7MPYZnXlM7xjXSRci5d0gNWxjLX9uIHU0WBo_aem_T7OI7Pbelmsdn6ykIDaBwA

Those 1974 Johnson 6hp's will never die !

We aren't discussing the angle of Line to Shank.......We are concerned with the angle of force delivered to the point of the hook. 👍 Cool ! Discussion over 😅

Actually it's not. The hook penetrates best when the force applied to it is more parallel to the point & barb. Otherwise it is like hammering a bent nail. But whatever.....it can still work 🤷‍♂️

Mechanically they are great for snelling type connections....... because the result is a slightly more open hook gap. But if you're tying directly to the eye, or even using a loop knot, the physics of hook penetration via tension on the tippet.....theoretically works against you.

Let me know how the experiment with the White T.U.E. ones go. 🤔

That's the thing about fly tying that nobody ever talks about..... Once you get good/proficient at it, and have aquired a stock of materials, it truly isn't all that much fun ! Keeping myself well stocked is about all the fly tying that I'm ever in the mood to do. .

I had to "register" at the post office on my birthday, and was scared to death that I'd get CHOSEN and sent to Iraq🥴 I didn't believe in the reason WHY......and I've been sceptical about the "News" ever since. All the guys in my area that had made it home from Vietnam warned us that the weapons they were given were total pieces of ---- that couldn't be "sighted in", would jam or malfunction all the time, and that the ammo was inconsistent. The only thing that was decent about the gear they had to fight with were the BOOTS.