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PostPosted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:00 am • # 41 
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Finally bought something fishing related. Got a couple of pairs of fishing pants for wet wading. I would have plenty, but unfortunately the expanding universe means that some of my pants don't fit anymore. :P

Larry


:lol :lol :lol If only ALL parts of the universe would expand uniformly.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:30 pm • # 42 
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Well, I didn't actually buy it today, but today I found out what I had bought.

It is a 6'7" "3-weight" fiberglass blank by Aventik. The CCS test told me that it has an ERN of 4.31. That's disappointing. Perhaps after another CCS test, 3 of the 4 sections will make a 5' banty combination rod or just a spinning rod.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:40 pm • # 43 
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Well , I have been using a small 5th wheel for my summer excursions and pulling my Rhino on a trailer behind it . I grew tired of doing this so today I bought a 5th wheel toy hauler . It's not new and has some hail damage but nothing that will hurt it and most importantly I can put the Rhino and all my inflatables in it ! It's fairly light and on level ground at 55 mph I am getting 11mph pulling with my F150 EcoBoost . My lab Bella lgave me the stamp of approval .

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:54 pm • # 44 
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Nice ride!

Thrift store find from a Long Island, NY library
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 6:20 am • # 45 
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That's a good read! (and who doesn't appreciate a good deal on a fart machine? My wife married one, and she's still paying through the nose for it).


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:41 pm • # 46 
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Thanks strummer .


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:08 pm • # 47 
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The other day I bought a rod one line heavier than allowed here so I wont tell you that it was an 11' med action IM 8 that I'll use for mono rigs with case and sock for $61 . But I can tell you that yesterday I received a new Shu-fly Skip Storch special 9' 3wt med fast action rod and it too came to a total of $61 from that big auction site . It is also IM8 and I really like it with the wiggle test and it's pretty , too . I hope to get past the virus thingy and take it along this summer as well as 20 or 40 other rods that I built and haven't fished yet . Maybe I'll put a for sale sign out when I do a regular campground and get rid of some of them , who knows it may actually work !


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:53 pm • # 48 
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I finally bowed to temptation and used some of my tax refund to buy a new 2 7/8" Hardy Perfect reel for 3 and 4 weight lines. I've kicked this idea back and forth for years and finally decided "heck with it, I'm gonna be too old in a few years to enjoy it, so I better act now". Fortunately my wife has no idea how many reels I have or which are new.

Larry


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:14 pm • # 49 
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Hot Sauce oil and grease.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:30 am • # 50 
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Bought a new pair of Simms Freestone boots. And then drilled holes all over the bottom to attach Rock Treads I bought last week. That wasn't as easy as the video showed!!!


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:02 pm • # 51 
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$100 worth fly boxes to replace ones stolen in Late March.

Yes I am admitting to sheer stupidity. Note to all even when you think "oh I'll be in the office for 10 minutes, I don't need to lock my car" Within ten minutes I exited the building, and I was minus more than 2/3 of all my flies plus some other gear.

Insurance is a good thing to have when you hope to never use it.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:20 pm • # 52 
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Hey Les,
Have you checked with your insurance about your loss? I had a couple of bags, one containing a bunch of fly boxes and the other had 14 reels in it, stolen from the back seat of my pickup parked by my house. Total value over $2000. Called my insurance and was told it would go on my homeowners insurance and the value would have to exceed more than 1% of the value of my home before they were responsible for anything. I gave up at that point.

Larry


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:30 pm • # 53 
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hey Larry
already took care of this and got the settlement check - depreciation totaling $1500 is sitting there waiting for me to buy back some items.
Farmers took pretty good care of me on the loss.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:35 pm • # 54 
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You can't do better than north west flies .com . Nice quality and prices are great ! No affiliation , I just buy a ton of his stuff .


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:12 pm • # 55 
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thanks Ron!


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