have not been to the new one yet, I don't drink coffee.

You are the first woodworker I have known that does not drink coffee. Seems some days all I do is have coffee with one customer after another. Try that and drive around all day makes for lots of stops along the way.:err:

Well as far as braid goes I have never used it. I just picked up some Whiplash about a week ago and plan on using it for pluggin. Hopefully it works out well! I tried a few test casts and it workes great.




ONE QUESTION!!!!!!

I put the line on and didn't put enough backing so i have over an 1/8" left on the spool do you thin I should wind it on another spool than put more back and rewind again?? or will that mess up the line!!!!

thanks


this will prolly get lost but atleast I am added to the thread

I LOVE TOG

Speakin of TOG and braid I think I will try this whiplash stuff instead of 30lb mono. Will help me horse up some of the fatties. 60lb Mono leader with the 80lb braid should work wonders! I'll be pulling up rocks and tog!

holy smokes! looks like I have been missing all the fun around here lately!!!!!

If I am not mistaken somewhere WAY back dsomeone asked where the girls were....well here I am but I dunno where FW is......HA! I actually beat her at something .....magine that!

once upon a time there was a girl named Jenn....she was afraid to stick around this place because she was afraid of getting CRABS!!!

there sure are a lotta crabs round here...

sorry couldnt help myself:rolleyes:

where is my fellow loosah girl?:eek:

[IMG]C:\My Documents\looser girls.jpg[/IMG]

..GB,........I've tried a few braids and chose Fireline as my favorite, for now....;)

...The PowerPro is too.....ummm.....fickle, I like the way Fireline "loosens" up after usage. The PowerPro can be a tad bit messier at times....

...Like Slip said, start with the 20...and work your way down. Either way, you'll notice a BIG difference with your casts...:D

....I won't say its like Night and Day.......its more like Midnight and Noon......;)

.it almost feels like the times when you whip something out there...and the line busts, and it justs keeps on sailing and sailing...:D


The Key is:....make sure it stays wrapped around the spool tightly!!!.....One bad loop somewhere in your spool..and :( YOU'RE IN TROUBLE......same thing with a knot, eh Slip?..:eek: slipknot, knotslip....cast it out and let it rip!!.....:D

:af: ...somebody post a picture of Jenn for me....I'LL FIX HER LITTLE RED WAGON!!!:af:


.....Pickin' on us crabs!!!.......:D:D









Welcome back Jenn!!......where ya been hidin???....:D:D

Got pulled away in the middle of a reply about 15 hours ago. I think we can make it.....

No not picking on crabs....they are great with some melted butter....mmmmmmmm.......;)

been hiding in northern Vt filling my need for speed!( snowmobiling is how I fill the winter months....)

as far as the little red wagon????? hmmm...I dunno.....;) :p :p

Anthony, your best bet for that would be to wind it on to an extra spool if you have one then do like you said and put more backing on.
I thought an 1/8" was good, do you want it to be 1/16" instead?

In the future you could start with the extra spool first working backwards, much easier.

I buy 1000 yds so I re-spool and don't worry untill the last spooling.

Hi Jenn :D

Hi Jenn http://striped-bass.com/images/new/mosher.gif

http://striped-bass.com/images/new/iamwithstupid.gif For all of the people that think we've gone simply bonkers on this thread, I just wanted to repost why we're doing this

....Jenn, my last snowmobiling trip was a FLOP!!!.....We had called up for reservations, and were told that we wouldn't be needing any......to just "come on up"....

.....So we did, we "came on up"....and when we got there we figured we'd go early, so we beat the owners to the shop. When the finally opened the doors up we hurried inside and said "2 snow mobiles, please"...
....they asked, "Do you have reservations?"....
:af: :af:

we said, "No, when we called up, we were told that we didn't need any!"

..."Oh yes, of course you do" said the clerk...."Who did you speak to when you called up?"...the clerk asked.

:af: :af:

..."Whomever answers your phones!!!"....we answered.

...He said "well, why don't you wait a little while and see if we have any NO SHOWS"....

.....so we waited...:smash: :af: :smash: :af:

.....EVERYONE SHOWED UP !!!!......OF COURSE.....and so we wasted the morning and any chance of gettting any rentals anywhere else that day...:af: ....NEVER AGAIN!!....I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE RESERVATIONS NEXT TIME!!!....

...We ended up on SNOW TIRES for the afternoon, which turned out to be more FUN than I thought......:D



.....except for walking back up that friggin hill, everytime!!!...:rolleyes:




:smash: :smash: :smash: :smash: :happy: :af:


......AAAAAAAh, the lessons life teaches us........they're endless...:happy:

DANG I thought we were doing this caause there was a therapist monitoring us .

Is it FRIDAY or am I a knucklehead ?
where is BM ? this is his kind of thread !

BM is on a cyber vacation at the moment... Let's let him recharge his batts for a while...

We could always turn this into THE we want BM back.


WE WANT BM BACK:happy:

Woo Hoo!!! 200 replies (122 from Bloo ;) )

ok Company policy:

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang
a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a
monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as
he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same
result all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when
another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent
it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage
and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to
climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys
attack him.

After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to
climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it
with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The
previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm!

Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a
fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the
stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea
why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are
participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining
monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever
again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as
far as they know that's the way it's always been done around here.

...And that's how company policy begins

I got an extra spool for my reel so it will make it easier. I want to get it almost right to the edge I figure I can get 10 more yard on there. I figure i want this braid to last all season without respooling and I figure I will lose at least 20 yard by the end of the season from cutting off damaged line and you always lose a few inches while tieing knots so the little extra would be good.

....Anthony, if you fill that baby to the edge....:p ...you're gonna be losing a lot more than 20 yards.....the first few times


....if you got an 1/8 of an inch to the edge, thats ok.....play with that for now......LEARN YOUR BRAID!!....thats important. There are nooks and crannies about Braid that you'll only learn as you use it...don't be too concerned with getting it to the edge.....

.....just my opinion of course......:D

......Sorry John.....didn't mean to be posting so much.....:(

......John, have you read all my posts?

........so where can I find those Plug Party pictures???......:D


.....I think there's one of you in there......right?....:eek: :D

....and whats the answer to the other question, I asked about???...



.....If nobodys even reading my posts..........



............................WHY BOTHER???............................


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.....SOMEBODY, ANYBODY............EVERYBODY..........



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