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Old 08-24-2008, 06:55 AM   #1
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Smile When surfcasting, being........

tall certainly has it's advantages. Thats all I wanted to say, carry on.

Why even try.........
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:07 AM   #2
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:17 AM   #3
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:20 AM   #4
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being shorter makes you feel like your part of the surf.. Hate to tell you but your really missing out .

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Old 08-24-2008, 07:32 AM   #5
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yeah, short makes one more stealth on the rocks...
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:10 AM   #6
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Tall means I have to take half as many steps on the rocks.....thus cutting the opportunity of turning an ankle in half!! Plus we can wade in deeper water...which I am guessing is what Flap is referring to?! Biggest disadvantage to being tall is when you catch a big fish.....they all look small in the pictures! There is your biggest advantage right there for being short......guys like Tagger can make a schoolie look like it weighs 40 pounds!! Just ribbin' you Ed!

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Old 08-24-2008, 08:41 AM   #7
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couldn't keep up with Flap...I was floatin' I tell ya...floatin'

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Old 08-24-2008, 08:42 AM   #8
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Casting momentum - the biggest advantage, like a tall pitcher. A ten foot pole cast by a tall person is launching from way up.

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Old 08-24-2008, 08:55 AM   #9
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:57 AM   #10
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TBD....could you speak up? I barely heard you up here! Its like Horton Hears a Who!!

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Old 08-24-2008, 09:19 AM   #11
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being short makes your fish look MUCH bigger!
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Old 08-24-2008, 09:20 AM   #12
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Dork..

FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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Old 08-24-2008, 02:21 PM   #13
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ARE YOU PICKING ON VERTICALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE!!!

That is just plain rude.!!!!

PS The fish in my pic IS big!!!!

I'd rather be fishing!
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Old 08-24-2008, 03:41 PM   #14
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Short,compact,efficient,core strength=Long,Long casts, the ones you six four dudes can see land and wonder how we did it.
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:13 PM   #15
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Short,compact,efficient,core strength=Long,Long casts, the ones you six four dudes can see land and wonder how we did it.
Flap can cast one helluva long ways. I can, of course, outcast him.........only not with the line attached.
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:49 PM   #16
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being short you can hide easier in those secret spots. being tall you stand out like a flag pole.
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:01 PM   #17
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:18 PM   #18
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:22 PM   #19
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One thing I hate about "M" is when some 6'6" d-bag in a wetsuit pushes the line out another ten feet..

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Old 08-24-2008, 08:23 PM   #20
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Old 08-25-2008, 06:53 PM   #21
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Tall means I have to take half as many steps on the rocks.....thus cutting the opportunity of turning an ankle in half!! Plus we can wade in deeper water...which I am guessing is what Flap is referring to?! Biggest disadvantage to being tall is............
.................you GIANTS have onehelluvalot farther to FALL.

not that i would wish anything like that on you and Flap,,,,,,,,,,,,
prolly hurts more the farther you fall

and another disadvantage would be that you guys are expected
to be able to reach farther and deeeeper; so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

*there MUST be a HUGE Performance Anxiety Factor
that is attached to such God given loftinesses.* that is all,

carry awwwwwwn!

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between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy

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Old 08-25-2008, 07:00 PM   #22
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.................you GIANTS have onehelluvalot farther to FALL.

not that i would wish anything like that on you and Flap,,,,,,,,,,,,
prolly hurts more the farther you fall

and another disadvantage would be that you guys are expected
to be able to reach farther and deeeeper; so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

*there MUST be a HUGE Performance Anxiety Factor
that is attached to such God given loftinesses.* that is all,

carry awwwwwwn!
The needle I was using this week that outperformed all the others was only 5 inches long, yet the bass wanted it more than the others.

Hmmm... what a metaphor!

Why even try.........
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Old 08-25-2008, 07:02 PM   #23
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The needle I was using this week that outperformed all the others was only 5 inches long, yet the bass wanted it more than the others.

Hmmm... what a metaphor!
What, Irish Needlefish

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Old 08-25-2008, 07:29 PM   #24
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What, Irish Needlefish
It was green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why even try.........
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Old 08-25-2008, 07:36 PM   #25
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The needle I was using this week that outperformed all the others was only 5 inches long, yet the bass wanted it more than the others.

Hmmm... what a metaphor!
must've bean one of them supersexy needles,,,,,,,,,

ORRRR the presentation of such a well-HIT needle
and NOT the SIZE, cuz we ALL know that ~~~~

it ain't the size of the wand, but
the magix that's in it

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Old 08-25-2008, 08:34 PM   #26
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Size shape and color dont mean S&^% if you dont know how to work it!


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Old 08-25-2008, 09:21 PM   #27
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What, Irish Needlefish
Ifin it was Irish it wasnt 5 inches long....

I'm going where I'm going...
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Ifin it was Irish it wasnt 5 inches long....

Ya that would be big..

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Old 08-25-2008, 09:53 PM   #29
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chicks dig the tall dudes
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Old 08-26-2008, 03:30 AM   #30
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What, Irish Needlefish
i don't get it ...

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