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1). When putting on wire on the reel.....have a helper with oven mits and the spool on a pen or other spindle. Have your partner apply tension to the sides of the spool with the oven mits so wire goes on tight. 2). Using a wire line knot tie on a quality swivel (like the size on your flashers). 3). Take your rig down to the local school, hook the swivel on a chain fence and under tension walk as much wire off the reel you can and then reel it back on tight. You are ready to go fishing. 4). As others have stated, let the dipsy out slowly either on a light trickle drag or thumbed out with clicker on. 5). When a fish hits.....DO NOT SET THE HOOK. The fish will hook itself if the hook is deep enough as there is no stretch in the line. 6). Lighten the drag (should be fairly loose already) and let the fish burn off the wire to tire itself out and center itself in the middle of the spread. 7). After the fish has tired a little you can start to make gains and tighten the drag a little if warranted. Don't make jerky up-down movements of pumping the fish in. Everything is done smoothly not to tear the hooks out of the fish (no stretch). . Wire will cut mono downrigger lines

What it proves is Lake Trout are opportunists and are scavengers.

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Glad the pup is working out. After losing a dog recently, my German Shorthair became stricken with the loss of her buddy. She would stare out the window waiting for him to come home. General malaise and moping around to the point it was breaking my heart. We started looking for German shorthair rescues and were frustrated by the lack of selection. Many sites had German's listed but when you saw the picture you could tell MAYBE 2 % German LOL. Doesn't surprise me as they are great dogs so they don't come up for adoption much. A no-kill animal shelter was raided in Kentucky where they found 186 dogs on site in horrible condition. A call went out to area shelters to take the dogs and as a result we found a pointer mix in Ohio that was a transfer from the Kentucky site. So begins "project reclamation dog". We named the new dog Noodles. Her previous name given was Squirrelly so you can imagine what this dog is like. Hip and rib bones showing. Probably had to fight for food as she would bare her teeth around other dogs but LOVES humans. After some trying times with Tinkerbelle (my german) she began to except her and now loves to play with her new friend. Tinkerbelle "tolerates" her well as she is young and an imp. Sad state of affairs at the shelter as I had to teach the dog simple tasks such as how to play, or how to allow herself to be sniffed by another dog without attacking. Early on she showed zero signs as a hunter. Bunnies and birds went unnoticed. Now that she has settled in I have noticed her taking interest in chasing rabbits and squirrels. If I was to guess her breed I would say because she is from Kentucky (they love their squirrel dogs) she is probably a rat terrier/ pointer mix. Say a prayer for me.....LOL.

Must have been really choppy out there as you were upside down quite a bit !

You have a mirage/glow pattern......its all you need. Nice flies.

You said Chubby...... .....but I don't think I looked down at their pants once. I will have to go back and review.

Were you trolling along the ledge next to Strawberry Island?

Sand sprinkle technique is hard to clean from what I understand. I used interlux with non-slip additive. Tape off the area and roll it on.....easy. Make sure the surface is free of oil or wax and prep with an acetone wipe.