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  1. Sk8man
    Thanks Gary
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    youp50 - you bring up a good point.. I would add that there many facets to derby fishing and for some the money isn't a major factor (believe it or not). For many of us it is the spirit of competition as it is in many sports. If people are in it only for the money they may be missing out on a lot and they may be setting themselves up for some disappointment as there usually isn't much control over the variables at least when fair play is involved. There are a lot more consistent (and perhaps easier) ways to make money.
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    In search of : (Hoping someone held on to one of these dinosaur handles that they don't need. )
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    I haven't seen that particular one but it is based on the ones made of sticks and tied with sinew at the top that the Native Americans used way back when.... (and before any of my buddies chime in....no I wasn't there at the time ) It was an interesting design as the line would actually "jig" itself in the wind and the hole wouldn't freeze up as easily as with others with the constant movement of the water in the hole (absent blowing snow).
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    I've used virtually all of them over more than 50 years of wire fishing including those mentioned already. I think the most important variable is how you keep it tensioned at all times and there are a variety of ways to do it depending on what type of rod you are using. It is one reason I elected to go with single sectioned roller tip rods for most of my wire rigs. I use a short bungee at the end on my two section wire rods with a computer type velcro cable wrap to hold the sections together. It helps but as Gator mentioned I cut a few feet off every season where the curlies do occur.It mainly prevents kinks as the curly cues can come from other things.I've had good luck with Accustrand from Cablestrand Corporation the last few years.
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    Good one Stan
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    Gee such a nice day I am surprised nobody sitting at the picinic tables
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    Look like #71s Good laker spoons
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    Sometimes the process is more important than the result Joe....I'm sure he is learning from it and he is out there with you doing it....that is the most important part
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    All in jest. I have really enjoyed the hunting posts despite not hunting myself for years. Welcome to LOU James where you'll find a lot of busting and good humor as well as great fishing information from a bunch of good guys who know their stuff.
  11. Sk8man
    You guys are pretty hard on poor Rob after all the trouble he's experienced this year with the deer hunting and still finding time to post cartoons
  12. Sk8man
    Or Church Stern Planer can be used ....loooks like an ice cream cone shape just detach on way in.
  13. Sk8man
    Cool fly and nothing like catching a big fish on something you have made yourself. Congrats!
  14. Sk8man
    Fisher Bobcat tracks the claws are retracted when they walk or run
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    Here you go Stan
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    To me the issue seems to be a little like "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I only have one mount on my office wall and it is of a Brown trout at 16.18 lbs. and it won a derby but on Lake O it might not be viewed as "gigantic" but on the Fingers it is up there pretty good. It also depends a lot on who does the mount as I have seen some that i would not be in a hurry to put on the wall regardless of size. Mine was free so I look at it as a "bargain" In this case it is the event that it symbolizes that is more important than the quality of the mount. If I had paid for it I would be considering the quality first
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    I guess everyone has their own method of hunting and custom stand The mate to this guy was perched over my doorstep and flew as soon as I opened the doo just now.
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    Congrats Keith. I think it says a lot about your relationship...the fact that she selected U of R as well as the possible financial benefit to you
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    Knotlost did a splendid job of summarizing and boiling down what I imagine is years worth of experience dealing with this stuff
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    In that case 176 jking
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    Marmooska and Fiska tungstens, Mud Bugs both with either wax worms or spikes and/or tiny plastic "tails"
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    The cover and runners would add up to almost that....
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    Just returned from Freeport Maine from the weekend there. Thanks ....still some work to do on it. I made a visit today to my favorite tackle place in Kittery Maine on the way home at the Trading Post which I first visited over 30 years ago, and it makes Cabelas and Bass Pro etc. look like minor operators. Best tackle shop I've ever seen now both for freshwater and saltwater stuff.
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    Stinger makes good points. It probably wouldn't be highly recommended by the experts and I don't hunt anymore but if I were doing it I would put one of the Barnes Expander 140's or the 130 Federal JHP in the cylinder lined up with the barrel and the heavier 158's in the remaining cylinder holes and if I had a close shot i'd shoot the chamber round for the energy transfer and if the shot was further out I'd just spin the cylinder to a heavier load....but that is me (the kick or recoil effect will be different too) P.S. Nice grip on that 357 to help kill the shock to the hand.
  25. Sk8man
    Very nice post walnut109 I am trying to capture that feeling in my book with copious detail about the old and new methods and equipment etc. integrating the stuff that is used on both the Fingers and Lake O that works in both environments. Your post captures some of the spirit and perspective underlying that effort
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