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  1. TyeeTanic
    Convector 30D, reliable and best value for money.
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    But see how green the back of that King in the second picture is? Looks like the back of a steelhead.
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    What are hybrids? Are they a cross between a Chinook and coho then?
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    That's not an atlantic. It's definitely a king. I'm in between it being a very fresh king, or a hybrid (king/steel).
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    Owner or the new torpedo treble.
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    Black or frog seem to be the best hitters for me. But I do catch fish on dipseys matched to my paddle or SD. Like hawg wild and purple thunder.
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    I would support the restriction of trout egg use. But I am in Canada, so I can't vote. lol.
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    Yankee, how do you keep the divers from floppy everywhere and damaging the pole when you're underway? I'm just afraid to have all that weight hanging off the end of my rod.
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    I use torpedo 7 strand 30 lbs or 45 lb test. Smokey color. Works fine - I have reels over 4 years old with them. Sometimes I have to cut off the last 2 or 3 ft, if I see some frays, but not much. If you treat it nice, it lasts a long time.
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    Seaguar flouro leader is good.
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    Sounds dangerous. I know if you have experience, you are good enough to avoid tangles, but it just takes a simple mistake, or strong currents, and then you are untangling line for 30 minutes. Is that loss of fishing time really worth it? I say that sometimes less is more.
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    Don, I got this advice when I started and never acted on it. It cost me thousands of dollars on wasted equipment, gas and time. Go on a local fishing charter. They will show you what equipment works and how to use it. You will also start figuring out how to find fish. It seems illogical to own your own boat and go on a charter, but trust me, you could save a lot of money and get so much more out of fishing with this initial boost. I have changed every major piece of tackle and fishing equipment at least once, if not twice, since I started. I finally think I have all the right stuff. I also own a tonne of crap I will never use and have my go to baits, which make up about 20% of what I own. If I had known at the start what to get, I would have saved thousands.
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    Go to port credit. Fishing is great there in July and early August. Bronte can be good on certain days if weather conditions bring the fish here.
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    OK, maybe I was too harsh. I just like to put rods in the water that typically produce more fish. There's a limited window of opportunity when you go out, and I like to stick with what I know produces consistently (at least what I hope will work).
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    Exactly what Tim said. It maybe easier to use (a little, a braid bird nest is impossible to fix), but who cares if it can't catch fish.
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    I still don't see the advantage. Braid doesn't stretch as well. Don't know if you will really see any improvement going to braid. Wire is the choice of line for dipsies for a few reasons.
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    If you already have wire, what's the advantage of switching to braid??
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    7" is about the minimum I'd go with. But do yourself a favor - compare one 7" screen to the next. They are not even close to the same size. For instance, the Simrad 7" unit is actually only 6.5" across. All of them have different profiles (length:width ratios). I plotted the screen length and width on a paper in actual size, based on dimensions I pulled off the internet. I basically overlayed many screens. When I did that I could immediately see which screens I was getting more active viewing area with.
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    We use the albright to join Leader to wire. The Leader is what we twist around the wire that is bent back. Make sure it's a clean knot and you should be fine.
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    What is apparent to me in the graph is there seems to be every 19 years, 3 cold points (ice cover is increasing year to year) then a sudden drop in ice coverage. So if 2013, 2014, and 2015 are those three consecutive years of increasing ice coverage, if history repeats itself, we can expect a mild winter next year.
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    Yup, that's what we do. Probe is connected to the downrigger cable. Cable terminates to snubber, and weight is attached to the snubber. It reduces sudden jerks on the downrigger, and if something's going to brake, then it will be the snubber, saving the probe.
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    I don't know guys. I saw a charter boat in a competition last year with 4 lines setup in a way with two baits off one dipsey. I wish I would've taken a picture. At the time I though it just might work. And why run 4 of them at once if it wasn't almost foolproof?
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    What they are saying is that if the lead is too short, the arc of rotation is restricted and not free. It's like shortening the leash. Anyhow this comes from the LOTSA salmon seminar that just passed, and stated by the speakers.
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    I saw someone at a tournament attach two lines to their wire dipsey setup. Can't remember how they did it. But at the time I thought it was a good idea.
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    JD, in that first picture, I see you have the beads before the first hook. Aren't the beads supposed to be between the two hooks to get both hooks within the fly skirt?
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