J Francho

this is the type of homework you need to do yourself. You've got three locations and some seasonal advice. No one can spoon feed you everything.

Yep

Always wash your Levi's inside out with cold water.

$750 is t bad, all things considered. I paid that for an issue. Dude spent more time working up a quote to replace all the drains than to resolve the issue. He left his leak bucket behind, so I win. It's been very handy to have.

I still like a flasher. I wish that mode worked as fast as the originals.

We had a mid 3s a decade ago. Felt like a train going by.

I want to see a $100k+ boat with a Lo-K-tor bolted to it.

Anyone that I know that has used Master Braid swears by the stuff. It'll be 2060 before I run out of braid, so I guess I'm good without it.

The thumb bar and knobs are just the right "over the top" that make it all work. I dig it.

Nothing here in WNY, but I was on a call with a colleague from LI and she felt it.

Granulated activated carbon could be anywhere there's supply water. Ugh. My under sink water unit did the same thing (the housing later actually burst, another story) from high water pressure. Luckily, only the ice maker and a small drinking water tap were affected.

#braidshaming Lol, pretty sure the question is about price point. Almost all braid is Dyneema or Spectra, and over engineered. I generally just use the brands that feel "right" to me and perform as expected without a care in the world where they're made or who made them. Farm to table braid isn't necessary. Sorry OP, I can't really say what KK braid is closest because they stopped making the braid I liked. I do see the irony here. Still using out of date PP and Smackdown with no issues or complaints.

Coltrane gets kittens and precocious children for treats. High protein and totally natural. JK, we like Buddy Biscuit PB and Greenies.

They're used to dropped passes there.

I'm coming armed with a cane pole and a hot dog on a gold hook. It's gonna be a beat down.

3/8 is my most common. I'll go as low as 18 and as high as 2.

Very good article!

@WRB your story is so similar to mine. My grandfather let me keep it and showed me how to fillet it. It tasted terrible. I'm not sure it was the guilt affecting my taste buds or what.

Gen 1 heliums are what broke. The last man standing, a flipping stick broke off in front of the reel seat on a dink. I'm not super gentle with my gear, but I've only broke 3 or four out of the 50+ from various brands since. One of those was identified as a flaw during preproduction from a process issue in making the blank. It was a Pinnacle and they resolved the issue. Its replacement is one of my favorite rods now.

Not test driving is just as bad.

@Functional hole shots are about torque and lift from the prop. HP isn't always the cure, though more is always better, lol. You might consider re-propping over re-powering to get a better hole shot. It's a ton less expensive. In my old Bullet, a 27 cupped 4-blade got me up on plane in less than three seconds at around 16-17 mph. A three blade polished and plugged 31 took what seemed a mile and forever to get on plane, but ran another 8 or mph faster at WOT trimmed out properly. I realize this isn't totally related, but could be helpful.

One rod… I had 8. All 8 broke during normal use. They did nothing to fix the situation. This was more than a decade ago. Anything they could try now would be too late. As for the clown show, do little deep googlin' to see. The internet is forever.