Desultory

I won't try to be fancy with some sort of analogy, but to me your attitude is no different than the person who thinks it's ok to leave one can on the beach, throw one wrapper into the water, drop a single Styrofoam cup in the river, or do any other small thing that can't possibly harm the environment on it's own. That thinking is so flawed as to not be worthy of debate any more. I don't even know you, but that statement alone makes me think you're kind of an...well, I can't say what I think. While you're post would be deemed ok me telling you what I think would probably get me a ban. :

I don't care who ya are...that's funny right there.

X2, especially the bit about getting a hotel after the tourney if you find yourself having a hard time staying awake on the road.

Yeah Really!!! Over how to get paint outta hook eye. Some of us must be B_O_R_E_D!!!!!! Speak for yourself! I for one found this discussion poignant and quite riveting. Especially RoLo getting slightly huffy on the eye gouger thingy. Booyah! ;D

So what's a good Snakehead recipe? How did you prepare them?

Gotta admit...this is the last place I thought I'd ever see that meme punned. Made me choke on my beverage!

10 beers....You want a medal? How about a purple Jelly Bean? Wait if I drink 10 Beers, can I become a cool guy to. Wow...sit in judgment much? Relax man...he wasn't bragging or claiming coolness, just relating a story.

Wow man...you do great work. Those are seriously clean.

I lol'd.

Seems to me that since the OP hasn't responded to this question yet has found the time to post several other places that there really wasn't much to boast about and was instead just being...well, I won't say what he was being. I'm new here, after all. Thanks anyway, "Dave".

For anyone who didn't read the article I linked above, they did a test on various types of hooks and two methods of leaving the hook in. The first was leaving the line connected and the second was clipping the line close to the shank. The results, quoted from the article: "After four months, 78 percent of the hooks were still imbedded. Cadmium coated hooks poisoned 20 percent of the fish, and production of these hooks has been stopped. Bronzed hooks were less likely (70%) to be retained than tin-cadmium (80%), nickel (83%), or stainless steel (100%) hooks. In a second test, the line was clipped at the eye of the hook, as advised by most existing C&R guides. One-hundred percent of the stainless hooks were again retained, while 56 percent of tin, 76 percent of bronze, 84 percent of tin-cadmium, and 88 percent of nickel hooks remained. Fish mortality was greater when all line was trimmed. Foster theorized that the lengths of line hanging from a fish's mouth kept the hook-shank flat against the side of the esophagus and allowed food to pass. Without the line, food could move the hook and close the throat. " Also, this was done in half-strength saltwater, not freshwater. I'd imagine the time to rust out would be significantly longer in freshwater.

I'm sorry, but what's the point of boasting about a "new finish" if you're unwilling to share anything specific about it? I don't get it.

I gotta be honest...that surprises me. :-?

And reuse?

That's definitely the nastiest thing I've heard this week.