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I like Tuf Line (using 30 and 50lb at the moment) and PowerPro (using 15,20,40 and 50lb). "I" would go with either of them in 15-20lbs for that real and those applications. 15lb is like 4lb diameter so I wouldn't worry about a leader, I've used them and never really noticed a difference. Fill your spool 1/2 or 3/4 way full, with some old mono and spool the braid on top of it.

4/0 or 5/0 Gammy EWG. I like the larger one for a touch more bait clearance. I use green pumpkin, watermelon, smoke with sparkles and oxblood. 99% rigged backwards. I prefer a medium (F or XF) rod, either spinning or casting with 15-30lb braid. I find the stretch with mono/fluoro and how meaty the bait that I don't get as good of hook-set as I do with braid. The Tiny Ika is a great DS bait too. Using a Fat Ika as the "weight" on a DS rig has been really successful, especially with a longer dropper length (kind or a search bait for where they are in relation to the bottom). I like it as everywhere... I have caught Smallies in 22 fow with them (used a nail weight). I have caught my PM Largemouth (7.2lbs, prespawn) in 3 fow. Last Saturday I lost a Smallie that was too big to jump (I don't think I set the hook very well), the guy I was partnered with has fished Champlain for 50 years and said it was one of the 3 biggest he's ever seen easily over 6lbs.

I put Rage Craws on a Fat Ika with the stuff, holding up great so far.

Canada: May-October New Zealand: October-April You'd hardly ever see a snowflake. New Zealand's worst environmental problem are too many white tails and red deer.

Read any of the Trout Fishing books by John Geirach ("Even Brook Trout Get the Blues" and "Sex Death and Fly Fishing"). You don't have to be a Trout guy to laugh, his style and the stories he tells are way more readable and interesting than a pure "how to" and "tips and tricks", this will diversify you readership potential therefore increase your publishing potential. My Brother has written a couple books and for several magazines (and modeled in this year's Orvis and Patagonia catalogues) this is what he tries to do.

It is over here. Irene knocked Champlain's Temp from 68 to 54 (in 20 fow). The Smallmouths are FAT and super aggressive. Saturday I lost a HUGE Smallie, the guy I was partnered with has been fishing Champlain for years and said it was an easy 6+lbs. Spinnerbaits, Jerkbaits, and Rattle Traps are on the menu over here currently.

FOOTBALL!

This is how we do it. 12 Tournaments, 6 are "pick" and 6 are draw in alternating order. The pick thing is for traditions (2 buddies fish one a year or a father and son do one, that sort of thing.) We never have issues with one pair constantly matching up. Technically it is boater vs non-boater but we add a twist. The entry fee is $20 per person, then $5 per person for Lunker and $5 per person for a TEAM pot. The team pot tends to get the boater to be pretty cooperative with the non-boater as if you win the team (in our club) a boater walks away with $35-$50 (his half), that's his gas paid for the day.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Bacon-Roses/ Hopefully you are married to/dating a Carnivore like I am.

They are insured so they'll be fine. We are fine as far as a threat of flooding. Floods in VT are very fast and brutal since we are so steep and it's basically granite with clay/hardscrabble (combo of clay and granite chips) nothing really soaks in and it all rushes off the mountains/hills and settles in the valleys and eventually flow into Champlain or to the Connecticut River. We got power back around midnight, again up where I am near the lake we got off with very very minimal damage. Get up into the mountains and down south and it got really really bad. Good to hear your mom is ok. My dad called (ironically he's a FEMA coordinator in the Virgin Islands) and made fun of us... When we hung up, then the power died and the wind took off... He jinxed us! http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/ If you can check out some of the photos/videos the river in Bristol and Lincoln you see highlighted is usually 15' wide and gin clear. I live just north of those towns and just west of Huntington. PS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRErzxj0Uo&feature=player_embedded

Had an epic day a couple weeks ago on Champlain. 80+ degree air and water temps, the deepest fish was 5 FOW most were in 2 or less (I know... random). We made one pass throwing frogs and spoons and got a few. I Switched to a 3/8oz Tungsten and 5/0 snelled worm hook with Hag's Undertakers (I blew through 3 bags!) and Berkley Pit Bosses. I flipped/pitched them to/into Lilly pads and Chesnuts... 35 Largemouth (2-4lbs) in 6 hours. I've had similar success with that set up at a few other ponds/lakes in the area throughout the summer pitching to Docks, Beaver Huts, and Swim platforms.

I'm sitting here sipping coffee looking out my back door. Sunny, light breeze a few Hummingbirds checking out what's left of the garden. My daughter is building a Lego House or a Hat I can't tell. Lost power for 4 hours last night. I walked around the neighborhood this morning and saw one broken shutter. Our area was pretty fortunate... one friend lost their home and many many more are cut off from town. Vermont for the most part is pretty banged up with record/near record flooding. The entire state is basically closed.

Trilene Knot with spit...

I had the same thing happen to me last weekend. We'd limited out and started culling on one point when my DS got smashed... I got it to the side of the boat and it was an easy 5lbs. Boater was a touch lazy with the net and I was feeling the teeth zippering on the line... POP gone. He said when a larger/dominate fish goes back down into the school area and is shaking out a hook, etc. it will shut them down for a while. It did... He went back the next day and caught my lost fish, it still had the hook (1/0 Gammy) in it and he showed it to me at weigh in. We all had a good laugh about that, he kept my hook too!

I love this game!!!!! Go sign up for the www.americanlegacyfishing.com newsletter and get the $25 off code. Then get: Spinning: Shimano Stratic 1000 $95.99 OR Shimano Stratic 2500 Ci4 $199.99 G Loomis DSR820S Rod $250.00 Crankbait: Shimano Curado 200E5 $124.99 Shimano Crucial 7' MH Crankbait Rod $104.99 This gives you a range of $550.97 to $653.98 Plenty of $$$$$ to spool up and load up on DS Hooks and Weights.

5.8 Magnitude, just outside DC.

We felt it up here in Vermont and my cousin outside of Ottawa Ontario felt it as well...

I've been rocking a Lamiglas Excel 703 (7ft ml) for my river smallies (and Dropshot/Tubes out on the lake). I love this rod.

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Getting Megastrike or Bass Feast from your hands, all over you cell phone (including touch screen, mouth and ear pieces) makes you a fisherman!

The Dick's where he lives has: Carrot Stix Wild and PG's Veritas a mixture of St Croix Triumph, Premiere, Mojo Bass, Avid, Eyecon and Rage (sick feeling rod!) Field and Stream Tec Spec Skeet Reese (all with FREE bent or crooked guides) Ugly Sticks $25 Diawa's and Field and Stream's And that's it! Although they do have a Quantum Code on some IM7 7' Medium rod for ~$100, it's a nice feeling little set up. Another local shop has some Crucials, Convergences, Voltaeus, and random St.Croix Premieres. Wally World has Berkley Lightening Rods for $35-ish. That's it folks. There's a Gander Mountain over in Plattsburgh, NY. I have found that place to be real hit or miss on stock, but might be worth a trip (tell the lady you want to take her to Target, it works everytime!)

I am a Hinseburger myself! That's actually a Northern from some pond in the NE Kingdom. I've got a bunch of big Largemouth all around me, they are just well hidden;) The IBM Dam is a GREAT spot for Smallies and BIG Fallsfish. There are even some Largemouths and good Brown Trout in there. One hole is full of Smallies and they loves them some Senkos (PM me for that spot). Shoot me a message if you want to get together.

Big John, I'm pretty sure I live close to you. If you want to feel what a lefty abu round reel feels like before you buy, just let me know.

PM's sent.

I'd like to have at least 12 teams and a non-auction draft. We have a bit of time to get a draft day/time set up.