spartyon8

Hello from Yadkinville, NC!

The wife and I decided to try something new yesterday. We made crappie California rolls and they were really good. This was our first time doing so and now she is looking for a class to teach us how to make sushi and rolls correctly. Our rice wasn't sticking well enough. We got the idea from fishnmore on youtube.

I caught a 43" musky on a weightless Berkley Pit Boss. I have also caught some of t-rigged tubes.

I was thinking about heading up there in May to try something new so I will be following...

I get my paints from Hobby Lobby and try to wait for the 40% off to hit. I started with the Harbor Freight Avanti kit and quickly bought a badger which made a world of difference. I bought a bunch of cheap exacto knives and use the "pen" to hold lures. I sit them in a 4x4 block that I drilled holes into. Walmart has some color changing acrylics that I really like but you need to thin them out a ton and add about 2-3x the layers to achieve a good effect. I also use uv resin instead of spray clears, dipping or epoxy. The fabric store has all sorts of materials for scaling patterns. Practice...practice....practice. Do this on a poster board or even paper grocery bags to see how air pressure and trigger control changes how the paints lays down. It's a great time consuming and mental break!

Deep dish is a tourist fad. Don't get me wrong, it's delicious (I am a Giordanno guy), but true Chicago pizza is thin and crispy. I prefer mine to be cut into squares.

Growing up in the Chicago burbs, I really miss food. I have daily cravings for Portillos, gyros, shoot just a basic hotdog. Things foodwise just aren't the same here in NC. I like the bbq here but everything else doesn't compare. My wife thought I was crazy when we met but all that changed after her first visit to Chicago. Now, she craves it more rhan I do sometimes! Topic wise, I stand by the whole southerners can't drive thing and don't even start complaining about the humidity to me. Most don't understand that late July/August is super humid and temps are sometimes 100* (90s are normal) in the midwest. All in all, I wouldn't ever move back to Illinois, Wisconsin maybe.

cedarunoutdoors alternativelures sugartitcustomlures I have placed orders from the 3 above and have been very happy with the service and quality. They also have the best "normal" and/or prices that I have found. Shipping with all is appropriate as well.

I use uv resin and I coat the bill as well so...

I prefer Falls, mostly because I have fished it the most. I haven't spent much time on the other two.

Worms under a bobber...make them dress the hooks and touch the fish. In the immortal words of my grandfather: "It'll put hair on their chest!"

If you go the dremel route wear glasses. I have found that cutting certain plastics toss small bits everywhere and be aware as for a split second, that plastic can get hot enough to burn your skin. I found that out the hard way.

I've been debating on getting one or two to build a long wall storage system for combining my bait making and woodworking hobbies. A miter saw station would also double well for building rods me thinks.

I used to make the trip to Hartwell every year with my 18.5' G3, I thought it was great for that lake. Now my son and wife tag along and I even pull a tube sometimes when I want to toss them off the boat. My wife feels more safe with the higher gunnels.

I bought some Liv2Fish ones and like them a lot more than the mesh ones. Yes, they are tricky at time to get on easily (not bad in reality) but I like them more for a few reasons: - float - reel strap - roll up and velcro rather than snake everywhere - don't hang up on rod guides at all in rod tubes (occasionally I would have this happen with mesh) - no stuck hooks or guides popping through - more rod tip protection - heavy enough not to fly off rod going down the road/lake