FishTank

In my opinion, I think the English Language is de-evolving. I read Shakespeare in Grade School not High School and yes, I did understand it, as did most of the kids I knew. How about the Hobbit (Lord of the Rings), I here High School kids say it is too hard to read. It was orginally written for 8-10 year olds. Another example is the newspapers, it is written at 3rd-4th grade level. What is sad, is that kids can learn this new way of speaking and communicating but are not capable of learning from the source language. How about looking a word up in the dictionary instead of using spell check? How about doing your homework, instead of copying from your friends? There will come a time, when these youngsters will enter the real world and find it much different. All the new language and education will not matter, if you don't know how to use it and apply it to what they do. Don't get me wrong, there are some extremely gifted children out there. As far as Chaucer goes he spoke French, as most people did in England in his day, and wrote in a Norman form of English (I was forced to read The Cantebarry Tales). His form of writing was new and not adapted. Here is something that was written by Robert Manning at about the same time and is much easier on the head than Chaucer. As thai haf writen and sayd, Haf I al in my Inglish layd In simple speche, as I couthe, That is lightest in mannes mouthe Have fun and learn. ;D

Thanks, Dodgeguy. I have had this rod for over a year. I new they had a generous return policy but hopefully I can exchange it for another one so I don't have to mess with the guides coming out again.

I get where LongMike is coming from. I butcher the English language all the time. Eventhough I am not a teenager ;D, I can neither type nor spell worth a darn. As far as reading things that are written with the new text messaging language, it drivens me nuts but I deal with it. I guess I am slow to adapt. My wife though is a teacher and she brings home some scary homework from 7th and 8th graders. They will actually complete a test or an assignment only using the "Text Messaging Language". To me, this is a new era in lazziness. AA, 2MI. AISB. IAC, TNT. FishTank PS. My wife helped. She has ZOT.

The company I work for deals alot with the NCAA which moved here from Kansas City to Indianapolis a few years back. All of the people from their have been very nice and down to earth. But back in 2002 the building I work in was demolished by a tornado. It was the first big tornado I had ever had the experience of being directly in. I thank God that I survived but the funny thing was the next day all the emails we got from the NCAA wishing us well, all said, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home,........". Great people, funny how they seemed to blend in with us Hoosiers. Back to the movie, I too plan to take the wife to see it this weekend at IMAX. Should be awesome.

I purchased a 201 Curado last year and took it back for the simple reason that I liked my old green Curado 201 SF better. That's not to say it was not a fine real, it was just not what I expected and I also wanted a light weight reel that I could palm. So I guess you could also say that I simply purchase the wrong reel. With a $50 rebate though, I might have to consider purchasing a 101. If I catch it on sale like I did with the first one I purchased($160), that means a bottomline price of $110. I don't think there is a better reel for sale right now in that price range. One more thing, I hear all on this forum who rave about the Abu Revos but I have yet to find a fisherman in my area that owns one. Also, the two stores that I frequent the most (Dicks and Gander Mountain) have yet to sell one. I am not knocking this reel. I looked at a couple of them yesterday and at a glance, they look like a finely made reel. I just wish I could see one in action. I saw that they are coming out with a new version in 08' that is supposed to be a heavy duty reel but supper light weight. Any info or reviews on this reel?

Man, thanks Muddy. I needed that.

If anybody can do it, it will be the Steelers. I do have a weird vision in the back of my head, that sees an undefeated New England team meeting a winless Maimi team and the out come is decided by a field goal..... I can't believe I am saying this but "Go Steelers"

Thanks guys for the pics . I am looking out my window at about 4 or 5 inches of snow.

You could have 5 setups and be more than just OK but if you listen to the bait monkey you'll end up with a whole garage full of equipment. ;D

Dodgeguy might have got it right.... I own a JM Sig. series 7' casting rod and it is a nice rod but is no where close to a Loomis IMX or a St. Croix LT or LE. I would put it some where between the St. Croix Avid and the Premier. With that said there are some great things about this rod that I like.... 1) Fantastic Guides and Reel Seat 2) It casts a 3/8 oz crankbait a country mile. 3) It is a light rod On the downside.... 1) Not very sensitive compared to the other rods I fish. 2) The tip is way too soft. That is why I use it for crankbaits 3) I have had two guides come out of the wraps. This was easyly fixed but just annoying. As far as the Recoil Guides go, I have a Loomis that has them and I have had no issues with them when comes to braid (other than the noise they make). I am not sure why, but the photo that keeps popping up does not look like the Recoil guides I have or any that I have seen on line or on other rods.

Here is my thoughts on this topic......... IMHO, if you want to smoke go ahead. You have every right to and when someone says "You shouldn't smoke, it's bad for your health.", you have every right not to listen. But when you smoke for a life time please think of the people whom care and love you. It is an addiction that effects everybody. Here are the people I mourn that smoked all their lives..... Grandfather: Dead at 53, I never knew him. Lung Cancer Grandfather #2: Dead at 60. Liver Cancer Godfather: Dead at 57. Lung Cancer. He almost burned his house down. He was found on the bathroom floor. Blood and Urine put out the newspapers that he had set on fire when he collapsed. Uncle: Dead at 54. Lung Cancer Uncle: Dead at 48. Lung Cancer Aunt: Dead at 64. Leukemia Uncle: Dead at 69. Battled Skin Cancer for years. Cousin: Dead at 47. Throat and Lung Cancer My Dad's Friend: Dead at 54. Lung Cancer. Knew him all my life. My Best Friend's Father: Dead at 58. ? Cancer. 6 co-workers: Cancer In my wifes Family Grandfather: Dead at 71. Smoke and drank until the day they put him the hospital. He died 5 weeks later. Tough old guy. Uncle: Dead at 53. Lung Cancer Grandfather #2: Dead at 65. Lung Cancer. People that have cancer because of smoking: Father in law's Girlfriend Mother in law: Breast cancer surviver Co-Worker: Breast Cancer. She is currently in the hospital. And as of recently, my wife has a lump in chest that my have been brought on by 19 years of second hand smoke (According to the Doctor). So I guess, do what you want to yourself if you smoke. But for me personally, I am tired of the funerals and trips to the hospital. When I watched my grandfather die, he said it best , " I want to die from laughter not from this." Oddly enough when he officially passed away, I was 8 years old and the only one in the room because all the other family members there, were outside smoking.

The Daiwa Millionaire is not a bad reel for the money. I have a fishing buddy that use one and he beats this thing to death. Another of course is Abu Garcia Ambassadeur C4 5600. :

IMHO, as a consumer you should always have the advantage in a sale but there should be a line drawn when it comes to taking advantage of a retailer. If a phone call had been made to the right people at Dick's, I would think they would have made the customer happy but in no way should this guy have to pay or loose anything to make up for someone elses mistake. It seems that if the right decision was made, then good morals would have been returned with good piece of mind and a good exchange from Dicks.

The only time I will complain about the Colts and the refs is the 04' Championship Game against the Pats. It was a joke. I can recall Marvin Harrison being taken to the sidelines to get the tacky finger removed his jersey and flushed from his eyes by the backjudge. I could go on and on about this game since I have it recorded to my computer and I-pod just in case I need to remind the nonbelievers. But with that said the Colts do get their fair share of calls so I can't complain anymore than that. Like say, the shielding/pass interference call last year against the Pat's that resulted in the TD in the AFC Championship game.

I went there 9 years ago and we stayed at the Lodge Resort. The fishing was amazing. I fished from the bank the first couple of days (I don't think I was allowed to though) and then we rented a boat. The lake is stocked with tons of largemouth and hardly anybody fishes it. You could see schools of bass from the bank numbering in the hundreds. By the looks of it, it was way over stocked but it sure was a lot of fun.

That's creepy but reminds me of story from when I was a kid... There was this one old guy that lived a block away from my house. Nobody ever talked to him or I don't recall ever knowing his name. He kept to himself and did not like kids or strangers near his house. As kids we thought he was weird and thought for sure he was out to get all of us so we would play a trick on him from time to time, like knock on his door and hide, through TP at his house, etc. He got so aggrivated at us, that he bought two big German Shepards to keep us away. Weeks went by and we did not see him but we could here the dogs barking inside the house. Well, 8 months go by and the police show up at his house. They come back out with two body bags. One for the old guy and one for one of his dogs. The other dog was still alive and had been eating on the other dog and the old man but before that he had chewed up and eaten everything in the house including a 55 gallon garbage can full of dog food, a pantry and fridge full of food, and he had even figured out how to get water by flushing the toilet. What was weird was that, we had never noticed the smell until they opend the front door. The house stayed vacant for years until a couple bought the house and tried to fix it up. They said they could not get rid of the smell even after having all the dry wall and flooring replaced. Just one of those fun childhood stories I like to tell....

It should be a great game but I think Hawaii has to much offense for Georgia to handle.

Being a Colts fan, I can't say the Ravens or the Patriots are on my alternate favorite list but I was sure was pulling for the Ravens. They played a great game until they had 8min left in the 4th. They played, as usual, with too much emotion and not enough head smarts and in the end, handed the game over to the Patriots. They had a rought night with the refs., just as most do when they play the Pats. I got to see an alternate view of Moss's TD catch (it should air on NFL replay). There was a reason no one was around him, he pushed and then pulled the defender, go figure. He has been doing this his whole career and getting away with it. So why call it now? :'(

Sounds like a complete gimic to me. Maybe they will come out with a Starbucks Version for $5 more.

Maybe....... They have the Skeet Reese Mini MR/DR Crankbaits. It's sort of a finesse crankbait. It dives extremely fast (maybe too fast) and has nice side to side wobble. I only have one of these and have done well with it but it is situation specific, in my opinion, so it is not one that I use often. http://www.luckycraft.com/catalog/

No way. Senkos/Yum Dingers are still my go to bait. I do get bored with them from time to time and I will mix it up by using creature or lizard. There are so many softplastic choices out there, sometimes it hard to resist the BaitMonkey and you just have to try the new hot baits. For me, I don't think I'll ever not use a senko when I'm out fishing. I may get bored with them but I never get tired of catching fish.

It only proves one thing.... Some chimps are smatter than others :-/

I took a look at this reel yesterday when I was at Dicks and at first I thought it was nice reel. But after taking a closer look at the spool and the braking system, I would stay away from this one. Especially since it is made just for Dicks. It seems that alot of the branded reels for Dicks are not such a good bargin. Often their sale reels will say, "On sale $69.99, reg. price $100" and in reality, the price is always $69.99. As stated above, if you're a fan of Quantum stick with their factory advertised made reels.

Ozzy with Randy Rhodes was an amazing thing.

Sorry. I did not read your post completely. Jigs and T-Rigged stuff should be great for this rod.