photo of the month

[Tile]

A romanian made and modified spinning reel. The reel is called "Arges 3" and it was made in 1995. It saw action on the Danube river and mostly on the Teleajen river (the local river that flows near Valenii de Munte).

[Makule]

Jimmer,  thank you.

Don't have any Ocean City reels.  They weren't really big here.  Mostly Penn and Pfleuger.

Makule  - I have some various Ocean City parts -gears, springs etc. let me know if you need something, I'll see if I have it . All NOS parts. I think I have them all listed in a PDF I could post if you or anyone else are interested . all small internal parts - no spools, handles or side plates- Jimmer

[alantani]

stoica, those romanian reels are very nice.  did you get the drag washers that i sent to you?  i'll bet they will fit in this reel!

[Tile]

No. The package hasn't arrived because the weather in Europe is horrendous.

[alantani]

yeah, saw that in the news!  stay warm, old friend..... 

[Alto Mare]

My hometown is under 3' of snow. The house that I grew up in is attached to rear of the bell tower.

[Dominick]

Sal:  You grew up in a church?  Did you ever meet Quasimoto?  Did the bells bother you?     Dominick  

[Alto Mare]

Dominick, I used to ring those bells as a kid. Would you believe that some of my friends used to hold on to the bell and swing out of that tower? I was never that crazy. About the noise, we're not talking framed 2x4's here,that wall had to be 3' wide.The tower, the palace and my house still look the same as the day I lef, about 40 years ago. Even though it's still our house, we are not allowed to touch anything on the exterior, if we want to paint the front door, the mayer decides on what color and we only have three choices.

[Dominick]

if we want to paint the front door, the mayer decides on what color and we only have three choices.

I understand, purple, chartreuse, and puce .  Dominick

[redsetta]

Great pic and history Sal - thanks for sharing.
I used to love driving around the Irish countryside, finding castles/ruins and climbing them.
Many had finely crafted spiral staircases etc still intact.
Some castles even had miniature staircases, doors and passages etc through which the children could escape during sieges.
Just don't get stonework like that in NZ.
Cheers, Justin
PS Dominick, you forgot indigo.  

[broschro]

gonna need a 12-step detox program......

I WILL HAVE ALL OF THESE DONE BY FRIDAY WILL POST SOME PICS. POWDER COATING WILL START IN MARCH

[alantani]

Hey Oldcatcher:  At least you don't have to worry about the beer getting warm. .  Dominick

During late fall/start of winter here I'm pretty much a hot coffee guy, often bring two stanley thermos bottles.

Love to toss a few back as much as anybody, but when I'm fishing...... I'm fishing  

I've ordered some cal's light, tsi301 & tsi322 plus corrosionx hd, still need to get some carbontex drag washers from smoothdrag.

Here is a nice late season fall fattie muskie from this year.

-Dave

[alantani]

old school, from max doubt!

[alantani]

thanks, ted!

[alantani]

I've been called worse, but a few of my friends think I'm a hoarder, while the rest of my friends just think my tackle room is a very kool mancave.

Here is a shot of one wall........The other 3 walls are just as cluttered. Oh, and after I ran out of wall space the cieling became my next victim.