This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish

Started by foakes, February 07, 2017, 08:21:43 PM

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foakes

He said he knew how to use a baitcaster...

Best,

Fred
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Midway Tommy

HA!.......That's exactly why 40 years ago I put all my bait casters, except one, in a 5 gal bucket & threw them overboard in a north central MN lake! The only one I kept at the time was a ABU Record 5000 & I gave that to a close friend. Never could get the hang of those dang things so I quit trying.  ::)
Love those open face spinning reels! (Especially ABU & ABU/Zebco Cardinals)

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Favorite Activity? ............... In our boat fishing
RELAXING w/ MY BEST FRIEND (My wife Bonnie)

Decker

Quote from: Midway Tommy on February 07, 2017, 09:08:24 PM
HA!.......That's exactly why 40 years ago I put all my bait casters, except one, in a 5 gal bucket & threw them overboard in a north central MN lake! The only one I kept at the time was a ABU Record 5000 & I gave that to a close friend. Never could get the hang of those dang things so I quit trying.  ::)

If you have the numbers on that spot where you dumped the reels, someone on this site will go get them and bring them back to working condition

Fishy247

That's awesome Fred! Kinda reminds me of when I tried to teach my mom how to cast back when I was a teenager...lol

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thorhammer

Quote from: Decker on February 07, 2017, 09:11:54 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on February 07, 2017, 09:08:24 PM
HA!.......That's exactly why 40 years ago I put all my bait casters, except one, in a 5 gal bucket & threw them overboard in a north central MN lake! The only one I kept at the time was a ABU Record 5000 & I gave that to a close friend. Never could get the hang of those dang things so I quit trying.  ::)

If you have the numbers on that spot where you dumped the reels, someone on this site will go get them and bring them back to working condition


That's actually true....

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Midway Tommy

Quote from: thorhammer on February 07, 2017, 10:03:24 PM
Quote from: Decker on February 07, 2017, 09:11:54 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on February 07, 2017, 09:08:24 PM
HA!.......That's exactly why 40 years ago I put all my bait casters, except one, in a 5 gal bucket & threw them overboard in a north central MN lake! The only one I kept at the time was a ABU Record 5000 & I gave that to a close friend. Never could get the hang of those dang things so I quit trying.  ::)

If you have the numbers on that spot where you dumped the reels, someone on this site will go get them and bring them back to working condition

That's actually true....

??? Not that I'm claiming to be Al Gore or anything, ;D but I hadn't invented GPS yet, back then.  ::)
Love those open face spinning reels! (Especially ABU & ABU/Zebco Cardinals)

Tommy D (ORCA), NE



Favorite Activity? ............... In our boat fishing
RELAXING w/ MY BEST FRIEND (My wife Bonnie)

Decker

Quote from: Midway Tommy on February 07, 2017, 10:42:57 PM
Quote from: thorhammer on February 07, 2017, 10:03:24 PM
Quote from: Decker on February 07, 2017, 09:11:54 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on February 07, 2017, 09:08:24 PM
HA!.......That's exactly why 40 years ago I put all my bait casters, except one, in a 5 gal bucket & threw them overboard in a north central MN lake! The only one I kept at the time was a ABU Record 5000 & I gave that to a close friend. Never could get the hang of those dang things so I quit trying.  ::)

If you have the numbers on that spot where you dumped the reels, someone on this site will go get them and bring them back to working condition

That's actually true....

??? Not that I'm claiming to be Al Gore or anything, ;D but I hadn't invented GPS yet, back then.  ::)

Too funny!  


Reel 224

Thanks to this site I have plenty of backups also, and I'm excellent at untangling birds nests because I've had plenty of practice :-[

Joe   
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Decker

Quote from: Reel 224 on February 11, 2017, 12:38:22 AM
Thanks to this site I have plenty of backups also, and I'm excellent at untangling birds nests because I've had plenty of practice :-[

Joe   
Me too!  Doesn't even bother me to get the line straightened out.  Just part of fishing.  /JoeII