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Title: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: foakes on February 07, 2017, 08:21:43 PM
He said he knew how to use a baitcaster...

Best,

Fred
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Bill B on February 07, 2017, 08:32:11 PM
Dooooogh !!!!    :o
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Decker on February 07, 2017, 08:40:43 PM
LOL I say make him work for it... Get those knots out!
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: 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.  ::)
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: 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
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Fishy247 on February 07, 2017, 09:57:12 PM
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
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Tightlines667 on February 07, 2017, 10:01:11 PM
Lol
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: 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....
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Keta on February 07, 2017, 10:03:49 PM
That is a world class over run.
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: MarkT on February 07, 2017, 10:13:18 PM
Professional overrun!
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: 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.  ::)
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Decker on February 08, 2017, 02:09:02 PM
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!  
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: newfuturevintage on February 10, 2017, 10:24:49 PM
Quote from: foakes on February 07, 2017, 08:21:43 PM
He said he knew how to use a baitcaster...
(http://alantani.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=20676.0;attach=30321;image)
Best,

Fred

I resemble that comment.
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: 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   
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Decker on February 11, 2017, 12:46:35 AM
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
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Reel 224 on February 11, 2017, 12:54:32 AM
Ruth isn't around so I can say with her starting to fish open reels I get tested quite often..........shush here she comes :-X

Joe
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Midway Tommy on February 11, 2017, 04:05:39 AM
Quote from: Reel 224 on February 11, 2017, 12:54:32 AM
Ruth isn't around so I can say with her starting to fish open reels I get tested quite often..........shush here she comes :-X

Joe

Give her a spinner & you'll get a lot more fishing done.   :)
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: MarkT on February 11, 2017, 04:15:40 AM
I've seen bad backlashes but nothing in that class! That's gotta be staged. Either way, time to break out the dikes and start cutting followed by respooling.
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: Hamachi on February 11, 2017, 04:33:24 PM
Quote from: foakes on February 07, 2017, 08:21:43 PM
He said he knew how to use a baitcaster...

Best,

Fred

For a second there, I thought that was Ed (Tani)
Title: Re: This is Why I always Have a Couple of Back-up Rigs Ready to Fish
Post by: gstours on February 11, 2017, 05:01:36 PM
Great Photo,  Life and Fishing,  Every Picture Tells a Story. :-\