Fishing

PS. A fly is the only legal not to mention socially acceptable way to take salmon here. With the exception of land locks which are all tackle.
 
yep
thats when I got mine
my 12th birthday
I still have it sitting on a shelf in my workshop, in fine condition

Mine's in the tackle box.

I picked up a spare of the same generation from a garage sale for $3 and haven't got it cleaned up yet.
 
Why would anyone fish with bad company?

We took a guy that works for us fishing a couple of summers ago, and he was really bad.

We were anchored up, halibut fishing, and he took my rod out of the holder and started reeling in my line, by hand. He had pulled in about 200 ft. of my line and it was all tangled up at his feet. His Tlingit wife grew up on a fishing boat, so I thought maybe he had some kind of secret, Native Alaskan way of fishing. I still don't know why the hell he did that.

He hasn't been invited since.
 
We took a guy that works for us fishing a couple of summers ago, and he was really bad.

We were anchored up, halibut fishing, and he took my rod out of the holder and started reeling in my line, by hand. He had pulled in about 200 ft. of my line and it was all tangled up at his feet. His Tlingit wife grew up on a fishing boat, so I thought maybe he had some kind of secret, Native Alaskan way of fishing. I still don't know why the hell he did that.

He hasn't been invited since.

Guys like playing with rods :) Seeing you, his mind was off someplace else.
 
Mine's in the tackle box.

I picked up a spare of the same generation from a garage sale for $3 and haven't got it cleaned up yet.

I've been thinking about getting an older 300 for the past year or so. A fine reel. The ones today will surely not be holding up 30 years from now, like the old Mitchells did.
You can get them pretty cheaply on ebay. It doesn't take much to maintain them, about all you will ever need to replace is a bail spring. There are a number of sites that sell those.
I'm thinking about getting into reel repair, too. I have done my own Ambassadors for many years. The only trick is having the parts needed.
And, those magnifying glasses!
It has warmed up a bit down south. Thinking about taking the boat out this weekend.
 
We took a guy that works for us fishing a couple of summers ago, and he was really bad.

We were anchored up, halibut fishing, and he took my rod out of the holder and started reeling in my line, by hand. He had pulled in about 200 ft. of my line and it was all tangled up at his feet. His Tlingit wife grew up on a fishing boat, so I thought maybe he had some kind of secret, Native Alaskan way of fishing. I still don't know why the hell he did that.

He hasn't been invited since.

Did he touch your beer?
 
I've been thinking about getting an older 300 for the past year or so. A fine reel. The ones today will surely not be holding up 30 years from now, like the old Mitchells did.
You can get them pretty cheaply on ebay. It doesn't take much to maintain them, about all you will ever need to replace is a bail spring. There are a number of sites that sell those.
I'm thinking about getting into reel repair, too. I have done my own Ambassadors for many years. The only trick is having the parts needed.
And, those magnifying glasses!
It has warmed up a bit down south. Thinking about taking the boat out this weekend.

The fresh water is pretty hard, here. And one needs to bundle up to be out on the salt water.
 
i have some fishing plans made already for this summer. i'm not a big fisherman, it's the company i am most looking forward too.
 
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