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Angling Fish - by James Rickard

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Weekend tip--make your own chum

May 16th 2008 00:11

You can either drink beer and throw out a chum bucket at 45 or 50 bucks a pop or keep busy and make your own.

All you need is a hand turned grinder secured to the back of your boat and a rod suitable for smaller fish. Every time you hook one--into the grinder it goes!

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Ponds--the overlooked opportunity!

May 15th 2008 00:12

You don't hear a lot about ponds when you hear anglers swapping stories. It's usually a story about Lake So and So or Some Mighty River. Granted, as a pond starts to peter out the fishing gets worse and worse as it fills up with sediment, weeds, and dead fish. On the other hand, a healthy pond can give you opportunities you won't encounter on larger bodies of water.

Ponds are often discounted because of their size and the fact that anglers may not be able to use their boats. However, that may be good thing!

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If my wife says it's okay...

May 14th 2008 00:40

This cracked me up when I saw it on TV. Now it's on YouTube for all to see.

ENJOY!

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Video about making bamboo rods

May 13th 2008 00:28

Since we've been dealing with graphite the past couple of days, I thought it would be nice and get back to some of the roots of fishing and feature a couple videos about bamboo fly rods.

When you realize how labor intensive rod making can be, it's no wonder they cost so much!

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Making a graphite fishing rod

May 12th 2008 00:24

This post sort of goes along with yesterday's theme. A while back I posted a video about visiting a Rapala lure factory. This video shows the process involved in making a fishing rod.

Although the narrator is talking about fly rods, the process is basically the same for any rod. In fact, unless you're fairly familiar with the process, you probably wouldn't know the difference.

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Taking the guess work out of graphite rods

May 11th 2008 00:42

If you've been looking at fishing rods lately, you know how confusing it can be. Most rods today are made from some kind of graphite composite. Still, there's too many prices, too many manufacturers, and then, there's that "IM" stuff! Just what is IM?

To make things simple, let's just say the IM rating gives an indication of graphite quality in a rod. Unfortunately, there are no industry standards. Realizing that, while it may be safe to assume an IM6 rod is inferior to an IM7 rod from the same manufacture, things are not that simple when trying to compare rods of different manufacturers.

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Thanks but no thanks

May 10th 2008 00:33

I really appreciate the fact that you're checking out my blog but don't forget to get outdoors!

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Weekend tip--Tweaking low cost buzzbaits

May 9th 2008 08:39

The other day in passing, I mentioned (admitted) that I picked up some of those cheap lures at Wal-Mart. Maybe confession IS good for the soul because I found this video.

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A reel for you!

May 8th 2008 23:10

I'm not sure about the validity of this thing but, I just found it as I was trying out some new speakers for my computer.

This proves you can get tangles with a spinning reel. I KNOW I'm supposed to say a spinning reel is easier to use than a baitcaster but I have a REAL nice baitcaster I got as a gift and I'll put it up against a LOT of spining reels I see.

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A great reel at a great price

May 8th 2008 00:52

Although fishing is a relatively cheap hobby, you can spend quite a sum of money if you're not careful. You go into a tackle shop, start picking up five or ten dollar items and, before you know it, you've spent as much money as the budget allows for the whole month!

If you're in need of a reel, it would behoove any angler to consider the Daiwa Magaforce baitcaster.

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