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    NFR Favorite Iconic Scenes from Movies

    Black Dynamite - "You need to shut the f*ck up when grown folks is talkin."
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    Pen Tac Gear

    I had a 1/4 oz copper Cleo on my key ring for many years. Even today if I had to choose one lure for the sole purpose of catching fish to stay alive it would be the baby copper Cleo.
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    The evolution of baitcasting reels

    Still have an Abu 6000 with side spool adjust, a couple original Lew's level winds, along with a half dozen Shimano Bantams in 100 through 400 sizes. The 200's were my faves for drift and hardware fishing through the late 90's, then retired for newer, better working models. I bought the last...
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    Pen Tac Gear

    Trip down memory lane there. I remember hand cutting and hand stamping all of the card inserts, along with printing and stickering the backs for all of the different offerings back in 05-07... PITA! If those were 1/0 and 2/0 octopus hooks from those first bulk batches (instead of siwash), I'd...
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    talk to me about center-pinning

    I've been working on a CP rod for trout, utilizing a cheap 4wt spey blank for the build. For some reason I got the inclination to fish dries/skaters on the pinwheel... so currently tinkering with float variations. They'll be weighted lengthwise affording horizontal ride on the surface as opposed...
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    Favorite Bobbers / Floats

    When I dig out one of the CP rods it's always a gray DNE 30 gm float with 5/8 oz inline weight, with rubber egg stops on either side of the float. A stop on either side makes it easy to slip or fix, and they won't slip through the tube. Simple. Since I still have a couple dozen DNE's (in three...
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    SFR Chickens..

    First post on the new site...about chickens instead of fishing! When I moved from the city back to the outskirts a few years ago we inherited four wild roosters. They were brothers and all cool in their own way. Always getting into some kind of trouble within their five acre wandering zone...
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