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I wanna catch more bigger fish
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Lure building.
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Was construction, now crisis management dude at a special school.
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The face of two fisherman, I wonder what's on there mind?
Livefreeordie replied to codfish's topic in Massachusetts Fishing
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The face of two fisherman, I wonder what's on there mind?
Livefreeordie replied to codfish's topic in Massachusetts Fishing
Tall glass buildings and cats also kill more birds than wind farms. I think there was one industry sponsored study done on the subject that suggested wind farms were killing birds. Now, everybody who is intellectually lazy, and has a pro-fossil fuel agenda, refers to the flawed study as if it were good science. The over-all effects of harvesting and burning fossil fuels kills way more birds than windfarms. I've walked beneath wind farms and saw zero dead birds. -
My rear fork mounted rod holder works fine. After reading this thread I wish I had even considered a front fork rod holder. My rod has collided with many obstacles because I get less than diligent pedaling back to my truck at 3am
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Livefreeordie replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Lure Building
I finally actually used my contraption to dry epoxy on 4 lures and was pleased with results. I have a bunch of lures about to be painted so I'm happy the turner is on-line, it'll see some use in a couple weeks -
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Show us some pics, pls
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S Hook reacted to a post in a topic: Rod Holster
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For the last ten years I’ve been using a hammer loop on my belt as a rod holder. Very handy for operations that take more than 30 seconds. I also clip the jaws of my lipper around the loop. I usually don’t need the rod holder/loop or lipper, but when I do it’s convenient to have them both right there at my belly button. An $8 hammer loop from the home store lasts me 3-5 yrs. I seldom rinse or wash my gear unless it needs obvious maintenance
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Yeah, what snag777 said. I've seen metal bend in unexpected ways without some form of break guiding it
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Gotcha. While you could just grab it with channel locks and bend, I'd suggest a vice, pressing a flat object (like a painter's tool) along the intended bend line, and then bending with some form of pliers
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What, specifically, are you referring to? Is it that the lip has been pushed into the nose of the body, that the lip is bent asymmetrical, the dent on the side of the lip, some combo of the aforementioned? Offhand, and not being able to see the belly hanger in your pics, I'd say you need to rewire the plug, but after cutting the wire (before rewiring), reset the metal lip where you'd like it. This would be to address the lip being pressed against the nose. If you're concerned about the lip's bend, I'd suggest an impromptu 'break' set up to rebend the lip accurately to your desire
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extreme fisherman reacted to a post in a topic: CAUTION: NJ TACKLE charged my CC on 1/19/2023, never shipped my order and never refunded my money.
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Gotta say this before I bow out of this thread. Last weekend I ordered $84 worth of hooks n lure components from NJT. I saw the 'order received' and 'order being processed' emails, I didn't see an 'order shipped' email, but the package was waiting for me when I got home from work one day this week. It was so fast I was a bit confused. I think I got the order on Tuesday and unpacked/put away the parts on Thursday night.The order was complete (I received everything I paid for).
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Q's about building a spinner/drying rack
Livefreeordie replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Lure Building
madcaster, I actually watched that vid on the YouTube while looking for ideas. In my case, I wanted enclosed for dust and temp control. BTW, I've been using your idea for the channel cut into casting eggs which you can wrap your leader around. It's ideal because I use the egg about 1 out of 20 outings, but it doesn't tangle when sitting at the bottom of my bag waiting for its chance. Thanks for chiming in, I've learned a few things from you over the years -
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Q's about building a spinner/drying rack
Livefreeordie replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Lure Building
Oh...thanks to everybody who helped me, here. I can measure and cut straight, but designing things is difficult for me. I often trial and error my way thru prototypes until arrive at what I want. Seeing your designs, reading your comments was very useful. -
Q's about building a spinner/drying rack
Livefreeordie replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Lure Building
So, I finally got to an inaugural run with a couple parts still dry fitted. It's now functional and I've practiced loading lures into it, stopping and starting the motor, and letting it run for a while to check heat and friction. Originally, I was gonna place the frames (that will hold the lures thru paint and epoxy) parallel to the axis. But when I did a mock-up and practiced attaching frames to the axle, my knuckles kept touching the lures. It literally took me days before I figured out I didn't need to change anything much except to turn the frames 90 degrees and attach them perpendicular to the axis. I practiced a couple times this morning, and I can place the intended 8 frames/lures into this contraption relatively easily. No flop with my attachment method, and the decent 4rpm motor didn't struggle at all. Eventually, I'll put a thermostat, and light inside. While building, I used a hair dryer to speed the curing of caulking. Oh boy did it hold heat inside like you'd imagine an enclosed 30x30x23" cube would. I feel like I could use it as is for now and just zapping the epoxy with a hairdryer will keep the temp up enough until I put the light in. Feel free to make suggestions for improvements. I still need to figure out a method to prop the door open; right now I'm just using a pillow on the roof which is functional but looks amateurish. -
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