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    Catch of the day [Fishing]

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    • jordanscollectedJ
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      That's a serious reel Giles. Wouldn't be fair for the bass and walleye i catch.

      Meanwhile in Jeff-land, I brought my car in for repairs on Monday, and just got the call today they will have it till next Monday or Tuesday at least. Let's check if the rental has a trailer hitch…... nope. Let's ask Allie if she will skip horseback riding and give me her truck. on second thought, no fishing this weekend.

      world tours:
      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
      Mad Red x2
      Wabidashery

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      • Bfd70B
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        • GilesG
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          What a beaut…...

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • jordanscollectedJ
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            Smallmouth are my favorite fish to catch. They fight like they are 3x that size.

            world tours:
            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
            Mad Red x2
            Wabidashery

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            • Bfd70B
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              Fun day. Drift boat and a 7wt fly rod. He’s 14 and had his work cut out for him.

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              • GilesG
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                Getting ready…..

                View from the apartment - there are Blue Fin Tuna busting just out from the point behind the rods- seriously…..

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • goosehdG
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                  Super happy and excited for you G!  Give em hell!!!

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                  • jordanscollectedJ
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                    I hope you catch 1 at least @Giles. Tell me about the technique to wrap around the crank and back to the eyelet when storing.? When you have time of course

                    world tours:
                    888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                    Mad Red x2
                    Wabidashery

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                    • dinobarnesberlinD
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                      Attack !!!!

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                      • GilesG
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                        @jordanscollected:

                        I hope you catch 1 at least @Giles. Tell me about the technique to wrap around the crank and back to the eyelet when storing.? When you have time of course

                        To keep the braid to leader knot (FGKnot) outside the tip ring, we just take the leader down to the crank and then hook the rear hook off the foot of the bottom ring.

                        FG knot, not pretty but amazing strength….

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • GilesG
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                          The morning light…..

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • GilesG
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                            Come here fuckers…...

                            @steelworker You took delivery of these for me a few years ago and handed them to me when we met up for lunch, I'm hoping to christen it this week.  I upgraded the hook…...The Tuna coming out here at the moment are averaging 140lb  :o

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GilesG
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                              Fishless today, saw plenty hitting bait (flying fish being their preferred delicay here), and one of about 30 or 40kg went airborne after my stick bait, but it missed…..

                              But a magnificent day with nature out on the water.

                              I'll post a few pics tomorrow.

                              But we are out with the commercial tuna fishermen at 04:00 in the morning to do some live-baiting before it gets light at 06:00 and start popping, and I need some shut-eye...

                              Well, OK, just the one.  As we left tonight and the sea was boiling and the birds were bombing, but we needed to get home.....You can't see that in my amateur-hour iPhone photo, but it was truly majestic - nature well and truly being nature....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • goosehdG
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                                Poems could be written about that view.  Thank you for sharing!

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • GilesG
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                                  We left here at 04:30 and were met by a man with a gun.  Luckily we had no drugs or refugee's on us.

                                  Have just got back for a 3 hour sleep before we go out again.  We had 3, well Szymon did, I was Norma-no-mates…..

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • dinobarnesberlinD
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                                    ???

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                                    • jordanscollectedJ
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                                      Superb photos Giles. That looks like one heck of a fight… for his rod and maybe his life as much as to land the fish.

                                      world tours:
                                      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                      Mad Red x2
                                      Wabidashery

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                                      • steelworkerS
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                                        Get some, @Giles

                                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                        Well, I have others.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Today, I had a 40, a 60 and a 70 kg…

                                          This is the 60:

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            ^^^^^^Cool as hell and great smile!!!  How was the fight?

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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