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Xgolfman

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breaking in the new reel
« on: June 04, 2006, 06:33:23 PM »
Had to christen the new reel today, rained pretty good but then the wind died off and rain slowed considerably. Switched to a Chernobyl/damsel thing i tied...Wham...didn't think it was that big at first but then it took the rod down and the fight was pretty sweet. Had to actually let it take some line a couple times to keep from breaking the 3 pound tippet...Pretty good sized for around Bellingham...

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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2006, 07:27:48 PM »
nice report GM looks like ur getting into some decent fish.
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2006, 09:28:19 PM »
Good looking fish. What is the yellow thing in its mouth? 8)
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2006, 09:53:23 PM »
Nice looking fish Golfman!!  So the reel worked well then? ;D ;D
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2006, 10:02:00 PM »
What a fatty!!! And no, I dont meen you, Big Steel ;D ;D ;D
That fish is "ph" and "fa" fat!! 8)
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2006, 10:56:44 PM »
Quote from: Eightball on June 05, 2006, 09:28:19 PM
Good looking fish. What is the yellow thing in its mouth? 8)

that's my weird chernobl/hooper thing...tied some more tonight.. ::)
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2006, 11:12:39 PM »
Nice fish. LOL, you must fish lots to justify spending such large amounts of $$$ on a reel. Only played with one of those once, we had two. Both sold within a day. I can only drool. ;D
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2006, 04:31:01 PM »
Quote from: IH8XC on June 05, 2006, 11:12:39 PM
Nice fish. LOL, you must fish lots to justify spending such large amounts of $$$ on a reel. Only played with one of those once, we had two. Both sold within a day. I can only drool. ;D
No, not nearly enough for that...I already had a nice reel but thankfully the guys at M&Y let me trade it back in so the bite wasn't too horrible...One of those things where once i saw it and played with it for awhile i had to do some major guy reasoning to justify it..
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2006, 09:41:50 AM »
Quote from: golfman65 on June 06, 2006, 04:31:01 PM
Quote from: IH8XC on June 05, 2006, 11:12:39 PM
Nice fish. LOL, you must fish lots to justify spending such large amounts of $$$ on a reel. Only played with one of those once, we had two. Both sold within a day. I can only drool. ;D
No, not nearly enough for that...I already had a nice reel but thankfully the guys at M&Y let me trade it back in so the bite wasn't too horrible...One of those things where once i saw it and played with it for awhile i had to do some major guy reasoning to justify it..

LOL...."guy reasoning" ;D   Is that what your wife called it?....or what your excuse was when she found out how much you spent on it?...lol

Nice reel, and Very nice fish too :)
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Re: breaking in the new reel
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2006, 08:57:50 PM »
Hey Paul

  I hope you can bring a sample of that fly on Sat. I would like to see one up close. Big Flies = Big Fish.
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