Tim Bromund

I set up 200' and 400' copper setups last year. I put the 200' on an Okuma Catalina 45 LC and that worked out fine. 300 yds of 50 lb power pro backing behind the copper. I put the 400' on an Okuma Titus T20L Lever Drag and though I didn't have a chance to run the 400 much, that seemed to work out good as well, I believe I have almost 400 yds of 50 lb power pro behind the copper on that reel. With all the negative you sometimes hear about Okuma I was a little leery about buying them, but so far so good on both reels. East Coast Tackle has the best price in the Titus reels http://www.eastcoasttackle.com/index.ht ... 71&B=Okuma Tim

That was an original pirate 44 pattern. Tim

that series of pics is a couple of years old, I saw it a while ago. Apparently, the story is that the deer was originally hit by a minivan and was thrown into the air, right into the windshield of the trailblazer. What a mess. Tim

John, you may want to ask at this website, a huge bunch of very knowedgable people there, a much better group that at the thehulltruth website: http://www.boatered.com/forum/default.asp Tim

We're faced with the same situation at the Olcott Pen Project. We have 3 pens now and currently pen rear 50,000 kings and 3500 steelhead, but would like to add one more king pen since we are losing the caledonia fish. My personal belief at Olcott is, though it's hard to believe, up until 2 years ago Olcott NEVER got steelhead plants (I do believe domestic rainbows were stocked there but no washington strain steelhead). That being the case, without an additonal pen for another 25,000 kings, I'd rather see that 3rd existing pen used for the additional 25,000 kings than 3500 steelhead. Tim