Sk8man

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A couple things: the blades may "feel" sharp and yet they may be slightly off on the cutting edge itself and might not be apparent to the naked eye (always need to keep covered when not in use to keep truly sharp), and you may need to tighten the blade screws as they may be just ever so loose and "sliding" when they get to that point.....just something to check. I think fish307.com offers a sharpening service if you can't find one locally who knows what they are doing (important ).

John makes some very good points and I guess I feel a lot less "disgruntled" as I have a lot of respect for his opinion and upon reflection I may not have either realized the nature of the swap part of the venue or perhaps didn't put a lot of thought into my earlier comment. Events like this are very involved to put together properly and LOTSA does a great job of it and it is perhaps more important as time goes on that we have events like this. In case folks may not have noticed there was a fishing pond for kids and more kids need to be encouraged to attend and become involved in our sport. There was a noticeable absence of teenagers as might be expected these days. As we were driving home we were talking about the fact that many if not most of the attendees were middle aged (I'm giving myself a break here ) and the younger folks that should have been there were probably talking on their cell phones, watching TV or playing video games (or worse) someplace and that is truly a shame. Growing up as a kid fishing became a major part of my life and offset my teen years while also hanging out in the poolroom or getting into major trouble as some of my age-mates did. The long and short of it is that if we don't do something to encourage youth to get directly involved in fishing and hunting these sports will largely go by the wayside. My major mistake this year was not learning in advance about specifics relating to the events on Saturday and even worse I never looked at the program (just stuffed it in my pocket in the entry excitement) until I got home. We missed a lot of wonderful and truly interesting and educational opportunities as well as possibly connecting with fellow LOU members and I regret that now. I am wondering if it is possible to post a detailed pdf of the show beforehand here on LOU (if it wasn't or I missed it). My assumption going there was that "Yeah... they are having a few salmon seminars but I've been doing this awhile too etc." and it is obvious from the program this was an idiotic assumption on my part.... For those of you out there that have never been to it I picked up some great bargains in tackle (which my wife even liked ) and I would encourage you to attend taking into consideration my above comments. It is well worth the journey there at the very least (about 90 miles for us).

I like rolmops we felt that the swap show in the other venue room than the Expo sure lacked the completeness of last years event which was disappointing and hopefully this can be worked on for next year but I heard nothing but positive comments about the remaining events at the show. Hats off to the event organizers who overall put a great two day series of events together. They deserve our thanks and a lot of credit.

I'm with Angling Addict and BazookaJoe. Replication and being able to achieve similar results time after time is more important than the precise amount of line indicated on the line counter.

Very good advice. I've had my 10A's for over 30 years without any problems but have always stayed with the recommended 10 lb max. weights....I still even have the original wire on them. As noted those motors weren't designed for the heavier weights., but several folks on here have suggested that it makes no difference.....only a matter of time till they find out Thanks for the post.

I know it might not be as cheap as a do it yourself patch but probably the best bet would be to catch one of the canvas guys that visits the nearest marina and have them match it up with a sewn on patch of actual canvas. If they aren't real busy they are often pretty good about helping out.