I still use the Jeep for hauling equipmentJ
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jim phillips Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] FW: for the list >From the MARKSTER May your GOD be your fishing partner. _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: for the list Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:13:06 -0600 Our old '94 Surburban is our fishin' truck........i bought it brand new in July '94 and it haulded musicians all over North America for 8 years before i retired it to being nothin' but a fishin' truck........it's got over 200K miles on it...........still runs great......Compression and torque is as good as ever.....4th set of brakes and third transmission......but the puppy just hums at 70mph. i have a rod rack built inside now that holds 7 rods strung up and ready to grab and GO! @ alllll times........Nniiccee............. <http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif> > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Re: QFTD > Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:57:03 -0500 > > > I used to keep the rod together & strung w/ the fly hooked on the holder > loop & loaded it through the trunk (or the tailgate on the Jeep) because I > didn't want to take the time to break it down & put it in the case every > time. A broken tip & upgrading to better equipment cured me of that. > > J > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael Bliss > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Re: QFTD > > > If this is true confessions, several years back I moved from one place > on the river to another. I did not want to break down the rod > completely so I just took it apart enough to fit in the car. Jumped > in and went to the next spot. Just after starting up the car I heard > a loud crack. I did not know what it was but when I got to the next > site I found that the fly had come off the hook keeper and then the > wheel had been hooked as the wheel rotated - well you get the rest. > Really stupid. I am pretty careful now. > > Mike > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Rick Zieger<[email protected]> wrote: > > "Stupidity", he said, "you would not believe how many fly rods get slammed > > in car doors or snapped by a power window because the tip is hanging out > or > > broken by trying to yank a fly off a log or a branch." > > > > Jim West Nov/Dec 2008 "American angler" > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.5/2220 - Release Date: 07/05/09 > 17:54:00 > > > _____ HotmailR has ever-growing storage! Don't worry about storage limits. Check <http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutori al_Storage_062009> it out. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.5/2220 - Release Date: 07/05/09 17:54:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
