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What’s with the vest? It’s balls hot in Iowa too isn’t it?

Whatever you say T-Bone.

Who is Andrew Wortman?

Now I'm running down the rabbit hole on fly lines. I've got a Loomis NRX 9' 5wt LP - which is probably 5 or 6 years old. I bought it from a friend and he gave me a Ross reel with unknown line on it as well. The line does have a sinking tip on it so I assume he had it set up for streamers and it really loads the rod up easily - maybe too much. I've got an extra spool for the reel and am thinking about setting this one up for dry flies. After a little googling for a good line match for this rod I found quite a few recommendations for SA Amplitude Smooth line: https://www.finandfire.com/collections/freshwater-fly-lines/products/scientific-anglers-amplitude-smooth-trout-fly-line?variant=31661615841335 The Rio Premier Gold has some fans too. https://www.finandfire.com/collections/freshwater-fly-lines/products/premier-rio-gold-fly-line?variant=32199034241079 I'm probably not really proficient enough to be able to tell the difference, but I need all the help I can get to make good casts. Any opinions?

@tequila Yea, this too. I have annoyed a couple of guides by asking to use my own gear. By the time you meet them at the put-in spot, the good guides tend to have them all rigged up with hopper/dropper setups or whatever they think is going to work that day. I need to pay more attention to the line I'm throwing. My best gear I bought from a friend who had a tackle fetish and needed to downsize his collection. I have no clue what line is on 2 or 3 of my reels.

You should be good with any decent 5 wt setup IMO. I haven't had to make too many long casts while fishing from a drift boat, just a lot of roll casting and flipping from one bank over to the other when fishing water like the Green. TFO is hard to beat for someone still pretty new to fly fishing.

Same. Grew up in Bellville, TX and can still remember crawling under desks for "protection." I don't think the teachers told us explicitly what it was for, but I can remember thinking it was in case those lousy Russians tried to start some shit. And lord knows Bellville freaking Texas would have been very high up on their list of places to kick off WWIII. That chickenshit little desk was wearing me for protection from a nuke. It's not a coincidence that Rocky IV and Red Dawn were two of my favorite movies as a kid.

Exactly. What the fuck did they think would happen!?

They sure aren't sending their best into the Cloak Room these days now are they?

We just got back from a week in St. John yesterday. You were right. I'll do a write up next week, but we really enjoyed it and I wish we were still there.

I’m about to takeoff for a 4 hour flight. They frown on people huffing things on a plane.

Thank you all for the updates. This thread has been a godsend from the jump. This is some crazy ass shit to watch unfold. I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.

Holy fuck. Are you me? An actual conversation I had today: Mom - Have you read up on RFK Jr!? Me - No, I want nothing to do with that moonbat. Mom - Oh man, I think he’s a good middle ground and could really get some good momentum going. Me - He doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. <drinks deeply of ranch water>

"My people" EABOD and DIAF.

GFY Grease Ball.

Trash.

Susan? Is that you? She may be limited in the amount of fuckery she can bring to bear here, but the bolded is some serious fanfic.

Fuck me running and dip me in shit. Cannon!? Aileen Fucking Cannon!?

An attempted make up call by Roberts imo.

My thoughts exactly. Meadows is proper fucked. Which means that Trump is proper fucked too.

Meadows flipping does seem to be a holy shit moment. How long until he is painted as a never-Trump/RINO/cuck/libtard?

"Woke Mind Virus" is such a heap of contrived bullshit it's honestly sad they are trotting it out there. It's even sadder that it will be effective on the target audience.

I don't care what anyone says, Walmart Melania is some funny shit.

Congrats on your upcoming 93 with 7 three putts for tempting the golf gods. j/k - it really is the greatest game. My old man is 72 and has made a habit of shooting his age or better the last 8 months or so. I hit my drive 30 yards past him and still get smoked.