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  1. 15 minutes ago, left field said:

    I don't want to shit on anyone's business,. but they are not part of the community and only cater to the Brooklyn crowd with the $75 prix fixe.

    Bummer… I vaguely recall it being a different format pre-covid 

  2. 1 minute ago, BizCT said:

    Oh ok, that's good at least. Does the old phrase "don't eat seafood on Monday's at restaurants" still make sense? Majority of top restaurants aren't open monday anyway, but still....

    Bourdain changed his mind on that one long before his untimely death  

  3. 14 hours ago, Chef said:


    Which one? Robinhood? And there is lots of good food in Roscoe… northern farmhouse pasta is fantastic


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    Meh, fantastic in that they’re not merely reheating precooked food? I like their intentions but the only fantastic restaurant up there requires driving around the reservoir - Brushland Eating House 

  4. 2 hours ago, left field said:

    I agree with the Orvis rec. I use Lamson a lot and have four or five. 

    I like the Liquid you recommend for my first 5wt. It’s surprisingly scratched up for having had it less than 1yr but it works just as well as when it came out of the box. The 9wt rod is a Lamson Cobalt. 

  5. 2 hours ago, Skillet said:

    I really like my Orvis. It's not the mirage, but I don't think you can go wrong with Orvis. Good stuff. 

    The hydros LT appeared to be a great deal and had a hell of a drag but I think it was discontinued. 

  6. I’m looking to purchase a saltwater fly reel for a 9wt rod. This will be primarily for permit and bonefish so drag quality will matter but it’ll also see multipurpose use chasing redfish, sea trout, and young tarpon and perhaps some action surf fishing for bluefish and stripers. I’ll eventually parse this into 3 or 4 specialist setups but it’ll just be 1 for now (maybe a 7wt soon). 

    The reels I’ve been looking at are Danielsson L5W 8twelve, Sage Spectrum Max, Cheeky Limitless 425, Orvis Mirage, Nautilus CCF-X2 8/10, and Lamson Litespeed M. The price spread on these reels is wide ($200-$700) but these are all seemingly considered durable midlevel options. If anyone has experience with these reels or can recommend others I’d appreciate the feedback. Thanks 

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  7. 31 minutes ago, left field said:

    Single hand rod, so sinking 9' leader with a few feet of tippet. And a heavy fly. Not sure how to ID it past "sinking leader."

    On the plus side, when you hit the timing right you can throw 80' pretty easily with all that weight.

    Atlantic salmon are amazing. I'm seriously thinking about giving up trout fishing. 

    Are they biting or are you snagging like folks in NY?

  8. 2 hours ago, left field said:

    Once again, I ring a bell and you come running. Damn, dude. 

    I clarified the bullshit Canadian AS thing that you regurgitated from a July tweet as I have a little actual experience with AS. At this point, I should think you have enough life lived to develop original thought and not continually have to parrot others. You're like the nutty conspiracy version of that college guy in Good Will Hunting.

    How's your stated, "I'm ready to sacrifice my body or life for the cause" thing working out for you? Have you found your goal? Your raison d'être? Once decided, will you get the word "warrior" tattooed under the snowflake? I'm thinking that "Snowflake Warrior" would be an very cool username for you.

    My morning:

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    By the way, it's "deep seated" not "deep seeded." Common mistake. 

    7wt?

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  9. 48 minutes ago, Grouse said:

    What is a woman, and why would they vote for a Democrat that tramples Constitutional rights to preserve a government granted privilege?  I don't think God approves of their votes.

     

    The biggest risk to our rights as hunters comes from supporting far right lunatics, the likes of which openly endorse Q or are on record rejecting the separation of church and state. Biden was a stopgap candidate with a long track record of moderate and centrist positions. He’s also an old, white, and straight guy, an irresistible combination for many lifelong Republican voters who wanted to pull the country out of the Trump hole. Eventually the Democratic Party will put forth candidates as intellectually inviable and unfit for office as Marjorie and Herschel. Neither party on the far left/right extremes is concerned with our hunting rights. It’s time to stop voting with your middle finger. 

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  10. 7 hours ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

    Quick stop at the west branch on my back from SENY, man I wish I lived closer to it! What a fisheryf5d9ac55c97cd2a89177786cb06a0d56.jpg
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    I fished the east branch last weekend. I saw a lot of trout but couldn’t get a bite. I later learned that they were spawning. Did you fish deeper pools to avoid the spawning fish?

  11. It’s dangerous to pass on the right. If you’re driving at lower speeds on the left lane you are presenting a hazard to other drivers. While I don’t condone tailgating, attempting to cue a left lane cruiser to switch lanes is actually safer than passing on the right. Using your high beams is the good citizen’s alternative to tailgating.  

  12. 35 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

    Equilibrium: The journey of Graceland Grand Royale started over 2 years ago when we took the original Graceland base and let it sit in a Willet  barrel for just over 24 months. We conditioned it on banana, peanuts, and marshmallow and then added a generous addition of flaked coconut and honey. We find the results extraordinary. Graceland Grand Royale pours decadent and luxurious releasing notes of velvet fudge and whipped peanut butter laced with coconut. We get extreme deep chocolate notes with peanut butter and caramel covered peanut nougat, banana custard cream brûlée, and coconut bonbons all wrapped up in a palate coating and weighted vanilla honey cream finish.

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    How decadent. What a special treat 

  13. 6 hours ago, Nomad said:

    It’ll never happen . But I’d be ok with it if it did . My time there is limited, been a few times , daughter lived there briefly and I spent a month training at FDNY Fort Totten . Went home every weekend on the earliest flight I could get . I truly felt sorry for FDNY guys they made a bit more money , but cost of living hit them hard , while we lived in nice  homes with big yards ,  pools , drove new pickups , had boats, snowmobiles etc . 
     

    Lowes ,two Wegmans , all kinds of other stores, golf courses, parks , Lake Ontario all five minutes from my home , our 116 acres is 30 miles away . I’m good . It’s a nice place to visit , but I have zero desire to ever again do so .

    Now I’ll probably have nightmares about it tonight , thanks .

     

    Lowe’s,  Lol. Well at least you’re not talking about your 401k again 

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