Nice catch JB!
What lake are you fishing?
Headed to Canyon Ferry with my 8 year old grandson this weekend.
Tight Lines indeed!

Your decision will likely be influenced by the size of fish you are targeting. What do you anticipate catching?
How much line/backing will you need ?

In addition to the Shimano reels,
check out the Okuma ColdWater series of reels.

Sure looks like a sturgeon.

I agree completely!

Just offering another possible reason (not enough help) for orders from Tackle Warehouse being delayed.

If they are like many businesses here, they might have a significant worker shortage in addition to supply chain shortages.
Companies here are having to close their doors because they can’t find people willing to work. I have one friend who has said he isn’t going back to work until unemployment benefits go back to “normal”. He said he’s making almost a thousand dollars a week not working. He said he “can’t afford to go back to work”.

😂🤪 So good to be in great company!!!

So grateful and so blessed to have been with my best friend and a most amazing woman for all of our 43 married years (44 this coming November). First and only!
We make a good team.
Blessed!

Ace has ‘em, 2 for $3.99. That way you have a backup in case you forget where you put the first one.

🤪😂

The worst part is patting every pocket trying to find the glasses and having my wife tell me they are on my face.
Growing old ain’t for sissies.

My son and I were bow hunting elk in Montana.
Calling to a bull with cows in front of us and a mountain lion slipped in behind us. Slipped within 20 yards before “some 6th sense” prompted us to turn around .
We stood up and drew our pepper spray canisters (ie bear spray). He stayed where he was for over 20 minutes watching us. He seemed unable to figure out what he was encountering: elk sounds but no elk shapes. We finally were able to back up, bumped the elk but made it out without further incident. I guess he thought we were an easy meal...
I ‘ve been hunting, backpack camping extensively for 40+years and this was my first face to face lion encounter.
Not interested in repeating that one.

Might want to check out Fuse Lenses (on line store).

I sure do.
My best friends family had a full sized station wagon with push button trans.
Good memories in that car!
I got to call him on our rotary phone and beg a ride with them to the river to fish.

Fished and caught in 12 states.