11-18-2003, 12:40 AM
CG,
My buddy Dan has the Mr. Heater Buddy and it works fine in his 4 man shelter. We were on Sulfur last year and it kept his shelter at about 60 degrees, even on Sunday. I use the Mr. Heater 2 burner 15k BTU outdoor one because I can't stand being in a shelter. I just use it to warm up once in a while. I have it hooked to a 25# bottle.
Most of my rods have reel rings (the cheap slide over kind) but, I still tape them anyway. I was raised on the tape the reel to the rods so it's no big deal to me. As to why they are taped, I don't know. It's because I've always done it that way. I have a bunch of ice rods, my favorites are in the picture I've enclosed. The first one is my sons and he loves it. It's 20" long and a super noodle. The 2 next to those are Master 26" rods I got at HFT years ago. James hasn't been able to get them anymore and I only have 2 left. They are best rods I've ever used. They are so noodle like that even the smallest bite translates to rod movement. The next three are just rods I let other people use. They've been around forever. The next two are new ones I got from HFT this year. They have the flex I love. The last one is one of my Mac rods and has bunches-o-beef built in.
I use super noodle rods because I want to see and feel every bite. You have to set the hook with a lot more a$$ than normal to make up for the give in the rod however. I also like them because I use nothing but 4# test and the flex in the rods make up for any mistakes I make. If you think the rods cant handle Trout, my son got a Bow 31"s and a Brown 23" within 10 minutes of each other on his, last year at Echo. I've also got a few big ones on mine, though no one would beleive I've actually caught a fish. I got a few more rods at HFT this year and I'm going to experiment with baitcasters for the Gorge. I plan on putting either Calcuttas or ABU's 5501's on them. I did see a St Croix rod there this year that I'm going to buy, just because I want to be one of the only guys on the ice with a St Croix.
Can't help with the hand auger. I have a power and my hand auger (which I still use) is 30 years old and weights almost as much as my power auger. Can you tell it's getting cold. The days are getting shorter and my posts are getting longer. Here's to walking on it. "Hoist your favorite beverage now". See you on the ice.
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My buddy Dan has the Mr. Heater Buddy and it works fine in his 4 man shelter. We were on Sulfur last year and it kept his shelter at about 60 degrees, even on Sunday. I use the Mr. Heater 2 burner 15k BTU outdoor one because I can't stand being in a shelter. I just use it to warm up once in a while. I have it hooked to a 25# bottle.
Most of my rods have reel rings (the cheap slide over kind) but, I still tape them anyway. I was raised on the tape the reel to the rods so it's no big deal to me. As to why they are taped, I don't know. It's because I've always done it that way. I have a bunch of ice rods, my favorites are in the picture I've enclosed. The first one is my sons and he loves it. It's 20" long and a super noodle. The 2 next to those are Master 26" rods I got at HFT years ago. James hasn't been able to get them anymore and I only have 2 left. They are best rods I've ever used. They are so noodle like that even the smallest bite translates to rod movement. The next three are just rods I let other people use. They've been around forever. The next two are new ones I got from HFT this year. They have the flex I love. The last one is one of my Mac rods and has bunches-o-beef built in.
I use super noodle rods because I want to see and feel every bite. You have to set the hook with a lot more a$$ than normal to make up for the give in the rod however. I also like them because I use nothing but 4# test and the flex in the rods make up for any mistakes I make. If you think the rods cant handle Trout, my son got a Bow 31"s and a Brown 23" within 10 minutes of each other on his, last year at Echo. I've also got a few big ones on mine, though no one would beleive I've actually caught a fish. I got a few more rods at HFT this year and I'm going to experiment with baitcasters for the Gorge. I plan on putting either Calcuttas or ABU's 5501's on them. I did see a St Croix rod there this year that I'm going to buy, just because I want to be one of the only guys on the ice with a St Croix.
Can't help with the hand auger. I have a power and my hand auger (which I still use) is 30 years old and weights almost as much as my power auger. Can you tell it's getting cold. The days are getting shorter and my posts are getting longer. Here's to walking on it. "Hoist your favorite beverage now". See you on the ice.
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