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 Posted - 09/07/2008 : 8:41:21 PM
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Out of all the fly fishing gadgets that you have bought, which one is used the least often?
For me it was the battery operated mosquito repeller. I first saw them in Cabella's then Van Raymonds had them so I bought one there. It cost me $15.00, the first time I used it around mosquito's the mosquitoes flew closer for a better look at the thing. I bought it for my trip to Osprey Lake Lodge in Labrador, but the mosquitoes didn't begin to hatch till the day we flew out. I tried it a few times in Maine but I didn't think it made any difference. Now I see Jim hides it in the corner of the display case. |
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Dave M
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 06:35:59 AM
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I try to make do with as few gadgets as possible.
I thought a few years ago that a telescoping bug net to snag Mayflies (or, I suppose, Caddis for that matter)out of the air would be useful. Not. It has resided in a back pocket of my chestpack since the day I bought it......and, mostly, I've forgotten about it. Total waste of money. 
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Jeff Reardon
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 2:16:44 PM
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(Just to get Dave's juices flowing) 
Anything other than click and pawl drag on a trout reel. |
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Dave M
Frequent Contributor
USA
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 5:00:28 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff Reardon
(Just to get Dave's juices flowing)
Anything other than click and pawl drag on a trout reel.
Ah..Jeff?? If I'm the Dave you meant all of my trout reels (except one) are click & pawl. Hardy's and Abels. Perhaps you meant another Dave?
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FFOaddict
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USA
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 7:38:05 PM
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Leader straightener. Now I just used my hands |
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Jeff Reardon
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 8:12:01 PM
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Sorry Dave.
I thought I remembered a past discussion about the need for a quality drag on trout reels. |
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gunner
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USA
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 10:24:34 PM
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This year -- a net. For 2 reasons: not many fish caught and those caught haven't been lifted out of the water to get the hook out -- using new forceps that have a curved end to help get the hook out easier.
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“Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.”
Mortimer Adler (American Philosopher)
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K. I. JOE
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Posted - 09/09/2008 : 07:49:15 AM
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| I dont carry anything that I dont use, well, maybe some of the flies in my box |
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FJ40
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Posted - 09/10/2008 : 9:40:52 PM
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| I have an old "Ketch'um Release" gadget that looks brand new because I have never used it. Barbless hooks work better. |
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Water Rat
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 9:09:36 PM
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Originally posted by FJ40
I have an old "Ketch'um Release" gadget that looks brand new because I have never used it. Barbless hooks work better.
I had one of those this summer when I broke my hand and needed to do one handed releases. It worked fairly well, but it came off the vest as soon as the cast came off my hand. |
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Todd
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USA
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Posted - 09/11/2008 : 9:55:06 PM
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| Strike indicators. I've gotten in the habbit of using a big stimulator instead. I guess I only keep indicators in there for the rare occasion that I might need one. Other than that...I'm pretty gadget-less. |
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Bill Blake
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USA
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Posted - 09/14/2008 : 11:46:40 AM
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I gave up on the electronic mosquito repeller so long ago that I don't even consider it one of my fishing gadgets. I now consider it an electronic wife irritator.
I think my least used gadget is probably an electronic thermometer gizmo with a 30 foot wire probe that it supposed to hang off a boat that I got as a Christmas gift. For all I know it might work great for finding spring holes while float tubing Maine ponds, but since I live in Texas I don't get to do that much. |
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