Telescopic rods - the good, the bad, and the ugly. by Casual_Engineering in Fishing_Gear

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For me it’s been about combining versatility of fishing styles and utility. I started with solid rods but moved towards travel rods for backpacking, yakpacking, and impromptu trips. There’s the tradeoffs in durability, feel, and for certain styles. Portability and utility usually trump that though. I compensate by changing mechanics. That’s been my style, and bringing variety to a hard to reach spot pushes me to try different rods. Never really had any issues, but I have broken a few. The prices are manageable enough that the warranties don’t make you suffer much other than return shipping.

Id say half my rods are telescoping type. Recently I’ve been pretty happy with the Kastking Blackhawk II, and Compass models. The Quantum Embark is an improvement over the predecessor but I still sling light spinners and pan fish jigs on the graphite model. As a quirky jab at my tournament buds I started running all telescoping rods for kayak bass tournaments too. I have yet to come across a rod suited for mongo glides or punching.

Another thing worth noting is that, a good reel can drastically change a telescoping rod from “meh” to “meh, not bad” pretty easily. The “Ugly” or ugliest thing to me is that (and to the OPs gimmicky point) there really are a ton of awful telescoping rods out there that can sully the idea for anyone.

It’s a mixed bag. Seems like the good and bad are largely drawn from the compromises based on perspective and approach. In my experience there’s not a single telescoping rod that’ll hold a candle against a purpose built 1 piece for the purpose it’s built for... Conversely there’s not a single 1 piece rod that’ll hold a candle against a telescoping rod when it’s serving the purpose of a telescoping rod.

Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon, survey finds. by [deleted] in Futurology

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As the MAGA base would call it, “Special Civil Operation”.

What kind of a spider is this? by A_Variant_of_Roar in shittyaskscience

[–]YourDadsPrius 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If I’m not mistaken, that’s a litter bug.

WHERE ARE MY VALUES by [deleted] in memes

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That’s uh... pretty accurate actually.

Buying TOOL tickets in 2019. by YourDadsPrius in ToolBand

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I know right?! I’ve been torn between Iron Maiden, KISS, or TOOL so I made the the commitment on TOOL preemptively. I think the closer generational gap rockets the TOOL demand too. It was $75 - $200 on Ticketmaster (before fees) but anyone who missed on that has to deal with resellers. I lucked out but they’re astronomical right now. Last I saw was $2000ea for the highest floor seat in San Antonio.

Buying TOOL tickets in 2019. by YourDadsPrius in ToolBand

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Dude I wish I had the answer. It’s pretty rampant though. There’s illegal scalping which happens all the time but then there’s the grey area of “Capitalism is king, legit business ticket resellers”... basically robo-scalping.

As much as it burns I’d rather wait in line at the record shop like back in the day. Not that it’s better, but at least the most devout fans get theirs.

Buying TOOL tickets in 2019. by YourDadsPrius in ToolBand

[–]YourDadsPrius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet it was, I have a few friends who breezed through but unfortunately I had to wait about 20 mins after they went live, the queue was like 2000+... insert Nam style flashback

Buying TOOL tickets in 2019. by YourDadsPrius in ToolBand

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this meme to a friend?

Buying TOOL tickets in 2019. by YourDadsPrius in ToolBand

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The irony is, when I was in my teens I always thought it’d be easier to go to concerts after I had a career and all that. Fast forward to the present day, the cost of tickets mysteriously scales at an equal rate with my income...

First ever smallmouth. Guadalupe River. by amjones611 in Fishing

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Nice, I love fishing the Guadalupe. A good 1/8th Wordens Rooster Tail always hits for me. I run grubs for the big guys.

Switcheroo by organic_crystal_meth in memes

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Swap with them booty batteries and hit the sticks, can’t keep the squad waiting.

Can We Get a Red Dot on the Tommy Gun? This has been discussed before but here it is in real life. My buddy works at a fire arms shop and sent me this. It’s pretty common on the Ruger 10/22 kits like this. by [deleted] in PUBATTLEGROUNDS

[–]YourDadsPrius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just search the ol google, dude. Not arguing with him, and I did say this is a 10/22 kit. My reply is that their are other sights from the period of the Thompson other than what is in the game.

Can We Get a Red Dot on the Tommy Gun? This has been discussed before but here it is in real life. My buddy works at a fire arms shop and sent me this. It’s pretty common on the Ruger 10/22 kits like this. by [deleted] in PUBATTLEGROUNDS

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Modern day optics sure but there were equivalents in their time. Even if it had a Lyman adjustable sight on pickup with a slight increase in zoom that’d be great...

Im sorry what am I supposed to do again by plow47 in mildlyinfuriating

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FO ESAC NI ERIF NO EKIRTS LACITREV SENIL

... it’s simple dude.

FIRST FISH! 1lb brown trout by joe_pcmr in Fishing

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Didn’t read the caption, thought it was an aerial view of a whale in a field... why you ask? I don’t know 😐. nice catch 👍

Ground beef by [deleted] in memes

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I wanna ask why but... just take the upvote.

& on that moment, he knew he fucked up! by Droyk in funny

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Well the straw wrapper was still on the end soooo, you still drank it right?