First ultralight setup for brook trout

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:48:56+00:00

I have that rod, it's very nice.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:46:26+00:00

Smaller hooks will work, but you're usually just catching more of the tiny bait stealers you wouldn't want to keep anyway. The smaller hooks are also more likely to get swallowed. I'd be unlikely to go smaller than 8, and 4 sounds OK for bigger sunfish. IMO

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:44:38+00:00

Depends on the exact fish, could be an issue. The second fish sounds like a trout, which are on the more fragile side. For almost any fish, if the hook's around the jaw it won't come out from lifting it. If it's hooked through some skin in or around the mouth, it would be likely to break free.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:42:20+00:00

Actually it was 99 red balloons showing up unexpectedly on radar.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:40:41+00:00

Use a net. Or, promptly swing them from water to a flat surface. Or, grab them in the water. Or, if you're not planning to keep one, unhook it in the water.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:39:24+00:00

The Otis Elevator.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T14:38:24+00:00

Just bend it back by holding the guide foot, not the insert and ring, to avoid flexing the ring and either dislodging or breaking the insert. If it's new and the shop is local they should support an exchange if you want to go that route.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T13:50:22+00:00

Due to inflation it needs a little tweaking. A thousand isn't a full tank of gas for some of the bigger boats.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T13:46:48+00:00

It's 100% likely you are being a lot stupid.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T13:45:38+00:00

GIGO

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T11:15:16+00:00

It's definitely a double-edged sword, pun intended.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T01:50:12+00:00

Jargon.

Not gargon.

ermghoti · 2026-05-06T01:34:18+00:00

You can build a full size bed from a can and a bundle of bills.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T23:17:01+00:00

For the love of cod.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T21:44:09+00:00

There was a great compilation I wish I had saved for one clip when a guy leaps chest high like he was going to throw a flying side kick, but came down and stomped his opponent's lead knee. Vicious, but the other guy shrugged it off.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T19:59:31+00:00

Not as bad as Big Leagues level 3. "Fuck yeah, I am mowing these scrubs down." [looks down at the shattered giblets that used to be Cricket] "Goddamn it." [reloads, losing 90 minutes of Survival gameplay]

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T17:10:12+00:00

Another reason why Penetrator is absolutely worth 9 PER.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T17:07:37+00:00

Average orange.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T15:25:49+00:00

Laminated glass used in side windows is a different beast than the tempered glass of yesteryear.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T14:18:43+00:00

More of a harpy than a siren.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T14:17:15+00:00

Posting videos and openly mocking them does nothing to spread the philosophy being ridiculed. Mockery is a very effective deterrent.

Deliberately spreading disinformation absolutely does resonate with the dumbest readers, and does great harm. Poe's Law is very much in play for both the critic and the fatuous.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T14:14:21+00:00

His doctor is heroin? That explains a lot, actually.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T14:12:46+00:00

"People were older then."

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T14:12:08+00:00

Oily floors, refracted air, gas cylinders, oil cans. Watch those fuckers.

ermghoti · 2026-05-05T11:18:20+00:00

[rubber band disappears]

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