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Am I the only one that checks this board every day. We need to get fired up again. We can't sit back and wait for someone else to get things going, we are someone else. Let's come up with some new ideas. We need to plan for the FTU show, we need to plan for our own show. We need to get the training program going. W...
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Happy New Years
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Hey Everyone Happy New Years and a prosperous one. Hopefully thing will lighten up now that the Holidays are behind us. Q. What are we doing for the FTU gathering in March? I think this is an excellent time to bring it up on all the boards to lift everyone's spirits. It's just around the corner, Who's...
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to everyone, hope all is well with everyone and blessings are among all of you. God willing will get together soon w/another RB demo. Take care guys/gals. Ed
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Happy Holidays TRB'ers
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Hope everyone of my TRB friends have a wonderful holiday season. Be Safe!
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Raymond Adams
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Hows everybody doing?
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Long time no hear.. everybody OK?
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Terry Jones
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Has anyone spoken to Terry? I haven't heard from him since Ike. I hope everything is OK. Pat
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Where is everybody?
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Hey Gang We need to get cranked up again. Our plans have been put on hold for a while but it is time to get back to work. I suggest we have a meeting the lastSaturday of October. That should give everyone time to get their lives put back together after Ike. WE need to replan our rod show and we also need to figur...
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What now?
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WE survived the storm but it has slowed down our plans for our club. Our rod show has been postponed indefinately and shouldn't be rescheduled until everyone has their lives back in order. Do we let this change of events slow down our progress? We were making a lot of progress very fast. Do we need to mayb...
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La. folks update
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I was in contact w/ Lance Dupre(Swampland) last night. He said they were fine. He got power restored on Sunday and postal service yesterday. He said Bill, up near Baton Rouge, will be w/o power for 7-10 more days. I'm pretty sure they don't need anymore rain over there! I hope Ike takes a hike WAY south, l...
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PicToWeave Weaving Competition
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Loaded Dog Enterprises in conjunction with Lamar Fishing Products, Fish Hawk Thread & other sponsors is proud to announce the inaugural "PicToWeave Weaving Competition". The aim of the competition is to encourage rod builders to try their hand at weaving. Contestants must regis...
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Happy Birthday Pat Helton!!!!
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Our own media star is having a birthday today! Happy Birthday, sir and thank you very much for all your hard work ! I'm proud to know you, Pat Helton,,,,Jim
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IE Spell
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For those who, like myself are spelling challenged here is a neat utility for PC's using Internet Explorer called IE-Spell. After installing it you can right click on your forum post & check for and correct spelling errors.
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Raymond Adams
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Shop Shutting Down for a Short Time
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Hello guys and gals, Just got back from the Hospital In SA. I have been out of touch for about a month and will be closing my shop and not taking any new orders for at least two months due to health issues. I think about yall all the time but got caught without my laptop......I have another month of treatme...
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John Blair
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Need a weave pattern
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I started a rod a week ago and need a weave pattern to go on it.... I need an anchor and globe. The rod I started is a rod that I was going to build and donate to the rods for solidgers program. Then today on 2cool I read the post about the TASF and really want this rod to be completed soon and have not had a lot o...
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Park Falls, Wisconsin
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All I can say is....if you were'nt there, you missed a great time !! You missed, meeting new friends, touring the St.Croix Factory, building a rod blank, good food, and viewing the beauty of Wisconsin !! It was the worth the 3000 miles round trip I made !! Wooo-Hoo !! What a trip !!... ML
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Pics on the Hall of Fame
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In responce to quite a few people wanting me to put a face to the name... this is the only board I feel safe in doing so at the time.. lol
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Kevin Graybeal
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Customer Service...etc....
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O.K Guys...I guess you can say I am blowing off some steam !! Two weeks ago, one of my older customers asked me to rebuild a GLoomis rodblank for him....(The GLoomis snapped right above the foregrip)He supplied the rodblank.... He brought in the old handle assemble and wanted me to use it on the new rodb...
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Rod Tips...Etc....
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O.K Guys..... I know this subject has been cussed' and discussed....BUT...I have a rod tip that absoleutly will not turn loose !! It is on a older AllStar and I have tried the proved methods...BUT...I am afraid I am going to damaged the tip...so I am going t...
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Hall of Fame
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OK, I give up! Where is this Hall of Fame?....Jim
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Pictures on the Hall of Fame
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Just to let you all know I got some fun pics on the Hall portion of the site. Hope some give ya'll a good chuckle
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Good bye Dolly Report
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Hello guys and gals....Want to thank all of you for your messages and concerns. Got our electricity on a few hours ago. Trisha and I went To McAllen to ride the storm out and stayed there until we got electric back.. When we came back to check on our stuff Friday our RV Park was a Lake. They went up on the...
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Sportsman FET (federal excise tax)
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If you sell rods you NEED to know this stuff!
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Raymond Adams
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Free Sample of Epoxy......
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If anyone wants a free sample of Gene Bullard's Diamond Two Rod Finish.....contact....Richard Jankauskas.....@ rodology @hotmail.com I received a free sample couple of months ago and plan to try it tomorrow.... I contacted Richard Jankaukas and he said he would be glad to send samples who ever wa...
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Happy birthday Mary Lou!
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Our own Mary Lou (Crosstimbers Custom Rods) Van de Riet is having a birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY LOU!!!!!
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Jim Lueck
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2008 Rod Building Calender "Tools"
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With authorization from Tom Kirkman I used pix from the Photo Gallery section of his www.rodbuilding.org website to create this 2008 calender back in Jan. Hope you like it! I especially liked MaryLou's uprights myself. The original file size has GREAT pix but it's 35mb! Had to reduce it for posting h...
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Raymond Adams
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Weaving jigs
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I am looking at getting a good weaving jig and need some ideas. What are you guys using and give the good, bad and the ugly with them. I am looking for something that will not limit what I can do and grow into. I do not want to buy something more than once so I need to get it right the first time. Any help woul...
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Take a Soldier Fishing
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There will be a fundraiser Saturday at Bridge Bait. That is under the Surfside bridge. I have a rod almost complete to be auctioned off. I hope some of you can make it. I hope our rod makes some money for Take a soldier Fishing. I also hope some of you can come out and buy something. WE need to support these gu...
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Finally
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Weaving Loom
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There is a big debate going on in Rodguild about who invented the hanging weight loom. Let me be perfectly clear: It wasn't me. I just figured out how to build one out of junk.HAHA Pat
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Alps Printer
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I AM TECHANICALLY CHALLENGED.....My alps 1300 quit working. I cant seem to get it to do anything but print a test sheet. Randy Putter has agreed to look at it. (What a friend I have never met). I have XP and now I can't get the printing page to come up for alps....Thought I would try to get it going before it'...
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