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I am pretty sure he was double tapping.
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Well, I am almost ready to get started reloading, I think. I just need a little advice on load data for the first loads I want to create. I have HSM 125 grain lead semi wadcutter bullets. They have a solid base (maybe all SWC do or maybe that makes no difference, being new to reloading, I don't know.) I have Accurate No.5 powder, CCI small pistol primers and will be reusing once-fired factory brass (some I have kept from my own revolvers while anticipating reloading.) The thing is, I can't seem to find .38 Special load data for a 125 grain LSWC and Accurate No.5. I can find data for a 158 grain LSWC and Accurate No. 5 and I can find +P load data for 125 grain jacketed bullets with No. 5. Surely there has to be a standard pressure .38 Special load using No.5 and a 125 grain LSWC. I know No. 5 uses somewhat 'larger' charges than some, other powders (which is actually part of the reason it was recommended to me, as a beginner, and part of the reason I chose it - larger charges will add another layer of protection against accidental double-charging.) Based on what I can figure out from the data I am finding, it looks like my starting load should be somewhere around 5.3 grains. I am just looking for a mild to middle of the road practice round. I will be mostly shooting them from my Taurus 66 and my S&W 642. Being that the 66 is a .357 and the 642 is +P rated, I am not too worried that anything even in the neighborhood of a standard pressure .38 will hurt them - even if I am a fraction of a grain too 'generous' in the load data. The thing is, I also have a Colt Police Positive that is not expressly +P rated. It is a late '70s vintage so should be okay for some +P use but I don't want to shoot it loose, etc. by consistently shooting 'hot' loads in it. That said, I certainly don't want to undercharge and end up with a squib, either. So, anyone got a 'recipe' they'd like to share?
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Nice setup. I want to build an actual 'pit' one of these days. I'd like to do one with cooking area for the meat and a sort of 'chimney' at the back so I could build an 'oven' into the chimney part for wood firing bread and so on. The only things stopping me are laziness and a complete and total lack of any kind of masonry/brick laying skills.
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My problem with it is the pledging of allegiance. I know that we have probably been 'desensitized' to what the words 'pledge allegiance' really mean since that little jingle meant to sell kids' magazines in the late 1800s went 'viral' but take some time to really stop and think about it. In the feudal system, people (vassals) would swear fealty to a particular lord, king or so on. In doing so, they were making a formal declaration that the noble in question had their (usually unquestioning) devotion and support. They were pledging their allegiance. This was a major tenant of the feudal system and part of the foundation upon which that system, a system of royalty and, ultimately, monarchy was built. Personally, I don't believe that the Founders - who had fought so hard to escape just such a feudal system of unquestioning devotion and 'fealty' - would have like the idea of 'pledging allegiance' to much of anything. Possibly not even the nation's flag. I certainly think the idea of swearing an oath of fealty (pledging allegiance) to a school district, teachers, etc. would have had them riding some school officials out of town on a rail. If the schools simply asked students to (voluntarily) stand and say something along the lines of the last half of the 'pledge', something like: "We promise to respect ourselves and others, to try our best and always be proud of our schools." then I wouldn't see a problem. Asking anyone, especially school kids, to swear fealty to something like a school district, however, is a problem IMO.
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I am old school and about as non-tactical as they come. I also am too danged cheap to spend much more than about $25 to $30 on a pocket knife that I am likely to eventually lose, anyhow - and less than $25 is even better. In fact, based on the kinds of knives other guys were posting, I almost didn't respond to the thread but then figured I'd throw in my .02 worth. I EDC a SAK (Tinker) because I like having the little screwdrivers, etc. close by. I switched from a SAK to a Gerber multi-tool for a while and liked it but switched back because I got tired of carrying the multitool on my belt - especially on the occasions when I carry a firearm in a belt holster. I also usually carry a Kershaw Crown for when I just need a knife 'right quick' - it clips to my pocket and I can open it one-handed which saves me from digging for the SAK just to open a package, etc. My all-around favorite, though (just for a knife), is probably a Sodbuster style. I carried a Case Sodbuster, Jr. for years and carried a full-sized Sodbuster for a while. The blade is strong, I like the shape and even the stainless ones hold a pretty decent edge. Some years back, in my teens (before I lost my first Sodbuster, Jr.) some of my uncles (dad's brothers) were at my maternal grandfather's house (they lived close and he had an old swing set frame he used to hang deer from behind his house which made processing easier so they sometimes brought deer they killed to his house) getting ready to process a deer. Since they had been hunting, they all had their belt knives with them. Problem was, all of their big 'hunting knives' proved too dull to do much. I finally pulled out my little Sodbuster, Jr., which I kept sharp (I was a teenager living in a rural area with no one my age around - sharpening my knives was one of my major past times back then) and asked if they wanted to try it. They all looked askance but apparently decided to humor me - and ended up skinning and mostly processing the deer with my pocket knife because it would actually cut. I remember my grandfather laughing and saying, "All these big blades y'all are totin' around and you've got to cut that deer up with his little pocket knife?!" I plan on eventually getting one of the Sodbusters that Case still makes from carbon steel (even though they only come in the yellow handle.) In fact, if Case would make a lock blade version of their Sodbuster (preferably with a carbon steel blade but that wouldn't be a deal breaker), thumbstud and pocket clip then I'd replace the Crown with a quickness. I also sometimes like carrying the Schrade Old Timers that have three blades. Well, the ones that had decent steel, anyhow - on the last Schrade I bought (not an Old Timer), the steel was junk. Sad.
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I generally avoid places that are posted, properly or not. Like others, I don't want to give my money to a business that doesn't respect the fact that I have gone through the process to be able to legally carry. Then there are the 'not properly posted' places that have something like the following statement at the entrance, etc.: "While we respect the rights of our customers, it is our company policy not to allow firearms on our premises." No gun buster, no legal verbage, just that statement. My thoughts on such a statement are: 1. No, if you tell me that you don't want me, as a law-abiding citizen with an HCP, carrying in your place of business then you don't really respect my rights (I feel differently about private residences and businesses.) 2. I care about the law and don't wish to break the law. Not being one of your employees and being that if I choose to dine in your establishment then I am paying you and not the other way around, however, I don't give a tinker's damn about your company policy.
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That belt looks great. Can't wait to see pics of the finished rig!
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Actually, at the risk of sounding conceited, once I posted it that picture literally made my mouth water. I've gone and made myself hungry - and annoyed. Today is my b'day - I should have taken off and fired the smoker. Instead I am at work until 8pm. Stupid. Oh, well, I mixed up a beer batter before I left for work this morning. It is in the fridge 'smoothing up' and I'm going to batter up and fry some chicken tenders when I get off of work. Not quite smoked meat but it does involve beer so it can't be all bad!
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This is what I look like when I am jealous. I actually prefer red oak (especially for beef), pecan, maple, cherry and apple to the hickory that many folks seem to hold supreme. All in all, I think cherry is my top choice if I have to choose just one with red oak and maple being tied for second place. Not that hickory is 'bad' - it can produce some tasty results - I just don't think it is the be all/end all of smoking that some people seem to believe it to be. Honestly, my favorite is when I can mix woods to give different 'nuances' to the smoke. I have an offset smoker, not a true 'pit' but the slow-smoking concept is the same, I figure. As for what I use for a baste, it really depends. If I am using a dry rub and/or a sauce then all I need from the baste is the moisture and a little, vinegar tang. In that case, I will just mix vinegar (sometimes white, sometimes apple cider or - especially if I am smoking beef - sometimes red wine vinegar) with water. That's it. Maaaaybe a little black pepper, red pepper and/or onion powder. Rarely, I might substitute some kind of fruit juice (apple juice works well with pork) for the water or part of the water for the last basting or two. Mostly I like to keep the basting flavors to a minimum so that the flavor of the meat/smoke is the star and the flavors of the dry rub and/or sauce can also shine. Also, if the meat doesn't have as much fat as I would like, I may add a little oil (vegetable oil, olive oil, etc.) to the baste. One thing I do (got the idea from another 'cue lover) is that I wrap the meat in cheesecloth before it goes on the smoker. I have started doing this with almost all the meats I smoke. With slow/low temps the cheesecloth holds up just fine. It also helps hold the moisture around the meat (I even wet it after wrapping the meat and before putting it on the smoker.) Another 'bonus' is that the cheesecloth allows plenty of smoke to get through while keeping the outside of the meat from turning thoroughly black. Because I use the cheesecloth, I don't pull the meat off after a couple of hours, wrap in aluminum foil and put it back on to finish cooking like some folks do. To ME, doing so cuts down on the amount of smoke flavor too much. Nothing disappoints me more than 'smoked' meat that tastes like it just as well had been cooked in the oven or, even worse, a crock pot. I sometimes want meat smoked but not really 'barbecued'. If I am smoking something (such as a whole pork loin, for instance) that I don't really want to have a heavy dry rub and don't really want to serve with a barbecue sauce, I will probably brine it. I got a recipe from the newspaper years ago that was from the chef (at the time) at Blackberry Farms. He did pork loin in a double-strength tea brine. Just brew regular, ol' tea at double the strength you would normally serve for drinking (in other words, use twice as many bags for the amount of water.) Then add salt (can't remember the exact amount - just add it until the mixture tastes, well, briney.) Finally, add just a little sugar (not enough to make it sweet or to cause problems with burning while cooking, just enough to balance the flavors.) Allow the brine to cool, put the pork loin in a container, cover with the brine and allow it to sit (in the refrigerator, of course) for several hours, even over night. I then wrap the loin in cheesecloth, wet the cheesecloth thoroughly with the brine and put it on the smoker. I guess you could reserve some of the brine and not pour it over the raw pork (so as not to contaminate it) so it could be used to baste while cooking. Honestly, though, boneless pork loin (and I am talking about whole loin here, not the tenderloin) cooks pretty quickly even over slow smoke so that, having been brined overnight and with the cheesecloth being wet before putting it on the smoker, I don't think it really needs any more basting. The Blackberry Farms chef recommended smoking over cherry wood (delicious - as I said, cherry is my favorite) but apple or even maple (or a combination of cherry/apple and maple) have worked well, for me. This is REALLY good if you smoke it then slice it into serving size portions and briefly grill the slices just to get a little char on the surface of each slice. I have even smoked it a day ahead of time then sliced and grilled it when ready to serve. One other good brine I really enjoyed was one year I smoked a whole turkey breast for Thanksgiving (I honestly think that deep fried turkey is over-rated, especially compared to some good, smoked bird.) For that one, I did a brine using white cranberry juice (cocktail) as the liquid. Also wrapped the turkey breast in cheesecloth and wet the cloth before putting it on the smoker. For that one, I did mix some (untainted) white cranberry juice (cocktail) with just a little vinegar to use as a baste since turkey dries out so easily. I am not the world's biggest fan of turkey but that was delicious! One other thing I have done with beef ribs (because they can sometimes be tough) is that I have actually put them in a foil baking pan on the smoker and smoked them in a liquid (red wine vinegar, tomato sauce, beef broth and spices.) I wasn't so sure about it but those ribs turned out to be delicious. Sugar? Nah. Molasses or sorghum is where it's at for sweet barbecue sauce - especially if I am going to baste the sauce on the meat at the end as I like a sauce that will caramelize if I am going to be basting it on rather than just using it as a condiment (obviously I remove the cheesecloth then put the meat back on the smoker before basting on a barbecue sauce to caramelize.) Honey is a third choice - with a little brown (not white) sugar being the bottom rung option. But, like MikePapa1, I generally like making a sauce that is both hot and sweet (and, in my case, tangy.) For the sauce, I generally like it to be a combo vinegar/tomato base (with the flavors being pretty evenly balanced, neither greatly overcoming the other) with a good spice (I have home smoked and dried various chile peppers that often get crushed and added to the sauce) and nice sweetness. I often actually like white vinegar better than cider vinegar for the sauce because the white vinegar seems to have a 'cleaner' taste (for lack of a better term) but sometimes I like the cider vinegar better. Just depends on my mood. The spices/amounts may vary depending on my mood, too. I am such a barbecue/grilling/smoking nerd that I actually have pics of some of the things I have smoked on my Photobucket account. A beef brisked I did back in April, after 'de-mummifying' it from the cheesecloth: To show what I mean about the cheesecloth protecting the meat, here is a pork loin (this one just got dry rubbed and basted, not brined) that I did some time back. Wrapped in the cheesecloth, ready to go on the smoker: What the outside of the cheesecloth looked like after a few hours on the smoker: The beautiful, mahogany color that is left on the meat after unwrapping: Sliced and ready to eat (you can sort of see the 'smoke ring' on the slices in this pic):
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I've got a pair of hip waders that were given to me. They work well and I have used them a few times. Would probably want to use those more if I were going into really cold water. My wading is mostly done in the upper end of the Tellico and some in Citico creek. Never really any deeper than the depths you mentioned. The waders can get uncomfortable and hot/sweaty - even in the water - so last year I discovered that I prefer just putting on swim trunks and water shoes. That way, I can just enjoy the water and change into dry clothes when I get out. While on the subject of wading, I was looking into chest packs to allow me to discreetly carry my 4 inch .357 and keep it up out of the water but the packs I found were all priced much higher than I wanted to pay. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I found a fairly nice, serviceable chest pack at Academy for something like seven bucks. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, though.
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Whew! For a second there I read the 'on' in your second sentence as 'and'. Brought a whole, new aspect to the post.
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No criminal history? They are here ILLEGALLY. I understand that they may not have had control over coming here in the first place but, as adults, they have remained here ILLEGALLY. How could someone who has potentially been breaking the law for nearly a decade and a half by simply remaining here (came here at 15 and is now 29) NOT have a criminal history? Their entire history in this country has been criminal! Of course, it isn't just Obama and the Dems who pull this crap. Let's not forget the amnesty for illegals that took place under Reagan.
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Survival, emergency or just plain fun fishing kit
JAB replied to JAB's topic in Survival and Preparedness
Being that I figured there was no sense lugging one of these around if it wasn't going to work, I tried it out yesterday evening. I got a lot of 'hits' but only landed one fish. I don't think that had anything to do with the kit, however. I think I was mostly in a gang of little bait stealers who were too small even to get the size 6 hook in their mouth. I could probably have done better if I had tried walking around to a few, different spots but shortly after I started a thunderstorm came through so I decided to get away from the water. The experience has led me to believe that I need to put some smaller hooks (size 8, maybe even a few, tiny trebles) in the kit. I don't usually use hooks that small because I don't want to fool with catching/having to release anything that small when I am just recreational fishing. If I were fishing for survival, however, every bit of protein would count and I would cook what I could get - plus tiny hooks could work for catching bait to go after bigger fish. Heh, that is just a vid I grabbed off YouTube as an example of where I got the idea. I can't be held responsible for the crickets. -
I am going to have to keep a lot of the stuff you mentioned in mind for the vehicle bag, certainly. I do need to put some duct tape in the EDC bag. I'm planning to copy a lot of guys who roll a length of the tape off and just fold it up flat. As for light sources, some of the people who know me know that I am a flashlight junkie. I hate being without light plus there is just something fascinating about the different flashlight designs, etc. Right now, I pocket carry an iNova X1, have an Energizer single LED keychain light on my keys and have an app (called TeslaLED) for my Droid Bionic cell phone that lets me use the built in LED camera flash as a flashlight. That sucker is pretty bright and the app even has options for constant on, strobe (you can set the rate), signaling (type in SOS or other, brief message and the phone will signal it for you), momentary switch and timer off. With the mini Mag that is in my bag, I guess that gives me four light sources if you don't count the mini BIc lighters and the emergency candles (I want to pick up one of those super-cheap lanterns that are intended for use with the emergency candles but all I have found lately are the more expensive ones.) The building where I work has a lot of windows. In fact, most rooms have windows. We also have emergency lights that stay on in event of a power outage. That said, for some reason there are no emergency lights in the men's room. If the power goes out, it is pitch dark in there. Too dark to even find the urinal or get into a stall. Having a pocket flashlight has come in handy more than once in such circumstances, already.
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Thanks for more suggestions. I have a Buck multitool in one of the front pockets of the bag. I also carry a SAK in my pocket on a daily basis. In fact, on my person I pretty much daily carry that SAK plus a Kershaw Crown and a Myerco Necklance (small enough that it hopefully wouldn't upset my employers too much - plus it stays hidden under my shirt, anyway.) I have a Cold Steel Mini-Tac Skinner that often takes the place of the Necklance on weekends but it is a little more bulky/heavy than the Myerco. The SAK I am currently carrying is a Tinker model but am interested in getting one of the one-handed opening versions of the Forester model.
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When my dad was a young fellah, he apparently caught rabbits without using traps. He'd run them down on foot. No, I am not joking and this isn't a tall tale. My dad was just plain fast and had reaction time that would probably make an old west gunfighter jealous. Even after having 2/3 of his stomach removed then undergoing chemo and radiation due to stomach cancer - even though I was in pretty good shape (actually, I was in the best shape of my life at the time) - he could easily outrun me. Easily. As in without even trying. With him wearing work boots and me in running shoes - despite the fact that he was 28 when I was born (meaning he was 28 years older than me.) So when he told me that he used to run rabbits down when he was a kid, I really wasn't even skeptical - especially after a few of his siblings confirmed having seen him do so (he was the oldest of twelve - now you know why he had to run down rabbits.) I once asked if he would get them in the woods where he could run them into a log or something and his response was, "No, if they got to the woods they would get away. If they were in an open field, they didn't stand a chance." So instead of traps what you really need is just a good, fast, half-starved neighborhood kid.
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As ridiculous as most Gouger Mountain gun prices are, my guess would be that they probably sell more camping/hiking gear to the likely anti-gun, wannabe hippie, tree-hugging, granola types (who drive their Lexus or BMW to get there) than guns.* Kind of like the Dick's here in Knoxville got rid of their fishing and hunting department because, for them, the real money is in softball supplies, etc. *No offense intended to campers and hikers in general or folks who drive a Lexus or a BMW - just the wannabe hippie types.
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Well, that is another place where the fact that they are illegal aliens comes into play. After all, if someone doesn't mind breaking the law by being here in the first place then what makes anyone think they'd mind breaking any other laws, especially something as 'piddling' as those pertaining to underage drinking?
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Survival, emergency or just plain fun fishing kit
JAB replied to JAB's topic in Survival and Preparedness
Yeah, I tend to go on 'kicks' where I end up doing things in fits and spurts. Honestly, what started all of this (including the improvised, mini 'tackle' box that led to the full-blown EDC bag) was that there have been multiple times over the past couple of weeks when I unexpectedly found myself in what looked like good fishing spots and had no fishing gear with me. -
I've got some chlorine dioxide tablets that are supposed to work for viruses, bacteria and cysts. 20 in a pack and each tab is supposed to treat one quart. The box says they need 4 hours treat time for maximum effectiveness, though. Easy to overlook in the posts - they are in the container with the emergency ("space") blanket, etc. I will likely add one of the water filtration straws to remove physical impurities, too, at some point. ETA: I just looked up the Aquamira Emergency Water System and was surprised to see the price listed at only $11.95. I thought they were much, much more expensive than that. I'll probably get one sooner rather than later as the straw would be great for taking a quick drink of water on the move while the tabs could be reserved for when there is more time to treat water.
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Bible-college student arrested in New York for having pocketknife
JAB replied to mcurrier's topic in General Chat
I have been to NYC. All in all, I didn't leave anything in New York that I need to go back and get. Truthfully, I would prefer to never again set foot in New York City, New York State or their neighbor, New Jersey. Before I went, I checked into self defense laws, etc. From what I can tell they even had restrictions on OC spray and the like that said you could only carry spray that was bought in the state or something to that effect. Did I mention my total lack of desire to return there? -
Nope, It was 'Zombie Diaries'. Like I said, not the best/most exciting zombie movie ever but I enjoyed it. http://www.zombiediaries.com/ There is, apparently, a 'Zombie Diaries 2' but I haven't seen it. Just going by the IMDb synopsis, the plot actually sounds like it could be better than the first one.
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Where's the best place to pick up chicks in the Nashville area
JAB replied to a topic in Survival and Preparedness
Depending on which side of Nashville you are on and how far you are willing to drive, the Crossville Flea Market has a section where animals are sold and there are usually quite a few chickens available there. About a month ago a friend of mine got some young White Leghorns that had just started laying there. (I know there is a joke there somewhere involving a play on 'young', 'chicks' and 'laying' but I got nothing at the moment.) -
I have been meaning to make a version of this since I first saw them on YouTube vids a year or two back: Well, yesterday evening I had a round tuit and decided to use it up and make a couple of them. Mine are slightly different from some others I have seen - mostly because the Home Depot that is on my way home from work didn't have threaded plugs for one inch PVC pipe so I ended up using a cap on both ends instead of just one end. As mentioned, I used 1 inch PVC pipe but there were several diameters available in the display. The pre-cut sections of PVC came in lengths that were just a tad over two feet long. As the finished product really only needed to be about half that length, I decided to go ahead and make two of them. I completed one in its entirety and got the main body of the second one assembled. After taking the hacksaw to the PVC pipe and cutting it into two sections, I drilled through both sides of the pipe (instead of through the end of the cap) and used some of the nylon cord I have onhand to make a lanyard. I just ran each end of the cord through one of the holes then tied a knot in each end so that the cord couldn't come back out through the holes. My idea was that, by doing it this way, the final product could be more or less water tight. Along those lines, I drilled the holes close enough to the end of the pipe that the cap would cover them when in place. For mine, just for grins, I decided to paint them using some flat green spray paint. I had the paint onhand because I had intended to use it to paint sections of the plastic stock on my 'Planet of the Apes' style Hi Point 995. I ended up trading that 995 for one of the newer 'TS' models, meaning the paint could be used for something else. I only used a thin coat and the paint dried literally in seconds. I'm not sure I've ever seen paint that dried so fast. At that point, I cut some three inch sections from a bicycle innertube (cheapest one that Walmart had) and, after some grunting, tugging, stretching and a liberal amount of cussing, I managed to stretch the sections of innertube over the ends of the pipe sections. I passed the lanyards through the section of tube that went on their end of the pipe before stretching it on. On each end, I left a little excess tube hanging off of the end of the pipe and turned it back/down to leave the very end of the pipe uncovered. I then put the cap on and pulled the part that I had turned down back up to cover the sides of the cap. As this covers the 'seam' between the pipe and the end cap, I figure it should make it water tight. Once the end caps are in place, it is actually pretty easy to roll the end of the piece of tube back to allow the cap to be removed and then roll it back into place once the cap is back on (two of the pics below will show the tube rolled back.) To finish up the main construct, I wrapped 25 yards of Zebco 10lb test fishing line (again, the cheapest Walmart had) around the shaft of the kit body. I decided on 10lb test because I think it should do well on most anything I am likely to catch with this rig, from bluegill to catfish. The first end of the line was tied off around the shaft then I stashed that knot under the lanyard end section of inner tube. Once the line was all rolled onto the shaft, I put a sinker on and tied on a hook (#6 bait holder.) I stashed the hook under the proximal end of the tube section on the lanyard end of the shaft - that makes a superb hook keeper. To finish up that part, I put a velcro strap I had onhand around the line 'spool' to help keep the line in place. Now it was time to start putting some gear inside the kit. That is really the fun part. I recently bought a few packages of foam earplugs at The Dollar Tree. With each package, my dollar got me three or four pairs of earplugs plus a little, clear plastic tube container to keep them in. I looked at those tube containers and thought they would be perfect for holding hooks, etc. Once I trimmed a couple of tabs (opening tab and another tab intended to allow a string to be attached to the tube) off of the lid and trimmed the plastic hinge off of the lid and the tube body, the tube would easily slip right down inside the fishing kit. Awesome! In that tube, I put an assortment of sinkers and hooks along with some small snap swivels. You can see the contents in the first pic below. I also decided that I needed a stringer but a standard one would probably be too bulky. I went back to my old standby nylon cord and cut off a five foot section. Now I needed a 'spike' for one end and a 'ring' for another. A wire coat hanger valiantly sacrificed itself to provide those things and a few minutes with a set of wire pliers had them ready. It ain't pretty but it should work. For extra line, just in case, I rolled off another 25 yards (roughly) and wrapped it in some blue electrician's tape. That goes in the very bottom of the kit as I shouldn't need it any time soon. I was able to fit three small floats in the kit. I decided to use weighted floats since I will be 'casting' by hand and think the extra weight will help me throw the line further. I am generally not a huge fan of Styrofoam floats such as these but in this case I figured they were compact and would be much more durable than plastic floats or the balsa wood stick floats I normally prefer. Finally, I cut another three inch section of innertube, glued one side of it (on the inside) and 'clamped' that side with some plastic clips until the glue dried in order to make the tube tighter. Why do this? Well, I started thinking that 10lb test mono-filament line (or nearly any monofilament fishing line, really) can cut the $&%^ out of a finger. Being that I would be 'reeling' the line in by hand, I decided that I might want a way to protect the finger that will be taking the brunt of the pressure - especially if I hook into a bass, catfish or the like. I glued the tube section partially closed so that it will be tight enough to stay on my finger, thereby protecting it from getting sliced open by the fishing line. Anyhow, this shows the stuff that I put into the kit: This is how things look when they are all packed up and ready to stash in the kit: And this is how the kit looks with everything inside and the end cap in place: