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thanks for the help,, i have looked at the web site before and i have talked to management ,,  i find these blinkers to be very expensive,,  i am trying to shop around,,  i did get three,, number 6,, 1/2 oz blinkers from e-bay for $51.00 all in ,,  number 3 and 3B are ideal
  cheers

swedish pimple wrote:

thanks for the help,, i have looked at the web site before and i have talked to management ,,  i find these blinkers to be very expensive,,  i am trying to shop around,,  i did get three,, number 6,, 1/2 oz blinkers from e-bay for $51.00 all in ,,  number 3 and 3B are ideal
  cheers

they have always been crazy $$$, but they work. The knockoffs don't hold a candle. It's too bad the finish on them doesn't last very long. An oldtimer I know would clearcoat them when brand new which helps with longevity. I have a box of about 40 that have no finish left on them. If I knew the process behind painting them I might attempt it, but it looks like the background colours are actually anodized

Hey Swede ..... Curious about your questions of finding treble hooked lures , with your strong view  "  KILL A BASS SAVE A TROUT!!  also the trout creel limits should be lower,, anglers need to limit there catch, not catch there limit !!"

Can ya see how ya might have stirred the pot with that one ?  I'll gladly add a bit of spice to that discussion as it relates to protecting Algonquin Park's post glacial strain of squaretails . Quite obvious to us all that treble hook lures are allowed in AP ,... as you well know , when most squaretails  swallow a trebel hook , they're done for dinner and ya can forget yer catch n release sentiment .
Doug ... I'm soundong like a trout snob here and so be it  .... after fly fishing in New Hampshire and Vermont a while back ....with the signage as clear as the nickel plated revolver on the belt of a State Trooper / Warden ...who so kindly remined us if they caught you dunking a treble hook in their rivers ... ya'd lose yer truck ,  pay a hefty fine and good luck if ya had enough gas money ta get back ta Canada .... Eh !



 

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Doug ........ KILL A TREBLE HOOK SAVE A TROUT !!

ok lets compare,, you could probably deep throat one farmers sausage (single hook) but you could not deep throat three farmers sausages tied together (treble hook)  ,, same idea my friend .  any fish will gulp a single hook much more readily than a treble,,  just fish f ing barbless,, pinch the barbs  with pliers,, very simple,,
     i caught a laker several weeks ago that seemed to have attacked the spoon from the side because the hook was firmly planted in the eye of the trout,, although fishing barbless i had to keep that laker because it was bleeding like crazy,, never return a bleeding fish,, the fish will die a horrible death ,of fungus and illness related to the punctures.   ya cannot win them all johnny cakes
     better yet phone the algonquin park fishery biologist and ask him/her,,, 

scratchypants wrote:

Let's lighten it up a bit. What's the consensus on worms?

The local pickerel and trout population love them, especially when presenred at the end of a single hook pickerel rig.

Hey Doug ..... sorry fer such a short reply , and not gettin back ta ya sooner .  I was busy tending to the chickens , having ta spray them down , as they don't fair to well in this heat .
Ya may want to give that lad a call back and ask about designated stretches of prime trout rivers that are definitely restricted to fly fishing ( no bait dunking treble hooks ) .... with specific areas where one can't cast up river with a fly .
A picture of my fishing bud , no bait dunkers allowed . Advantage to the fish , which adds to the real sport of landing one.


My experience with treble hooks is different from yours , and is why I don't use them when fishing in Algonquin Park . As a young lad in me twenties , just learning the ropes ..... I found treble hooks caused a higher morbidity to trout as they spent more time out of water , in attempt to release multiple prongs .
A picture as an example , this beaut Algonquin Laker didn't even leave the water , a quick turn of the wrist , and never a hand touched it ..... would've harvested it , but didn't bring a fry pan large enough .



As fer the grade school insult of johnny cakes ( good one ) , haven't heard that one since a young lad livin in The Soo , where me pa would bring us up to Sand River and beyond fer some fine squartail fishin .

Doug .... it will be sacrilege for me to put this treble hook in me gear , but will gladly do so to give to you , if we ever meet up along the Nip @ Nadine .... Luckless  or Lynx . I'll give ya good pat on the back , fer yer big Win , so ya don't continue the burden of stroking yer own Ego .

Doug  ...just fer fun ..... I'm sure ya'll get it on the first guess , what is the frame fer that lure .... I left a soul patch fer a hint  .
 
 

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