Category: Bloggy stuff

  • Gel coat, more than a pretty face

    This will be fun. Kind of meandering, but hold on, I’ll make a point. Maybe more than one. I promise. Most of us think of gel coat as the shiny, smooth, color-rich lipstick on the outside of our boats. The fact is, gel coat has a couple of very important functions. Let’s go down this…

  • It’s just a little dirt…

    It’s just a little dirt…

    I’ll be honest, I have a history of being a “low-maintenance” type of guy. I don’t wash the cars all that much. Raking leaves, mowing grass, cleaning gutters. Those chores tend to get ignored. Let’s not talk about trimming the dog’s toenails. So who am I to talk to you about the maintenance of your…

  • I can do this myself

    I can do this myself

    Yes you can. There are very few things that we can’t do if we think about it. Plumbing, electrical, growing our vegetables, hunting and butchering our own meat (which many of us fishermen actually do). Yet we often hire other folks to do these tasks for us. Why? Profit The most obvious answer is profit.…

  • Opening the doors

    Opening the doors

    I’ve always enjoyed fishing. I’ve always been one to tinker with things and, much to my wife’s distress, often have various disassembled things around the house. It only seems natural to me that I would eventually find myself fully dismantling, making repairs, and then reassembling fishing reels that are as big as a roll of…