damn all the academys close to my house are sold out.... pasadena and pearl land is a little far, but might try and make it out to the stores in pasadena on my next fishing trip ... thanks again, aj and way2slick...

Sure no problem, if you guys want one there is a store not too far from me that has 8 of them right now. And another store that has 2. Other stores were sold out.

If you want I can get it for you and ship to you no problem and you can just send me the money or money order later or whatever.

It would come out to $40 plus tax so $43.25. And $4.95 to ship.

So if you want the reel I can get it for you slickrick or justin if you like. When I checked it out it looked like a nice reel. A little bit on the heavy side but looked solid and had a nice size spool and was a smooth reel. Nice reel for the price.

the H20 feels ok, i aint used it yet since it rained today but hopfully maybe tonight ill try it out or tomorow mornng

Cool, yeah no problem. If you decide you want it and can't find it over there just let me know and I can go get one or as many as you want and I can send them and just pay me later or whatever. They have 8 of them. And 2 at another store.

The H20 reel I saw in the showcase but didn't ask to see it since it was already closing time and the guy was busy with a customer but I'll check it out later tonight and see it.

Oh and yeah it's been raining all day here too. And I was driving my convertible today and the top was leaking from all this rain. Right at the corner on the driver and passenger side where the top meets the seam on the windshield. But we need the rain here.

We got almost 12" overnight and it's been raining here all day.

Man those frogs were croaking last night with all that rain.

My cat had the BUG EYE listening to those frogs singing.

Hah hah, Trout Scout, that is one big cat !!

My cats love the rain. I open the blinds and they like to stare out the window and just watch the rain all day long. I have 4 cats.

We haven't had as much rain as 12 inches but we have had a steady rain all day today, some heavy at times. It just stopped a while ago and the sky was sunny for a bit, but it is getting overcast again now. I can see the rain clouds from my balcony out the window and looks like more rain is coming in.

that sux i was planning on duin sum fishin tonight

Oh yeah rick, you can still fish in rain. Just wear some rain gear. Fish still bite in rainy conditions.

Some of the biggest speckled trout I have caught were while wade fishing in rainy and overcast and windy conditions.

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LOL!! with ya AJ !!! I have 2 indoor cats and they do the same thing checking out birds in the trees and those frogs croaking their tunes last night really had'em bug eyed looking out the screens when I opened the windows!!

kool ima have to bust out with the black plastic trash bags.. gtta keep it old school lol jk, i might still go anyways ill jst take my reels n my small tackle box so it it does start to rain i dont gota lug around too much gear

Yeah mine are the same way. They are indoor cats and they like to look out the window at the birds and squirrels and deer and foxes and whatever passes by.

Here is one of my silly cats. He just likes to sit and scratch his ballz most of the time:

lmao thats freakin hilarious

Yeah he sits like that a lot.

You should try it tonight. Like you said just travel light and carry a rod and small tackle box and pliers and try it out. Are you close to the water?

ehh well not really close it take me about 30 miutes t kemah and about 10 more to get to the san leon area which is the only nite fishin place i know of thts close.. im still debating tho cuz i gotta run to autozone to rent a tool to measure the vacumm on my muscle car(1971 olds cutlass), my uncle is building me a custom holley carb for her n he needs to know what the vacumm presure is, so i might jus try out the new reel n rod n the street lol

Let me know when you are ready to race and I'll punk you. Houston Raceway Park is my home away from home.

All kidding aside, please keep all of us up to date on the lighting situation at 18th st. I am dying to fish at night, call me nocturnal, and at this time and this area, 18th street is all we have.

lol koo koo, well i just mighthave to take you up on that, wutcha got Jim? ... yea i was debating on going tnight but decided i was gunna go anyways just to see what its lie right after the rain, im leaving here at abut 10 or so maybe a lil later.. yea ill letu know about the lights, since it rained today im sure ill be the only one there lol so ill get the spot with the lights even tho i dont need them cuz i got my trusty cap light,, but ill keep ya posted.. i dont have net on my fone so ill post tomorow morning

Great, hope you had good luck fishing. I was going to post earlier sorry but I took a nap and woke up and went to Academy around 9 and then came back and fell asleep again.

Sounds like a race guys. Anybody interetsed in racing against a tuned Toyota Supra?? We could do an import vs. domestic thing, American Muscle vs. Japanese, heh heh. I race for beer. I'm just playing with you all. Drag racing is fun though. It can get complex negotiating though when drivers want lengths or to spray or not spray and I'm running street tires and you are running slicks etc. etc.

Yeah slickrick if you were nearby I'd let you borrow my vacuum gauges and car tools since I work on cars here and have a lot of tools in my garage.

Right now I am working on a 97 Mitsubishi Eclipse. When I am done with her she is going to be badazz and fast.

Well 30-40 minutes is not too bad rick, that's about how long it takes me to get from my house to anywhere in Austin just about so I am used to longer driving trips to get to places.

Hope fishing was great tonight.

Bone stock, best time 13.02 @ 107.39. When the DA gets better, she should be in the high 12's. A tune will get me in the 12.8's or better. Not bad for a old man's car.
Also, I only race at the track.

Maybe we should open another thread dealing with racing.

Wow, that's a really nice car Jim !! Is that the Pontiac G8 GXP? Those are nice. Fast too.

My dream car is this baby. Skyline R34 GT-R. One of these days I'll import one from Japan in my favorite color scheme, blue with the gold Nismo wheels like this one. I drool over this car:

Yes, that's a GXP. A detuned vette LS3, auto.

About your pic..........go ahead and drool over the car and I will drool over the.............(is 55 too old for a mid life crisis?)

car,..? where,,?

dannnnnnmmm thats freakin nice.. the cars ok too lol,,

those G8s are bad... did you know the new camaro is built on that same frame/chasis?? with the exception of a tweaked susupension.. if youve driven a G8 then youve driven the new camaro, they drive and feel exactly the same.. im a monster camaro fan ive owned 3 and i have to say the new camaro dosnt do it for me.. it dont have that camaro feel to it anymore,,my last camaro (02 black ss) ran a best of 11.2 pn MT et street radials, with belive it or not a stock motor, trans and read end, theres alot of stuff i took off of the motor, exhaust(i had no mufflers) sensors etc that hold those Ls1's back alot,,, ohhhh back to the original subjet,, i tried out the H20 reel from academy along with the 6ft allstar baitcast rod, and it worked great.. smmooth and casts pretty far

Hey thanks for the offer AJ but i have some friends in austin that are coming to houston for holidays so going to see if they can pick it up for me.
Could you tell me which stores in austin that you visited that are holding the shimano cruxis 200?