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#203-“Flat & Curvy" EditionPrevious Thread:>>1154482Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here! http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NTalk about fishin
>>1162356really?
>>1162359Swear mang. I've caught plenty on wooly buggers (including cats) but I've never managed to snag anything on clousers. Had a few nips from panfish, but nothing that ever connected.
>>1162361if you want i have a 3 weight line you can have, and i could tack on some of my marabou micro clousers, i have good luck with them. i bet throwing them on a spawning bluegill bed will get some takes
>>1162197>implying I don't have live line out to catch catfish while I flyfish for bass/panfish>tho sometimes i get fatcats on a flyHow about you stop being a lil bitch
>>1162361I haven't caught a bass on a clouser since like 2005. Thunder Creek minnows/craft fur baitfish/any other realistic streamer seems to work a lot better for me. I've tried every kind of clouser too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IST6BBRE0xUCheck it out. There's also a qt southern girl who's good at huntin' and fishin.
>>1162425>20 yrs>short lived for a bottom feeder sucking through PCB laced mudOk.
>>1162422depletion my ass. fuck your elitist stereotype. idolize, wtf did you get that? bottomfeeder anything like snapper, bass, cod, flounder, shark. Yea get fucked faggot.
>>1162433>pcb in Alabama lakes
https://youtu.be/gsC4kf6x_Q0?t=2m39s
How are they doing this in the middle of the lake? When I see it up in Tennessee, it's always against the shore where catfish like to hangout. That way you can trap them against the rocks
Post /out/ friendly things you bring with you.These mini tabasco bottles practically take up no room.
>>1162390Just in time for winter.
>>1162397>The tabasco storedecent sauce but I found this other company that makes really good shit, especially their green sauce.https://melindas.com/product/melindas-original-habanero-extra-hot-sauce/
>>1162397also sauce bros, what are some ood dishes for sauce while /out/? I always pack rice and beans and soups but for longer trips where I can't pack as many cans what do you fellas use?
>>1162401My go to hot sauce brand is Heartbreaking Dawns, but online hot sauce stores really like to bump up that shipping fee.
>>1162424>Heartbreaking Dawnslooks good, I'll check em out when I run outa sauce here. Remember sauce brother the creed of our people.Carry on, Carry on Fight the dark nightwith a heat hot and brightwith the life bringing spice, carry on.May your wings be tossed and may our paths again be crossedbut let us remember all the brothers we have lost and all those still lost.lost in the sauce.....
This bear vault shit pisses me off. Also not being able to start a campfire in 90% of the places worth going to pisses me off.Am I alone in this?
>>1162137>Camping in a place where bears see enough humans to be a problemThat's your problem
>>1162160>The only places that require bear cans are the very busy parks like Glacier and Yosemite where bears have become acclimated to humansGiven you have cc license can you carry guns in parks like that?
>>1162297The problem is that "if you're competent and responsible" excludes 80+% of the population.If there's a fire ban, its probably for good reason, and yeah you or I could probably have a small fire perfectly safely, but the law isn't there because of sensible people taking necessary precautions.And if you're complaining about some big public campground not allowing fires, that's on you. Go somewhere not primarily populated by retirees and 30 member mexican families if you want freedom.
>>1162137If bear cans are required and fires are restricted it's probably partly because it's a high trafficked area, lots of other hikers/campers, etc. That to me does not make those places "worth going to" anymore. The Eastern High Peaks in the Adirondacks for example, lots of people trying to climb multiple 46 peaks in a few days, or the highest Mtn in the state, etc. The more people, the more trash and food there to potentially attract bears, the more trees/plants getting trampled on (or even cut down) for people's firewood, birch trees getting bark their stripped, outside firewood bringing in invasive species, etc. So many people go there vs the rest of the ADKs, that it's not worth going to, even without the restrictions. Plenty of equally or even more remote/beautiful/serene places to go in the ADKs and world, where there aren't tons of other people around to ruin the experience.
https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/07/controlling-crowds-high-peaks.html>The number of hikers visiting the High Peaks has grown substantially in the past decade. As a result, parking lots have overflowed along Route 73, summits have become packed on holiday weekends, trails have seen more erosion, the number of search and rescues has risen, and litter and human waste has accumulated in high-congestion areas.>On busy weekends, parking along Adirondak Loj Road — which ends at one of ADK’s lodges — has raised public-safety issues in the past. With cars lining both shoulders of the road, the driving corridor has sometimes narrowed to the point that emergency vehicles might have trouble getting through. At the request of DEC and ADK, the town of North Elba has put no-parking signs along one side of the road.That sounds awful. But now imagine all those morons going off trail to find firewood, hooting and hollering and staying up all night in front of their bonfires. Imagine if bears learned all those jackass campers from NYC were an easy source of granola bars and hot dogs.
What are the best Russian trekking routes?
>>1161467>well bud thats russia for you>go to a country>give that country your shekels>get shit stolen from you by the policePretty sad.I will keep my Russia's version instead. :(
>>1160660and the Chibiny mountains a bit further north. Beautiful, relatively easy to access, not too far from civilization, also not really a bear area (there may be some there, technically, but not really an issue like in Kamchatka.)
>>1161956yeah, that one too for the lovers of nordic nature
>>1160302>getting an illegal gun in Belgium>possible without extreme precautions.Yeah, nah mate. Not right now.
>>1162414you can buy guns legally in belgium
Is regularly washing your hair a meme? Isn't nature perfect as it is? Do you wash your hair when you're out in the wilderness?
>>1157964I rinse my hair every day, but haven't washed it in over 10 years. Shampoo is a conspiracy.Of course, it's made simpler by the fact that I keep it cut short. My wife stopped washing her hair, and from time to time it gets quite oily. This is solved with brushing, application of talcum powder, and a good rinse.
>>1162313Why does she try so hard to not shampoo why not just shampoo from time to time instead of going through all that
>>1158856Only on 4chan...
>>1162313Why the fuck are we invaded by hobos, refugees and gypsies?Will you disgustos just fucking bathe?!?
>>1157964>isn't nature perfect as it is?you'd have to be a retard to believe this
What kind of swag does /out/ leave?
>>1162410It's kinda like the 'take a penny leave a penny' tray.It's all useless trinkets geared towards tiny kids.You're supposed to have 100 finds before you place your first cache.I do it when I'm bored to explore the city and give me a purpose to go /out/ on days I'm depressed.
This is cancer.
>>1162411First time I post on /out/ tbqf. Been depressed for decades. Trying to turn my life around and do things.So I guess it's a good thing to start, even if it's for kids.>be 30>go inawoods near the city>be 1v1 with a group of kids>"AHAH look at that old loser".I'll give it a try nonetheless.
>>1162413I'm 30 too. I drag my wife along as much as I can so I don't look like a pedophile alone in the woods jacking it to kids or something.It can be fun and give you a purpose and you get fresh air and exercise. You'll come across a lot of shit caches (not that kind). Just filter on more difficult ones as you get better.I was the first to solve a 5 star a few years ago that went unsolved for half a year. It still brings me joy when I think about racing to the final location and opening it.Most are like pic related around me and everything is soaked in water. There are good ones out there though.
>>1162415Well, haven't had any girlfriend in 10 years so I'll look exactly like that.The other day I was checked by cops because I was waiting for my sister to pick me up in her car.I had a flashlight and a pocket knife in my bag, and if my sister hadn't come and explained who I was and what I was doing here, I'd be taken to the station.Apparently, having a pocket knife and a flashlight is forbidden in France.
PUBLIC WARNING Mount Monadnock TrailSo I was hiking the Mount Monadnock Trail doing a little bit wild camping and met someone who calls himself Davis. He almost killed me.Short summary:>Went on a three day hike at the Mount Monadnock Trail to see whats it like camping in colder temperatures>came across Monadnock Inn and met "Davis">mid 20's dude, moustache, reddish hair and a scar above his lip>he claimed to be a student at Howoard >we decided to hike together for a while and he shared some home made rakia some Serbian liquor >a few hours later I woke up in the middle of the forest with my pants down and I was near freezing to death>went to the police and they told me a guy with the same description has been robbing people for a while now>this is the first time he roofied someoneI took a rape kit, he didn't rape me. Probably just took some pictures of my cock like the fag he is.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1162376No drinking while packing, the raper would have seen it and probably fucked off, people with guns are harder to trick since they have a different mindset (not everyone but definitely me)
>>1160812wtf james, not cool, i thought we had something going on
>>1161321delet
>>1161318I remember that, trusted a slav
>>1161442>having this much ego to bruise
Last one is dead >>1136744Knife thread general: Grail edition
>>1162392this is true.
>>1160448its a combat knife. its useless for most /out/ purposes. would be shit at skinning, shit at gutting, shit at filleting. get a canadian belt knife if thats your goal
>>1160708None. Or use the spine of the knife or some shitty cheep tool they come with, works better, doesnt kill your knife. Please don't be retarded anon
>>1161890thats a box cutter. skinning knives should have quite a bit of belly and a reasonable trailing tip. This is a box cutter.
>>1162100My mate had one an it wasn't fantastic, i would personally go with schrade OT or like a buck. These things are larp accessories IMO
>Outdoor safetySo I've been /out/ before but I carried a gun and had a permit to carryBasically, these days how do you go /out/ and what do you have for safety?Asking because I'm thinking of getting into /out/ hobbies again but these days worried about safety
>>1161670You can legally hunt with a handgun if the barrel is longer than 5 inches. I’d go for the .44.
>>1161333Have you ever needed to use a gun /out/? Carrying bear spray will get you the same result without looking like an autistic tacticool fag
>>1161506>serious and responsible people
>the Fire fades
>>1162405Lolz, Why are slavshit owners so prone to autism?
Anyone ever hiked in 8 inch boots; What waterproof hiking boots do you recommend?
>>1161996>lug sole>gusset not tongue>not moc toe>having tiny eurotrash feet
>>1161257The heel is intended mostly for loggers and other people that work a lot on hills in the forest. Think it's supposed to make walking up hills easier or something.
Do you fellas recommend paracord bootlaces? I don't see any actual advantage to them over regular bootlaces, but the olive drab paracord looks sexy as fuck on my tan boots.
>>1162385Laces should be strong (and long) enough to hang your weight.
>>1161996Heels showed up in Europe first. Here all those features serve a purpose of helping keep you alive and relatively comfy when you're in a fucking forest fire.>>1162385I've honestly never broke laces on my boots or shoes, especially the tightly woven/melted together military laces. I really don't see how people manage to do that.That said, I've tried paracord laces once, because "whoa what if I suddenly need cord?!" but I never found myself in such a situation and if you want the laces to be comfy and not hold a ton of water, you gotta gut them anyway reducing strength, so there goes that purpose.
Best books for teaching you how to prepare for nuclear, bio chem etc
>>1162357Recommend old army manuals. I believe you can find some off the old murdercube site if you're interested.
>>1162357Most stuff by Pallidin Press....oh, wait? Darn.
>>1162357Decontamination in general iz defind as teh removal iph hazardous material from areas whr it iz knw whanted. Decontamination iz utilized too reduce teh dose daf wonker may receive from ah component or surface, too reduce teh potentuioal 4 airborne Chemical, biological, radiological, nd nuclear (CBRN) agents, or too reduce teh disposal coasted associated wit teh component or teh material. Decontamination serves too loose CBRN contaminants nd fix teh remaning contamination in place in preparation 4 protective storage or permanent disposal wonk activities. sumome decontamination procedures haf been utilized too reuse or recycle teh material. teh decontamination technology iz similar too teh cleaning iph dirt, oil, or corrosion products. Chemical decontamination kan b defind as ah method essentially involving teh conversion iph toxic chemicals in2 harmless products, either bi degradation[1] or detoxification. Decontamination plays ah vital role in teh defense aginst Chemical Warfare agents. teh toxic chemicals hust b eliminated bi application iph efficient decontamination methods as quikly as possible 4 resuming routine activities. Biological decontamination meens giving symptomatic nd theraputic medications too teh individuals exposed too biological warfare agents. Radioactive contamination kan b categorized in2 smearable nd fixed typle. teh smearable contamination kan b removed bi wiping teh surface wit ah cloth rag. It kan b compared wit dust daf iz found in all houses. teh fixed contamination iz held tightly too teh surface nd typically iz associated wit corrosion products on mantel or concrete surface. In thesw cases, teh contaminants haf diffused in2 teh material or aother material on wich teh radionuclide kould form sumome typle iph electrostatic or chemical bond wit teh surface materials. teh removal iph fixed contaminants typically requires harsh removal techniques.
Its between these two, as far as i can decide. The Klarus looks like its better(more lumens[1100 vs 1000 on turbo], cheaper) but but Fenix has better brand recognition and i'm guessing build quality.Anyone have some insight? Is the Fenix worth the extra ~60% in cash?
>>1162259can you accidentally tase your own balls with that?
>>1162263You can certainly do it on purpose!Right through jeans and base layes, ever woolies will not protect your pubes fron catching the fire!
>>1162259https://youtu.be/SeB8WNqhEyM
>>1162281>Johnny the meth headLol.
>>1162270i meant is there a safety mechanism to prevent accidental activation in a pocket?
The last one 404'd, so I figured I'd start one up, since the weather is FINALLY cool enough to do some serious /out/door adventure.I haven't seen any threads including weird shit you've seen on the water, so fishermen and sailing enthusiasts feel free to tell your tales as well.
>>1157090>>1157090Dude I cannot stop crying. That is hilarious. I keep imagining your friends face when he opened his eyes seeing rocket there holding a tater chip in his hand.
>>1161599I honestly really liked this anon
>>1155773You bitch. My cousin and I would do this all the time. Hell we did it to my buddy while out and he got all rattled. Usually if it seems right out of a horror movie, it's a joke .
>>1162362>T. Murderous Satanist
>>1156390thats a nice poem anon
