08-03-2005, 11:01 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Sounds like another great adventure, Leaky. I would have loved to see Sparky checking out that toothy marauder.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have never trusted the rulers they paint on the fabric aprons on tubes. They are too subject to wrinkling and shrinkage. That can be a problem if you are fishing waters where there are size restrictions and you mistakenly rely on an incorrect measurement. Tickets are unnecessary and expensive.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have put up several posts in the past on my "modification" on our Fat Cats in the apron department. We did away with the wimpy stock aprons they provide and made our own rigid plastic aprons from Rubbermaid lids. As you can see in the picture below, I marked a ruler on the plastic with permanent marker and a yardstick. It is pretty close to being right on. I have to touch up the numbers once in awhile becasue they do wear off. I have been looking for a plastic ruler I could epoxy to the apron.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have never trusted the rulers they paint on the fabric aprons on tubes. They are too subject to wrinkling and shrinkage. That can be a problem if you are fishing waters where there are size restrictions and you mistakenly rely on an incorrect measurement. Tickets are unnecessary and expensive.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have put up several posts in the past on my "modification" on our Fat Cats in the apron department. We did away with the wimpy stock aprons they provide and made our own rigid plastic aprons from Rubbermaid lids. As you can see in the picture below, I marked a ruler on the plastic with permanent marker and a yardstick. It is pretty close to being right on. I have to touch up the numbers once in awhile becasue they do wear off. I have been looking for a plastic ruler I could epoxy to the apron.[/#0000ff]
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