is this still available by chance?
if you could reply  to my cell (since i dont get on the board every day I would be able to respond/reply back much sooner
707-685-1881

Isn't life funny in how numerous unplanned detours, complications, priorities and life obligations can drastically change the day to day commitments you are involved in.
Years ago I had been moderately active here in the NCKA community and I have had nothing but positive and enjoyable interactions with anything I participated in. I knew I would inevitably return, I had no idea when, but it appears the time has arrived!
Events unfolded in my life (some of which were out of my control and some
  were self-induced).
~weight-loss surgery about 3 years ago sapped most of my existing strength
   which quite literally prevented me from lifting my rig into my vehicle/yak
    cart.
~Hip surgery immediately following my recovery from the weight-loss took
    more than i would have liked.
~ car accidents resulting in blown discs definitely didn't help me travel my
    road to recovery
~while i couldn't do anything from my kayak i started into
    woodturning/blade making and I ended up making a number of really nice exotic hardwood fish thumpers from materials like Eucalyptus, Suriname ironwood, black walnut, Lignum vitae, purple heart, rosewood, Zebrawood , mahogany, ipe, bloodwood etc...and making blades more for the fun of it but I have been taking it more seriously as time goes on.

excited to get back into it and build a new rig. I'm gonna be in the market again for something smaller than the Ride135 that I used to use..
looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

WetBehindTheEars...

I'm fortunate enough to be able to go to Hawaii this Sunday for the next week. Took me 34 years to finally get over there but, I'm looking forward to it all the same. 
I doubt I will want to pay whatever it would cost to get my poles over there so I will have to buy a "knock around" pole when I get there. But my question is, do any of you NCKA folks have experience with getting your line wet from shore over there?
I would love to be able to get a wide array of fishing in on light to medium spinning gear just to take the edge off of wanting to go fishing non stop over there but I don't know where to start. Literally any advice is greatly appreciated or I will just have to default to the bare basics of surf fishing, or something of the sort.

Thanks for taking the time to read this everyone...
WBTE

Send me a picture of what you have going on.

Hey Rob, Im at work until at least 4:00 today but when I get home I will upload some detailed pictures.
what it kinda boils down to is that the actual point in which it anchors is about the same size as the hole that was drilled to be able to fit the screw/bolt. So in essence it didnt have much "meat" to hold onto and it pulled through that same hole. Like I said though, I will get some good pictures up later this evening.

have a good day boss.

Hey fellow paddlers, I just wanted to let the folks here know that my department in PG&E is hiring VERY soon due to one of our guys leaving to a different department within PG&E. This job is one if the easier positions that someone "off the street" can get on doing. I am a Gas Systems Mapping Technician. The location of the job is in South Sacramento.  To locate the opening just Google search "PG&E Careers" and the drop down furthest to the right, limit the search area to Sacramento and it will populate. Right now there is a position for an Electric Mapper in East Sacramento at our brand new facility on Gateway Oaks.

The biggest piece of information that I can personally give is that they wont even "look" at your resume/application if you do not have previous G.I.S. experience and/or some sort of certification showing that you do. Use that tidbit of information however you may, but that was literally told to me by the supervisor that will be sitting in on the hiring process.

I hope this can help someone out there. The pay is good for what you do. You can even wear shorts and t-shirts/hats to work lol. if you have any other questions please feel free to email me (not on here though) email me at Lucas_M_Smith@yahoo.com

Take it easy guys and I hope to see you in my Department some day!

I know i know there are more important things to give your money to... but I thought with how crazy the internet is maybe something like this could work. So I made a crowdfunding fundraiser to see if I could raise enough to get back my 1942 Willys SlatGrill Jeep. Ohhh she was the love of my life, and it was painful to let her go. Who knows, the internet is a funny place. I just thought I would throw it out there. Dont rip me a new one for being "selfish" or whatever. I just thought it would be worth a shot. the link is below (copy and paste if it isnt hyperlinked)
thanks you guys,

(copy and paste)
https://www.gofundme.com/WW2JeepRestoration

Welcome! This is the place for your questions to get answered. This community is so jam packed with knowledge it will make your head spin. Thanks for the intro, have a good day.

-WBTE-