"Cyli" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:26:32 -0600, Conan The Librarian
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George Adams wrote:

I agree with Chuck that your looking for a problem to match a solution,
but if you're all that concerned, why not take a stone and/or some
sandpaper and remove the finish from whatever hooks you are using.

Hey, that's a great idea! But to really do it right, we need to
take it a couple of steps further: Remove all the finish from the hooks
and set them in a bucket of water.

Coke. The cola kind. It'll rot thin metal much faster than mere
water will.

Ice cold coke. Coke is mostly water, right? And cold water holds more
dissolved oxygen, right? And it's the oxygen in the water that causes rust,
right? And we're all going to have a bigass cooler full of ice in the
stream with us......to anesthetize the fish......right?

Wolfgang
it's the sheer unbridled elegance of it that brings tears to the eye.