Greasy B

Sounds like a good subject for a new thread.

We took our fiberglass river Jon from Rush to W. R. a couple of years ago. The boat took some pretty good hits but not much worse than other rivers we’ve taken 4 days of gear and beer on. I don’t think I’d take the chance with a motor that exceeds the limit. It’s no fun arguing with a cop when the cop is right.

I loved Norms reports. He taught anyone willing to pay attention about his wonderful river up north.

When I was a teenager Kestrels were one of the first birds that caught my eye and imagination. I loved watching them hover over the local railway right of way and diving for prey. It didn’t take long for us to figure out how to fish for them with a small rubber bait tied straight to monofilament. I can’t imagine doing such a thing now but touch and go bird fishing was kind of a hoot.

I voted 24” but did so knowing that a fish that size might happen once or twice a lifetime and that these tailwaters are some of the few places in the country that can produce fish that size. I’m thrilled to catch fish much shorter as long as it looks and behaves like a real fish and not some genetic mutant or a sterile product of mass aquaculture.

Size every time. Like Gavin says, pounding on stockers is fun for a little while but there is so much more needed for me to have a quality fishing experience. Unfortunately Tany doesn’t have much and the BS tailwater is losing what it has.

Cool boat, nice stretch of river. I haven’t been there since the ramp was under the bridge. How long ago was that?

yeah that’s what I’m thinking. I don’t want to change anything or anyone, I just want to go fishing.

Does anyone know how we can find out the width of the right of way for the bridges in the area?

That sound good Mitch but I don’t think there really is a police department, just hired hands that do what the boss tells them. I’m the last person to pick a fight and I pissed out the last of my vinegar long ago. I’ve been looking at that river for forty years and I’m willing to do most anything to spend a day floating it. Heck I don’t even care if I caught a fish I just think no one should be able to deny the lawful right to float down a waterway. I’m in but we’re going to need a plan and that plan has nothing to do with a fight. A couple of years ago Scott and I talked about a trip to Plasterville. Shortly after that I was in the neighborhood and scouted out the accesses. At that time the low water bridge upstream of hwy 5 looked easy enough, limited parking but I don’t recall seeing any signs or much purple paint. Obviously there is no place to park at the hwy 5 bridge, and Mr above the law seen to it that the new bridge at Skyline Dr doesn’t have any parking and bridge embankment is lined with boulders the size of a washing machine. I don’t see how you could take out there without having someone to pick you up and a team of people to help pull the boats up to the road with ropes. I drove home heartbroken that day.

I had a similar experience with one of my early post when I revealed just how easy it is to float a particular small stream that is commonly understood as not floatable. I took my lumps and worked out well, I’ve learned a lot and met some great fishermen.

Are you a right hand caster? If so I would recommend a left handed reel. There’s no better time to avoid being a rod switcher than now.

I’m afraid our two cultures have similar sporting traditions. When I was a young man I spent time visiting friends in Centerville where a family member had a hand prosthetic from the same fishing method. I wonder how good the Chinese are with a gig?

The Gubment Fish I had for dinner last night was delicious after I smothered it in enough Louisianan Hot Sauce. I wonder how much of it's diet was chum?

I didn’t know either of those places were still open. Maybe the world isn’t going to hell in a hand bag.

If the cows are standing up the fish will bite. There is actually some truth to this so maybe it’s not a superstition.

That looks like so much fun, every time I watch one of your videos I ask myself why am I not doing that? Thanks.

Fall arrest systems for fixed ladders are now common in industry. Combined with a fixed lifeline, a fall decelerator and an appropriate harness it easy to be protected from the time you step on the first rung until your back on the ground. When these devices were first introduced in industrial environments there was much squawking about lost time, productivity as well as regulatory enforcement. As people acclimated to the systems lost time is often mitigated by an increase in productivity because of user comfort and confidence. In other words; what was once a tense white knuckle climb is now a simple routine that probably won’t cost you your life. A decrease in insurance rates also brought down business expenses. Enforcement turned out to be no brainer because both the enforcement agency (OSHA) and the workers both have the same interest; everyone wants to go home safe at the end of the day. It’s the same as seat belts in automobiles, a few decades after being introduced only the stupidest of the stupid don’t use them, people use them because they don't want to die not because they fear being fined. These devises and methods just need to be further adopted by the hunters and the hunting industry. There also need to be a renewed effort by tree stand manufacturers to produce safer tree stands. The fact that stand ladder sections are only held together by friction is unacceptable, there is very little cost in adding pins or bolts to ladders. I could go on and on but you get the point.

Why aren’t Fall restraint and descent systems mandatory? Is I because we don’t like pesky regulations?

Help me Gavin, I need to find the ignore button.

That’s 10 years for me. I planning on playing golf, fishing and hunting same as now and hope to have another 10 years after that. There are a lot of advantages with age, many of the fears and anxieties I had are gone, I just don’t care anymore. For most of my life financial and physical well-being seemed impossible but who knows maybe that will work out.

Dry bags and boxes are not all their cracked up to be. I've been using duffle bags with trash bag liners for long time without a problem.

Hahahaha, it’s the Orvis sisters.

It’s tradition.

I don't know any duplicators but I do know a pretty good replicator.