Lancer09

all of those trout are the McClouds. They aren't always colored up like so many of the pictures. Just revel in the fact that yo u can catch trout, in Missouri, in a creek that hasn't been stocked in over a hundred years.

I took no pictures.. .because I was stuffing my face.. Aldi has a pretty decent Thai Peanut sauce that's a great starting base. Cook up some chicken seasoned with S&P, Tumeric and Allspice. Get that all crispy in a super hot wok. Remove Chicken. Add a rough chopped onion, couple minced jalapenos, thai chili paste and some minced garlic. Cook down. Add the jar of peanut sauce which for me was just entirely too nutty and no spice, but a good start. Add another good bit of that hotass chili paste, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and a few splats of some nice funky fish sauce. add a bunch of green onions and some strips of baby bok choy, definitely didn't have enough of either of those. Add chicken back in, simmer for 20 ish minutes until it starts to thicken up. Serve in a bowl over some nice white steamed rice. Eat with chopsticks because your not an animal. enjoy a nice nutty chicken dish with a good burn on the back end.

I'm still pulling 1 to 2 pink brandywines a day from two plants, the black prince and cherokee purple are knocking out a tomato every other day of so for each of them that are ripe. Cherry tomatoes are really going right now too better than they have so far. Golden Jubilee is finally putting some fruits out too. my two basil plants are over 3 feet each, and the jalapenos are going strong still also. they get that good late afternoon sun that I think is really helping them right now.

Tomatoes are still going strong now that they aren't eaten by squirrels. I'm sure they'd be producing even better back when it was a bit warmer but I'm getting a few tomatoes a day off of the plants. The better boys have been real good but the brandywines, black prince, and golden jubilee's have been incredible tomatoes.

Well since photobucket decided to be dumb I don't really know how to share pictures. I've fished the arkansas twice this summer. haven't caught anything that big but got on some of those browns and a few brookies real high up. really pretty river.

In the last two weeks my garden has gone crazy setting actual fruits. Particularly the tomatoes. I have yet to get a full size tomato from the garden and only a few cherry tomatoes.. that's with 12 tomato plants. the 2 week surge in growth is directly correlated with me purchasing a new air gun and clearing out 20 squirrels from the back yard in those two weeks. Birds are a lot happier on the feeders now too. I'll keep and eat a few when it cool;s off. Righ tnow they are just pests and half of them are getting popped as I step out to head to work.

I just think when I see people hold fish that big like that.. "how are they ever going to get the smell out of those clothes?"

Garden is doing good. Got some of the small heirlooms finally starting to set some fruit. The hybrid maters have been for a while but the squirrels had been eating everything. a few weeks, lots of frustration. Netting the whole garden in, and a pellet gun I'm finally starting to see some actual fruit! Tomatoes, melons, squash, zuchini, watermelon, peppers galore.. all finally starting to put fruit out now. I think the squirrels were getting it a whole lot worse than I realized.

I never really figured the blue out. no real hatches, lot of pumping water, lot of fishing in the city, it was the "I've gotta kill some time while everyone gets ready" fishing for me. had a few rises on some small stimulators but that was about it.

Stayed up in Silverthorne. Spent some time there, Breck, Leadville, Glenwood, and basalt!

Last year around September, my Grandfather's 85th birthday he decided that he just couldn't use his bass boat any more. It was one of his prized possessions. He grew up dirt floor poor, served, came back to small town MO and served as a principal and guidance counselor. Money was never something was in abundance and he spent years fishing out of small aluminum jon boats while he saved up for his fiberglass boat. I was beyond ecstatic that he asked me to take it, clean it up, and catch some fish out of it. I've many memories as a kid in it, now I'll make some more as an adult and eventually, hopefully some memories with my own kids. We got it down to the lake and after a few hours of cleaning, scrubbing, shampooing, waxing and buffing we got her ready for some fishing time. My brother sat in the front pedestal and drank a bunch of beer while he worked on his tan. The last few years instead of Christmas presents for all of the kids my dad and his "wife" decided they would start booking a house in various locations across the country for a week every year and all we had to do was get ourselves out there. This year was Colorado. I spent a lot of time working leading up to heading west but when I sat down on the deck for a few beers after nearly 12 hours in the car.. We had a pretty darn good view. We did some fishing, hiking, rafting, little bit of everything touristy. Sure I would have preferred an all fishing trip, but it was a pretty darn good time. I guess I have to make plans to point the car west again.

More of a drive, but I'd just as soon head out the direction of West Yellowstone and spend some time out there.

My wife is a kindergarten teacher up in that area (Fort Osage). About half their school serves a government subsidized housing project and about the same percentage is on Free and Reduced. Pretty amazing some of the stories that I hear from there.

Did she win?

For you mater people. Ive got 5 better boys in, 1 rapunzel cherry, 1 cherokee purple and two pink brandywines in the beds and the rest of tge yard. What are some preferred heirloom varieties?

Finally got a good mix of dirt into the beds from last summer. Swung by the nursery and picked up various stuff that we are going to give a go. Mix of broccolis, lettuc, brussell sprouts, peppers. buncha crap. Tomatoes go in this week.

That little blemish means TFO won't honor the warranty.... bit of a steep asking price for that then.

So did you see any stripers? Since people seem to think they are going to over populate the rainbows now that the darn is gone.

If I was in the market for a boat I'd be looking at one of them stealthcrafts. Great boat..

My Crocus made it through this... first flower bloom started popping yesterday. My grape Hyacinths have been going crazy too. Got about half of them at full bloom already. Wonder how those will go. Tulips are about to sprout up real big also. Right now they are opening up already.

Just worry about how much flare you want. Tie with different parts of the tail to see how they react to get what you want. Smaller amounts will still give bulk. If you use too much hair it's going to be too stiff to collapse down on itself.

If you can do synthetics you can do bucktail. Biggest difference is thread tension and not over doing the bucktail. Just decide if you are tying in flat, reverse or hollow flared and your good.

All craft fur? If you can try something similar with bucktail in the body. Gives you more bulk for a similar weight. It will cast easier and probably have better movement. That much craft fur usually collapses on itself and doesn't have the stiffness to give much wiggle. But go throw it and see if you like the action!

Didymo isn't in taney, and it's not as if taney is a bunch of slippery shelf rock. it's predominately gravel. Felt wouldn't be any better there than anything else. Just wear studded boots if you are that worried about it.

I'm a big fan of my Behemoth. For the money they are darn hard to beat.