Terrierman

I'd like to see hoglaw again some day.

Double secret probation stuff. Probably.

I'd try boiled linseed oil. If you want it to penetrate a little more and be lighter, add 25% mineral spirits. That stuff makes old treated wood look like new. Edit: I've got a few walnut handled kitchen knives that I totally ignore everybody's advice and run them through the dishwasher with everything else. It does dry out the wood. Once a year or so I just put them handle deep in a quart jar of boiled linseed oil overnight and they get a new lease on life. If it works for them it will probably help with the whole cork situation. Linseed oil is also used on very high grade walnut gunstocks. Old school but it really is good stuff.

Why don't you just buy some new cork rings and replace the old stuff? One google search turned up a shipload of sources. Or is that skill above your paygrade?😵

Nice one!

Yes the baiting part.

You should mulch those leaves instead of burning them and contributing to global warming and driving your neighbors fruit.🥵

You burned the woods down?

Another vote for Riley's Station. I always do better on the White than Taneycomo. There is just a lot - whole lot - more water for everyone to spread out on. And the scenery is not resort after resort after resort. The Buffalo and let's not forget Crooked Creek are huge pluses for warm water stream fishing. Besides paddlecraft, Riley's also rents the classic White River Trout Boats, which I also recommend for fishing the White.

Missouri should adopt those rules. We are covered up around here.

Nearly every hotel, motel and restaurant down there has Branson maps. For free.

It's not easy to get lost between Eagle Rock and Roaring River but I guess a determined fellow could do it.🎯

Somebody stole my amber Costa's on Saturday. Left them sitting by my tacklebox on the dock while we went out to bait the juglines. When we got back my box was still there but the glasses were gone. Can't deal with no amber glasses so got a pair of Maui Jims to replace the gone pair. Not cheap but very nice. Actually fit better. Hate a thief. Nobody needs a pair of sunglasses bad enough to steal them off a dock.

Rigazzi's. Home of the frozen fishbowl! Always a good time and good food. And cold beer.

I know whose problem it is. This time, for once, not mine.🎯

Is Cunetto's still good? Went to lunch there during the Union Electric job interview in what? Maybe 1984 or '85? I was the only person at the table who didn't have a vowel as the last letter in their surname. Got the job too.😎

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I've got an Atlas in my truck. Have carried one basically forever. Every Wal-Mart has them.

We fished last weekend at Truman. Motel was $75 per night for the most basic of accommodations. But it did have a very nice lake view at sunset.

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Now that's a cool story. Both the first deer and parents with a set of rules for their son.🎯

This is the monster from last year.

And I can tell you whose problem it is too. MINE.

I have not. So far. 🤓

Those were the days. These ones are no slouch either. I hate breaking my every jigfest ever streak. 🥵