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So, it's been decades since I used anything but a fly rod for bass of trout, and I don't recall ever using less than 4# on a spinning rig,, 6# Stren was my standard trout line, back then; my usual tippet on fly is ~5# test, so explain to me the the need for 2#? Not trying to say that it's not needed, just that I don't understand why it would be.

Dogs actually kill about 13,000 people every year. I posted this back on page three; but insects and snails pose a bigger threat than any big cat and cougars aren't even in the top twenty. Your best chance of getting killed is by a mosquito followed by another human. Elephants kill more people than I would have imagined. Reckon we should start shooting those dangerous Humans on sight just to eliminate the possibility that one of them might in the future kill someone you know? If we do do you reckon we ought to then brag about it on FB? I'm thinking the guy is not being prosecuted so much for killing the cat as he is for being stupid. I'll add that although lightning isn't an animal it is pretty high on the danger list, globally, lightning kills or injures about 250,000 people annually,

aah, sorry to confuse; I didn't think of an exact location as important given the size of a lion's home range (100-400 sq.mi.) and the distances they can travel. I seem to recall one in Utah reported as moving ~75 miles over either 12 or 24 hour period, back in the '60s. It made the paper as a chronic livestock killer. This lion must have traveled 400-500 miles or more from where it was ear tagged.

Iron County is what the earlier reports said. Somewhere on the first few pages of this thread you should find a link to the FaceBook page where he bragged.

I might buy synthetics and hooks online or mail-order but the majority of my flies are natural materials, and feathers, furs, hair, straw etc. need to seen in person. I even buy gadgets and paraphernalia I don't need and likely won't use along with random flies that I don't tie and rarely fish, when I pass through a 'new to me' shop, knowing that those items help keep the doors open. Some shops use eBay to boost their sales, and when the last two shops in this area close, that will be my first place to look.

Might be down to location if several have failed. Not at or near a fly fishing destination. Or it might be down to not selling stuff that has a high turnover most big/successful fly shops seem to sell more clothing than fly fishing/tying stuff. I was only in there once with my son, and bought nothing. Son has bought several things from them though. I have accumulated more FF & FT stuff than I'll ever use but I still hate to see those shops disappear. Most of what I've bought over the past 30 years has been at Tim's near RRSP, as well stocked a fly shop as one could want. Though I suspect most of his business may be in spinning stuff. But I know that he will retire one of these days and likely that shop will close.

That young couple that bought it a couple years ago isn't going to keep it?

I think you'll have a better, higher, fence if the boards are staked on edge, and I'd open the funnel angle (~120`-140` rather than the <90` that you have) some to take in more area; but yeah that's the idea. When the animal comes to the fence it will turn and follow it as long as the angle to it's chosen direction travel isn't too abrupt. Much as we would when encountering a bluff. The cage seems like a break in the fence. So, you need the funnel to open in the direction of the den, or from where you think they are coming. And the longer the fence is the greater the chance of an crossing the path of travel. That said, this is just theory to me. I've not trapped armadillos myself, although I have had several online discussions of it with people that did it for pay.

That's a good way, they seem pretty easy to funnel; and if you can fit a wood bottom to the cage/box trap they will scent the wood and other armadillos will enter it with less suspicion. I'd trap them if their fur was worth more.

Yep she'll get a lot better at driving too with no practice and no experience.

Is there a fur buyer near you? The last one near me died a few years ago and no new ones. I can recall when I had a choice of 15-30 buyers within easy driving distance. On armadillos, there must be a couple dozen within 300 yards of the house and during the drought they were foraging nearly all day long.

It's where most red fox live these days to avoid the coyotes.

I know one local guy that I'm sure doesn't tamper with his honey nor feed sugar, if he's still alive, it's been a couple years. And I'm sure most don't; but my point was that crooks are everywhere and like politicians they will tell lies when questioned and an average person wouldn't think to ask questions nor even know what to ask. Those guys in the link were fooling experts and even some of the lab tests.

I've had some local honey gifted to me that I suspect wouldn't pass lab tests, but since the second time with covid, my taste and smell are not what they used to be, so maybe I'm wrong, but, truthfully buying directly from the beekeeper doesn't really insure the honey is pure. If beekeepers are adulterating honey, then beekeepers are adulterating honey. Some crooks are local, actually all crooks are local where they live.

I used 4# nylon mono for all spin fishing for years and years, but tend more towards 8# these days for very occasional use those rods get. That said the target matters and the bait size too, where large fish are the main target heavier line is called for, imo. My choice of 4# in the past had more to do with line suppleness and casting distance for fish under three pounds with fairly small lures. 20# line would have no doubt caught just as many fish.

But the wind is forecast to be only 2-3mph, and with 30% cloud cover it could be worse. And it's to be above 40F by elevenish. Although based on the number of fish in Hickory Creek and the belief that the two creeks are stocked at the same time, I'm not sure they have even stocked since June. I'll put tackle in the car this evening, but there's no guarantee that I'll be up early enough to make that meeting. I'm usually more of an afternoon/evening/nighttime angler. If I don't get there I'll look for a detailed report on number and size of fish encountered by all.

The fish don't care about air temps and the water is never colder than 32F, even under ice.

+10F a lot in my younger days and -10-20F a number of times, as long as you wade deep the water will be warmer than the air; problem is that when its quite cold the the line and the guides ice up unless you keep the fly rod in the water while making the retrieves. I get too cold long before the trout do, and these days rarely get out below ~40F. But in streams 8# or 5# is small enough, for most stuff, I only go smaller than 5# when the flies are smaller than #18, 8# for #12 and larger. And in summer I have caught trout in still water using 20# test with bait. They see the line even as small as 1# test, but the average trout can't reason that the line is attached to the hook, just as they can't reason that the exposed hook in a fly is not part of an insect. trout brain is reported to be very small and they don't have books to explain these things to them. I've caught the same fish two or three times in an hour to believe that they learn from experience either, although it's possible that they can be conditioned over time to react negatively to certain stimuli, it doesn't happen often in my experience. What happens IMO is that smaller line is more supple meaning that the lure/fly/bait is less restrained and moves more naturally in the water.

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Hard to say, the web sources say that it's German dating from the 14th century Bavaria, perhaps a confectioner. In the US since 1683. One of them was kinda important in developing IT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider

Mountain lion and spiders don't even make the list.

how many of those cali victims were in a tree stand? How many were even aware of the lion in advance? The Kalama incident is typical of cougar. Unseen until attack is complete. I probably should have said that a seen cat doesn't seem too dangerous to my mind, the unseen cats are of course something to fear. They can gut a horse or elk with one slash of the kind foot.

Saw several lions back in the '60s in Id., when horse backing BLM and Forest lands, a couple fairly closeup. Some Dad's friends hunted them with hounds, and I don't think they ever pose much of a threat to humans. If one was threatening a human, it would be in an ambush situation and the cat would be on the human before it was seen. They can and do kill livestock, but it would be rare for that to happen where the owner would witness it. I have seen a few lions in Mo. and have heard believable stories of others. My grandfathers generation called them "panthers".

Wednesdays are fishing days.

I they let us fish week days, I'd use the parks a lot more. The system is set up for only people that have weekends off.