duckydoty

Pretty proud of these. They have to be earned.

I never expect a tip. Any tip is greatly appreciated and when given, I shake their hand, look them in the eye, and tell them that I truly appreciate it. Guiding is a people service industry. Most people start in the 10% range for a standard tip and 20% usually means that the client was extremely happy with the service provided. Over the years, I have received tips ranging from deer sausage and steaks to 100% tips. Everyone of them I have been thankful for.

You can thin the BSI with denatured alcohol and extend the working time

A little of both

Jerk bait bite is still good early in the morning. Been getting big browns to chase and hooked up but loosing them before the 8 second horn. Catching a few good bows on the jerk baits and some really aggressive ones. Been fishing Fall Creek to Lookout. Some pretty good browns in that stretch.

I just found 40 of them in my mail box today

I’ve taken 3 eaters. One of them yesterday. Have seen one good one and a few smaller bucks. Only been able get get out there 3 times so far.

Wasting lots of good meat by shooting in the head. You got the cheeks and the tongue that add up to way more than you would get from the ribs. When I was 4 eating squirrel, biscuits and gravy with my grandpa, I asked him for the wish bone. He gave me a chunk of fried squirrel and I commenced to gnawing on it. I came to an ear and told my grandpa. He said eat around it. I came to an eye and told my grandpa. He said eat around it. I came to some teath and told him. He said eat around them. I came to the tongue and told him. He said, give me that. That’s the best part!

And we have a winner. Nomolites pm me your address and I’ll get it in the mail to you.

Deadstream Netboy getting ready to draw now

Congratulations DJ

Spent about 5 hours in the wind and rain looking for them yesterday, managed to get one nice one in the boat not even 10 minutes in. Dragged crawler harnesses in 18-25 fow. Caught a keeper and a short crappie, couple blue gills, a small channel, a yellow perch, and a few short stinking bass. Quite the challenge in that wind. Ran into Paco out there. Good to see him again.

That’s not the contest point. That was won on a trade deal that ended very well for the both of us.

I know a spot close by that holds some turkeys. Fish all night, hunt all day.

They are hand crafted by natives made from various materials. One is fossilized walrus oosik (baculum), carved caribou and moose antlers, fossilized walrus rib bone tipped with mammoth ivory and bone, fossilized walrus jaw bone and ivory, diamond wood, and one mammoth bone. Then there are 2 sculpture made of whale bone, baleene, and polar bear hair.

I can not even begin to say how lucky and proud I am to have this work of art displayed amongst my most prized possessions. I have a collection of ulu’s (native Alaskan knives), one for each year of guiding up there, a native Alaskan artifact called a bear whistle, and a claw from a brown bear and the only partial point I have found, with Marty’s signed point right in the middle of them. Thank you my friend!

Deadstream

Uncle Brother Dave has started painting lures too!

Way to go Uncle Brother Dave and Aunt Sister Jenny!

List for drawing: Flysmallie JestersHK (sharing the love and removing himself from the list) Quillback Johnsfolly Snagged in outlet 3 nomolites Terrierman Travis Swift Ness dnj21 better half of Johnsfolly daughter of Johnsfolly Brother Dave Any more?

Man! That’s one of the original 3! Sure you want to fish it? I would!

I just got 8 more sculpin flavored UMP606 blanks from wlure.com painted, signed and clear coated. This has been, by far, my best blank to fish Taney when the water is off, and my favorite paint scheme also. I was reading Marty’s (Billethead) thread on knapping and saw where he is having a drawing, giving away a point he hand crafted to interested individuals. What a great idea! I am not interested in selling any of these lures because I just can not ask enough to make them worth my while trying to make money on them. I have had many inquiries about selling them and have turned down offers to do so. I do not mind giving one away though. So, just like in Marty’s thread, if you are interested, put your name on the list here. On Friday, October 12, I will draw a name and the winner will get one of these sculpin flavored UMP606’s that I have just finished painting.

Me too. I want in. Great idea that I could try in another thread.

One of my most memorable hunts was at FG. It was the last day of the season and all the water was locked up tight except the blind we got had a 20 foot circle of open water right in front of it. Had to walk across the ice to get to blind. I was able to stay on top, but my buddy kept breaking through and it was a struggle to get back on top. I finally had to grab all his gear and go get the decoys set up while he struggled to get back on top of the ice. After gettting everything set up and about 15 minutes before shooting time, I went back and helped him bust 3 inch ice all the way to the blind. We had every duck in the county trying to land on that open water. Great hunt!

Size 6 trebles