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If it comes together, I would be happy to mail you one. Not seeing much demand so far.

Those cutts are beauts!

Wow, nice! That one in the 2nd pic looks like a redear.

I did talk a bit to one of the reps at a custom T place. I am thinking of going with a long sleeve, and there are options. Personally, I am leaning towards a performance long sleeve, UPF 50 type deal. A good shirt to wear in the summer while fishing. I'd put the Rileys logo on it, and an Ozark Anglers logo. Something Like "Ozark Anglers - Jigfest XII" on the back. Have text like "Buffalo City" on one sleeve and "Arkansas" on the other. Probably going to run around $25-$30 per shirt. Depends on volume, we would need at least 10. There are less expensive options if using cotton for the shirt. Something high viz too, so you can spot the other guys even if they are 3 miles up the river.

Cool, if not there are places on the web where you can design them and order them. I don't mind doing it if you guys are interested, but don't want to get in the way of your wife if she wants to.

Yeah I used to bushwhack into some small streams when I lived in WA. In some cases I doubt those fish ever saw a fisherman. As noted above you had to be stealthy, but if they didn't know you there they would just launch themselves after a fly. No casting was needed, you could use a cane pole if you wanted. In those tiny streams that in some places you could step across, a 10" trout was a giant.

I think I'll go, assuming no snow/ice on the roads. I have a bunch of jigs I need to put to work. What Jigfest # is this? Has to be something in the 10-12 range. Are you guys interested in a commemorative T-shirt? I think it can be done.

Yikes - I have ever heard of this women's bike deal. Coming back from Table Rock Friday I saw a lot of bikes on the road, I thought it might be Bikes, Blues and BBQ time, but that is not until Oct. 1. Normal traffic around here is bad enough but throw in a bunch of bikes and an accident and it's going to create issues. @BilletHead

I like the looks of that squirrel beer.

Now I am starting to regret not being able to go this AM. Maybe next year.

As Ham @Ham, I have way too much fishing stuff. If Ham was closer, I'd say, hey let's get together and have a garage sale. I can tell you where I live, if I put a garage sale sign out with something like "Lots of fishing gear for sale" there will be lots of people stopping by.

Yep - I didn't want to end up dealing with that. ^^

You can't use the excuse that you don't have enough time to exercise. I walk an hour a day, do some stretching, some weight work. If you want to fish when you are getting up there in years, you need to keep yourself functional.

With last night's loss to Cleveland, they are now 4.5 games out of the last wild card spot, not to mention they have 3 teams in front of them. They aren't mathematically eliminated, but with 13 or 14 games to go, it is unlikely they'll get the last spot. Barring injuries, they look to be set for next year.

As I was leaving Big M today, I passed the park attendant in his golf cart. The parrot had a little perch on the side of the cart that it was standing on, and it was a real bird. Found a top water bite today, only problem was I found it a little late and it didn't last long. Also took me a bit to find out what topwater they wanted, which was the 90 size Plopper. I think a 75 size would've been better as they were eating little one inch shad but did not have one on hand. Caught a half dozen on top, which doesn't sound too good, but several swings and misses and several long distance releases. Mostly spots, but there were some good fish out there. Caught a handful on the jig early. Things went dead at 0930. I fished until 1130. If I have time, I'll see if they are there Monday. I'll be ready for them if they are. Had a gull go after the Plopper - it snuck in from behind me and went straight for the plopper. I had to reel it in as fast as I could to keep that dang bird from grabbing the plopper. I learned that yelling at those things does not scare them off. One of his buddies showed up and I had two of them chasing my plopper. Had to stop casting for a bit until they left. WT 78

May have to look for those gills next week.

Nice colors on that brook trout!

I have seen black squirrels, they are fairly common in New England, but never have seen one of those piebald dudes.

I didn't know the guy myself, but if they did, those are some traveling chipmunks.

I can't say that I miss working. Not so much that it was a bad job, but working 40-60 hour weeks puts a big dent in fishing time. Oh, and welcome to the ranks of the retired Ham. Once it cools down you'll have to come over here and fish for some redears, I have not gotten around to fishing for them and the bluegill this year, but I have been told there can be some good fall fishing for them.

I've got some stuff to do Saturday or I might have wandered over there.

There was a guy here in Bella Vista that live trapped chipmunks. He would trap them and take them to MO somewhere and release them. They kept showing up at his house and he thought they were coming back from MO. So he started spray painting them orange so he could ID them if they came back.