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I even brushed it up some more since that pic with some more raffia. Teal season was a bust, only got to hunt opening day and storm came in from south. 36 more days till ducks...

I have a 2 hour drive to both of them and I always stop in and visit both. Bob and Crew do a great job, are well stocked, and have an excellent mail order business. Tom and crew are a little lower keyed and more down to earth, have a great shop, and are always great to shoot the bull with. I have never had any complaints about either, great bunch of guys with wonderful shops.

Not anymore, Federal Lands are open to carry, concealed or openly. Has been that way for a few months now. Still places like campgrounds or gatherings of Federal Employees, Federal buildings and grounds are off limits. It is subject to States Rules. If you are CCW certified, you can carry concealed, otherwise, open carry is allowed. You can hunt on ONSR Lands with proper licenses. Someone breaking into a truck is hardly justification to end his sorry life, but, if it had been me, he would have been looking down the barrel of a loaded weapon or retreating very fast.

Crawdad color ShadRaps, Firetiger, Gold and Black, and Perch are good colors too. If the fish are runnin in shallow water, switch over to the SSR model with the shallow lip.

I was thinking it was just an empty field as he was describing it and I pictured the field across the ford at Tan Vat as being what he was talking about. I have camped in that valley campground a few times years ago when the park was full, then it was closed for a while. It has changed hands a few times I think. Nice quiet little valley and good place to camp if it is open, just a little further to drive to the river. Cedargrove has campsites and a pit toilet or two above and below the bridge. There is a big open field on the lower end that used to have alot of camping but was growing up last time I was thru there. There are spots to camp at Parker too.

Civil War Battle Field by Tan Vat access?? I am not familiar with that one. Are you talking about Cedargrove?

Good thing the braless movement of the 70's did not catch on. We may not survive the next attack if it did.

Did you file a report or get the plate number?

Went thru a few old Herters books, Flytying and Rodbuilding. None showed any of the tools or vises like the catalog did. The other vise on the right has about the right shape and size to hold one of the old Herters bobbins so I am guessing that was what it was for. Nice old equipment.

I doubt the jock strap would smell as good..... But to each his own.

The other vice was placed on a bench about a foot away with the 4 hole thing on it to hold spools or cement. The rubber part and the hook were to hold a thread spool out of the way when you were wrapping. I actually saw it in use on the fly vise in the catalog in the fly tools section, functions about the same as a spool holder arm on a Renzetti vise. The stand on the right has a cradle that may have been used to support a rod also, I don't really know. It was not shown in the catalog. I will dig out my copy of Herter's Rod Building and Fly Tying and see if the tools are in there.

In case of a biological or other air borne contaminate attack or problem, you can always use her bra as a respirator. Here is the article. Bra Respirator

The second photo, the object on the left was to hold the spools opposite a fly vise or a rod wrapper, the clamp is upside down. Still not sure what the right hand one is. They are all Herters and were in my 1972 catalog and probably in one of the fly tying manuals. Herter's produced some interesting stuff and I collected a bunch of it years back when it was being dumped off on eBay. Now it is really scarce. Thanks for the post, while digging out the catalog on the bottom of the book shelf, I came across an old Gerber dive knife complete in a box that I had forgot I had..... Good thing the youngun has not found it yet!

The first is the Herters Rod Wrapper, the wire guides in the 3rd pic go with it to hold the rod while you wrap the rod. The middle pic contains 2 pieces I have not seen. The 4 hole thing went onto the stem of a vise to hold thread spools or cement. I will dig out an old Herters catalog and see if I can place the other 2.

Only if you quit buying it and use Rain X.

Thanks Brian. Years ago on that stretch you would have came across walleye in the deeper holes, but since the mysterious walleye decline they are getting scarce on the whole river system. Alot of it depends on what they are surveying and where they shock. No carp yet I hope.

I thought the article was about FDA approval for human consumption, which I don't really see the issue of. I realize the analogy of the apple tree was weak, but essentially the same. You graft a section of gene into a salmon gene and make a altered salmon with a desirable trait. You don't create a new species of fish, just a altered salmon. And as for 60 foot salmon, if they are created, the MDC will probably trade some turkeys for them and we will get a chance to hunt them....

It works as a dry fly floatant in a pinch. You have to treat them ahead of time and let them dry. I assume the Rain X will not have any adverse effects on a plastic paddle. I was thinking there was some warning about using it on plastic. Would be a help in the winter to keep the ice buildup off.

I have not really seen the issue with Genetically Altered anything as a food source. I would think it would be more of a problem with Genetically Altered stuff crossbreeding with natural species. Modifying the natural selection of wild stock may create a problem. But how could it ever change the taste, texture, or quality of a food source? And I doubt if it would cause any harm to anyone that consumes it. Anyone care to elaborate what the hoopla is regarding the consumption of a genetically altered animal or plant? As far as genetically altering something, we have been doing it in a crude form for years with plants. Take apple trees, you graft a limb off a desirable species on a trunk of an apple species that is good for only a root stock. From the graft up, it is the apple species you choose, from the graft down, it is just a tree. If you take a desirable gene and graft it into the root stock of a fish to create a better fish, what is the difference?

What about the other species, smallies, walleye, google eye? I assume it was on the Greer to Turner area? Did the shock crew roll out anything other than rainbow trout?

The electro fishing project may have the opposite effect, it normally purges their stomach contents and they go on a feed to fill it back up. Any nice ones on the adventure? Any walleye, smallies, goggle eye of any size?

The dead of winter, gigged stunned smallmouths on a snag hook are alot of fun.

Ahh, definitely Spring. Fish are on the beds and easy prey..

Welcome back Tom, good to see you are still around.

Which ones are you trying to find? Some of them are not really Game Species, you would have trouble catching them on a hook unless you were targeting them.