BilletHead

Bingo! Have seen it happen soooooo many times. Here is one example. Folks fishing off the Caplinger mills bridge, bank fisherman too. Note not everyone is like this but here goes. A person or persons goes fishing thinking they will catch a mess. Get some water in a five-gallon bucket. Fish and pitch them in the now hot water oxygen deplete water. Instantly the fish go belly up and gills go white. Dang it's not such a good day and I don't want to clean three fish. End of trip bucket gets dumped over the rail or back into water.

Travis my friend, There is absolutely no, and I mean no reason to feel bad about this deal. Fish will die of something sooner or later of something. For every one of people like you that try hard to release one to grow there is twenty that mistreat and kill without remorse. Another thing these fish are stocked here for use. If there is a legal season for a fish and if someone wants to harvest it there should be no reason for it to be questioned. Nice fish and I have no doubt it was well utilized.

Exactly especially this time of the year when they will croak in the live well. The bigger fish like the Hybrids we have been catching get bled immediately and hung overboard for a few seconds. Then on ice.

I am beginning to train my eyes for this type of stuff as I scan looking for vintage cast iron and the stuff Pat is collecting. I will continue to look and if I find more, I will run it by you also.

What say you @tjm. This with Shakespeare reel (junker) on it was a featherweight compared to the wonder rod. Of course this is a shorter rod. Got rod for 20.00.

Hey that's kinda neat. There is only one person you have to keep happy. That is you and if you are more power to ya.

Oh, they are compared to what we have now that is for sure.

@tjm Working on it. A couple shakesphere in there.

Thanks man this is going to be a fun deal anyway we look at it. Just for kicks I went out in the yard and put on a 7wt WF line. As you said I adapted and began to throw it with a six-inch piece of blanket yarn on a nine-foot leader. This time I could feel it load easy. Then put on an 8wt sink tip and threw it too. Really, really felt it load that let me adjust the stroke even better. This was all just to experiment a bit more.

@fishinwrench I get it now. We talked about spending the night. Glad we didn't.

What?

Get at it buddy!

Hawg if I was you, I would do more research. Early Martin Reels were made in Mohawk New York. Starting as I said above in 1888 and the automatic patent in 1899. the one I am using says made in USA and others I have say the same. These are old reels. I am sure the new ones were farmed out at one time or another.

Do it,do it and do it again!

Some clarification here is needed tjm. I was thinking of my other wonder rod for length that has no visible markings on rod butt. The rod in question is a 1250 7'9" HCH. Circa 1953-1956 When reading the charts, it's saying DT7 for floating and DT8 for sink. So, is there an equivalent chart for more modern lines out there I am missing? I will try casting a 7wt line but do not think it will go too well. I am thinking it will be like a chuck and duck affair. I did however get by real well IMO with the 5wt WF line. I have read guys say throw the old chart out when using new lines and find one that casts for you? Butt markings No.1250 FCL Shakespeare - Fiberglass Flyrodders Wiki

You are and am sure you will when ready!

Well after not going to Bennett for a good long while we made the trip over this morning for some fishing. It was a hoot with quite a few caught by Pat and me. We did not go real early and could care less about hearing the siren go off. I would say moderate crowd. Took our time getting ready gearing up. I have been messing with some vintage gear. A buddy gave me a automatic reel when I told him I would like to try one again. Had a quick stint with one I bought at Wal Mart in 1976 and that did not last long. So, this deal has snow balled. I began to search for a Shakespeare wonder rod. This I did, actually two at a whopping 15 bucks each. I also bought two Martin automatic fly reels for 15 bucks each at the same time. Did any of you know that Martin is the oldest active reel maker in the United States and started since 1884? Received a patent the automatic reel in 1899? Just some trivia for you all. I paired up the Martin #2 reel from the 1920s to 1930s with the wonder rod 8'6" circa 1954. Tried various lines and went with a five weight that @kjackson had extra. Thanks, Ketih! This was the outfit for me today. We slipped into the water at the outlet entrance of the stream. We seen very few fish caught as we started to fish. Tried various things watching for fish reaction. Pitiful it was and I quickly realized I was fishing with a different piece of equipment. I could not feel my back cast as line turned over at all. I adjusted my timing and began to hit my stride. Then finally I put on a small black leach deal and caught a couple. Gave that to Pat and put on a leach made with bobcat. Caught more as Pat still had no luck so we worked up the outlet channel where Pat scored high sticking a big fox squirrel nymph. So we crossed over to the stream just above the big rock bluff and fished some more. Caught more stripping. Then up to below the dam where we caught stripping, on beetles, ants and egg patterns. Before we knew it noon happened, and it got hot. I did waders in shorts. My knees got cold and hurt but it was the nicest cold hurt. Getting out of the water and walking back to vehicle in the hot made me appreciate that hurt. I'm hooked and this vintage deal will become part of the fly-fishing arsenal from now on. There was a bad part of the day though. This morning Sandy @laker67 and I had been texting. Told her of our plans. She said she might drive over. I checked my text messages at 12:30 while we were almost to Lebanon. DANG she had got there at 10:30 and had texted me wondering where we were fishing. I felt so bad we wanted to see and fish with her. We traded fish pictures by text. She was catching too. Not sure where and how we missed her I have no idea. We will find her next time! Yes, I could have caught more with modern gear. Yes, I would of casted much better with modern gear. It's not about numbers with us anymore it about the whole process. Story over....... Thanks for reading, The BilletHead's

Atta Boy Travis! Yea!

My money is on polenta or grits! Isn't polenta fancy people grits?

Wednesday proposed schedule is up. SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION - GENERATION SCHEDULE PROJECTED LOADING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 03, 2022 CALICO ROCK TEMP: 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 HR BBD DEN KEY FGD WFD TKD EUF RSK OZK DAD BEV TRD BSD NFD GFD STD HST CAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 56 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 56 50 135 40 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 35 0 40 0 0 54 0 0 56 100 235 40 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 35 48 40 0 82 54 40 0 56 135 335 80 0 50 60 50 15 0 0 35 48 40 0 82 54 80 140 56 135 335 80 88 50 90 50 16 50 92 35 48 40 0 82 54 100 140 56 135 335 80 88 50 120 50 17 50 92 35 48 40 0 82 54 100 140 56 135 335 80 88 50 120 50 18 25 92 35 48 40 0 82 54 100 140 56 135 335 80 88 50 120 50 19 0 92 35 48 40 0 82 54 60 140 56 135 335 80 88 50 120 50 20 0 0 35 48 0 0 82 54 40 140 56 135 335 80 0 50 60 50 21 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 56 100 235 40 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 48 35 135 40 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 40 0 0 0 0 TOT 125 368 420 336 280 0 574 756 520 840 664 1685 3540 1240 440 350 690 350 PROJECT TABLE Total Approx. Plant Full Power Lake Number Capacity Discharge No. Abbrev. Project State of Units (MW) (CFS) 1 BBD Broken Bow Oklahoma 2 115 7,900 2 DEN Denison Okla-Texas 2 80 10,400 3 KEY Keystone Oklahoma 2 80 12,000 4 FGD Fort Gibson Oklahoma 4 50 10,900 5 WFD Webbers Falls L&D Oklahoma 3 69 35,000 6 TKD Tenkiller Oklahoma 2 45 4,100 7 EUF Eufaula Oklahoma 3 103 15,100 8 RSK Robert S. Kerr L&D Oklahoma 4 126 45,000 9 OZD Ozark L&D Arkansas 5 115 75,000 10 DAD Dardanelle L&D Arkansas 4 148 50,000 11 BEV Beaver Arkansas 2 128 8,800 12 TRD Table Rock Missouri 4 230 15,100 13 BSD Bull Shoals Arkansas 8 391 26,400 14 NFD Norfork Arkansas 2 92 7,200 15 GFD Greers Ferry Arkansas 2 110 7,900 16 STD Stockton Missouri 1 52 8,300 17 HST Harry S Truman Missouri 6 184 65,000 18 CAN Clarence Cannon Missouri 2 70 12,900 The project table provides information about the projects in the projected loading schedule. The projected loading schedule indicates the potential hourly average generation for the hour ending as shown. The values in the projected loading schedule indicate the generating capacity rate in megawatts (MW) for each project. The water discharge from each project is measured in cubic feet per second (CFS). The lake numbers are also used in our Automated Voice Response (AVR) telephone system. That system provides similar information to callers using a touch-tone phone. The phone number for the AVR system is (866) 494-1993.

Just checked and working for me. The old southwestern site still works for me but with new look. Thanks for the heads up Netboy

Just how big is your family?

That is a beast!

Correct genetics play a big role as well as fat. We like a fat steak I eat every piece of fat on my steak and most of Pat's too. She will trim hers pretty good after the grilling process. Hence, " Pat sprat could eat no fat her husband could eat no lean, together the two of them could lick the platter clean" . We had the pleasure of buying half a grass-fed beef. IMO a totally different flavor. Like it a bunch. Less fat is a bummer but very good. Would add the various cuts are not as tender as a fat beef. Might add cooking past medium rare will also toughen the meat some.