BilletHead

Since this general chat place is the place for covering everything I want to do the 2023 bee activity. @jdmidwest is another beekeeper here. Do have any others? Last fall we went into Fall and winter with 10 active hives. Since it's warmed up I am seeing now carrying in pollen getting the season started raising new brood. These same bees are robbing the dead out hive. Guess I will let them have it while there is no nectar flow available. There was a 12th hive with too few bees to overwinter that I shook out last fall. We built two more hives this winter to add to the apiary. There will be some shifting of hives as we are going to try to put a couple in outlying areas. We are afraid that here at home we are resourced out. I keep saying we became Mrs BilletHead is as involved as I am. The beekeeping we do isn't as much hands on as typical langstroth hives. We are doing as I said before long hives more popular in Europe. Pat just finished the paint job on one last weekend. We set it in place this morning. All together now Bees all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine. Will add more later. I painted the other hive. Not as creative. A couple more swarm traps about finished. Hopefully more free bees will be trapped and caught by hand.

@nomolites thanks so much for sharing. Pure awesomeness!

Sounds like a date to me. You had better put out by showing him a good time, fishing of course!

I am a great Grandpa Doug.

Boy Doug this is going to hurt you old buddy but I have one of grandpa's red/ white river runts. 😆

Nice report man. Sorry about the shoulder pain. Rotator cuff or replacement? I have been through one now need the other. Good luck.

what time should we show up? Thanks in advance. 😉

Everyone should get in line to fish with Jeff! 😃

You are not old enough to remember the red/white combo when it was very, very popular. It caught fish then and it catches fish now. Again one of my favorite combos. I literally smash hybrids on that color.

Looking good Ryan. I skip the helmets on my double deceivers and do exactually like you did with the mask. More versatile and let the various IPS sink tips and full sinking lines do the work. My favorite colors are in this order natural gray over white then go crazy with red over white, pink over white and chartreuse over white. Most all will be those colors in the first half and maybe subtitle matching colors in second hook if any at all.

Whut? Whut did you say? Speak up Jeff I can't hear you. Just had to since no one has said this yet. Pat says I can't hear sometimes. It may be but I call it selective hearing. The worst times is when she is in next room saying something when I am looking the other way. When I respond whatever, you say dear she says did you even hear me? For all I know I could be getting bad mouthed! We both suffer from tinnitus When it's all quiet like at bedtime. Pat says wow my ears are really ringing loud right now. I tell her she is just hearing my ears ringing.

You do realize this is all your fault! 😀 Thanks I might add.

A good way to sharpen skills.

Oh man I as suggested went in the way back machine. You are right I only did ten of those pages and found stuff I want to try or cook again. We have come along way baby

Good job opening and flattening that bird out. Master Spatchcocker!

YEA! Go Daryk go. Look how far you've come since the accident. Now we are going to see how far you are going to go. Before long you are pushing @gotmuddy off of gravel bars

Very nice friend! It's not a very big tool and easy to store away in the kitchen. used ours again yesterday on a ribeye.

Yes but not the giant white sturgeon in the North West. Still pretty neat to be able to drop a heavy gig into.

Ice Fisherman Spears Massive 177-Pound Sturgeon | Field & Stream (fieldandstream.com)

@rps Are you seeing this? He also posted on the food thread what's cooking a few days ago. Have you tried to send him a message Dutch? Click on his name and icon and it will take you to his profile. There you can send him a message.

Today was the cast iron trifecta. Walleye,fried potatoes with onions and cornbread.

While it is a rarity this may metastasize, it has been known to happen. Like it or not we will be praying for you.

Thanks Ryan, Fox tail guard hair for tail. Retain tail underfur and mix with some flash for body. Head Is synthetic material bundles the appropriate length tied on top and bottom of Head. Two bundles of each color pulled high and tight on top and low and tight on the bottom creating a vertical flat profile. Many types of long fiber dubbing will make the head. This is what I used. Might do a step by step sometime.

Thank you, Ronnie!

Everyone in the @mic fly swap will have one courtesy of the BilletHead. Everyone else it's going to cost you .😁