"I preferred the feel of my g-loomis rod so I usually just ran that......"
Loomis rods are about as good as it gets for fishing the northwest!
Loomis rods are about as good as it gets for fishing the northwest!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I almost can't Bear it!
They all look very healthy.
Would not want to accidentally get between Mama and her cubs when going into my stand in the dark!
They all look very healthy.
Would not want to accidentally get between Mama and her cubs when going into my stand in the dark!
Able to get another load from the maple next door. But no pics! You'll have to settle for empty trailer with the load on the ground.
I haven't been out with him since 2018, and I believe he was at $400 for a full day back then. It ain't cheap, but you only go around once.Yeah, the muskegon is much nicer. Big bummer is the shallow spots can suck(really need a jet), and it's a gnarly wind tunnel, which can mess you up in various ways. The other thing that I dislike about the muskegon, it all the zebra mussels, although it does seem to be getting better now. No, center pin was just getting popular when I was hitting it hard, as was all the large arbor reels. There was a guy not far from where I live who was turning some real nice center pin setups, but for the cash and what we were typically doing I didn't see the need. My roommate had a jet 21'(iirc), nice drift boat, all sage rods and large arbor reels, I could use any of it I needed/wanted when we were on the river together, but I preferred the feel of my g-loomis rod so I usually just ran that. Unfortunately he's doing the same thing as your old @GrizG roommate, so we probably won't be doing any fishing together.
I looked greg up, the name sounds familiar, but I don't think I know him. Looks like he does a great job out there, but if his prices are the norm, I won't be getting into anyone's boat. Maybe my buddy will buy a nice one, then again, he'd probably want to store it in my barn lol.
Anybody that's fished in the last 40 years owes Gary Loomis a debt of gratitude. Even the cheapest $20 Wal-Mart rods are descendants of his hard work and innovation.
This $50 Shakespeare ultra light paired with a Mitchell 308 has been the go to trout rig for years. Those Loomis rods sure are nice , just not a big time spender.
And the award for ugliest stack goes to.......(Envelope opening).... Just Jeff!!! Wooo!
. Brought a few buckets of uglies, shorts and ends up. Still haven't had a fire yet, it's been gorgeous weather so no complaints.
Exactly what I'm saying. That handle is a Loomis design, copied and built in China. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a fact.
The best part is, the fish don't care.
I had nice weekend up north. My wife and I went went to a friend's wedding reception yesterday.
Today I went for a nice 2.8 mile grouse walk. We moved 4 birds and got one.
Twas a great day.
Now I get to winterize the pool. It's a pain but it sure is nice to jump in on those 90° days.
Today I went for a nice 2.8 mile grouse walk. We moved 4 birds and got one.
Twas a great day.
Now I get to winterize the pool. It's a pain but it sure is nice to jump in on those 90° days.
Lions won, Packers won, Vikings LOST.
Heck I thought you'd stihl be using Zebco 202.
The local farmers fair was yesterday and they had a guy playing guitar for entertainment. I was surprised to hear him play "Friend of the Devil".
That makes it a better day!
Did have one as a kid! Dig the Mitchell reels nowadays. That's a good tune to cover for a guy and his geetar.
"Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills"
Sages always felt noodle to me, but they were better than many others
.Yeah, I can even afford to go half way around lol. Really I need to get the barn sealed up. Got my wire for the sub-panel and to run power to the house when I get to it, that was 1900, then the bay doors alids are gonna sting me pretty hard...
I was advised to buy the best I could afford because it was a lifetime purchase(if you bought one with a lifetime warranty). I spent a lot for the early 90s, but I didn't break it until 5yrs in, and it had well over a thousand steelies and salmon on it by then. Unfortunately when I sent it back to Loomis I found out it was a custom tire rod and they would only give me the current blank of that model, or 180 off a new one, I wasn't happy. Went to the store that me and NY buddies had spent many thousands at with the receipt, they said they would do nothing about it as it was advertised that way, no it wasn't! I let them know they could make it right or I'd never do business there again and I'd do everything I could to deter others from shopping there as well. They recently went out of business. Treat people right and you'll have a customer that advertises for you, treat them wrong and you get the opposite
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Nice forests you have there. Very different.
You are not just kidding either.
I did it now. Two weeks ago I saw a 3pth dump cart for $750 down from $1000. I messaged the seller about seeing it right before I went to San Diego for a week on vacation. She had just left for a wedding. The following Friday I was poking around FB Marketplace and the owner had dropped the price to $350, must pickup by Saturday afternoon. I was like " holy crap". Here I am 3000 miles away and can't get it that quick. I messaged here and said, I'll give you $400 for it Sunday afternoon when I get back from San Diego. Sure enough she said okay and I picked it up today. One thing she had done to it was to have the tailgate open up on the bottom instead of up top. Eventually I will alter it to open both ways. Here it is in dump mode and closed up. Due to the alteration of the tailgate the back end is about 30 - 40 pounds heavier than the front part of the bed. I'll do something to fix the weight balance issue. There is a set of tires that were welded up underneath to make this easy to move around. The wheels are junk. I'll remove the wheels for now. I'm not sure if I will replace them. There are two safety chains to keep the dump box from flipping beyond vertical.
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They're a mix of aspen, maple, red/white oak, black spruce, tamarack, hemlock, white pine, white cedar, basswood and some ash. The types of trees in a given area depends on the soil type and how wet/swampy it is.
I was hunting county forest land. The county manages the forest and has it harvested which is a major income stream for it. They clear cut the aspen and select cut the hardwood areas. They have about 1000 acres cut a year by the highest bidder. This adds up to pretty good grouse/deer habitat.
A few days ago I posted that I got the trigger installed in my Ruger. Here it is all put together. I forgot how nice the 90s/early 2000s Rugers were. She just needs a better scope and it'll be ready to smoke some yotes. 
