loud plowed and live

was the partial soundtrack to yesterday's labor in the shop

mmm...beer

yet another boring shop picture

curls galore

13/18 strips rough planed - my wrist was sore by the time I quit for monday night football

four! games thanksgiving four!

pinche nodeworks

streamer special ready for soup

here we go again

second try on the "streamer special"

9' 7wt 3/1

flamed and split

staggered and read for rough cuts

thunder creek streamers

I'm never this well organized

fishin' not fashion

fire on the mountain

popping the cherry on gin clear and skinny

I swallowed the fish whole and alive -  yumm sushi

"this is fishing not fashion"

indeed - josh smith gets credit for a new buzzline

old-time prospectors scratching for fossils at mogollon rim paleo site

where the dinosaur tracks?

the road into bear flat

josh fishing a riffle 

gin clear and skinny

happy veteran's day

we thank you

pomeraug

this is the rod that used to live in that tube....

old timey as hell

this old school rod tube (circa 1920's) now houses a modern bamboo flyrod

that wrocks

gin clear and skinny

this rod is finished and ready to fish

I think I'll do that now

workhorse

holy guacamole!  another rod ready to glue!

fe thomas 6"-8" 3wt

lotsa shit today

well today I set up a new dip tube w/ some fancy new varnish

and dipped gin clear and skinny for the first time

I'm not real happy w/ the results

we'll see tomorrow and w/ a second dip

whatever the case I'm prepared to strip it all down and go back to the old standby

I also roughed out the strips for the next rod

fe thomas 6'8" 3wt

woo hoo

plus I turned forty fucking nine today and had a right fine busy birdie