blood on the tracks

some daze it goes like this...

thanksgiving

my goodness

I tried to post a pic

my storage is full

I am thankful that tomorrow

I'll be gone fishin'

and while it may be shallow and superficial

I remain grateful

happy thanksgiving

holidaze looming

the time of year where I rarely accomplish anything

rooftop rod rack

from the inventive and creative mind of jason jones 

put together very professionally

for less than fifteen bucks and a trip to harbor freight

which ohsoconveniently is right down the street

that ladies and gentlemen is cold beer and ammo

and angling tools by design

very well done

now it's time to build mine

truth in advertising

looks like it could be another post w/out a pic

almost even a state of the craftsmanshit address '12 edition

people have told me that I don't advertise much or enough

I don't at all actually and there is a reason for that

nor I do much in promoting bamboo as a material 

there is a reason for that as well

why advertise when I simply cannot produce any more rods per year than I currently can?

I guess I could invest a couple g's in some sort of ac

and produce oh maybe a half dozen more rods

but why?  

I am quite happy building six or eight rods a year

I'm not sure how much more wear and tear my fingers and hands can take

I mentioned it in passing below but arthritis is working its black magic in my hands

which means I have to take a lot of breaks to let my fingers relax

especially when I'm planing

which has been a lot this past week

and my hands ache haunt me

I'm more likely to direct a guy toward a nice $200 graphite rod

or the best rod you can afford

than suggest that they get a bamboo rod

why?

that is a decision that is made by the angler himself

a moment when he knows it is right in his soul

to fish bamboo and find out what it is like to fish with a tool that lives

*a couple hours later I was talking on the phone
to just such a guy
nice coincidence?*