ethan smith
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These are cool photos. I like the one with the Hartzell propeller in it. Hartzells are made right up the road from me, and I have a friend who is a crash site investigator for them. Thanks for the cool photos.
I posted this in the other similar topic earlier today. But it appears that Patagonia just came out with a smaller version of the Great Divider, called the small divider. This might be just the ticket. It sounds more waterproof than the Simms Dry Creek camera bag, but will cost more for sure.
http://www.midcurrent.com/news/2008/09/patagonias-2009-sub-divider-an.html
I can’t find it on Patagonia’s website yet, so it might not be up there yet. I love the internet. News travels so fast that it can’t even make it to the marketing department before its on the street!
Brain, I didn’t notice that in the pic earlier. I could see how that would work now, very cool. I have open attachment points on both of my packs too, so that would work well. Although right now, when fishing, I’m using a chest pack with a flip down foam fly holder so your set-up probably won’t be my go to set up for fishing, but it is a pretty slick way to keep it handy while hiking, I’ll have to check into that.
I just saw on mid current that patagonia came out with a smaller version of the great divider…
http://www.midcurrent.com/news/2008/09/patagonias-2009-sub-divider-an.html
I can’t find it yet on the website, but I’m sure they will have it at the retailer show. This might be the go to piece of gear for me, because the great divider is too big. If Marshall trusts it with his photo and video in the skiff I think I can trust it too.
I just picked up a think tank Digital Holster 20. I used this week end for pop-up camping. We did some hiking some fishing, and it worked really well. The provided shoulder strap is a bit annoying. The problem is that the pad is fastened to the shoulder strap. The problem with this is if you are used to carrying a messenger bag and slinging it around yourself when you need something out of it and sliding the strap around but leaving the pad on your shoulder, this bag won’t do that. I think I might replace the shoulder strap with one from another bag. Other than that the holster works great. I’m going to get either a Simms dry creek camera bag, if its big enough, or a real boating dry bag for it when I’m carrying it and wading at the same time. That whole thing will go in my trusty old Contour Mountain 40.
Brian, I like the idea of the adjustable rope strap but I think that might start to rub me the wrong way after a while.
Interesting, those look some good options. I especially like the dry bags from Seattle Sports, they seem like a good value choice. A traditional dry bag is probably a more proven waterproof design than anything new and unique out there too.
Ah ha, I see that now thanks! I did a couple searches of the forum, but I didn’t see that thread.
The Sagebrush stuff looks pretty cool, and its good to hear that people are using the simms stuff for cameras.
I agree those are really good pictures, and the layouts are pretty exciting. But I find the interface a bit clunky, and frankly not the right direction to go. Making the internet into a book is like making a car ride like a horse, it sounds like a cool idea but in the end its a PITA.
Gary, is that a Novel or non-fiction? It sounds interesting either way, but more interesting if it has some story to it.
Dave that is a good book on Bees I think my uncle has a copy of that and I perused it last time I was up there. He a nice little farm and used to keep bees. Its a classic. I remember my grandma driving a full hive of bees up from Texas (to Ohio) in the back of her old Ford Escort for him, full of bees in the middle of july. She didn’t get stung once!
Since we just moved back to the pseudo country life, from big city livin I’ve been thinking about getting a bee hive for next year’s garden. I’m not sure if they help a vegetable garden or not but I don’t think they can hurt.
Do you keep bee’s?
Tom good idea on taking my son, I have an extra cute three year old son with a preternatural piscatorial fascination. (Say that 5 times fast). So I think that should do the trick, especially if its a company that owns it has an older female receptionist 🙂
Zach, The neighbor kid was actually fishing next to a tiny bridge on the road a few hundred yards up stream from the pond, and not on the farm pond property. I’m pretty sure the road is owned by the township and consequently public, so any fish underneath would be public too, I guess. But I will play up the catch and release aspect for sure.
Cool thanks for some ideas.
I did find out through the local county auditor’s website that it looks like the land is owned by a farming company, who may or may not be an individual person. So that complicates things a bit, with liabilities etc. But I’m going to try to get to the bottom of it.
Actually Jeff, I did in fact trade an electric guitar, a fairly nice one (Heritage Prospect) for a Loar Era Snakehead A Jr (SR# 79191) and a 20s Banjo/Mandolin with no cash/straight up at a guitar show/flea market that took place in a fairgrounds.
They are still out there, and you can find them in the darndest of places. The same is true of Bamboo I’d guess, but I haven’t been looking for that as long as I have the instruments…
I have a matched pair of $20 target house brand digi watches. I bought one and then lost it and then found it again after I replaced it. They are water resistant to 30M and I’ve been swimming and fishing in them for two years now. I just got back from the beahc and I boogied boarded and sailed a catamaran, and paddled a Kayak in the ocean, they are still tickin. Velcro band is comfy… I have more expensive watches but I don’t like them as much my cheapo velcro Target watches… go figure. Low on style points HIGH on function points.
It has a bright back light function that still works, date and a stop watch function. Can’t beat the price and functionality… and if it breaks I go buy another.
Cool thanks.
We checked with the Deep Creek campground and they are all booked up as far as RV/Pop-up sites go. So we may be camping slightly outside the park if possible in the Bryson City area. I think there are two other campgrounds near by on Deep Creek Rd, like the Tubing Center? One would guess they rent tubes for tubing on the creek…
Wow sweet strat Paul!
I collect instruments too but my collection has nothing so desirable as a early 60s Strat! But hey we all gotta start somewhere right?
I like mandolins and old fiddles and banjos. You can find them at garage sales and flea markets pretty cheap. A little fixing up and they sound good as new… or good as old is more like it!
Howdy,
I know I’m pretty much a newbie here but we’ve been talking about a fall trip to the smokies for a while. And even though I don’t REALLY
I recently picked up signed copies of two books by Gary Borger, Naturals and Nymphing as well as a Gary Lafontaine book called Caddisflies. It was like attack of the Garys!!!
All three are totally jammed packed with useful and not so useful but interesting info, a bit older titles, but hey, wisdom ain’t new!
Is that Ed Engle book the one about his summer jobs with the forest service?
Rich, I read The Longest Silence in early spring of this year. I’d never read any McGuane before and at first his writing style blew me away. However as the book went on, I think it got a little too dense. Almost like that huge stack of pancakes that looks great when you first get it but by the time your done its been a bit too much. But it is a great book.
I’m wrapping up The River Why right now. I’m not sure why I hadn’t read this book before, because its been on my radar for a long time. I’ve really enjoyed it. I really like all the different perspectives and techniques of fishing he covers in there. Its been a fun read…
