Steve K.
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David,
No diesel HiLux sold here in the U.S. that I’m aware of. I’d have one in my garage if they were ever offered.
Thanks for the link.
I’ve owned five Toyota pickups with my first being a spanking new 1975 Hilux 4cylinder gas model. I put 200,000 miles on it before my wife ran it into an oak tree. I miss that truck.
To expound on Morsie’s comment about slowing shutter speed to fatten the line….I stumbled upon this concept while fishing the Smokies with my son last Fall. I pulled out the P&S and grabbed a quick photo. Shutter speed was 1/60th and illustrates the line “fattening” concept. Purely accidental but I’m kinda digging it……and plan to experiment some more with the DSLR.
Most of you have seen my Trout Truck. It’s the Toyota Tacoma 4 liter V-6 which is a happy medium between towing power and gas mileage. It pulls the driftboat with no problem and still gets 20 mpg.
Don’t want to beat the proverbial deceased equine but received this message today related to the border towns:
U.S. extends travel alert for Mexico
By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 02/20/2009 01:25:44 PM MST
The U.S. State Department on Friday extended its travel alert for Mexico due to the continuing violence and high levels of crimes in various places, including the border.
The alert that went into effect Oct. 15 was extended to Aug. 20.
According to the alert notice, “Mexican drug cartels are engaged in an increasingly violent conflict — both among themselves and with Mexican security services — for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades. Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez.”
Diplomatic officials also said overall crime has increased in rapidly growing border communities, to include “robberies, homicides, petty thefts, and carjackings.”
More recently, Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales have experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public areas, and future similar attacks are unpredictable, the State Department said.
U.S. citizens are urged to be careful, avoid unfamiliar streets at night, and stay abreast of developments.
The U.S. consulate in Juárez is at Avenida LopezMaybe see if Barrister Matthews will write them a nice long letter containing copius amounts of legalese.
Neal…This is great!
I could see you selling this tutorial to a magazine. Better yet….ave you ever thought about an online fly tying magazine? Like Catch magazine but dealing exclusively with fly tying. I used to subscribe many years ago to Fly Tyer magazine….I don’t even know if they are still around. It was a niche magazine….you could probably do the same thing with much less overhead….by using the ‘Net.
Thanks again…..Steve
Meet Bailey…the almost perfect dog.
He loves to go fishing as long as he has enough room in the boat to take a nap. He’ll retrieve ducks and geese and will worry you to death with his vast collection of tennis balls. He’ll bark only when a stranger approaches…….. but wouldn’t bite unless you look and smell like a biscuit.
Mike…..I use a 6hp Mercury 2-stroke longshaft and it works fine for the purpose you describe. It’s no speed demon but will move the boat at a leisurely pace. Also has enough power to get you upstream on slow tailraces if you don’t want to fool with a shuttle.
My motor has an external tank. If I had it to do again….I’d opt for a 4 or 5 hp 4-stroke that has the gas tank incorporated into the motor simply to avoid clutter in the boat. I’d stick with the longshaft (20″) due to the amount of rocker inherent in most driftboat designs.
My boat ramp pet peeves:
#1 People who give you a dirty look when they have to stop fishing/swimming to move their chairs, coolers and kids off the ramp so you can launch your boat.
She is looking good in The Drake and I’m sure she’s an awesome fisherlady as well! I look forward to the Podcast.
Kent….your white Stealth Bombers were “the bomb” when it came to catching pike in Katmai last summer!
Allan,
A work of art! Great job! What’s the bottom coated with? Looks like Rhinohide or LineX.
Now…..when are we gonna scratch it up?
Thanks……we’ll definitely float it. Cameron and I did the float about this time last year. As you know…it’s an all day float. I used my GPS and monitored our progress. We arrived at Curtis Switch just as the sun dropped behind the mountain.
And you are right about the primitive boat launch. It seems more and more folks are using rafts and driftboats are becoming less common. I’ve spoken at length with several of the local guides and they’ve used everything from carpet strips to PVC pipe….to help slide the boat over the rip rap. I know one guy that even brings a sledge hammer with him….”to make small ones out of big ones”.
I think the rafts are regarded as the only options on rivers like the Toccoa Tailwater due to the put-in’s primitivity.
Au contraire mon frere. 🙂 I know you are familiar with this boat launch:
UHMP is a wonderful thing!
