That's funny.
I'm getting one of those alcohol stoves. You can fuel those with everclear.
Everclear doesn't make me paranoid.
Resin... nevermind.
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Adam,
When I was younger I used to do quite a bit of it in Garrett Co. That is Marylands western most county and it borders W.Va.,Ohio,and Pa. Very rugged rural county with huge(for a small state)amount of unbroken forests.The Savage River State Forest is 58,000 acres.Throughout Garrett Co. are numerous native brook trout waters. What a great time it used to be searching out and fishing these gems.And this was in a time when the vast amount of truly light weight gear that's available today was not available.Going light back then often meant experiencing some discomfort when camping.In order to go light usually meant leaving stuff behind.Didn't want to pack a two burner Coleman stove,the little 1 burner
stoves like you pictured were not that reliable back then.You either cooked on wood gathered onsite or packed along a can of Sterno to cook over.I think you mentioned once that you were near or already were 50,so you're old enough to remember Sterno .
I would love to be able to do that now,especially with the equipment that is available today BUT my lungs would not be able to handle walking over rough terrain carrying nothing.With a Knap sack packed with camping stuff would be totally out of the question,no matter how light the gear was!
It sure would be nice though to do it again.
Will
When I was younger I used to do quite a bit of it in Garrett Co. That is Marylands western most county and it borders W.Va.,Ohio,and Pa. Very rugged rural county with huge(for a small state)amount of unbroken forests.The Savage River State Forest is 58,000 acres.Throughout Garrett Co. are numerous native brook trout waters. What a great time it used to be searching out and fishing these gems.And this was in a time when the vast amount of truly light weight gear that's available today was not available.Going light back then often meant experiencing some discomfort when camping.In order to go light usually meant leaving stuff behind.Didn't want to pack a two burner Coleman stove,the little 1 burner
stoves like you pictured were not that reliable back then.You either cooked on wood gathered onsite or packed along a can of Sterno to cook over.I think you mentioned once that you were near or already were 50,so you're old enough to remember Sterno .
I would love to be able to do that now,especially with the equipment that is available today BUT my lungs would not be able to handle walking over rough terrain carrying nothing.With a Knap sack packed with camping stuff would be totally out of the question,no matter how light the gear was!
It sure would be nice though to do it again.
Will
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Wow, a one hitter in the real seat
Just think how the folk at ye great old flyfishers club of London would react when a fine cane rod was presented before them, admiring its beauty then to discover a fancy real seat, Youd put on a demonstration before them on how one utilizes this great new function ... Ho ho ho, they'd love it
Seriously though, You'd be surprised at how many you'd probably sell
Just think how the folk at ye great old flyfishers club of London would react when a fine cane rod was presented before them, admiring its beauty then to discover a fancy real seat, Youd put on a demonstration before them on how one utilizes this great new function ... Ho ho ho, they'd love it
Seriously though, You'd be surprised at how many you'd probably sell
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"One Hitters" are for the talentless and Lightweights. Real Mensch aren't even getting warmed up with a single pinch of Kryp. The only benefit I can see to the boogers is that they can be thrown far, will sink quickly and are cheap. Besides, who wants their fine cane rod confiscated as "evidence"??
Better to put those creative rodmaking talents to use figuring out how to make a working all NS Granger-style reel seat that doubles as a 1 pint flask.
Better to put those creative rodmaking talents to use figuring out how to make a working all NS Granger-style reel seat that doubles as a 1 pint flask.
The rods you guys are making today would cause Hiram, Edwards and the Paynes as well as Fred Devine to crap their pants then giggle like boys peeking into the girls' locker room as they strung them up and laid out the first casts.
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