fiver
Well-Known Member
dang it's hot up here it probably made close to 80 today.
the day started out pretty good though.
I got Little girl and her husband to go fishing with me this morning. [we left the boat at home and went up trout fishing]
I figured we would fish to about 11 then come home which as it turned out was pretty good figuring.
we got down to the reservoir after looking at a couple of my regular spots only to find the water level is up about 8' too many.
but I knew a couple of hidey holes we could get down and fish through the weeds at and they turned out to be good spots.
they are right on the edge of a drop off with two higher points on either side so we had options on water depth by casting to the left or right a bit or by throwing out a bit further.
the SIL kills me when it comes to outdoor stuff, he wants to go do it but doesn't have any skills to draw from so it is kind of a comedy of errors with him.
[he is finally at the point where he actually can hook and reel in a fish, but he ain't got the get them on the bank or in the boat part down just yet]
he hooked into a nice 4-5 lb fish and got it all the way into shore then broke his leader off trying to lift it.
which somehow lead to him standing in the lake up to almost his armpits.
[he did get a new cell phone out of the deal ]
Little girl got the last fish of the day as I was getting everything ready to pack up since I had my limit [a nice 4+ lb rainbow] and actually got hers into shore and in the freezer. [did not amuse her husband]
we only ended up catching 2 that were under 14"s and everything else was 18+ [2+lbs] which lead to a pretty hefty stringer to bring home even with just 6 fish on it. [I got 9 total]
they took off to go over to the tourist town for the afternoon and I took a short nap before going down for the Wednesday night shoot.
I ended up shooting 98 out of 100 [still don't know how I missed the one target] the guy's on the squad said it just come out of the house almost got to the apex and nose dived into the ground for some reason [shrug]
I have been self fitting the old SKB a bit at a time and it is starting to feel [and shoot] pretty comfortable at this point, especially since I finally have the duct tape and spandex off the stock.
now I just need to get the single barrel chopped off, new sights fit to match the other barrel and get it threaded for choke tubes and I'll be in business.
the day started out pretty good though.
I got Little girl and her husband to go fishing with me this morning. [we left the boat at home and went up trout fishing]
I figured we would fish to about 11 then come home which as it turned out was pretty good figuring.
we got down to the reservoir after looking at a couple of my regular spots only to find the water level is up about 8' too many.
but I knew a couple of hidey holes we could get down and fish through the weeds at and they turned out to be good spots.
they are right on the edge of a drop off with two higher points on either side so we had options on water depth by casting to the left or right a bit or by throwing out a bit further.
the SIL kills me when it comes to outdoor stuff, he wants to go do it but doesn't have any skills to draw from so it is kind of a comedy of errors with him.
[he is finally at the point where he actually can hook and reel in a fish, but he ain't got the get them on the bank or in the boat part down just yet]
he hooked into a nice 4-5 lb fish and got it all the way into shore then broke his leader off trying to lift it.
which somehow lead to him standing in the lake up to almost his armpits.
[he did get a new cell phone out of the deal ]
Little girl got the last fish of the day as I was getting everything ready to pack up since I had my limit [a nice 4+ lb rainbow] and actually got hers into shore and in the freezer. [did not amuse her husband]
we only ended up catching 2 that were under 14"s and everything else was 18+ [2+lbs] which lead to a pretty hefty stringer to bring home even with just 6 fish on it. [I got 9 total]
they took off to go over to the tourist town for the afternoon and I took a short nap before going down for the Wednesday night shoot.
I ended up shooting 98 out of 100 [still don't know how I missed the one target] the guy's on the squad said it just come out of the house almost got to the apex and nose dived into the ground for some reason [shrug]
I have been self fitting the old SKB a bit at a time and it is starting to feel [and shoot] pretty comfortable at this point, especially since I finally have the duct tape and spandex off the stock.
now I just need to get the single barrel chopped off, new sights fit to match the other barrel and get it threaded for choke tubes and I'll be in business.