Before we headed back to Colo-braska, Tom loaned me his copy of The Perfect Scoop.  Basically if you are a do-it-yourselfer, and you love ice cream – this book is awesome.
I waited a good 3, maybe 4, days before trying [read more]

Well, I’m back in Colo-braska.  Maybe I can get caught up on some posting.  Too much going on with visiting friends and family, fishing, and having the front fall off my car…
A little over a week ago Tom and I [read more]

Something like the sequel to the Beavertail paddle from the other day.

The blade is 29″ long and 5.5″ wide, wide a total area of 130 sq in.  This one I based on several other designs but tweaking towards my own [read more]

Finally got the pics taken of the paddles the wife and I worked on this spring.
First up is her beavertail style paddle. I did the rough cutting, she did the carving, and then I did the finishing (she didn’t have [read more]

Happy Independence Day everyone! Thought I’d kick off my first post on a recent barbeque adventure I shared with our glorious Administrator.
Last Sunday Tony and his other half came to visit me for some fishing and some brisket. The question [read more]

From Nebraska… Thanksgiving was fun, sadly no fishing but the weather was nice.  Turkey was, as turkey is, not too exciting.  Although I made it this year with a Guinness brine, then smoked it for a couple hours, before finally [read more]

I Gave my second go at cottonwood bark grips.  I tried on a Salmon Rod (clicky) recently but gave up.  It was difficult to bore out the hole to the diameter and even the pieces that I got bored out [read more]

10′ 8″ of 4 piece sucker slaying two-handed fury.  Built on a Batson/rainshadow switch blank.  Advertised grain window of 160-330, although many people seem to go upwards of 30 grains heavier with short skagit heads, so I have some experimenting [read more]