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    Jig head stash

    I went and checked my stash of heads to restock my tackle bag and I had way more done than I remembered!! 107 bags of assorted painted and 30 bags of unpainted. Guess I'm set for a while!!
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    It's Official

    Well I finally pulled the plug and put in my Retirement paperwork!!! I retire Officially New Years Eve and my last day is today!!! 40 years of Government service is enough!!
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    Another crap year!!

    Well looks like no fishing at all this year!! Screwed my back again and in May I tried a trip to my Dads in Western NY for Memorial Day. The morning after I got there I was in the ER and then a week long hospital stay with some kind of bacterial infection in my leg. I haven't even felt like...
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    Grizzly Bear

    Was looking around the web for trim pieces of grizzly bear and found a place that does rugging of hides. The lady said she had a hide that a guy wanted redone but the hide was falling apart so he said keep it!! but I didn't want that much and she said well if you pay shipping I'll send you some...
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    Prepping and cleaning feathers today

    Getting a lot of nice feathers washed, dried and bagged up today 3 more batch's washed and soaking  First two batch's Gallon zip bags all washed/dried and ready to go  Another batch to go in dryer And a whole lot more to go!!!
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    HI Kids!!!

    Hi Kids!! LOL   Been a long time!  Been out of it again.  Was snow blowing 2 weeks ago and just got done and a car came around the corner and thought my driveway was the road!  Luckily he got the snowblower first but he did side swipe me pretty good so really sore.  Blower is totaled!  He’s...
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    Hey Gang

    Hey Gang I know I haven’t been around in a long time.  Nothing with fishing just working on getting healthy again.  I’ve gone from 406 lbs. to 247.5 lbs., 158.5 lbs. gone!!  I also quit smoking back in July and just over 8 months now.  My back still isn’t 100% but it’s way better than it was!!
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    Flea market, fly shop and prior dye job

    Well even with it raining some folks were at the flea market selling this weekend and I picked up this snootie jig mold Then I stopped at the fly shop (like I need any more stuff!!LOL) and I picked up 2 nice pieces of black bear hide for a $1 a piece And this was two peacock eyes I had dyed...
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    Hey from Western NY

    hey gang - home for a marching band reunion and man you can't get near Lake Ontario with the high winds and water and they have major flooding right now.  Was hoping to get into an old crappie hole but even the water there is so high you'd need a boat to get to it.
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    Bunny scrap buy

    Got a great deal on the bay for $10!!  It's gonna make bunch of zonker strips and dubbing.
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    All set for the storm!!

    Got all the gas tanks filled for the snow blower, plenty of goodies, flashlights, cell phones.  Anyone else in the path of the storm - STAY SAFE!!!!
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    New zonker strip cuts to attempt a dye test

    Cut these white and black arctic fox cross cuts, and white rabbit cross cuts.  I'm going to try and dye the tips of the white chartreuse but have to hit the dollar store to find the right aluminum pan - we'll see what happens!! LOL  
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    4 New dye jobs

    Got 4 new dyes from Anglers Workshop Fl. Chartreuse - mallard and a piece of silver fox Kingfisher Blue - mallard and a piece of arctic fox, screwed up and water was too hot so I saved what I could and wrapped it up with a bag tie Claret Fiery Brown All bagged up
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    A new fur buy

    Bought another batch of fur from the same lady I've bought from before White and Black Arctic Fox and Red Fox Pink/White rabbit skin and Grey/Brown Rabbit Skin Natural and blond nutria She threw all these in as freebies!! Top Row - possum and tibetan lamb Bottom row - more white arctic...
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    DO-It SAJ-4-A Slide Along jig mold

    Picked up a DO-It SAJ-4-A Slide Along jig mold today - now I just have to get hooks for it.  They call for a 1623 style hook but can only find them in bronze - any other suggestions??
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    Bass Pro in a little hot water

    Doing research at work for the boss ran across this about Bass Pro http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2016/06/21/appeals-court-governments-discriminatory-hiring-lawsuit-against-bass-pro-can-proceed/86171964/
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    Slate Dunn dye job

    The Slate Dunn was the last of the new dye colors I bought - did some mallard flank and a piece of arctic fox tail which ended up breaking in half.  The Slate Dunn is darker than the Blue Dunn Mallard Flank Nice  bag full Arctic fox tail
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    First batch of feathers this year

    Bunch of folks have been sending me flank feathers and this is the first batch this year.  Lemon barred, barred wood duck and gadwall The mallard flank feathers were cleaned and stayed soaking.  I just got 3 new dyes - Blue Dunn, Slate Dunn and Olive.  I dyed up some Blue Dunn and Olive...
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    Happy Birthday papaperch

    Happy Birthday!!!!  Hope you're having a great one!!!!!!!
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    All you Southern folks stay safe

    For all you guys in the South along the coast STAY SAFE!!  We don't want to hear any bad news!
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