Emergency Fishing Kit

I made this kit out of a protien drink tube that you can buy at walmart.  they are very useful for all sorts of projects.

 Here I am trying it out.  I can get a good 20' cast with it.

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Jeepin in the Texas ice storm

My fiance, the kids and I took the Jeep muddin today. There was ice still everywhere but the mud holes had thawed out. Part of the trail has this big concrete swale that you have to go through. It doesn't look that bad in the video. It is pretty steep though.



On this trip one of the power steering hoses blew a hole. Now it is leaking. Looks like I will be headed to the junk yard for replacement parts on Monday.

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Goldenrod bugs

This weekend the kids and I were walking through the woods and came across a stand of Goldenrod. If you look closely you may find a stalk that has a bulb (gall) in the middle. Like this...



That bulb (gall) has an insect larvae inside it. Supposed to be good fish bait. I found one in one of the bulbs I sliced open but tossed it before taking a pic. Looked around and sliced open 3 more but none had the larvae inside. Of course I lost the pic of the split open bulb. I will have to try to find another.


We did find some small grub worms under a log though.


Hungry now?

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White Bass running in Spring Creek

I went down to Jesse Jones Park this morning and fished for a few hours. I caught a few but it was pretty slow. My buddy Shiney was doing much better on Cypress Creek.

Here is my catch for the day. Fish for dinner sounds good!



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My homemade spoon

I finally ordered and received a Mora #164 carving knife from Ragweed Forge. One night when it was cold with a nice fire going in the fire place, I sat in my chair and whittled this out. It is made out of a chunk of oak firewood. It was made using only hand tools. My hand saw, sheath knife and Wetterlings axe. After the spoon was sanded, it was rubbed with olive oil. I think it turned out pretty nice and now I am ready to make more. I plan to make a spatula and bigger serving spoons soon. I also plan on making a Kuksa cup soon.





Now I need to find some nice burl wood so I can make that Kuksa.

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A level for your scope

ACD (Anti-CANT Device)

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Try it, it will help with your accuracy.

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Some knife pics

I need to host them so you have to look at them. :-)

My new Crosman 2250XT

I ordered this Crosman 2250XT from Mountain Air Custom Airguns. One thing he does is add 24" barrel and modifies the valve for more power. He also changes out all the orings to rings that are more durable and will hold up to the hard CO2.
First thing I did to it was put an 88gr to paintball adapter from Bryan and Associates on. I also added a lead dust collector from TKO22. It does a wonderful job of collecting the harmful lead particles.
While shooting 14.3gr Crosman Premiers over my F1 Chrony, I was getting average 667fps on the 88gr tank. Switching to the 9oz tank I was getting 677fps.
I will have to replace the scope as it is TERRIBLE. It is blurry and doesn't seem to be holding zero.



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Funny video

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Another Mora #1

This knife has been sitting on my bench for nearly a year. One day I cut and rough shaped the handle, formed the ferrule out of a copper pipe cap and got everything fitted up. Then life and death got in the way and it just sat there. Since the fire was lit under my beehind recently, I decided to finish it up. It is a Mora #1 carbon (of course) blade, copper ferrule and Bocote handle.


You can see in this pic where the wood that was in the knot fell out during construction. Looks neat but may prove to be a week spot.



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