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Five Brothers in a Tekin meerschaum.
It's a good day. Just paid off my truck. Always feels nice to eliminate a bill. In celebration, i'm having a bowl of HU Aus Dem Krater Plug in an Ahmet Govem commission pipe along with a dram of Rock Oyster 18.
Half way through this bowl of year 2021 Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson Ebony POTY 4AB No. 422/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the Dodgers-Cardinals game.
Happy Birthday!
KBV Burlier Morning in the Pot that can't.
I believe I have a cob almost exactly like that in your picture, I love that thing - I find it’s perfect for codger blends, or anything that can become flat or uninteresting in a smaller bowl, particularly small briar. Big cob, good job. Hope it set you on the right path this morning!
C&D XXV Reserve Dawn in a Castello Old Antiquari 65
Yet more Cringle Flake ‘23 in my favorite Pete, a System spigot rusticated 304 to ease myself through a post-lunch stupor, followed by a bowl of ‘23 Escudo in another Peterson, this being a recently obtained Carroll of Carrollton. I guess I’m stuck in 2023, sue me. Looking forward to seeing my wife when she gets home, meanwhile trying to get a little exercise. Thinking about what I am going to smoke next is sometimes almost as much fun as the smoking itself.
Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2019 C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Harry the Hairy is still snoozin' by my feet. Sleepy Suzy has been by my side for a couple of hours. It's close to time to feed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave.
Absolutely beautiful river! An abundance of delicious fish is icing on the cake.Morning Smoke, a Kwiki Grape Cigar, rather than a mini-cob of some kinda cherry. Will be breaking my pipe fast this evening, planning a small pipe of Bengal Slices. Not going back to breaking in for a day or two, just the occasional small or medium bowl of whatever until I'm off meds, which is only about 10 days ahead.
Monochromes until then. Tongue bite about gone. As usual when I type, I'm currently chomping on a Phillies Blunt, this time a Strawberry. Tasting okay! Promising!
A bit of eye candy today for you. Rather than a lengthy Skippable Drivel, I'll comment on each picture underneath it. Great adventure yesterday; took the day off with Mike to visit Ernie, a friend of mine who runs a Trailer Park about 15 miles north of Prince George, and decided to, rather than pick up my 2nd picnic table then, to scoot up north and visit one of our favourite fishing haunts, the Crooked River, and take a few pictures. Ernie begged off cuz he was busy, so Mike and I went due north, past Summit Lake, which is the dividing line into the Arctic Watershed, and picked up the table on the way back.
At Summit Lake, all of the outlet rivers and creeks flow north. The Crooked River is the main tributary out of the lake, and is the beginnings of a whole different type of fishing and fish species. Here's a view of the Crooked from a trestle bridge at the 100 Road, where I usually start fishing:
The Crooked is a long river, and eventually empties into the Peace system. This is real northern fishing. Lots of whitefish and some trout, the ubiquitous Squawfish, a grayling or two, and the occasional Northern Pike,but we don't usually get into those until about 25 miles north of this viewpoint, at Bear Lake, where the river widens out into several lakes including Bear, Davie, and a few whose names I can't recall off the top of my head.
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The run above was taken from a side road next to the trestle, and the whitefish take a fly readily, especially during a hatch. I usually target them with a #2 or #3 rod, and tiny midge flies, usually in the #18 or 20 range.
If a big dolly is spotted, I'll change to a #5 rod and a #10-12 nymph. Now, THAT is fun!!
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Here's Mike, just below the trestle. He does about everything the opposite of me. He smokes while he eats, clenches a pipe at task, and while an excellent photographer, uses a cellphone for the most part now. He also hangs out with the guys and yaps rather than getting down to business with a rod. I Just don't get it, and almost always go off by myself and catch 90% of the fish.
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This is the first run I usually start to fish seriously, about 100 yards below where Mike is standing in the picture above. Notice the chem trail. Yah, here too. Prince George Airport is one of only 6 airports in the world that has a runway large enough to accomodate the US Space Shuttle - apparently by design, in conjunction with the Baldy Hughes Airforce Station (now defunct, or rather has become a drop in drug rehabilitation center, for the past 25 years of wokeness.)
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The picture above is the tail end of the flats just below where Mike is standing. This is the picture that disturbed me the most. Fish were jumping ALL OVER THE PLACE. Medium size whitefish and several nice trout. Even a burbot was spotted. These species are usually in the run 100 yards farther down, with smaller fish above in the pictured run. And here they were now, at the sideroad just below the tresle. AND GUESS WHO DIDN'T HAVE HIS FLYRODS ALONG? I mean, this is like going on a picnic and taking your pipe but leaving the tobacco at home. Just dumb as a bag of hammers.
As a consequence of all this, it is very likely that a bunch of us will be doing a return engagement to the aforementioned Davie Lake, basically a 3 mile long widening of the Crooked River, at which one of our fishing/shooting/smoking crowd has a cabin which is about to be invaded. After shooting my brains out at the range tomorrow (where I haven't been since my operation 6 weeks ago) I plan on joining them for 4 or 5 days. And catching their limits cuz they'll be yapping.
If I disappear for half a week or so, you'll know why. Most of my berry picking helpers are back from their long weekend now, and they'll be delighted to continue the task for me. My little freezer is full.
To be continued . . . . . .
Now smoking year 2013 Capstan Blue Flake in a straight black 1963 Dunhill LB Shell 4S billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Tomato the Brave ate and ran. Daisy the Feral Princess didn't come when I called for her, so I assume that she isn't hungry.
C&D Winchester in a Vauen Ambrosi today. My first bowl of this yesterday was confusing because C&D listed the ingredients as only Virginia and Black Cavendish and I forgot it also has Burley. I do like this smoke though!
WCC Rhythm and Blues in a Riberg Gentlemen's Series with a glass of iced water.
Headed home, having C&D Dusk in the Briarlee Illustrious.
Hopefully Monday’s AC fix is still working, car’s saying 119 on the road, weather app’s saying 112 at home and only supposed to get hotter through Friday.
Hopefully Monday’s AC fix is still working, car’s saying 119 on the road, weather app’s saying 112 at home and only supposed to get hotter through Friday.
KBV Mr. Christian's Arcadian Fleck in a Radice Silk Cut Tomato.
Braves vs Brewers and a pint of OSH
Braves vs Brewers and a pint of OSH
Happy Orbit Completion!
117F WTF!?! I know it's a dry heat lol.
Red Virginia and unsweetened cavendished Green River Burley (most “cavendish” is VA).
It’s not my daily, but it’s a blend I don’t like to be out of.
This afternoon, 5/18 SG BBF in an Altinay.
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