F&T Blackjack in a James Upshall lovat. Sipping some IPA.
***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***
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Watch City Stubb's Pipe in a Savinelli Moka 207. I forget that I own this pipe for months at a time, which is a shame, because everything i put in it smokes damn near perfectly.
Hogshead in my HSR stack billiard.
A single flake of PS Luxury Twist Flake as last bowl of the day in a Vauen Olaf bent egg. I haven't smoked this in a few days and its delicious. Hits the spot and smokes slowly.
Back in the lounge after spending the day out running some errands with a couple cigars. Sitting down with a bit o' Bill O'Reilly on YT and a bowl of Dark Moor in an SMS.
Winding down with a bowl of Dan Tobacco Mallard with Perique Flake in a cob with water. 
C&D Derringer in a Paul Olsen “My Own Blend” 079 (by Stanwell).
Bob’s acting the fool.
@edger-I’m really surprised at how much I liked this first smoke of Derringer, it’s just a good solid, no nonsense medium Va with enough N to make it worthwhile.
Bob’s acting the fool.
@edger-I’m really surprised at how much I liked this first smoke of Derringer, it’s just a good solid, no nonsense medium Va with enough N to make it worthwhile.
Mac Baron Plum Cake in a Sven Lars.
Now you’ll just have to trust me that I was smoking all day in the office, mostly that 23 Cringle Flake, but also some XXV Dusk and a bowl of G&H Black Irish X, and I just didn’t have the time to post. After work I walked the dogs with my wife and got some personal-level admin stuff done, now I am wrapping up my evening with a bowl of Bijou in my Peterson Junior nickel-mounted lovat and it is hitting the ding dang spot.
Just finished smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Had a great chat with my old college room mate.
Thanks for sharing that gord, beautiful country ands I’m happy to see you on the mend and out enjoying it. Perfect for getting lost for a few days!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 . . . . . .
The desert can be beautiful, but I’ll hopefully get to where there’s trees and water again.
Tell Mike I said “thanks for everything”!
Always loved that shape, very nice looking pipe you have there.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2001 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake in a smooth dark brown medium bend year 1924 Dunhill 136A double patent apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Tomato the Brave came in to eat, and was disappointed that he didn't get wet food. He did eat a bit of his favorite dry food, and then wanted back out after he got some head scratches. I'll get him back in soon when it's his wet food time. Daisy the Feral Princess ate, and is snoozin' on the carpet after demanding attention from me. Didn't see Harry the Hairy, who went out about twenty minutes ago after spending the entire evening inside. Harry spent most of his time snoozin'.
Enjoyed some low calorie snacking, and am half way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the original 515 that Basil Rathbone smoked, and the model that he smoked it in. Watching the Orioles-Phillies game. Tomato the Brave got his wet food, but ate less than usual. I guess filling his tummy up earlier was the reason why. Daisy the Feral Princess is snoozin' by my feet. Harry the Hairy did a eat and run.
morning smoke of Amphora Burley blend out of a BBB Silver Grain 709 long shanked billiard
C&D Winchester in a Savinelli Onda lovat tonight.
I've passed the half way mark on this bowl of year 2020 D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Cleaned the pipes I smoked this evening. Harry the Hairy ate and ran again, but not without a little lap time. I wanted to get a photo of that, but I knew that I moved, he'd jump away.
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