somerset ny fly show

me and jimmy went to fly show in somerset ny and it was packed. lots of vendors,reps and top shelf tyers. my favorite tyers there are john collins,pat cohen,eric stroup and of course george maciag. talked to a few lodges in the west branch area, "curly" from dream catcher got my attention on its nice cabins on the waterfront and grindstone outfitters from canada. justin from allen reels was there with new hardware, finally got to meet him . i have a few allen reels, good quality for the money. tracey stroup sold me on fishing center pa streams, i hope to hook up with there outfit for a few days. here are a few pics of the day.

tracey stroup/stroup fly fishing

justin from allen reels

pat cohen/superfly

john collins

european mount archery season 2011

My European mount from archery season was completed by K&K taxidermy in Perkasie, Kevin did a great job. This is my best buck to date with bow and I couldn’t be happier. This bucks rack is not perfect but is real wide with little kicker on bottom making him a 8pt. this guy was taken on a Mathews Q2 bow, gold tip 5575 carbons and muzzy MX4 broadheads. I’m getting ready for next year already. I just sold my bow on eBay to get up to date on the latest hardware. I purchased a Hoyt Vector 32” from Dan neebe”s in furlong, hoping to pick it up this weekend. Ill give a post once I get it home.

somerset,nj fly show

this weekend(fri-sun) is the largest fly fishing show in the world. casting demo's, all the reps and tons of product. if you been waiting to get a new rod, reel or some tying material this may be the place to get it. its one giant fly shop. i hope to see some great tyers there, pat cohen, john collins and teacher george maciag. im busy saturday but will get there sunday with buddy jim to see whats going on.

cassie's triple crown

triple crown

 above is a link to my friends daughters hunting accomplishments from the 2010 pa hunting season.

friends deer

 greg

 cassie

 donnie

 rick

frank

UV light

if you Tye fly and like using UV lights for your epoxy, here is a cheaper alternative. the smaller lights was included in a glue purchase from loon and if used to cure glue. if you want to purchase a larger light they run around $30. i have pictured a UV light purchased from eBay costing $6 free shipping. I'm not sure how long it will last but it is bright, solid and works great now. good buy.

private property!

last weekend i had some time to do alittle late season deer hunting since i had an extra doe tag. i hunted in my local spot using xbow in my tree stand. i had around 10 deer come in at 7:30am, all were knowing i was around. a few of them were being cautious and were looking up at me, there older does are smart. finally one gave me a broad side shot at 30 yards, bang. they ran off, while looking back at what just had happened. i have them 1.5 hours and began following the blood trail, it was sparse at first but got getter as i went on. finally the blood  trail went to the property line and i stopped there since the abutting properties were posted. so i went home and went to my sons basketball game, getting back to woods at 3pm. to find out who's property it was. doing the wright thing i knocked on the property owners door and told him i shot a deer and it was on his property and if he would mind if i went in his woods to claim my deer. he said he would mind and for me to stay off the property, no hunters are welcome here on the property. i told him it would only be a few minutes, still no. i pleaded that it was a waste of a kill and it was just going to waste and he just didn't care. he told me hunters would drive his property without his permission and they ruined it for all. even thought i respectfully asked if i could go on his property , that still was not good enough and he still was stern with his decisionand to me he was bitter towards hunters. my son standing next to me the whole time was really comfused why someone would not let us get our deer, nor him go with us to get it. what a way to end my 2011 deer season.