December 3 - Larry Csonka Best Highlights

Larry Csonka was a beast!

 

Here is another YouTube video of that Dolphin Backfield: https://youtu.be/WsLVOXH0VM4?si=fw7e6LqNtvKHkI2q 

 

Year 65

Life milestone event. Milo celebrates his 65th birthday with an 18 year old he has been looking at for awhile.

The Dalmore

Fish Arsenal Added

I've added two new fly lines to my 6 weight outfit. Couldn't pass up this Black Friday or Cyber Monday or some fooking sale. $40 for one, got the other for free. A $130 value. Website link below.

The Peach/Orange line is a floating 6 weight with a short shooting taper head for fishing balanced leech, chironomid, etc. under an indicator on stillwater.

The black/Lime line is just a standard Sink-Tip Type 5 with a shooting head for getting a little deeper on stillwater, or nymph fishing deeper runs on rivers or streams for trout and/or steelhead.

Moonlit Website Link: https://moonlitflyfishing.com

Moonlit Website Page Link: https://moonlitflyfishing.com/collections/fly-fishing-line

How To Make Campfire Mulled Wine

This looked good, so I'm putting it here so I can find it next time I want it. It's from a web-site called Fresh Off The Grid (link below), which has great camping/outdoor cooking recipes.

Campfire Mulled Wine

Here is the link to the article: https://www.freshoffthegrid.com/campfire-mulled-wine/?utm_source=FOTG%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11.29.23

 

Link to Fresh Off The Grid home page: https://www.freshoffthegrid.com/

The Lost Coast Loop

Typically, on the Thanksgiving long weekend, we take off for a four day camping/hiking/caving trip to Lava Beds National Monument. We/I have been traveling quite a bit over the last couple months so decided to stay home and work on home and yard projects this Thanksgiving. That was the plan, but...after a couple days of doing boring home tasks and clean-ups we decided we needed to get out on a single day sortie and drive the Lost Coast Loop that has been on my list for several years.

The weather was perfect, the crowds were non-existent, and it was a great one day 12 1/2 hours of driving, site-seeing, beach combing, and photography. We left home at 4:00am and pulled into our driveway at 4:30pm.

Total drive Time: 12 1/2 Hours

Total Driving Miles From Home: 392.0

Total Lost Coast Loop Miles: 96.0

Temps in the high 20's as we work our way to Honeydew

Hey...The Bear Flag bear on a closed campground gate

The one lane bridge at Honeydew

We are headed to Petrol/Ferndale

The General Store and Post office at Honeydew

Crossing the Mattole River a few miles west of Honeydew

Road art

The Post Office at Petrolia

The road climbs up out of Petrolia and finally drops down to the coast

There are several pull-outs with beach access as you get closer to Cape Mendocino 

We shared our lunch spot with this pelican

Looking south down Humboldt's Lost Coast

Beach combing

The forgotten settlement of Capetown between Cape Mendocino and Ferndale

Third Stone From The Sun

The Jimi Hendrix Experience...

Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun (Isolated Guitar)

 

 

Traveling

 Not my words, but so true...

Fly Tying - Gurgler Variation

 Based off of Jack Gartside's Gurgler pattern, I've added a little weight to the inside of the downward lip and tied it to try to match the minnows at Lake Sonoma. Could be both slow trolled or as a casting fly.

Simi Front View

Larissa Liveir - Purple Haze Riff

 Larissa Liveir does JH...