A Day Off Splender

NuCanoe Frontier 12

Last year I was able to purchase a NuCanoe Frontier 12. after countless hours of web searching for the perfect 1 person fishing craft-for Fly Fishing. What did I look for -stability so I could stand and cast, site fish, haul and double haul -open flat deck to limit tangles and fouling -ability to customize -ability to add a motor and other electronics -puncture proof or at least very resistant -something with enough carrying capacity that I could do multi day overnight trips -storage -needed to be small enough to not take up all of the garage -needed to be gig enough -small enough for tight rivers -big enough for trips on big lakes-like Michigan, West Grand Traverse Bay, East Grand Traverse Bay, Lake St Clare etc -Not stupid expensive-which eliminates everything over $1500 bucks (my expensive may differ from yours). With this criteria I was able to narrow it down to the NuCanoe Frontier 12, Feel Free Lure and another brand but I forget the name so it ...

Blast from the past.

I have to tell you the truth. when I come up with an idea for a blog topic it is usually not the time or the spot to write it down or even hang on to the topic for a posting later. This is nothing new. Nor is this a different situation I could go on about Tiger Woods, Mark McGuire, Kwame , health care-again, politics, entertainment blah blah blah. But it is Spring and we need some tulips to pop up in the garden. . I had a nice little story with nice little one liners and drops to pop in it along the way to make it a light hearted delightful story that was enjoyable by all to read and so on without any run on sentences or mispeled words or : incorrect punctuation'?! Okay really. The summer of 1987 was a time that of my life that was heavy with emotion, transition, confusion , decision making, pride, suffering, elation and a bunch of other words that can hardly describe what I was going through. But I will do my best to help you understand and maybe we can figure a few things out t...

Muddy Paws and Puppy Dog Kisses

Who would have thought that in the fall of 2007 that the 5 pound black lab that we brought home would have turned into what we have now? On the crisp Saturday morning we had a long ride out to Lake Orion to pick her up. She was so small. 5 weeks old. Too young to bring home but the home owner wanted them out. So, for a hundred bucks and a hand shake we made our way home. On I-75 our black beauty pukes on the lap of my wife and then has some of the most heinous smelling rot butt diarrhea that also included round worms. That was it for Lori. The gagging started and then some puke on her own. On the side of 75 south bound I am tending to my sick wife and sick puppy and the messed up befouled vehicle that I would venture to say would never be the same after that afternoon. Our first dock jumping competition. Maddy surprised us. She had lightning speed on the dock. She got down that dock so fast and had a nice ju...

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