It started as a casual conversation between two businessmen – myself and my friend Pete who was in the iron casting business. We had known each other for a number of years. My company would buy castings from Pete’s company in Wisconsin. Pete struck me as a real outdoorsman. He was articulate in our negotiations and other business interactions, but there was always a strong … [Read more...]
Winter and the Herter’s Catalog
So I was rummaging around out in the garage last Saturday. It was a cold, rainy, gray day, a typical southern Indiana winter day. There’s no way you would ever find me out in the field or on the water on a day like this. Nope, I was happy to be inside messing around with my gear, doing what I do best. Piddling. Most of my fishing gear is stored on shelves on one side of … [Read more...]
Friendship
Friendship Old. Grumpy. Opinionated. Set in my ways. I may not always be right but I’m never in doubt. Everyone’s entitled to my opinion, but I still have friends. Friends are people you love who aren’t relatives. There’s no age line we cross when we start losing friends who pass away, but it’s one of the things that goes faster as we get older. I’m over 70 and my … [Read more...]
“Tackle As Art”
Tackle As Art I remember when we were kids in the 1950’s. Nothing was more basic than fishing. Back then it was a cane pole, a line that wasn’t necessarily designed for fishing (more likely sewing, kite flying, mending, or such), a hook, and some bait that could be anything from a pinch off a cold hot dog, a white bread ball, some garden worms, or anything else that a … [Read more...]
Winter…….
Winter………. You know, it’s hard to write a story when the temperature has been below zero, it’s been snowing, it’s wet, and our attention is focused more on staying warm than being on the water or in the woods. Plus there’s that age old malady we call “cabin fever” we have to deal with. Yesterday I visited my Lund boat. It looks so sad sitting in the storage barn. The … [Read more...]