PLEASE PRAY FOR my moms best friends daughter(Leann) who has already had cancer(breast cancer) once and she made it through and won the battle. BUT now it is back and it is not breast cancer it is in her bones.
The reason why I am asking everyone to pray for leann is that she isnt even 40 yet shes in her 30's so since she isn't 40 yet the cancer treatment center will not pay for her treatment.
Also because she has an adorable little 5 year old daughter who loves her mom very much and...

I have spent a fair amount of time this past week doing some tying and studying the art of tying.

So far this is what I have come up with:

This is a Kiwi muddler, I am trying to get used to spinning deer hair for heads but, this one seemed to turn out ok.

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In this post:
1) Inspecting the Blank
2) Fitting and Affixing Ferrules
3) Cutting to Length and Affixing Tiptops
4) Adding Cork

The biggest danger I’ve found in rod making is a desire to hurry. Inevitably hurry leads to a misstep and an imperfect product. At this stage in the process – so close to the end – the temptation to hurry...

Pics from our 2009 Chadron Trip:
Myself, Renee and her father made our bi-annual trip out to Chadron for opening firearm deer this year. Renee may have been the only one to get a deer but it was a relaxing change of pace for all of us.

First Day:



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Made the trip to Verdigre Creek with Qtip, Dennis and Josh. We did fairly well catching several fish and working almost the entire fishable public stretch.

Here's some pics:




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