Just letting you guys know I
have been really busy trying to finish up on my Ancestry Tree book. I am trying to
complete it by end of this year. After I finish, Ancestry will bind it for me
into book cover form. I didn’t just do the family tree thing where you see
your ancestries listed; I have written and researched articles dealing with the
Civil War period and how it effected those who fought in the war; how the
individuals lived, where they lived, what the towns look like back in the day and
many other segments that were prevalent during the 1600’s, 1800’s
and the early 1900’s. This is taking a lot more time than I anticipated,
but for me it is one of the most interesting things I have ever attempted. No I
am not neglecting my fishing duties; I still have a little time to trout fish
the tailrace between the traveling research and typing. So just letting you all
know that my blog activity will be very limited from now until the first of
next year. I will be checking in from time to time to see what everyone is up
to, so don’t forget me!!
I hope to use this blog as an avenue to express my thoughts and adventures of all of my fishing expeditions and any other journeys I may undertake.
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Blogs I Follow
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Day One: Denver - We left last Saturday afternoon for three to four days of fishing (I'm not counting the first afternoon as day one). Tentative plans were Boulder and the...2 hours ago
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Friday Fish Porn - Here is this weeks installment of Friday Fish Porn. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! Get out and FISH!3 hours ago
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Lessons Learned In The Catskills - While up in the Catskills last weekend I was able to spend some time on the water with Shawn Combs of Orvis on both the Beaverkill River and Delaware River...4 hours ago
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Guest Blogger: Jenny G. On Blood Suckers. - I was approached by someone who wanted to write a piece on how to prevent tick and mosquito bites. I couldn't pass the opportunity of getting more info...11 hours ago
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South Florida Vacation: day 3 - The Plan was to get to long key state park in the morning to fish. This was supposed to be the place where id have the best shot at anything. That being sa...15 hours ago
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Late Spring Musings, 2013 - I've been catching fish lately, but nothing really blog-worthy. (Dave, NONE of your previous report were blog-worthy either!). Touche. Well, stop readin...22 hours ago
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How high's the water momma... - So, what does a stream fisherman do on Memorial Day weekend when the local streams are 6 feet high and rising? (For you non-country people, this is an obsc...23 hours ago
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Sketching A Mean Bass - ITS All About the Bass!! I got out the paints this morning but just wasn't feeling it so I tossed out the pad of watercolor paper and took out the sketch...1 day ago
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"Henryville Special" - The Pocono mountains of eastern Pennsylvania are probably best known for their status as the place for honeymoons. To those who fly fish it's also a trout...1 day ago
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State Police seek 39 new jobs to handle gun law workload - HARTFORD -- State police are seeking 39 additional workers -- at a cost of $2.6 million -- to handle an avalanche of new duties brought on by gun laws pass...1 day ago
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Went Shopping Today.... - Decided to go to the fly shop at Bass Pro today. They had some good prices and I picked up a few new flies to throw on my 8 weight, as it should be here to...1 day ago
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Fly Fishing with Mark! - Last week I wrote a blog post talking about my expectations for my fly fishing trip with Mark Kautz over at Northern California Trout. The trip not only m...1 day ago
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Call Me Obi Won - I just wanted to let you know that I have been out fishing since the last post on May 14th. This guy in the picture below is Juan Lopez. You can find him ...1 day ago
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Biggest Baddest Bluegill - This past Sunday I fished at Blackwell Forest Preserve, and man, was it a beautiful day! The bass weren't biting, so, I switched to some smaller flies chas...1 day ago
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A Bit Of The Old Days.. - On my way to work a few days ago I came across this scene. A bit of nostalgia harkening back to a simpler time when man and beast had a more intimate conne...2 days ago
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5 Reasons To Put the T! in Tongass... - Tongass…besides fiberglass fly rods & bacon, it’s what bloggers are writing about these days. Like the trout we fancy that lie in wait silently until prese...2 days ago
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Tennessee Smallmouth Report - The Elk River has been spilling for the past thousand days several weeks. Today the *future *generation returns to *normal* on the Elk and we will be out ...2 days ago
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Oklahoma On My Mind - *Sometimes words just don't do justice. Sometimes we just watch in horror and disbelief. Oklahoma "All Of You" are on my mind today. You will overcome! *2 days ago
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Oklahoma City - I understand that all of our lives have to end. 51 people - including 20 children - have been confirmed to have met that end in the path of Monday's F4 tor...3 days ago
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Hooked On Fishing Pizza Party - On Thursday, May 23rd at 5 pm at the Prairie Home Alliance we are having a meeting to brainstorm and discuss our new plans for the hooked on fishing park t...3 days ago
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Splendorous Spring - Spring has definitely arrived if you go by fishing in shirtsleeves to rising fish. Last Saturday was just such a day, resplendent in sunshine, the greenery...3 days ago
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Final Sprint - The marathon that is also known as the 2012-2013 school year is almost over. We are now in the final sprint to the finish line. That does not mean I have...4 days ago
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The Postlude ~ The Frying Pan River 2013 - *Now, where were we? Oh yes, "The Gathering" had said their fond farewells. And I lagged behind to fish another day or so... Well, who can blame me? It...4 days ago
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Little Red River Flies - Before going to a place I've not fish or haven't fished for a while I always try to do a little research into what the fish are biting on. Fishing reports,...4 days ago
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Events - Hey Everyone, Its been a busy couple of weeks with all of the events that I've been attending. I have got to meet and hang out with bunch of really g...4 days ago
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RMNP - Moraine Park Report 05/10/13 - I have to start this post by apologizing to the fire gods! I am sorry for whatever I have done to upset you and please accept my sincere apology. I hope ...5 days ago
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That Will Do - Went to Clinton Lake hoping for some Crappie fishing today, however after a few hours I had only caught one, which is far more than I saw anyone else catc...5 days ago
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A Hard Rain Was Gonna Fall - But it didn't...thank God. It did rain a bit at the end of the day. I fished the Smokies today and as always it was beautiful. I got 5 fish on and one l...6 days ago
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The Case of the Gilded Fly - Among Southern saltwater fly fishers, no fly fishing topic seems to generate more discussion than the Spoon Fly. Everyone has an opinion on how it should ...6 days ago
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Good-bye blog. - After blogging for 4 years on Blogger and about 10 years in general, I'm going to take a new direction. One of which is deleting this blog. I've had hund...6 days ago
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Bait and switch…trade you trophy pike fishing for a handful of muskies - Matt’s Rant: Stocking tiger muskie is something that I applaud greatly for many reasons. However, there is little evidence to support the argument that ti...1 week ago
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grassies on grass hoppers - I found a pod of grassies on the windward side of the city pond. A few of them were clooping surface scum. It was time to hook a grassie on a hopper. Afte...1 week ago
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park - *Sunrise over the Great Smoky Mountain National Park*This past weekend, I picked up my daughter from college in Memphis, TN and we drove back home to CT. ...1 week ago
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Bass on the Fly Fishing Tournament - Cody and I headed to our annual trek to Lake Fork to participate in Ted Warren's Bass on the Fly Fishing Tournament. We have participated in the three pre...1 week ago
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Ricks Review: Native Water Craft Manta Ray 11 Kayak - Patagonia Lake, Arizona at sun set.Fishing in the deserts of Southern Arizona is extremely limited. There just aren't that many lakes or rivers large enoug...1 week ago
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Customer Success - More than two years ago, J&M Flies was created. I have been so busy lately that I missed the anniversary this year and didn't get around to doing a blog p...2 weeks ago
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I Smell Like Smoke - Mesquite smoke, actually . . . When I got home from work today, my children presented me and my wife with our combined Mother’s Day / Father’s Day gift. A...2 weeks ago
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Return of the Broad-winged Hawk - Near the end of last summer a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk was hanging around in the woods behind the house for a few weeks. This spring another has appeared...2 weeks ago
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Midges for the Stockies... - Recently, I've been discovering that there is hardly ever a stocked trout that will refuse a small zebra midge. I tied a bunch is several colors, and some ...3 weeks ago
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Elsewhere in cyberspace... - I've had to take a few weeks off from blogging to get caught up with other real life responsibilities... and now is the time of that year that the fishing ...3 weeks ago
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Don't Drink This: Beck's Sapphire - Beck's Sapphire is a pretty disappointing drink. Yeah, I write about the good ones on this blog, but the crappy ones too, and this tends towards that end...3 weeks ago
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Looking back.. - I have been asked to take a look back into the photo archives and post a few pics that had been posted previously or maybe never made a post. I feel that o...4 weeks ago
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My Week in Fishing Pet Peeves - For some reason, this week seems to be fishing pet peeves week for me. Every time I turn around, someone is frustrating me by posting something annoying o...5 weeks ago
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Product testing - One of the best and most fun parts about building fly rods is the need to test out what I build and compare them to known and loved rods. Recently I spent a...1 month ago
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Rebooting the Smallmouth Fly Box - Hello All, I am in the process of rebooting the Smallmouth Fly Box. Check back soon to see the entire blog back online. Thanks, Doug1 month ago
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Flies for White Bass - A while back I fished with Thomas Harvey from Carolina Fly. Our target was white bass and we did really well with a red bead-headed white wooly bugger. I...2 months ago
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better days ahead - Fishing on Sunday afternoon was cold, wet, and foggy as all get out. Lord knows if instinct didn't take over, I certainly would have gotten lost on the wa...2 months ago
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Southwest Wisconsin's Early Trout Season 2013 - Finally early season is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All fish in video are different fish :) ...2 months ago
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My aplogies - I have to apologize to the people that read my ramblings and look forward to seeing my flies and posts...I have not been active on here..I am alive and wel...4 months ago
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The Last Minute Gift: The Redington Form Game Rod - The last few months have been a blur. Fishing has been replaced by the changing of careers, and as the holidays close fast, my standard deviation swings vi...5 months ago
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Fly Fishing the Caddo River in Arkansas - *We took a small vacation and spent a few days in Hot Springs, AR* *in July. One day we drove down to Murfressboro to dig for diamonds, *http://www.cratero...1 year ago
Trout Fishing the Smith Lake Tailwaters
The tailrace below Smith Lake Dam is the only place to fish for trout in Alabama. It is stocked with 3000 to 3500 rainbow trout every 60 days. The average length of the trout at stocking is 9” to 10” and have adapted well to the year round 50 to 60 degree waters.


13 comments:
Thanks for the heads up Bill. I won't say you haven't been missed, but just as long as you come back.
We'll be waiting for your return.
Been wondering where you were. Thanks for the update.
We'll still be here. Between your project and my work, maybe we can still find time to fish for Spots on Smith one more time before the weather gets too cold.
All of that hard work will be well worth the end result. The heirloom you are creating for future generations of Trussells' will be absolutely priceless to them.
good to hear your doing well, glad to hear
Cofisher
Hope to be doing a post on one of my trips real soon. Thanks for the comment
Blake
Thanks for the comment
Alan
I am still using those flies and landing trout with them. Thanks for the comment
Ty
Hope to be back soon. thanks for the commet
Jay
I haven't fished the lake since August, when they started drawing water down. It is really slow on the lake but the tailrace is fishing much better. Just let me know when you guys would like to meet. thanks for the comment
Sounds like a worthy endeavor. Enjoy your time away!
Sanders
I am getting close to finishing and hope to be back on the blog circuit real soon. Thanks for the comment
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