Ancestry Research Mixed With Fishing

Well for the past three days I have been in Mississippi trying to catch some crappie with my brother. The first day we battled high winds and only got a couple of nips and that was it for an afternoon outing. We decided to change lakes on the second day and moved to the upper smaller lake only to find the wind was gusting above 20, so we didn’t even bother to launch the boat. So both days as far as fishing was concerned was a complete washout -----but not quite as far as one of my objectives were concerned.

That objective was my work on our family tree. I have been working on this project for the past year and have really got into the Ancestry thing. I suggested to my brother we travel back to our old home place.  Choctaw County Mississippi was where both of us were born. I wanted to try to complete some of the information I was missing to finish my research. We spent the better part of the day at three different cemeteries locating individuals dating back to the early 1800s. I have traced and have photos of tombstones of our Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother. Beyond that, I am using Ancestry.com to find the other generations. This has been one of the most interesting things I have ever worked on and I've learned a lot about our heritage. For those of you who have never attempted this, I suggest you give it a try, you might be amazed at what you find out about your heritage.

This is the headstone of my Great Great Grandfather--this grave was in the family plot by their old home place

My Great Grandfather's gravesite in a local cemetery in Mississippi

I hope I didn't bore you guys with this post.

Great Bargains on Fly Fishing Equipment Check it Out!!

Who doesn’t like great fishing deals? Here are some fantastic deals on fly fishing equipment that one would pay double or even triple in most outlets. From time to time I am going to start posting what I think are some great deals concerning fishing? I hope some of these items will make it into your fly fishing arsenal.

On sale at Cabela's for 5.99

Great beginner combo on sale at Cabela's for 29.99

Great price at Leland Fly Fishing

26.00--2.50 off as a Trout Club Member

Temple Fork Professional Series on sale

104.90

From Cabela's on sale 7.88

G-loomis 3 from Amazon 100.00--this reel will be discontinued after this year.

Extremely light with the free spool action

Fish Caught Using the Fantastic Road Kill Flies

I just had to get out Tuesday and try some of my new flies I got from J & M the other day. I recently did a post on how impressed I was with the detail work on these flies. When you are fishing this time of year one can expect extreme weather from one end of the spectrum to the other. Tuesday was no different, warm in low 70’s with the rest of this week in the low 60’s. In fact a couple of nights this week are below freezing. I was fishing a small lake about 20 minutes from our house. The water temperature was 62, and most all the fish was 6 to 8ft. deep. I was using the Road Kills in three different colors red, orange and white. I caught fish on all three colors but the winner turned out to be the white. These flies have a slow sink rate and most of the hits came as I moved it slowly back to the boat. I did try other flies but the Road Kill produced the most hits. I think the detail on these flies is the reason it gets the attention of the bluegills and bass. If this fly produces now just think what I can do with it in the spring and summer.      

                                           Sorry about some of the images the sun was in my
                                           eyes when I taking some the of pictures. Also the sun
                                           was shining on the screen of the camera at times.

                                                                                                                  

                                           Even the bass got in on the action. A lot of fun on

                                           4 wt.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                           A nice Shellcracker which put up a good fight.