So, I’m taking the day off Friday to try to catch some shad at Weldon. I may tie a few flies tomorrow evening, but I checked my boxes and I’m better stocked than I thought. I’ve got several of the pink ones that worked very well historically. I am looking forward to trying my one-man […]
So, I’ve been neglecting this poor blog. I’ve thought about posting a few times, but nothing of note has come forth. I thought, however, that I’d mention something that’s coming up and is one of the highlights of the spring each year. It’s almost time for the annual Hickory Shad run! In late March, these […]
We are seven days from the end of 2021 with a stretch of sunny weather ahead, and I’m struck by the overall similarity of my power usage and solar production in 2020 and 2021. First, let’s take a look at the results here with summary graphs from each year. We’ve used slightly less power (300 […]
Well, it’s actually only been 13 days, not two weeks, but close enough, since the installation started a couple days earlier. Our system was installed by Southern Energy Management, based in Morrisville, NC, who did an outstanding job. The system installed is composed of 15 REC TwinPeak 290 panels, 11 facing due south and 4 […]
Two days of fishing in the last three? Wow! Sam and I met at Camp Clearwater today to try for winter-stocked trout (too warm here in the NC piedmont for a natural population). This is such civilized fishing. Leisurely morning at home, walk the dogs, breakfast with the wife, newspaper, coffee, and then drive less […]
June was a busy month, with most of my time dedicated to being Director of Shakori District Cub Scout Day Camp. I’d not been over to the Eno River lately, so with glorious low-humidity sunshine the weekend forecast, I decided to carve out some time for fishing today. I wanted to fish some of the […]
Here in NC we often get spoiled by warm days in February, hinting of things to come. It’s been a cold winter here (I know, we are spoiled!) and I’m looking forward to spring. As I shoveled a few inches of snow and slush off the driveway today, the sun was warm and getting higher […]
What do you want to do for Father’s Day dear? Why yes, I’d like to take a short trip over to the Eno River and see if I can catch a Roanoke Bass. These are a fairly rare, spunky overgrown sunfish, and are quite wily and strong for their size. Left the house shortly after […]
I spent a great weekend at Natural Bridge Station, Virginia, chasing smallmouth bass on the Maury and James Rivers. My fishing buddy Sam and I met at my house at 7AM Friday the 22nd, piled my truck up with camping gear, fishing gear and boats, and headed toward the rivers. Since we couldn’t check in […]
Today was my 2nd day of the season to fish for winter trout in Clearwater Lake. Sam and I fished there on December 4th and had a nice day, albeit a bit cold. Well, it was much warmer today, but the forecast all week had been for rain today and that was the case! The […]