Pioneer Woman Photography
A woman’s photographic perspective and how to advice. No, not a Brokeback moment.
Ok, ah..actually read the site’s info re photo manipulations and how to take photo’s. Good basic info. Never seen such a case of camera envy.
Idaho's Dugout Dick Succumbs at 94
“He was the last of Idaho’s river-canyon loners that date back to Territorial days. They are a unique group that until the 1980s included canyon contemporaries with names like Beaver Dick, Cougar Dave and Wheelbarrow Annie, “Buckskin Bill” (real name Sylvan Hart) and “Free Press Frances” Wisner. Fiercely independent loners, they lived eccentric lives on their own terms and made the state more interesting just by being here.”
Pacific (Rodney Johnson)
Pacific's Take of Hake (Rodney Johnson)
SB: What kind of fish? Where? Where fish sold?
RJ: Pacific Whiting or more commonly called Hake. This fish was not used much until the fishery developed large mid-water nets and the boats installed refrigeration systems so we could chill them rapidly. This fish spoils very fast but now the boats chill sea water and we can chill them and bring them into port cold. They are processed within 24 hours of being caught. A boat like our holds 130,000 lbs and we try to deliver every day. Some boats hold up to 450,000 lbs.
There is a small season in Calf. now and the main season starts on June 15th. The quota is about 700 million lbs. The season is an Olympic system – meaning, first come first served, so it is very competitive. The goal is to get your fish, get in and unload and get back out. If anything goes wrong on your trip and you miss a day the boat loses a days earnings. The nets are very complex and if not used correctly will not work. I am somewhat of an expert in this area.
This is a very inexpensive fish used to makes fake crab meat and fish sticks. A lot of it goes to Eastern Europe and the Middle East as a headed whole fish. Cheap protein for poor countries. Last year the price was & cents a pound but they hope to get 12 cents or more this year.
The problem with this type of fishery is that on these larger boats handling large nets and huge amounts of fish any mistake can be serious. Not only can you lose fishing time but people can get hurt.
ROD [ hope I didn't wear you out ]
SB: Is there ever a concern of wiping out the stocks of targeted fish like cod in the Atlantic? Curious if there is any long-term view re such management? Is 700 mil lbs. a drop in the renewable bucket or does anyone really know??? Just think of depleted salmon and steelhead runs.
RJ: These fish reproduce rapidly and have a short life span compared to other fish. Large areas of the west coast are off-limits and fishing is really regulated. There are a few long living fish that have been over fished and its like the spotted owl situation in logging. We would be allowed more hake but we are limited by the amount of these other fish we catch.
Its called by-catch and if we catch to many of these other fish they shut us down. They even have camera’s on the boats to keep us honest. Knowledge of the ocean bottom to stay away from areas where this by-catch lives is important.
A lot of fishing problems are caused by boat captains that don’t know or don’t care enough to worry about the future of the future of fishing. One or two poor captains can make everyone look bad.
ROD
Rod has been involved in the commercial fishing industry for 40+ years and is a gentleman’s gentleman.
Take of Hake (Rodney Johnson on the Pacific)
“I just threw all of the ingredients in a ziplock bag, smooshed them around and then added boneless, skinless chicken thighs. I let the chicken marinade overnight and then grilled it the next day.
I originally saw this concept on a Skip Morris pattern (Predator Dragon). I have used it with success. Like a Booby Fly, I put a heavier sinking line on the bottom, which allows the fly to then float up off the bottom. Adjust the length of the leader/tippet to elevate or lower the fly from the bottom. An Intermediate Line could be used in shallower water along the edges or near drops of stillwaters/lakes.
Floating Dragon Fly Nymph (SwittersB)
The body is yarn, not dubbing, although you could dub it or wrap any yarn/chenille for the body.
Think what you want of Ted. But, read this a time or two and there is indeed a clarity, a simplicity to it.
Prim Avoidance? (gutpilestyle.com)
Ted Nugent (4/21/2010): “The way I live is not out of time. I go to Alaska and Africa. The way I live, self sufficiency, you are talking about being an asset to your neighbor. You have to start by being an asset to yourself, and if you can take hands on that sustenance, the food, clothing, shelter, medicine that you need from the good Mother Earth in a face to face eyewitness, first person system, then you know you are being accountable with those resources that we use….”
“You know, one of my favorite celebrations is the honesty of what sustains us. And you see an Anthony Bourdain or the bizarre food and you see these guys going through the process of the uncomfortable reality of preparing food for the masses. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, write this down: Your life has a gut pile. Know it, love it, admit it, and then you will be more responsible with fewer gut piles. But if you are not privy or honest enough to admit the system by which sustains you, then you can pretend and hire bureaucrats to waste everything in your name, USDA, FDA, OSHA, onward, insanity. So this individual lifestyle, I’m telling you..I”m not the weirdo. People who don’t understand gut piles are the weirdos.”
Support you local fly shop, but don’t ignore yarn shops and craft stores for the occasional discovery of interesting fly tying materials. Walk about with an air of confidence and purpose. If you don’t, the female employees and customers with activate the pervert alert devices unless you are already comfortable with dry floral arranging and beading.
A few years ago, I made the discovery of a craft store boa. Strung marabou plumes in various shades at about $8.00+ per boa. Each boa is enough for several hundred flies.
There are also, assorted packages of lesser grade feathers that might serve some tying purpose.
I don’t do much in the way of attaching adhesive eyes on streamers and then overlaying epoxy or some clear goop. But, there was a section of adhesive eyes and similar attachments.
Craft stores and yarn shops always have one or more finds that are easily used in fly tying. Not so many that you will forsake fly shops or mail order, but enough to make you venture into the lands of artificial flowers and crochet hooks.
The stone flies nymphs are readily available year around. Little Blacks, Browns, Skwala’s, Golden’s and the Giant Stone’s are scurrying about. Of course, come early Summer the focus is on the dry fly action as the Salmon Fly hatch and Golden Stones flutter forth.
Recently Tony Muncy, Eric McMillan and Greg Kohn drifted the Deschutes River for some early season trout fishing. They did well with a variety of Caddis Pupa patterns, Stonefly nymphs and egg patterns. They did a kick seine study and came up with some nice examples of a Golden Stone and Giant Stone nymph.Oh guys, one camera between you is not nearly enough.
Eric McMillan on the Deschutes R. (T. Muncy)
The guys put in at Beavertail and took a few days to explore down to Mack’s Canyon.
McMillan Heading Around the Bend (T. Muncy)
In the event that you follow a fish into deeper water, Eric employs a technique for removing water from your waders.
McMillan Draining the Waders (T. Muncy)
Deschutes R. Redside (Eric McMillan)
Freedom (T. Muncy)
STONEFLIES & And HERE
“According to Cascadia Research Collective, 50 gallons of stomach contents were sorted through. Most of it was real food
– algae and other bits common to a gray whale diet – but also included were more than 20 plastic bags, small towels, surgical gloves, sweat pants, plastic pieces, duct tape, and a golf ball.
If there were any doubt before, there is none now – the ocean has become a landfill. However, if there’s a bit of a silver lining, the trash made up just about 2% of the total contents, and it doesn’t seem to have been the cause of death. But what Cascadia Research points out, “It did clearly indicate that the whale had been attempting to feed in industrial waters and therefore exposed to debris and contaminants present on the bottom in these areas.” Tree Hugger
Ok, maybe not he cause of death, but none the less interesting that the whale was vacuuming along in Puget Sound and gathering such diverse stuff. I imagine the guy hitting golf balls from his roof top condo had no idea his pilfered driving range ball would end up in a whale’s stomach.
