And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sure looks like a California Golden Trout. I remember trying to catch these little buggers in southern Sierra Nevadas when I was stationed at George AFB in the late '80s. Had to hike in to get to them. Used barbless hooks.
A friend and I did the same thing with native brookies here in PA. We used to hike a long way down the mountain to a tiny little stream to catch and release them. I would file off the barbs on some #14 hooks and bring a bunch of the tiniest worms that I could dig up. That was about 45 years ago when I could still walk that far. I sure miss those days.......
Got a cold little stream near here with wild cutthroat, where a big one might run 6 or 7 inches. Fightingest little guys on the planet. I use a #6 tippet and the smallest woolie or mosquito these old hands can tie. No, I ain't gonna divulge the coordinates...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sure looks like a California Golden Trout. I remember trying to catch these little buggers in southern Sierra Nevadas when I was stationed at George AFB in the late '80s. Had to hike in to get to them. Used barbless hooks.
ReplyDeleteA friend and I did the same thing with native brookies here in PA. We used to hike a long way down the mountain to a tiny little stream to catch and release them. I would file off the barbs on some #14 hooks and bring a bunch of the tiniest worms that I could dig up. That was about 45 years ago when I could still walk that far. I sure miss those days.......
DeleteGot a cold little stream near here with wild cutthroat, where a big one might run 6 or 7 inches. Fightingest little guys on the planet. I use a #6 tippet and the smallest woolie or mosquito these old hands can tie. No, I ain't gonna divulge the coordinates...
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