Traditional "Know How"

These posts will chronicle my journey as a fatally nostalgic masochist. I am continually drawn to the "old ways" and history, methods, and means of the low technology past.

Monday, November 3, 2025

Introducing the "Doe Bug" Fly and the First Test Trip

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 Las week I was doing some shopping at an online fly-fishing supplier when I saw a product called "biothread".  To me it looked li...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

2025 Public Land Bear and Deer Camp

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Annual fall camp on public land in Western Maryland.   This year I was camping from Tuesday through Saturday, and my brother Chris had drawn...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

2025 Idaho Panhandle Elk Hunt

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Three of us attempted to draw Idaho tags this year, my brother and I got our 3rd choice and were able to hunt together.  Our other friend Da...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Elk Hunting Arrows - Two builds This Year

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Elk season this year is fast approaching for me.  My brother and I will be hunting in Northern Idaho again this year.  This year will be a l...
Monday, August 4, 2025

Susquehanna River Blue Cats and some Bonus Striper

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My brother and I went out on the Susquehanna river Saturday morning.  The cats were a challenge on the fly rod as I had trouble getting the...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Fly Fishing Stripers on the Susquehanna River

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I took a vacation day off on Friday to head to the Susquehanna River below the dam my grandfather helped construct to try for stripers.  The...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Kayaking Bass in Deep Creek Lake and Side Trip to the Youghiogheny River

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New lake. Different kind of bass. This year for my annual family vacation to the Deep Creek Lake area, we switched and got a house lakeside....
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My father and ancestors were from Conowingo, MD around the Susquehanna river. Records as far back as 1761 show a man with my surname from Conowingo was paid a bounty for squirrel scalps, which almost seems fitting. There were others with my name in Maryland as early as the 1600s, and I have found over a dozen Revolutionary War veterans with my last name. Some of whom served directly, and were friends with, General Washington. It is safe to say my relatives have been hunting, farming, trapping, fishing, foraging, cooking wild and surviving in Maryland for many generations.
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