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Photos from https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/whats-the-difference-bobcat-vs-lynx A bobcat fur coat retailing on a specialist fur site might start around $2,000 for a basic sectioned bobcat coat, but most go for a lot more than that if well made. Lynx coats generally cost more than straight bobcat because the fur is rarer and thicker/softer: about $5,000 – $25,000 or more for new high-end pieces. Some luxury pieces with prime lynx belly fur can be much higher ($30K-100K), depending on styling and heritage. A lynx belly fur coat uses only the rare, pure white, spotted underbelly for ultimate luxury, making it extremely expensive, while a full pelt coat uses the entire skin, including the browner, less uniform back, offering a more affordable but still beautiful and spotted garment, with the belly sections still being the most prized parts. The belly fur is prized for its distinct pure white base and crisp black spots, requiring many pelts to create one garment, whereas full pelt coats balance luxury with accessibility. Very expensive and rare because it uses only the best, whitest part of each pelt, demanding more effort and pelts per garment. Other coats use the full lynx pelt which are still high quality and luxurious, using skilled craftsmanship to integrate the different parts of the pelt and the coats tend to be more brown. The most expensive types of fur coats are made from rare furs like Russian sable, chinchilla, and lynx, with Russian sable being the most valuable due to its unique softness and sheen.  Minx, silver fox, and other furs are the usual starting points for a collection.

Ron had a .38 colt detective special, blued 3rd generation with pachmayer grips, and buckshot loads for snakes, but .45 ACP we got in the SW Governor may be even better as it also shoots .410 shells in addition to .45 ACP.   Ammo for Governor recommended at Cabela's was Herter's .25acp 230gr FMJ, Herter's select .45 long colt, 250 gr, LFN, and Winchester Super X .410 2 ½ in., ½ ox shot, #4 shot.   

The Average Person Lives 27,375 Days. Make Each of Them Count. That is the average lifespan in the United States today: 27,375 days.  If you are typical, that is what was deposited in your “time bank” when you were born.  Every day, whether or not you want to, you make a withdrawal of 1 day.  When the days run out, you die.  Game over. To find out how much time you have left if you are an average man or woman, take your age and multiply it by 365.  Then, subtract it from 27,375 days.  For example, if you are 25 years old, you have 18,250 days to live (27,375 days – 9,125 (because 365 x 25 = 9,125)).  If you are 50 and average, you have 9,125 days left to live.  If you are 65, you have 3,650 days left to live. The average person lives 27,375 days. Make each one count.  Spend part of the year fishing in Canada or sailing in the Caribbean.  Learn to cook or paint.  Don’t just sit in your office or at home, mindlessly collecting pieces of paper called money so you can pay for a car that needs to be replaced every few years or a house that won’t do you any good when you are gone! One of the secrets to Steve Job's success was reminding himself every day that he was going to die.  Only a few years later, he did just that.  He had fewer days than most people, passing away at 56 years old, yet accomplished more than almost anyone who has ever lived. You will die.  Make sure your life means something.  Calculate how many days are left in your “typical” mortality bank and

Nick Sawyer writes about this on chalk streams of the UK. https://ezinearticles.com/?Improving-Rivers-For-Fly-Fishing&id=4219154 The Fario Club talks of it repeated occurring throughout France.

The author, Nick Sawyer, is the grandson of the great fly fisherman Frank Sawyer MBE. Black Gnat. The Black Gnat is deadly all year round but is at its best early in the season when there are few flies hatching. Grey Wulff. An all time classic that represents a large number of species. Can be used in larger sizes as a Mayfly pattern or as an olive pattern in smaller sizes. This dry fly is a must for all anglers and should be the fly of first choice if you are unsure on what pattern to use. Para Adams. The best pattern by some margin according to my catch returns. The Para Adams is generic and comes in the full range of hook sizes. The parachute pattern allows even the most heavy handed caster to present the fly in a delicate manner. I sometimes use a size 10 to represent a Mayfly but most often use sizes 14-18 in the summer to imitate olive flies. If you don't have this pattern in your fly box you are, in my opinion, lowering your chances of success. Fly Fishing With a Buzzer Nymph By Nick Sawyer  |   Submitted On May 03, 2010 There are a great many representations of buzzer nymphs available on the market. Some of them are very good and no doubt most of them will have caught fish at some time. As far as I know, there is only one bow-tie buzzer and that is the pattern designed by Frank Sawyer. Any others are simply copies of the original in just the same way as all weighted nymphs are developments of the Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph. Frank Sawyer spent a lot of his life teaching others how

Seven Fires recipes to try: Skirt Steak and Fry Bread http://books.google.com/books?id=7pVMEdjh_ZcC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=skirt+steak+and+fry+bread+seven+fires&source=bl&ots=SGDB6jbjmx&sig=iWI0dqRjWuBGfbEMpCoRMYydH4U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Doi_T-35Ao-62gXAh4ScCg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Beef and Potato Pie http://books.google.com/books?id=7pVMEdjh_ZcC&pg=PA94&dq=beef+and+potato+pie+seven+fires&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a4y_T7_5JuPW2gWOzLmOCg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false My new favorite cookbook is Seven Fires, which has gorgeous photos and great techniques. The author is a famous US/Argentinian chef named Francis Mallmann and he writes, “I believe that the ability to cook meat over a wood fire is inborn in all of us.” Another favorite is Canal House Cooking, written by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, who own a food studio called Canal House, in Lambertville, New Jersey. This is as unassuming as Seven Fires is overreaching.  I loved this book and recommend you add it to your collection.  It is filled with great Argentine recipes and photographs.  I liked it even more after watching a cooking show, which featured Mallmann in his rustic home/restaurant in Argentina, cooking these recipes for friends, neighbors and a very few paying guests, from the likes of the extremely small town he lives in.  This book is the real deal and is endorsed by our Argentine friends who even commented that it is the "only true book on the Argentine asado style of cooking" and it features it is a very simple, yet romantic and tasty way.  We love it! Mallmann describes la parrilla, the cast iron barbecue grate, and the la chapa which is a flat piece of cast iron over a fire, but a cast iron skillet will also do in a pinch.  Asador is a method for cooking whole animals, pig, lamb or goat, which are butterflied and hooked to an iron cross.  Every estancia has a caldero, a big iron pot, for feeding large groups on the ranch, including the gauchos out on the vast pampas. Mallmann

Equipped with a 9' 8-weight Sage Motive fly rod, a WF8F Rio Bonefish fly line, 10' 16-lb Rio Saltwater Leaders, Rio Fluroflex Saltwater Tippet 25Y16 lb. and the usual assortment of bone fishing flies, I have fished the Maui flats. More to come...