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What Happened to Mark Roth?

What ever happened to my fly tying picture framer friend, Mark Roth? If anyone knows how I can reach him, please let me know, as the mail I sent to his house/garage workshop in Woodland Park seems to have been returned. You can drop me a line at sportingroad@gmail.com. The following used to appear on his site about his hand rubbed wooden fly frames, which are unparalleled: Roth AnglingAll items are hand made one at a time...nothing here is mass-produced or farmed out. I started fly-fishing at age 11, and then filled my first professional fly order at age 12 in 1973, after being taught by Andy Puyans while working in his shop in Pacheco, Calif. I took up framing in 1988 following a number of customer requests. Some fishermen may have seen my small magazine ads in the late '80s and early '90s in 'Fly Rod & Reel' and 'Fly Fisherman' magazines, at which time I put out a small mail order catalog...this web site now functions as the catalog.A fly plate presentation consists of assorted flies mounted in a recessed shadowbox-depth frame, either with or without angling art or a photograph to correspond with the chosen flies. Each finished fly plate on this page is signed and dated, flies tied by Mark Roth. If you would like your own flies mounted in a fly plate, see: Custom Fly Framing page. Or if you see a design below you'd like to add your own flies to, inquire for a quote for a 'kit-only' on these without the flies.Each fly plate includes archival mats with gold & black French mat lines, acid-free backing, and each fly carefully mounted in a cherry frame. The depth of

By Sporting Road|April 29th, 2020|Categories: Fishing, Fly Tying, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Semblance Minimalists, Impressionists and Exact Imitationalists

The essence of zen is the beauty of simple things. Fly or Nymph Fishermen tend to fall into one of the above three categories. I am a semblance minimalist fly fisher and only carry 5 or 6 different patterns. I used to carry around 3000 patterns, I was an exact imitationalist, as I was a commercial tyer in my youth. But nowadays it’s just Rim Chhng’s RS2, the Improved Yong Special, the YKnot, the Calgon Fly, Andy Kim’s micro egg and a pheasant tail variant. If I found my former methodology more effective, I'd return to it. But minimalism suits me, and the fish as well. My old pen pal Nick Sawyer explains the minimalist set up well: http://EzineArticles.com/4255534

By Sporting Road|April 29th, 2020|Categories: Fishing, Fly Tying, Rim Chung, RS2, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Running Intead of ”Staying at Home”

The daily run is more therapeutic than lying on the analyst's couch. If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live? Life is filled with challenges and adversity. My life was filled with experiences as a teenager that had taught me how to suffer. Turns out, that taught me how to be a good athlete. You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. Pain only hurts. The more you know, the less you need. Running is an adventure in minimalism and finding your own strength, both mentally and physically. To do it in nature, adds a third dimension to make it a complete mind, body, soul adventure. To hike in nature with a friend or loved one, adds an even fourth dimension of connection with others, but sometimes solitude adds its own medicinal powers in clearing the mind of stress and problems of the world, as these things fade away. New habits can be made in this vacuum of thought. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will. You only ever grow as a human being, if you’re outside your comfort zone. In the face of adversity, you want to do something, move forward, not backwards. Running books are filled with all kinds of quotes on the zen of life. If you never do more than you are doing now, you will never become more than you are now. During what period of your life did you feel the best and why? When I was in college and law school, even though I was working 60 hours a week plus full time school during the days, I did something outside

By Sporting Road|April 29th, 2020|Categories: Running, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Martha Stewart’s Cookies

Recipes from her new cookie book that Lauren wants to try.

By Sporting Road|April 28th, 2020|Categories: Recipes, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Ping Pong

https://www.experttabletennis.com/table-tennis-rules-and-regulations/

By Sporting Road|April 25th, 2020|Categories: Games, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Cribbage

Fun memories of my favorite childhood card game, cribbage, but we need to practice more on the scoring piece of it. Cribbage Cheat Sheet

By Sporting Road|April 13th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

How to program home sprinklers

Replace 9v backup battery. Instructions below. Set for 3 day cycle, with day one on, days two and three off, being sure day one falls on the castle rock schedule for our house, or you'll get watering citations. Program stations 1-4 (there are only 4 stations) to each run for 15 minutes. Set two times for watering to 7 am and 10pm, unless extremely dry then add a third time for drought t weeks. https://www.rainbird.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017-06/man_PC100series.pdf In spring, get long keytool and turn on sprinkler system water main in hole in front yard. Test by running on manual, cycle through each station and replace broken sprayers. In fall, turn this off and blow out each station or lines will freeze. If cannot figure out, call sprinkler guy, Michael Olivas 303-877-0740 but it's expensive about $100-200 to have him turn on and check for broken ones or blowout in fall. Time to winterize All of a sudden, fall is here and that means it is time to prepare the irrigation system and our landscapes for winter. Hopefully, you have already decreased the number of days per week of watering. As temperatures cool, plants don't need as much water. Given our temps and a bit of moisture, once a week is probably sufficient. However, by the end of October, we could begin to see freezing overnight temperatures. Therefore, irrigation systems need to be blown out, hoses need to be detached from spigots and mulch should be added to plants. Blowing out irrigation systems helps prevent breaking of sprinklers and backflow devices. Drain hoses but keep them handy, perhaps hanging in the garage, ready for potential winter watering. Turn off (clockwise) the irrigation valve to the house in front

By Sporting Road|April 11th, 2020|Categories: House, Uncategorized|Comments Off

How to Reprogram lights if Power goes Out on Biocube

If the lights are off on your Biocube the proper probably went out. Set clock to 12hr vs hr and program time. Set clock to current time, paying attention to an vs pm settingPhase 1, Daylight timer: 9:30am – 8:00pm (10.5 Hours for full lighting) Phase 2, Sunrise/Sunset timer: 9:00am – 8:30pm. (White lights begin to come on gradually at 9:00am and will shut off completely by 8:30pm) Phase 3, Moonlights. These lights are the Deep blue night LED’s. I set mine to turn on from 7:00am-10pm.

By Sporting Road|March 16th, 2020|Categories: Aquarium Reef Tank, Uncategorized|Comments Off

HOW TO DO WEEKLY 4 GALLON WATER CHANGES ON BIOCUBE 32

HOW TO DO WEEKLY 4 GALLON WATER CHANGES ON BIOCUBE 32 There are two blue jugs of RODI water. Here is how it goes, and don't worry, you remember how to do it by yourself. RODI water can also be purchased at Neptune's, if you want to skip step four or cannot figure it out, but you have enough water for a little more than a 4 gallon a water change with each 5 gallon bucket. The green can is also filled with RODI water right now, not salt. p.s. You can also use the plain RODI water to top off the two freshwater tanks, as it is chlorine free. STEP ONE Turn off tank powerstrip. Get a clean bucket and use RO water in blue jugs (and right now the green jug has RODI water too). Do not use water in bucket on floor of basement shower, pour that one out, I was just cleaning it out. Pour RO water in bucket, add pump to bottom to stir and mix saltwater to 1.025 salinity. Mix really well with your hand and the pump before testing. STEP TWO Take siphon and get a bucket. Lightly move syphon just above bottom after putting cylinder under water to remove air and pushing on pump. Do not suck up sand (kink the tube if you get sand in it and it’ll drop back down). Fill bucket a ¾ full. STEP THREE (ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, NOT EVERY WATER CHANGE) Replace carbon filter in back of tank. You have one under the tank and I just ordered you more. STEP FOUR (ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS--MAKING RODI WATER) To fill RO blue jugs. Hook up twisting on long cap of

By Sporting Road|March 13th, 2020|Categories: Aquarium Reef Tank, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Great New Article on Blue Grouse

Forest Grouse in the Fall DigitalCommons@USU - Utah State University Utah has two types of forest grouse that inhabit our mountain forests and rangelands; namely ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) and dusky grouse. While we don't have any ruffed grouse range left in Colorado, bue grouse which are now called dusky grouse are prevalent. Check out this great article. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3098&context=extension_curall How to Hunt Blue Grouse https://projectupland.com/grouse-species/blue-grouse-hunting/how-to-find-dusky-grouse/?mc_cid=9e0aac54b4&mc_eid=012919f536

By Sporting Road|February 27th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off