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Andy Kim is a legendary guide on the San Juan River for the past 20 years, after having fished extensively in Colorado and Utah. His 13 fly patterns are relatively simple impressionistic flies, yet they are the most deadly effective that I have ever come across in having fished with lots of guides and well-known anglers. The key, as he has told me several times, to his often imitated but never duplicated thread bodied nymph is "in the exact right shape and thickness, with a reasonably close color, not the exact material." The quest for his Yong Special tying thread, believing that is the secret to his fish catching success has become a hobby within a hobby to many. The truth is he has used a lot of materials over the years, but he is very meticulous about following the exact method of tying, as any deformity in the shape or abnormal tapering, etc., will effect the effectiveness of his simple midge patterns described in this Fly Fisherman Magazine article from 2001. Further, he is a master at presentation of the fly, using many different techniques. He teaches all of this to his clients so hiring him for a day is the key to starting to learn how the hell he catches so many fish. I have been hiring him for 20 years and took his three day one-on-one school, and I've just begun to scratch the surface, as he spends so much time on the water, that his methods and flies continue to adapt and improve with time. The name of the game on the San Juan River, where Andy guides, is to fish midge imitations (tiny ones). The San Juan River is filled

OK, so you need 5 pounds of ground deer meat for this recipe.   You can use very thin slices if you want, but it won’t come out as tender as if you use the ground deer meat and a jerky cannon, we like the Cannon by LEM.   Which you can get at Bass Pro shops.  Grind up your meat if it’s not ground already, season it with the packet seasoning below and make sure that it has the pink spice already in the mix or otherwise there’s a separate packet for that and some of the brands. We’ve tried all of the homemade recipes and these brands that you can buy premixed are already the best you can get.   Normally, I prefer everything homemade but here it’s simply not as good.    Mix your meat with the seasonings and the cure very well and put it in a Ziploc baggie and throw it back in the fridge overnight or at least for a few hours. Then start feeding it in the jerky cannon and squirting it out over a Food dehydrator with several layers of sheets.  We like this one which is also available at Bass Pro shops, but it only comes with three sheets, you have to buy three more sheets, made by Open Country sportsman kitchen.   Then once you have it squirted out in ringsyou can start drying it Our favorite jerky mixes are: Hi-Country Snack Foods J Johnsons Original Recipe Home Jerky Spice Kit, 16.95-Ounce is the best family favorite, which we all really like. PS Seasonings Cracked Pepper & Garlic (my favorite). Hickory or Mesquite Uncle Buck’s seasoning (now sold as Backwoods LEM brand hickory or mesquite at

As Americans, we have become the first indoor species in the world. Yet, 7 in 10 Americans live within a two-hour drive of a national forest, all of which are vitally important to our connection to the outdoors, yet they are being used less and less. If you spend time in nature, odds are you’ll see the importance of the outdoors. You’ll feel the calming power of simply being outside, the connection to something bigger. And it’s not surprising, because we used to spend our entire lives there. But unfortunately, today many of us are disconnected from our natural habitat. The average American spends 95 percent of their life indoors. Never mind, all of the statics on the rampant increasing usage of video games and screen times with youths these days spending large portions of their lives in virtual reality, instead of reality itself. Simply being indoors all of the time, will eventually make anyone as crazy as a horse gorged on locoweed. As a result of becoming an indoor species, our health and well-being is suffering. And the less we value our outdoor spaces, the less likely we are to protect them. It’s a slippery slope. The long march indoors is not inevitable. We’re at a crossroads, each one of us as people, as parents, as being part of something greater. Our decisions now will dictate our future. Being outside teaches you to be adaptable to your surroundings. It helps you grow, it literally helps you become alive. Being is all that is left, being is who we are, if we calm down the mind. Spend less time in the world of thought and more time in the real world doing, with your body

For more information on instinctive shooting, pick up a copy of Buz's book, https://smile.amazon.com/Instinctive-Shooting-Making-Master-Gunner/dp/1620877023/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546550173&sr=8-1&keywords=buz+fawcett but we are excited to share these two newly recovered magazine articles with you from back in the day.

Our Jamaican farmer friend Hamish used seeds in Colorado which he bought from Murdoch's, which seemed to be as good as any, which he used in a raised row garden.   Karen uses Henry Fields sees and then live plants for tomatoes, peppers and cabbage from Tagawa Gardens over in Parker.  We tried a bunch from www.rareseeds.com which didn't do great for us, but most were improperly planted.  We'll try them again next year and we are trying Victory Seeds for Navajo Tobacco next year.  Also trying some Navajo medicinal herbs to make Navajo tea and wild lettuce, together with some French marigolds for the side of the house from www.strictlymedicinalseeds.com.  We also got some strange seeds including Navajo Tea (Thelesperma filifolium), Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and French Marigold (Tagetes Patula), from another online source, to try next year. Late Summer Plantings   Packages are shipping in 1-3 business days The weeks may be flying by, but there's still time to plant seeds that will gift you a harvest THIS FALL!! (yes, even here in Maine!)   Palco Spinach (Organic F1 Hybrid 38 Days) $2.25   Buy Now Cardinal Swiss Chard (54 Days) $1.95   Buy Now Tres Fine Frisee (Heirloom 30 Days) $1.95   Buy Now Aspabroc Broccoli (F1 Hybrid 50 Days) $3.50   Buy Now Cherry Belle Radish (Heirloom 21 Days) $1.95   Buy Now Minicore Carrot (55 Days) $1.95 To Navajos, Ant represents super strength, intelligence, psychic abilities, telepathic communication, sharp thinking and planning.  The big Black Ant warns of earthquakes. Red biting ants are bad powers and challengers. Other kinds of ants can be messengers and allies.  Small ants are a nuisance at a picnic but not a few in the garden.