The water temps are in the upper 50’s in Virginia and have passed 60 degrees on the Outer Banks. Game on! It’s April and the flounder bite is happening. Flounder are being caught by drifting live and natural baits on the bottom or trolling small bucktails dressed with strip baits, near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Some of the best early flounder action always comes from the … [Read more...]
A Big Mossy Brown
I am so proud of my youngest daughter, Laura. She took up fly fishing on her own just a couple years ago and has since become a capable fly tyer and an excellent fisherman. This past week, she went to the Hallowed Grounds of Mossy Creek in Augusta County and enticed a huge Brown Trout to eat her fly. This is not an easy task because, first, Mossy Creek is a tough place to fish. It is … [Read more...]
Fun Food at MAS Tapas
There are not many fun places to eat out in Charlottesville – fun, like kid’s would enjoy at a Chucky Cheese. Most restaurants are laid back, dull and boring. Many have good food, but fun? Not so much. There is one restaurant, however, that has both excellent food – not good, excellent - and it’s a super fun place to visit; and that would be MAS Tapas in Belmont. Nancy and I joined our … [Read more...]
Tips On Raising Chickens
(My good friend, the late Sherman Shifflett, wrote this for Cville Buzz a few years back. Sherman loved his chickens, almost like children. As more and more folks are raising chickens in their backyards, this might come in handy) By Sherman Shifflett Except when I was in college and in the Army (drafted during the ‘Nam era), I have raised chickens all my life. I no longer … [Read more...]
A Bluebird Date
Bluebirds and humans have similar habits. A young human male often takes his wanna-be intended out to dinner and feeds her – just like bluebirds. My resident bluebirds have picked out a house (after several last-minute changes) and are ready to set up housekeeping. But the male bluebird leaves nothing to chance. Ever on the lookout from his perch atop the fence, when he spots a juicy … [Read more...]
Signs of your Times
Spiral Ham Slices and Pieces
I ran across an interesting product this week at Wal-Mart. It was Farmland Spiral Ham Slices and Pieces. I had bought this before and remembered it as good. It was – and what a value at $2.98 a pound. The pieces were mostly large, maybe 2 to make a nice sandwich and the ham was delicious. I suppose when they trim all those Spiral Hams to fit neatly in the cellophane packages, … [Read more...]
My Oh My, An Onion Pie
I tried my hand at an Onion Pie recently as a starch to pair with roast beef and as a change of pace from a baked potato. It was very tasty and very easy. Here’s how. You’re going to love the crust – Ritz Crackers and butter. How can you go wrong? Finely crush enough Ritz crackers to make 2 ½ cups, put them in a pie plate and add 1/3 C melted butter. Mix well, then spread across the … [Read more...]
Huge Bluefins off OBX
(Captain Ned Ashby and crew releasing a giant OBX bluefin) The capture season for Bluefin Tuna is over, but boats are still patrolling the Gulf Stream off the Carolina coast for some catch and release action for the most powerful fish alive. Giant Bluefins. It’s not clear how much this fish weighed, possibly a half ton or more. It was huge and it was returned to the sea. Tuna action for … [Read more...]
Go Fly a Kite
Boomer kids divided everything into months. January was noted for New Year’s Day and celebrations before heading back to school. February was cold, which meant snow, which meant school closings, which meant tearing down hillsides in a genuine Flexible Flyer sled and hoping for the best. April had Easter egg hunts. May meant school picnics and Little League tryouts. June was vacation time, then the … [Read more...]
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