I attended the July meeting of the Eastside Garden Club, a fishing club misnamed on purpose. I belong to the Hydrilla Circle. Anyways, I got there early to help prepare the meal which was fried bluegill, grits and coleslaw. Someone, not me thankfully, forgot to bring the hushpuppies. I fried the fish and made coleslaw. The fish were some filleted some whole. It was hot, and I mean hot baby. We were underneath of a shelter a now dead member paid to have built just for this very purpose.

Any old ways, I brought free jigs for the men. They mused to one another and swapped them about and divvied them up amongst themselves. I would say about a hundred of them. All hand ties this time. It was so hot that many members were no shows, so they all got what they wanted. One feller even said that he had been selling the ones he grabs. I laughed and told him GOOD !!!!!

One of the members who has caught more fish than anyone else probably, was eyeing the candy in the store. He said that there were a few in there that were of the magic coloration for a particular lake. I really don’t fish there and mostly it is a boat ride kind of lake for me. I plan to take three women tubing there tomorrow. Girls just want to have fun. Anyways, he shared with me and I appreciated the insight. I think he wants me to make him some with that same color scheme. I will. He has a bad back and can’t go out in his boat but is supposed to be getting some sort of weird injection that will have him dancing with the stars. I sure hope so.

I have been experimenting with the ones that will be in my box. I have some Living Rubber coming soon I hope. I am tired of the boring colors I am currently using.

I like the new blades in gold. They are the right size and have deep cups to them. Cheap light weight metal, but they should spin like crazy and throw lots of vibration.

Here are some from this morning’s quiet time.

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