NateFollmer

http://www.fishandboat.com/newsreleases/2010press/bass_cr.htm I hope this passes. We need to give these fish a break and let them grow their numbers! What do you guys think? I'd like to see it extended further up the Juniata. I'd even go as far to say they should close the season during spawn...

10 but DDH was there after we left... If you count him - 11

DT series (6 and 10) Shallow and regular shad raps X-raps (amazing) X-rap Shad Shallow X-rap Shad The silver, olive and glass ghost xraps are the only baits you need in late fall/early winter fishing... Actually, the only Rapala's I won't buy are the Clankin' Raps... They are great baits don't get me wrong, but they are over priced!

I don't think this new House will last very long. He will go back to being a jerk in no time Forgot one show, Big Bang Theory. Sheldon is hilarious.... BAZINGA!

I thought I'd give it a chance... The first 2 episodes were ok, nothing great about them. This weeks episode really got me hooked though. It's getting better every week. Anyone else watching this? I have to watch this, 'House' and 'Fringe' every week or I'm not a happy panda! I'm addicted to my DVR... Sad I know...

Inside The 12th and 44th New York Infantry Regiments Monument by nate.follmer, on Flickr

Nice! What are those red ones in the background?

You can get them through the major school loan providers like sallie mae, wells fargo, etc... You can also get them from local banks but they aren't as forgiving I'd wait until he finished and lump all his loans into 1. I worked with a guy once that went to Penn State. He consolidated and his monthly payments went down almost half. Sallie Mae has been buying my loans from other lenders a lot lately. They do tsy from time to time and usually its a better interest rate. You'll get letters in the mail and a new MPN if that happens.

Well, like I said before Slone - Take a look at how much longer your son has to finish school. Is he doing anything to improve his credit right now? If he is, he may want to look into consolidation of all his loans (I know a have a ton of different loans and will be consolidating so I don't have to pay 8 different people). When he does that, he may be able to get that loan himself and then all of your co-signing will be gone. As far as this other topic goes, that's just paternal instinct. No matter how much you think or want to treat them equally, it's human nature to care for your own first... Nothing wrong with that, it's just the way we are wired.

Nice pics! Congrats! You (and your bride ) looked pretty spiffy.

I've had a few painted soft plastics with just paint on them. The paint cracks and flakes off due to the plastics movement. I had a bunch of grubs painted like craws and went through 10 in about 2 hours. Buzz my buddy quit painting. Just go to lure craft, bears baits or del mart and get some SOFT plastic (medium or heavy will kill the action), paint your paints with the soft plastic paint, microwave the liquid plastic in a pyrex cup, dip the fluke and hang it to dry. I would just get a tiny trout hook and tie it to a piece of line to dry it.

This is kinda small and doesn't give you the 'full effect' but here is a Pano from Devil's Den: Devil's Den Panorama by nate.follmer, on Flickr

Ah forgot about them. They have some cool ones that I haven't seen anywhere else!

Peach fuzz is pretty tough huh? Ah I'm just messing I hate those kinds of electric razors. Get one with the straight cutters. They don't irritate my face and I have super sensitive skin. Get a decent after shave lotion too (lotion, not that burning alcohol crap!). Here this style: http://www.somethingyoushouldread.com/images/haikus/electric_razor.jpg

I'm sure we have gangs here with all the drug traffic and the chicken plant only 15 minutes away (that place is hit weekly by immigration). The only "tag" I have seen around here is juice... Never heard of them though. I keep the 9 pretty close to me when I'm at home

Ha ha good show. I remember that shot now...

Here: http://tinyurl.com/32ggf4p No seriously, use jannsnetcraft, bustinbassbaits, lurecraft or lurepartsonline. They all seem to have similar bodies.

The jig is a whole other animal The bite is so much different than everything else. Use small jigs like "bitsy bugs" for smallies, they love them!

It's been a bad season this year for me too. I haven't really lost stuff like you have, but the bites been weak. I usually have twice the fish I do now. I've be en experimenting a lot this year so that may be some of the problem, but the weather has been crazy this year. I am predicting a decent fall and early winter bite though so hopefully I can turn my luck around and nail some decent numbers!

Thanks Dave! You have seen my other work too I hope the master turns out as good this model ha ha

Nice job on freezing those wings. New go get a hummingbird

Stupid title I know, but I wanted to share with everyone my whole process of getting into hardbait... fabrication we'll call it. I already know I can't carve to save my life, so I'm going about this the only way I know how - using the computer I'm going to warn you up front, this is going to be drawn out over a pretty long period of time, so bare with me Anyway, here is my first body design I modeled for a crankbait design I had in my head. I used 3DS Max to model the body, then I took the mesh into Zbrush and did the details (eye holes, gill and lateral line markings). I'm going to cut a 'master' body for each design and then use a replicator to make all the wooden blanks. I didn't want to go overboard with the details though, I don't know exactly how small I can cut with the replicator... This one is going to be a wake style (or a shallow runner). Going to make a deep diver, a lipless crank and some pencil style jerkbaits (I spend way too much money on these, so I may as well make my own). Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas/suggestions!

I have been getting random emails at work from people sending me resumes. I would have fallen for it if I didn't look at the file type. The file name was resumedoc.exe... The email is actually written very well too.

X raps work great for smallies. The key is matching the color with the other types of minnows or shad in the pond. I can use a bright white x rap all day without a bite, but if I switch to my x rap that is white and olive... Bam! They kill it.

Two words: suspending jerkbaits The closer it gets to winter, the slower they go!