Sharp Hooks

     Are your hooks sharp?  Do you use a good quality hook?  Why do I need a sharp hook anyway?

  All of these questions are about maintenance and preparedness. Some take care of these questions as a hobby or something to do as they wait on their next outing. Others do this as a means of preparedness, these are the folks who view hooks as tools and need to have them clean, sharp and ready for the next use. 

I fall in the latter maintenance/prepper.  Well heck, really I am OCD about it as I don’t want to leave any stone unturned or have the possibility of a fish besting me because I was lazy or forgot to take care of business. 

  The other thing is what's the right hook for the job?  I mostly jig lakers and walleyes.  The hooks on my rods are Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp or Trokar Hooks.  These are fail safe out of the package, once you get accustomed to how a quality sharp hook performs on a low stretch line like Fins Wind Tamer braid you will immediately know when something is off in your set up.  Hopefully its not you.  More on the you part in a future blog.

  The answer to 'why I need a sharp hook anyway' is to start the penetration of the hook point as I move the rod or as the fish turns to swim away with the hook in position.

     Like all sports visualization is the key.  Look at a pack of hooks and see fish on your stringer!!!!!!!! 

Long Time

     A long time has passed since my last blog, sounds like confession.  It has been a nice break filled with family and Roxi my granddaughter.  Wow, folks talk about its awesome being a grandparent.  I really did not connect to that until it had happened. Many of the things I think about with her are the same as those original thoughts with my daughters.  I just want to be with her and show her the marvel of what is outside and waiting to be discovered, well much the same of what I hope to give to friends and clients.  My personal creed, I would say, “Share the joy and craft  of fishing, outdoor knowledge, safety and the stewardship of God’s creations." 

Ok what does that truly mean in practice, to show up each day being who and what I have been created to be. Give all of my energy to the efforts of reaching the sole goal of : Communicating ability to have a peaceful mind while being outdoors. I kind of liken it to when we were kids and had pretend forts, we were make believe kings or queens, Daniel Boone, Davey Crocket and the like.  The escape or mindful experience of disengaging from the grind of it all and knowing that there are really only a few things that really have value Love, Time and what we experience as Beauty.  In the pursuit to give this way, I find it intriguing to relate to folks and the day.  Most folks will state that being outside and learning skills of this outdoor craft and /or lifestyle was brought to them thru a parent and/or their grandparents. 

    More on these thoughts in the future.

    I always want to remember that all I have to do is choose to be a part of the beauty, creation of it is the same as what created myself.