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Super Bowl Steelhead!

February 7th, 2010

Super Bowl Sunday Native Winter Steelhead

James and I hit the river early this morning to see if we could score a Gameday Winter Steelhead before the Super Bowl. As you can see by the picture, we managed to get into the end zone for a score! We got this picture seconds after getting the fish near the bank, and seconds before popping out the jig. You can even see the water still dripping off this native winter steelhead buck!

James Fishing the Seam

I had my rod rigged up with my starters (some salmon eggs for a while, followed by another jig), but the ticket today was when I went to the bench and put our old pal, the pink worm, into the game! My float danced down a nice little seam between some fast and slow water, and suddenly, the bruiser took my float down like a blitzing linebacker!! It was strong as an offensive lineman, too, as for the first two minutes the fish was on, my reel was screaming like a packed stadium as he was taking line and heading downstream! Imagine Chris Berman’s “He… Could… Go… All… The.. Way…”

Then, once he got out there, he did some high flying theatrics, getting completely out of the water twice!! But after a short battle, I was able to get his head turned and pulled in for the score! Touchdown!

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Paula’s Raw Cat Food Links

January 26th, 2010

So I realize that I have promised many people links to the raw diet we are now successfully feeding our cats and haven’t delivered! So, I am just going to post the links that I referenced while researching this. I’m not an expert on it by any means, and don’t feel confident enough to answer questions, but these links should answer any questions, or put you in touch with people who can.

For those who don’t know, we fed our cats “high quality” dry food and canned food for years, and thought we were doing right by them. They have had numerous health problems over the years, and when Dakota was diagnosed diabetic last year, I did some major research. I found that many people with diabetic cats, had switched to an all-natural raw diet, and were having great success with it. So I immediately switched, and within a week, the change was noticeable. Dakota had more energy most certainly, as did the other 2. When I brought him back to the vet, for his first insulin shot, it was found that his levels had stabilized, and he didn’t need it. The only thing we had changed was the food. They have all lost weight (a good thing for them!) they are all spunkier than they have been in years. And they are all as soft as minks, with no dandruff, and they are just incredibly glossy. I was skeptical, but wanted to try something else before insulin, and now I’m a total convert, they seem to like it better too. And honestly, we’re spending way less per month than we were buying them the premium dry food.

So here are the links I referenced. There are many more out there too. Good luck!

It all started at this page

http://www.felinediabetes.com/

There are wonderful resources here, even if you don’t have a diabetic cat. Lots and lots of information and very nice people on the message boards.

Probably the most helpful page. Very informative and easy to understand.

http://www.catinfo.org/

Another good page

http://www.catnutrition.org/index.php

And the recipe we’re currently making for our kitties

http://www.catnutrition.org/recipes.php

The food we started off feeding them before we started making our own. They give it 4 paws up!

http://www.radfood.com/

Tuxedo

Jasper

Dakota

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Winter Steelhead Practice on Clackamas River and Eagle Creek

January 17th, 2010

Jeff at Bonnie Lure Park

Early this morning, I met up with my MotoSport pal, James, for some Winter Steelhead Practice out on the Clackamas River, and then over to Eagle Creek. (if we caught something, we wouldn’t have called it practice) James hadn’t been out steelheading in quite a while, but after a few minutes, he picked up right where he left off! Tossed all kinds of gear, bait, colors, scents, but couldn’t get a steelhead to even look. Got to break in our 2010 fishing licenses somehow!

This pic is Bonnie Lure State Park up by Estacada. A lot of people like to fish Eagle Creek for steelhead (and also Coho Salmon, when in season), but personally, my favorite is to wade across this stretch and fish either the Clackamas River or Eagle Creek from the island. However, today, when the Estacada river gauge is at 13.7′, this stretch is just a little too high for my hip boots!

James took this picture, and if I had thought about it, I should have snapped his pic and posted it up here, too. Next time!

if we caught something, we wouldn’t have called it practice.if we caught something, we wouldn’t have called it practice.

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Last Call for 2009 Steelhead

January 1st, 2010

Jeff with last steelhead of 2009

With 2009 drawing to a close, and still no steel on his 2009 tag, there were mere hours left for Jeff to get a steelhead. After getting inspiration from another ifisher’s mega-hen caught yesterday, Jeff hit the banks of the river with fishing pal, Mitch (of Kevins Driftboat) in the pouring rain at sunrise for one last chance at winter chrome glory in 2009. Obviously from the pic above, we pulled it off. Read on:

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TeamTuxedoBurrito Fantasy Supercross Fan Poster

December 18th, 2009

Team Tuxedo Burrito 2010 Motoxdream Supercross Fan Poster

Here is the official Team Tuxedo Burrito 2010 MotoXDream Fantasy Supercross Fan Poster. Click the link to sign up to play Fantasy Supercross against Tuxedo. You’ll also notice the cool motocross backgrounds courtesy of MotoX Photography Go ahead and set it as your computer wallpaper!