Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

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DANG IT!!!!

Ouch, sounds like your taking it well. I've always liked the look of those razors, I may pull the trigger on one some day. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Finished the last Hone box...

Really nice wood and workmanship, really like the maple scales also. Nice grain, good color, finish...just well done.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I'm still holed up in my cabin in the Smokeys until my in-laws leave, but I did bring some finishing stones to play with, a roll of my favorite shavers, and that spine-worn Wostenholm I posted about in the Honing forum to do some hand-sanding on in the evenings. Meanwhile, I'm also working on the following issues:

Beautiful area, you're making me jealous. Enjoy your time before you have to come back to the "real" world.

Wow, Aaron. Those pics remind me of the Greenbrier river in West Virginia. Stocked trout, though a few natives, brooks, and Golden's.

Originally Posted by outback

Wow, Aaron. Those pics remind me of the Greenbrier river in West Virginia. Stocked trout, though a few natives, brooks, and Golden's.

Mike-Sometimes we drive up to fish West Virginia, but this is kind of a remote, under the radar stream in the Smokeys, with the usual Appalachian mountain conditions: browns down low, bows in most of the drainage, and native "specs" (brook trout) up high if you've got the legs to get to 'em. It is as close to the perfect trout stream as any I have ever fished, and I'm dumb-founded (but ecstatic) that it doesn't get pounded (like every other stream in the Smokeys it seems). I call these mountain streams my therapy couch. During the school year, when I don't have time to get away, my shop and razor work keep me sane.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Mike-Sometimes we drive up to fish West Virginia, but this is kind of a remote, under the radar stream in the Smokeys, with the usual Appalachian mountain conditions: browns down low, bows in most of the drainage, and native "specs" (brook trout) up high if you've got the legs to get to 'em. It is as close to the perfect trout stream as any I have ever fished, and I'm dumb-founded (but ecstatic) that it doesn't get pounded (like every other stream in the Smokeys it seems). I call these mountain streams my therapy couch. During the school year, when I don't have time to get away, my shop and razor work keep me sane.

Well, u ever get the urge to take on the biggest of rainbows
I can take u to where the pot O gold is.

If you are after Brookies you should try up here.

https://northernwilds.com/nipigon-ce...d-brook-trout/

Bob

SOMEWHERE--Is a picture of my dad with a string of cutthroat trout that's at least comparable to the picture on the package of hooks. They were caught back in the 50's in some high mountain lakes that were only accessible by foot or horseback--dad rode a horse.

Anyway due to differences between State and Tribal Rules this doesn't qualify for a state record for Rainbow Trout (I don't know what the DNA test showed) but what a rush it must have been to hook and land it--especially without a net.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/20...cord-of-sorts/

A fisherman I know from Winnipeg, Manitoba once asked me, “Do you know what we call Ontario trout here?” The answer was “bait”.

Originally Posted by DZEC

A fisherman I know from Winnipeg, Manitoba once asked me, “Do you know what we call Ontario trout here?” The answer was “bait”.

Yea, they got some beggins there as well as other places cross Canada too. Nobody has yet to land a Brookie larger than the 14.5lb one caught on the Nipigon river 70mi/110km NE of here in 1915.

Bob

Mind you there was a close call and a beauty it was too.

http://troutster.com/brook-trout-world-record