Hey guys, thanks for all the Birthday wishes.
Wanted to go fishin yesterday out at lake Sonoma but my sister is putting my Mom in a nursing home. She turns 93 next month and they were suppose to move her in yesterday. So I stayed home to Skype with her before she left.
My Mom and I Skype at least twice a day if I'm not fishin and on those days we Skype at bedtime to say goodnight.
Anyway, since I didn't go fishin yesterday I was goin today. Well, they didn't move her completely in yesterday so they are finishing it today so I stayed at the house to be able receive a Skype from her before she left today.
She Skyped me this morning and we talked for a little while and she doesn't know when we'll be able to talk again after she moves.
No phone lines at the new place and she's almost blind so she can't see cell phones any more.
She's real discouraged and feels like she's bein kicked to the curb.
Just wanted to ask for y'all to keep her in your prayers for her to have strength, courage and peace. And that they can get her computer hooked up soon so we can continue to Skype.
My FS family is SO big and scattered all over the country/world I know I'll never meet most of you but I really feel like we're family just the same.
Thanks so much for everyone's love and concern for each other. It means a lot. Steve.

Hey guys, thanks for all the Birthday wishes.
Wanted to go fishin yesterday out at lake Sonoma but my sister is putting my Mom in a nursing home. She turns 93 next month and they were suppose to move her in yesterday. So I stayed home to Skype with her before she left.
My Mom and I Skype at least twice a day if I'm not fishin and on those days we Skype at bedtime to say goodnight.
Anyway, since I didn't go fishin yesterday I was goin today. Well, they didn't move her completely in yesterday so they are finishing it today so I stayed at the house to be able receive a Skype from her before she left today.
She Skyped me this morning and we talked for a little while and she doesn't know when we'll be able to talk again after she moves.
No phone lines at the new place and she's almost blind so she can't see cell phones any more.
She's real discouraged and feels like she's bein kicked to the curb.
Just wanted to ask for y'all to keep her in your prayers for her to have strength, courage and peace. And that they can get her computer hooked up soon so we can continue to Skype.
My FS family is SO big and scattered all over the country/world I know I'll never meet most of you but I really feel like we're family just the same.
Thanks so much for everyone's love and concern for each other. It means a lot. Steve.

I don't know what a stud is or a 10 euros pole. But angling is really quite simple and basic. You use your rod to present bait to fish. Of course it gets way more complicated than that, but when you're starting out, the key is KISS. If you don't know what that is, look it up. Dangers? Where you fishing? Some places are more dangerous than others, but you know your environment better than any of us. Just be cautious and pay attention to your surroundings. There is no shame in not catching fish, it's why we call it fishing and not catching. You're talking to an expert. I've been successfully fishing (and catching) for over 60 years, and I haven't caught a fish since December of 2019. Not for lack of trying. And no, practice with your friend, just be up front that you don't know what you're doing any more than your friend does. Hopefully you'll have a great time figuring it out together.

That plug you have in your pic would work great also. Our river isn't deep enough usually to run deep divin lures like that. We do use the fast track Rebel lures, but they don't make them any more. You have to get them off ebay or somewhere. They work reallt good too butthey run down to bout 11 to 12 feet , so we can't use them except when the tide is higher. We're usually trollin in 10 to 12 feet of water. During low tide it sometimes is as shallow as 8 feet and we are hittin the bottom with 180 feet out and have to shorten it up to bout 100 to 120 feet out. Still try to go 5mph though.
How deep is your river? Our max is only bout 15 feet and not very much of the river is that deep. Have to go down to Pappas and below to find water that deep. We try to stay above Pappas.