My thanks to everyone on the stage/forum for your prayers and support. My wife is doing much better the last couple of days. I think we stayed up too late watching movies a couple of nights and then a cookout at our granddaughters was tiring. Need to keep a more regular routine for sure. She does like to do word finds and crossword puzzles. She also does small jigsaw puzzles with the great grandkids and large ones with the two granddaughters. I have reached out to the county Agency on Aging and Colorado Legal Services who have help for elderly and low income. I think I can get the forms and help with POA's Wills and other needed health and financial forms there. Grand Junction does have an ALZ support office and I will look into that. Of course our pastor and other groups in the church are available to us also. We do have a son and two granddaughters here in town so that is a big help. Thanks again. I appreciate all the comments and support. Will keep you posted. God Bless you all. Randy

Good morning fishing friends. I'm having a tough time being strong today. My wife has early stage dementia/ALZ. She was too tired to get up to go to Church this morning and I'm sitting here researching Wills, POA's and estate planning. We've been married 57 years and were high school sweethearts so have been together about 63 years. I could sure use your prayers for strength today. It's hard to put up a calm front when I think of the road ahead of us. Thanks in advance. This is a great group and I know I have your support and prayers. Randy

I am “borrowing” this from an earlier post from a new member.
My Son made me these while in college. Apparently he had plenty of material to work with 🤔
I have yet to try them as I put them in a “safe place” after he gave them to me. Apparently it was really safe as he graduated 4 1/2 years ago 🤦🏼‍♂️
I found them last week as I was looking for something else.
I hope to try them while jigging through the ice with a minnow head on the hook as I am sure they will catch something. I will also try a few casts with them later this Summer, parallel to cover. Jeremy had referenced a lure made with an old Coors pull tab which brought these to mind.
I have seen videos of a guy catching a big bass with an old smart phone (with other a treble hook on it), and with a dollar bill as well (with a leader or snell strung through it. If those work…why wouldn’t these?

I’m primarily talking bass fishing here. But I suppose it can apply to all sorts of angling
There are many different forms of fishing. All enjoyable and at times all productive.
The presentation can range from very passive to extremely active

The degree of proficiency often comes down to attention to detail

Simple bank fishing for cats or carp or whatever. You can just rig a weight , a hook and some sort of bait, cast it out , prop the rod on a forked stick and wait for em to come.
A little homework can make this more productive. First of which is where you plan to fish. Next up is which is best bait for the species you are after. Get an understanding of where the fish are likely to be and what they want to eat can mean occasional fish and very productive fishing

Same goes with fishing with a float. You can literally bait up, cast out randomly and go eat a sandwich. Or you can get more involved , tailor depth and bait to application , find concentrations of the fish species you are after and increase your success

There is trolling. If done right , a lot of factors come into play. One can simply drag a lure behind a boat or consider structure , cover , lure diving depth , speed , direction , length of line out , down riggers , diving boards , spreader boards. Etc.
figure this out and your chance for success is enhanced

You can beat the banks with any variety of lure . You can just throw anything and will catch fish, but better understanding the nature of the structure and cover , bottom composition , depth , wind direction and careful selection of lures that match the conditions will put more fish in the boat.

Flipping. Which I love , Same thing. How are the fish relating to cover , shade, depth , water temp , lure selection , accuracy.
Careful observation van equal success.

My favorite form of fishing is generally known as finesse fishing.
This brings into play the full spectrum of your fishing knowledge and experience Usually offshore and usually in places most others overlook because they are not obvious. A lot of times honey holes are behind other fishermen casting at the bank. If they would just turn around and cast out instead of in, they are there in masse. Often you can find a rock pile, ditch , ledge, sunken tree etc no one knows about and if they do, they never give a second look
I have several such spots.
I find these spots with my depth finder and if good I’ll mark on GPS for further evaluation
Typically , lures are on the smaller side , very slowly and methodically presented , generally lighter and very sensitive rods and reels are employed.
Sometimes vertically fished but often short casts are made.
The trick is to stay in constant contact with the lure. Feel and envision what the lure is doing at all times.
Presentation and lure selection are critical. Sometimes a shaky head, or drop shot, or tube or T rig worm and a myriad of other offerings can be employed.
A lot of times changing direction of the presentation can be the key ,
For example, you pick up a few fish casting to a spot from the south. Then the bite stops.
Simply repositioning and presenting from the east or west will get their attention again.

If you haven’t tried it before , give finesse a try this comming season.
To me it’s the difference between mowing the lawn as opposed to crawling and searching for a four leaf clover.

Tite lines all