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As the weather warms, what are you looking forward to fishing for. Trout season opens here in a week but wading for walleye is my favorite spring fishing. The ice is slow melting and thus the water is slow to warm up but hoping the bite starts soon. This is only legal in some lakes.

Let's list some tips for keeping warm while camping in the winter. I have not done a lot of winter camping but I think there is a lot of info in the brains on here. Keep dry Put on warm dry baselayers for bed. Eat chocolate, or something to warm you up just before bed. boil water, put it...

The latest storm has gone from New Mexico to Maine. How much snow did it leave in your yard? Got close to 10" here of the real wet heavy stuff here. Very pretty and now sposed to get cold. Some more lake effect snow forcast.

My wife and I have a camper we acquired with a house. It may be kept as an extra bedroom. We have considered selling it because it is old and probably doesn't get very good gas mileage. It is an 83 chevy with a 350 engine. I forget what the name is. Any idea on how to find out what it is worth...

Who's been catching? I have been getting back into fishing since retirement but having been sick for over 2 weeks I haven't been out this spring. Trout season came in a week ago but I don't trout fish much. I would like to be up at the lake fishing the last hour of daylight and first hour of...

Many of us seem to carry numerous ways to start fires. Fires are important to survival. Do you go out in the woods to practice making fire? With wet wood after a rain? How bout with friction? I have never tried a bow and drill and have never gone out after a rain to see if I could start a fire...

JudyAnne, you watching the Duke women put it to maryland. Freeze just got 2 technicals.

How much snow is needed to start using snowshoes? Does wet or dry make a difference?

Thursday was my 65th birthday so I rode my hybrid bicycle 35 miles on monday, 20 miles on wed, and 10 miles on friday for a total of 65 miles for the week!!! That is at least double my usual mileage. I have ridden 35 miles before this year. I was pleased and happy although a bit sore at the end...

Have you been watching the Olympics? What do you think of the commercials? Any likes or dislikes. I have always liked chik fil et commercials. Huntington bank's are some of the dumbest of a lot of really dumb ones.

This is along the Allegheny river in western Pa. June 26-27/ 2012 I survived my backpack trip. It was five miles in, spend the night and 5 mi. back out. It starts out like a Pa. rolling hills dirt road. It starts by the bridge in Kenerdell and follows the Allegheny river north. A little over 2...

I watched a video on making a knife from a putty knife. Do you think this would be any good? They used a dremil tool to cut it to shape and then a grinding wheel to put an edge before sharpening it with a stone. I don't think a putty knife would be very good steel to begin with and then all the...

I have a 20* down bag that I have had in the teens. How high in the other direction do you think I could go? 40? 50? I sweat easy so I haven't used this bag above 35.

I have a friend who when training seriously, climbs in the gym 3 days a week and outside on the weekends. I use to climb in a gym a cpl times a week in the winter. I now climb mostly out side. I like the sunshine, fresh air, and the feel of the rock. Where do you climb?

Where do you like to ride, on the roads or a bike trail? I usually just hop on the bike and head up the road. Up is up too. Near a mile mostly uphill but then I have the choice of some rolling routes. Down is a half mile of quick downhill which means uphill finish. There are several ways to go...

I rode 16 miles on tuesday and 9 on thursday. I spent most of the winter in Nc. and Fl. so I got a headstart on riding this year. I have over 170 miles so far. 500 miles is a good year. I hope to get more this year. I am 64 and ride a Giant cypress steel frame. It has straight bars, 27" wheels...

What temperatures do you consider three season camping. I think down to 32 is three season. Snowy and below 32, to me is winter camping.

Is there any truth to this? Paddy O'Donnell opened a pub in Dublin many years ago with no bathroom. And thus the start of the Irish jig. :tinysmile_grin_t:

:tinysmile_fatgrin_t MAN THAT WAS GOOD!! That's what George has been saying. Me too. Excuse me if this ends up book length. I had a cpl beers while watching the ball game and a nip or two from the mustard bottle that is about 60% bourbon and the rest water. I brought a R.R. sweet potatoe...

I am at my brothers in Carrboro, N.C. and just set up my hammock before dark. Just doing some testing tonight to see how warm I stay when it gets down to the forcast 26 F. I am trying insultex and poncho liner quilts with my new hammock sock. If it isn't warm enough I will just come inside and...