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Still good you are getting out – be awhile yet for us. When the time comes I usually get tuned up by hitting some ball parks for clad before I head back into the old places. The ball parks thaw out a little sooner because the sun gets to them. The old places in the woods will often hold snow until end of April or middle of May.
I think I shared this on one of the sites. I was working a local park and some youngsters came to watch. I dug a penny and gave it to them. I came back the next day and they had went back to every filled hole and redug them looking for more coins. :'( By then the plug had dried and even though I refilled the holes they still showed pretty bad. Lucky I didn't lose this spot 😀
I tell you, the bad recovery folks are really hurting us! Leaving holes is NOT COOL!
I have a friend that is maintenance super for the school system here and so far his grounds are open to me. Would just take one slob and I could lose a whole bunch of nice spots. The town square is still open also but I think that will be changing - so it goes
I had one park where the ranger let me hit the water even during the season but she retired. Another nearby park, the girl came out during a rain storm while the beach was empty and told me the beach is closed to detecting until Labor Day.0 I was the only person within a mile but she said the rules are the rules :'( I had driven about 30 miles to hit this park because I figured no one would care on such a stormy day - shows you what I know 😀
Take it from an old timer – it is good to have a small job to keep you active. About your battery check - I have noticed that quite often my battery will look good at the check but just a short time later will be almost dead. Seems like the gauge reads good but any load quickly drains it. I usually carry a spare if I am going very far Glad to see you on here again - we need someone to find and post just to keep us snowed in ones happy 😀
Living inland like we do – our lake beaches are mostly closed to detecting until after Labor Day. The park super can allow certain leeway but this definitely leads to favoritism. WOW! My spell check just made me add an i to my spelling ;D Shows you what I know about favoritism
Are your beaches always open to the public or are there a lot of private areas?
Yeah! You hunt down the beach with the wind at your back. Then you turn around and your car looks a long ways away 😀
Nice haul – I think I would get a good rain outfit and keep hunting. When I am down to the beach in Nov. I quite often am the only one out in the weather. A little damp for some but pretty comfortable for me after the weather we have.
I am with you Ian – really hard to judge how a strong wind will affect you. Standing by the car you feel warm enough. 5 min. later standing on the beach you know you made a mistake ???
Thanks, tink! That is truly art! Do you do different flies for different season to match the type of bugs flying around?
Yeah Mark - but for now these little cress bugs are for the limestones that don't feeze. The trout don't move around much so you have to drift a natural looking nymph so it almost bumps them on the nose. Dry flies that float have to match the hatch a little closer.For you - a bass or beam fly just has to be of an attractive color and show a little action. More later maybe
Looking good Ian – you are still the man for total coin count 😉 I am snowed in a little for now. Got almost up to 8F today but now starting to get cold again. Be awhile before I do any detecting.
Way to stick with it. You still find more on a bad hunt than I do on a good one ;D Good to see someone hunting and posting. We are in for a cold spell so it will be a while before I do much of anything :'(
Sounds like fun to me. We are supposed to get hit with a major snow storm over the next two days and like Steveo we already have a deep frost line. Usually around April before we can get serious about detection. :'(
Hey! That works pretty neat. See, never to old to learn 😀
