![]() No matter their size, smallmouth bass caught on poppers fished on the surface are exciting to catch.Įver higher now, the sun arched over the tree-lined Wisconsin side of the St. Which is when he said, ‘Are you trying to intimidate me?’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I’m trying to instruct you.’ Anyway, that was it for me, the last straw. But he couldn’t cast, and finally I took his rod from him, made a cast and caught a bass. “You got stuck with a client who couldn’t cast, right?” “I think you did tell me that story,” I said. But neither were they chopped liver, or so I convinced myself. My casts didn’t recall the handiwork of Jason Borger “shadow casting” as a stand-in for Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It. “Did I ever tell you about the day I quit guiding forever?”īob was speaking from his boat’s stern, where he powered up an electric trolling motor while watching me loop 10 feet or so of line into the air before sending a yellow popper toward the flooded timber that lined the shore. ![]() Yet fishing on these rivers has been pretty good this early summer, and Bob and I expected no less. Croix in that respect resembles the Mississippi, the Minnesota and the Rum. Higher than normal on its banks in mid-July, the St. To accomplish this, horses strained against their traces and manpower was ginned up by taskmaster bosses. Croix were felled and stacked on the riverbank, waiting for spring floods to float them downstream to sawmills. Croix’s current, fly rods at the ready, we surely motored atop ageless red and white pines that clutter the river bottom.įrom the late 1830s until the early part of the last century, most pines standing within a mile or so of the St. Puttering, then, the following sunup, into the St. “I don’t want to make you do anything you don’t want to do,” I said. Paul, to ask whether he was doing anything the next day more important than fishing.īefore I could say, “We could throw a few lines and maybe pick up a smallmouth or two,” Bob offered that he had nothing on his calendar more important than fishing, and that he would meet me in the morning, riverside. I had done this the day before, calling Bob Nasby, of St. Croix River.Ī television show popular a while back offered stumped competitors the opportunity to “phone a friend” for advice and counsel. This wasn’t summer by the calendar, a meaningless demarcation, but summer measured by a cool morning yielding to a warming midday with scant winds rippling the surface of the St. When picking up CASH is REQUIRED, t is no reason to use paypal.MINNEAPOLIS - Summer arrived one day last week when river levels dropped and the sun rose against a clear sky. If you are picking the item up, please contact me for directions and a pickup date/time. Picking up your item is always an option and is encouraged. This is added for both of our protections, as the package is able to be tracked and we are able to see w it is if t is an issue with delivery. T is a charge of $0.75 added to all shipped packages for delivery confirmation. ![]() Insurance is not required but it is requested, as I am not responsible for any packages lost, stolen, or damaged during shipping. All sales are final, no returns accepted. I will not refund your money and I will not send the item if you have negative rating or unverified account. Please contact me ASAP if you cannot meet the required demands. Please DO NOT BID if your Pay pal account and address is not verified! Please do not bid if you have a rating of 3 or less without emailing me. I reserve the right to cancel suspicious bids and bids from bidders with negative rating. I accept Pay Pal only unless if you email me PRIOR to placing a bid. If payment is not received within 7 days the item will be relisted and a claim for non-paying buyer will be filed along with negative feedback. Please read auction carefully before bidding, Payments must be made within 7 days of end of auction. Email me with any questions before bidding to assure 100% satisfaction. Otherwise items are shipped as soon as payment is received. I will combine shipping if you contact me when you win the first item. Item is available immediately and available to ship within 24-48 hours after payment is received. NIB CASTMASTER HEAVY DUTY CAST IRON CHRISTMAS TREE STAND DECORATIVE HAND FINISHED MODEL #80007 FOR ARTIFICIAL OR LIVE TREES POWDER COATED AND HAND ANTIQUED 14" x 14" x 15" ADJUSTS FOR 1 1/4" - 5 1/6" TRUNKS 4 SCREWS FOR STABILITY ALL HARDWARE INCLUDED All items are as is, what you see is what you get.
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