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Bump on an old topic that I still would like to get help with if somebody out there is interested or knows somebody.....thanks....

I posted this a couple of years ago and thought someone on here tied flies but we never got that to work out for some reason! I am looking for a long shank brown woolly worm fly with a gold band around it. The image below only represents the band look and in no way represents what I am looking for otherwise! Anybody out there make or know somebody that can make a brown woolly worm with a gold band?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barnum-animal-crackers-box-nabisco-mondelez-international-boxes-get-new-look-animals-freed/ After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum's Animals crackers after relenting to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in circuses for more than 30 years, wrote a letter to Mondelez in the spring of 2016 calling for a redesign. "Given the egregious cruelty inherent in circuses that use animals and the public's swelling opposition to the exploitation of animals used for entertainment, we urge Nabisco to update its packaging in order to show animals who are free to roam in their natural habitats," PETA said in its letter. Mondelez agreed and started working on a redesign. In the meantime, the crackers' namesake circus - Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey - folded for good. The 146-year-old circus, which had removed elephants from its shows in 2016 because of pressure from PETA and others, closed down in May 2017 due to slow ticket sales. Aug. 20, 2018, photo shows boxes of Nabisco's Barnum's Animals crackers in Chicago with former design AP The redesign of the boxes, now on U.S. store shelves, retains the familiar red and yellow coloring and prominent "Barnum's Animals" lettering. But instead of showing the animals in cages - implying that they're traveling in boxcars for the circus - the new boxes feature a zebra, elephant, lion, giraffe and gorilla wandering side-by-side in a grassland. The outline of acacia trees can be seen in the distance. "When PETA reached out about Barnum's, we saw this as another great opportunity to continue to keep this brand modern and contemporary," said Jason Levine, Mondelez's chief marketing officer for North America, in a statement. Mondelez is based in Illinois, which passed a statewide ban on circuses with elephants that went into effect in January. More than 80 U.S. cities have fully or partially banned circuses with wild animals, according to Animal Defenders International. PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman says she's celebrating the box redesign for the cultural change it represents. "The new box for Barnum's Animals crackers perfectly reflects that our society no longer tolerates the caging and chaining of wild animals for circus shows," she said. Nabisco has been making Barnum's Animals crackers since 1902. It has redesigned its boxes before, but only for limited-time special editions. In 1995, it offered an endangered species collection that raised money for the World Wildlife Fund. In 1997, it offered a zoo collection that raised money for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. And in 2010, it worked with designer Lilly Pulitzer on a pastel-colored box that raised money for tiger conservation. The company won't say how many boxes it sells each year. Canadian boxes already had a different design and aren't affected.

Dances with Wolves....."Why don't he write?"

I just had a kid tell me in class that he had never had milk with donuts..........it is a changing world😂

My dad was anti scope.......if you couldn't see it with your bare eye and use open sites you had no business shooting.......

130....I've kinda started wondering if there is anything about hunting you do enjoy........take a deep breath.....you obivously have issues with.......stuff..... go out and enjoy the hunt because you are prepared for all the crap that can happen out there!!! Control what you can and enjoy!!!! We all get pissed about something.....how about sharing a fun hunting story with us!!!

I told my wife the same thing last night.....got in a fight with my cable company and SLing because all the sudden I don't get my Dback games.....both companies telling me the other company is responsible for my geolocation getting hacked by a third party company....blah, blah, blah.........what the heal is a geolocation, I just want to watch a baseball game!!!

I did go into McDonalds and order a burger....before 10:00am..... and got told I had to wait for the lunch menu........sooooooooo........well.....I'm out of touch with McDonalds the BURGER joint!!!

Cool pics.....

Nature girl??? I bet she spilled lots of beans!!!

Sent this link to my wife to get approval....we need the second one to run the A/C😂

Cool lookin buck...

Yesterday was the 35th for my wife and I........lots of years fishing, hunting, camping and doing absolutely everything together but this is how yesterday went down. I suggested we go out and check trail cams after church and then take her out to Charley Clarks for steak and ribs. She proposed we check trail cams after church and pack a picnic to eat while out in the woods.....that is my wife....love her to death! So we are slow rolling down the dirt road looking for wildlife and as we come around a corner....... Kelly: Have we gone over to look at that old fireplace and chimney before? Jeff: Yes dear, it is an old ranch house plot with some remains of the foundation, remember we went and walked around it before. (I got that look!!!) So I turn off and we drive the two tracker over two it to investigate again. She is in her flip flops and shorts and I warn her to get a stick for rattlesnake control, which gets me an eye roll....so we go check out the chimney area. Next thing I know she is walking up a little ridge to go "look"....... There are three water tanks close by the first one is dry, the second has a little water in it and I want to go see the third to check it out so we start following a fenceline to the third. All the sudden..... Kelly: Jeff there is something in that tree........ Which is a not so big juniper about 10' away from us. Jeff after looking closely: It is a bear..... Kelly: What should we do? Jeff: Start backing up slow and we will just back off. Kelly: Should we run..... Jeff: Na we'll be ok..... All the sudden the bear is bumbling out of the tree, crashing breaking limbs and Kelly takes off, I'm still backing up slowly waving my hands up in the air and hollering at the bear as it hits the ground and takes of running opposite direction. Jeff: Honey.....come on back the bear took off!!! Kelly is back and we head towards the tree again to walk to the water tank. Kelly: Jeff!!!! there is still something in the tree.......... We watched this little guy as he bawled and ate berries and then finally came down and rambled off bawling the whole time. We were vigilant as we watched from the truck, got out to take a few pictures but dang......alll because we had to go see that chimney again..... Great day out in the woods!!!

Here are the two victims of my fish guiding....they both think I am the greatest ever....we got lucky!!! This is the first time they ever fished, it was so fun to watch the excitement doing something I take for granted!!

Its because Big Lake has been getting lots of rain and the nutrients goes way up creating lots phosphorus and nitrogen. Just the right cocktail of sun, rain, wind, and weather will produce this bloom. The algea bloom could kill all the fish off it gets to bad. Cannero lake just had one and killed last month I heard. Big Lake being deeper and larger I doubt it will kill, it never does from what Ive seen. There were lots of lunkers swimming right up at the edge just under the murk slime.......it made me worry that in fact there was going to be a kill! I just have never seen it like that at Big Lake.

We trolled Nelson on Saturday......dragging peacock ladies on sinking line......probably caught 20 fish in an hour....nothing but stockers but we had two girls with us that had never fished before so now according to them I am the best fishing guide around. Middle of the day trolling least favorable conditions beautiful weather and enjoyed being up there!!!

What is up with the thick build up of algae slime at Big Lake......I have never seen it like that there. Nelson and Luna yes but not at Big Lake???

Man.....where did the summer go???

Very cool........gotta get back up there......

Looking for pros/cons on these two rigs. Starting with 2003-2008 used models...... According to craigslist they aren't even in the same price range and I am curious as to the why? I have owned an older model Tacoma but am fighting with the prices.......I loved the Tacoma I had......

Sweet ride to the promised land Tommy..........

Cool finds and video.......jealous for sure!!!

Went there undefeated back in 78.......and got beat on the court and then got beat at practice the following Monday for losing to a not so good team........back in those days horse racing was all I remember hearing about Ruidoso.......