I updated my post linking/link blogging shortcut to include an optional content snippet if I want to say something along with the like. I’ve wanted this for a while, and it only took 10 minutes.

Paddling up the Croton River on the last morning of my sabbatical. Photo by Jeremy Wall.

Picked currants yesterday at Fishkill Farms.

I’ve tried, but I honestly have no interest in participating in any Discords. Not my medium.

Paddled Constitution Marsh today and cut it close getting back out under the train trestle. Had to squeeze as far down into my kayak as possible and pull myself through using my hands and the bridge itself, fighting the current. Glad no trains went by while we were underneath.

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Success

After months of downtime because I decided to try to switch to an unstable Debian branch and botched it, I’m finally reflashing my FreedomBox and starting fresh.

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13 wild browns today on my TenkaraBum 36. Sulfur comparaduns, elk hair caddis, and stimulators were the main producers.

While I was out fishing yesterday, when the wind blew there were rises like crazy in the pools. Took me a few times to figure it out, but little green inchworms and spongy moth caterpillars were falling out of the trees! I had to tie some of these up to try again there next week.

Caught some beautiful wild browns on the upper west branch of the Croton.

I haven’t tied much in the past three weeks because of other projects and travel, but I’m back at it. I noticed some small blue quills on the river today, so I tied some blue quill dries, emergers, and flymphs, all size 16. Eager to try them out tomorrow.

Some of you need to go re-read book IV of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

New project: Learning how to use QGIS.

First time using the Shopsmith Speed Reducer to turn below 700 RPM. Took me six months to find one for a reasonable price. Very handy for roughing out big stock without the machine jumping all over the place.

I wanted to tie some Hare’s Ear and Plover, but plover is a bit hard to come by these days. I think the barring on hen pheasant makes a good substitute.

Worse than a rickroll: Clicking a link on Twitter and it going to LinkedIn.

I have a new weather station set up! Will set up data syndication next week. For now, you can view it here: https://cagrimmett.com/weather/