Van Conversion Update, Fishing and Sunset
Thank you for reading this week’s post. It’s certainly not exciting from a fishing standpoint, but I am excited about progress on the van conversion. Gee, that sounded exactly like last week!
Had two other posts this week-
–What’s in Your Fishing First Aid Kit?, a guest blog courtesy of Justin Walker, and
–Free and Fearless: The Amazing Impact of One Precious Life– A Book Review. This was an inspiring book about love and loss. Check them out!
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Before we do anything else, a shout-out!
Sunday my phone rang, kind of unusual these days. Ed Wasicki called me. He subscribes to this blog, so he knows I’m working on a van conversion. During our conversation he offered to give some camping gear he no longer needed, which I thought rather generous of him.
Monday morning, we met at the SR 50 St. Johns River boat ramp, where he did his best to fill the van! Here’s a photo of the boo-tay:
Ed gave me a pile of good stuff!
So, I gotta shout out, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ED!
Ed also gave me the number of the VA COVID vaccination clinic, a place I’d already called without luck. I called while driving home, and got an appointment for Wednesday. Wednesday morning, I went and got the first shot. So, thanks again, Ed!
On Tuesday I worked on the van, doing wiring.
Thursday, while cool, had not much wind. I went kayak fishing on Mosquito Lagoon on a spectacular day. The fishing was not spectacular. It was pretty dreadful, for hours.
This was the weather I had to endure. Pretty easy!
I found a culvert with water flowing through it. Not expecting anything, I cast into the flow. BAM! After a second or two it came unbuttoned. He did get my attention, though. I continued casting to that same ten foot area for about 45 minutes, and released a half-dozen slot reds. It was shocking, although in a good way.
Yah yah, I caught da feesh!
I started with the- wait, what fly was it? That’s right! The brown slider! I had some short strikes so I took it off, for the first time in six or eight weeks, and put a smaller fly on that I tied by making dubbing from our cat’s fur (no I’m not making this up). It looks like a big nymph, the kind you would use for trout fishing. The fish seemed to like it!
That bite dried up, the way they always do, and that was it. I stopped at the Big Little Econ State Forest on the way home and photographed the sunset.
Cirrus clouds equal awesome sunsets, a simple equation.
Friday and Saturday I worked on wiring the van. Here’s a photo I took on Friday of what I’m doing.
Even though I’m a gomer, this looks fairly professional.
Here’s picture of my wiring diagram, courtesy of exploristlife.com.
Click on the diagram to see a bigger copy.
As long as I’m shouting out, Nate Yarborough, who I have never met, has, through his website and youtube channel, taught me how to do this job. Awesome information there, Nate, and thank you so much!
There’s a football game coming up, that Super Bowl thing you may have heard of. Go Bucs!
Thank you for reading this week’s blog post about the van conversion!
Life is great and I love life!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! or walk on a trail!
John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide
Purchase a signed copy of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide at http://www.spottedtail.com/fishing-florida-by-paddle/
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