I decided to put some accent strips on the Freedom. For this, I am using a thick band of American walnut with thin strips of Alaskan yellow cedar on either side of the walnut.

A few weeks ago I finished building my first fly rod and I thought I’d post a little bit about my experience.

I haven’t yet decided on what I’ll be when I grow up but my kids have. Grady wants to either be a train driver or police car driver.

I really like the idea of Windows Media Extenders, which are remote boxes that you can use to network/channel your PC media to your television.

It looks like the Conservatives are hell-bent on proving that there are only two things that matter: pushing a conservative social agenda and giving in on ideals as long as they benefit politically.

September and early October found me beach fishing on the north shore about 10 times. I started at the more well-known spots by Ambleside and Cates Park.

With the stems shaped and everything in place, it’s time to start stripping the boat. The Freedom looks like it is quite a straight-forward shape to build and I’ve decided to try out some different techniques for this part of the building process.

Doug says, “No shit.” news article

The BBC reported that Gore will not run for a presidential bid. Too bad for us. I thought it was pretty exciting that someone with drive and passion for such an important issue might run for the US Presidency.

Once all the forms were in place the next thing I needed to do was shape the stems. The idea is that the outside of each stem is 1/4" wide and the strips lie flat on the stem as they run out to the forms.