2016 Election

I would estimate that maybe 80% of the country has already decided who they will vote for and it is a FIRM vote. The voters this go around will not be deterred by foul language, sex comments, FBI investigations, or the death of men in another country. There really isn't anything at all that can change their mind, your either a Trump or Clinton supporter. That is such a fundamental difference in the thought process of so many people, it is so opposite from each other. I call it the way I see it by reading, studying, and researching my opinions; this in turn, makes people upset with me to the point of the old "unfriend" button on facebook. So, for those that have been offended, stay offended.

Kisatchie Fly Fishers: April 18 fly tying

Kisatchie Fly Fishers: April 18 fly tying: Our next fly tying session will be Monday, April 18, at the Rapides Westside Libary in Alexandria. Time is 6:30pm. This month Brent Hump...

Due to the fact that Blogger App has been removed from the Apple App Store  and I now have a iPhone, I have moved my limited writings over to Wordpress

https://n5nlu.wordpress.com

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Computer Stickers

I had read on a blog that if you send a self addressed stamp envelope to the computer company "System76", they would send you free Linux Computer stickers.  I was doubtful of this, so I tried it.  I was surprised that two weeks later I did receive the stickers.

Below is the link and I have a few pictures.

https://system76.com/swag/stickers

The Cap Spider

I have been tying for about a solid year now and out of all of the jigs / flies that I have tied, I believe that this is my favorite.  I have caught many a fish on this fly, at times I've caught fish with it when I honestly didn't think I would catch anything.  It is called the "Cap Spider" and it is really small.  The original pattern calls for a 124 oz jig hook.  The photo below shows this particular one tied with olive chenille with brown/yellow round rubber legs. 

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I actually heard about this fly pattern from a guy at the local fly fishing club, I joined the Kisatchie Fly Fishers earlier in the year and have only attended 2 events due to my work schedule.  The only thing that I remember this guy telling me was that there was an old video on the Internet and called the Cap Spider.  When I saw the video, I thought, wow, this is easy.    

Recently, I've been tying the Cap Spider on a Matzuo Red Sickle Hook 1/100 oz instead of the 1/124 oz. These are the sharpest hooks I have used and although they are just a little lighter, I am still catching fish, so far, I have caught Blue Gill Bream, Crappie, and few catfish.

Fly Tying

Another hobby that I believe I like more than any other hobby I've had thus far....Fly Tying.  Who would have thought that I would do this for a hobby but it goes with fishing.  Here are some of flies/jigs that I have tied over the past year.  I tend to tie more crappie jigs than anything else.

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Our Opinions by Bro Eddie Thompson; from his Daily Bread 07/16/2013

Another post from one of Bro Eddie's many Daily Bread's, the Daily Bread's were emails that he sent out each day.

Our Opinions by Eddie Thompson

7/16/2013 7:31:02 AM

Opinions are important, at least, if to nobody else, the purveyor of said opinion. When many of us are of the same opinion, said opinion seems as solid as a truism. When most of us have the same opinion, said opinion is the "gospel truth!" Of course, nothing has really changed at all. Simply more of us agree about something is all. Opinions are still just opinions. Some people like southern country gospel music; some people like contemporary rock gospel music; others prefer only the old classics from the church hymnal. Is there a right or wrong when it comes to our opinions, our preferences, and our tastes? Holiness doesn't come with a particular style, taste, or opinion. Turning the lights down low for a song service doesn't create holiness. For that matter, neither does leaving them brightly lit. Holiness comes from the heart of those gathered in the sanctuary. Holiness isn't produced by a certain tastes for music. Those tastes are associated with the flesh and the flesh has nothing holy in it. Holiness comes from a heart of praise. I recently listened to a Christian music concert where some of the songs presented may not have been accepted by some people. One young man presented a "rap" he had written to God. It wasn't the angry man, growling, in your face type of rap. Just a talk between a child of God and His Heavenly Father. Still, I have heard some opinions about the whole "rap" thing from Bible studies and services I have been involved with. Some people go as far as to say that there is no way it could be of God. True, the rap genre isn't pleasing to my tastes so much, but what that young man did was anointed and touched me spiritually. Perhaps I was able to receive because it just so happened I had noticed this young man and others from the band praying earlier. I had observed them and had seen with my own eyes their passion for serving God and taking the gospel to communities around this world. I had a chance to interact enough to see the young man had a heart for God. He was my brother in Christ. It was his heart for God, his passion for his Heavenly Father, his desire to share his testimony, that made that moment holy and acceptable unto the Lord. My opinion about rap music truly meant very little in that moment. I believe we need to remember to maintain our capacity for separating our opinions from God's reality. I certainly don't want to miss a holy move of God because I am convinced that God's opinion is always mine.