HELP : I'm drfting away ............

[kirby999]

It comes and goes . My interest in my airguns is fading . I go through times when my airguns are not the number one priority . Right now, even with winter coming on, my time is being used up on one my other hobbies . Fishing , particularly flyfishing is #1 right now . I have the new kayak and have been looking at canoes and new flyrods . I have a field target match this Saturday and I only practiced one day last week . I almost put a couple of airguns up for sale yesterday and decided to wait . I know I'll come out of it in a few months , so if you don't see me around here , you'll know where I'll be . kirby

[RedFeather]

To be honest, I think fishing trumps shooting. Heretical, yes.

[TCups]

I confess I have been neglecting my fishing hobby.  And it has been several years since I tied a fly.  I have an 18' ABS BlueHole canoe and a whitewater kayak that I ought to dust off, too.  But I suspect my knee with the blown ACL and a wet exit in rough water might be a disaster.  The canoe, on the other hand, is big enough for my fly rods and a beer cooler.

[kirby999]

I had one of the field target guys email me this week and asked what I had been up to , I emailed him back about the fishing and buying a kayak ; he emails me back , saying " fishing huh ; something else to take away your field target money " . I emailed him back that I had been fishing for over 50 years, field target has been taking away my fishing money the last couple of years . LOL kirby  

[kirby999]

We need to get together for a fishing trip . My favorite fishing is flyrodding for bluegills . kirby

[RedFeather]

Did some nice still fishing with the kids this past summer. Would have gone into the Fall but school started and they were too busy. I've got a bunch of rods and reels but sometimes I take the old 1950's baitcaster and solid fiberglass rod I fished with when I was a kid. Heck, we even used spincasts for the local cat fish. The KISS principle in action - or maybe that should be inaction. Hard to beat a day on the water.

[TCups]

Jerry is always after me to come visit.  Don't think he is much of a fisherman, but he can cook.  Maybe we need to get a TX trip together and get Ronbeaux and Randall involved, too.

[TCups]

LOL -- just cleaning up in the man cave a couple of weekends ago and ran across my old Quantum open face bait casting reel I used to throw bass plugs with before I got bit by the fly fishing bug.  Maybe I should string her up and pull out some of the old pine wood bass plugs with two sets of trebbled hooks and see if I can still throw 'em without getting a bird's nest.  Used to be pretty good burning 'em in at a low angle under the trees at the edge of the bass ponds.  It's been a long while since I had a large mouth bass over 2 pounds chomp down on a big top water plug.  The trout are usually a bit more discrete.

[Big_Bill]

Hello David,

In my experience hobbyist/ collectors can be very extreme, like you. You put ALL of your energy into a hobby, right to the point that you finish a project or hit a road block, then you move on to the next hobby that catches your fancy. This time Fly Fishing ! This justifies your purchase of the kayak, and offers you a new challenge !

I buy a coin or stamp magazine, or start a woodworking project, this holds my partial attention until it's time to shoot a match. Or when I'm tired of shooting pellets, I load up a bunch of ammo. This keeps my attention until I'm finished loading. Then I go back to my pellet guns

I have always fired a few rounds a day, just to keep my eye and finger coordinated. So I'm never that far from my babies :-)

So don't sell the air guns, just wait until you get bored on the long cold winter nights that are coming, and you'll be happy to do a few matches to take your mind off of the winter reruns !

Just my way of seeing our addiction !!!

Bill

[crowpopper]

i too have hobbies
bow hunting
canoeing
ice fishing
airguns
regular hunting
hiking
well with all of these hobbies i always have my "carry" pistol a 14 in bbled 2240 in a holster with a few carts and pellets to shoot
in my tackle box i have a 5 pack of carts and a tin of pellets
and i always throw a few spares in my pocket when in the canoe or hiking or anything
i like nothing more than to be floating down a nice calm stream back in the wood in the canoe and either takin  a red squirrel off alimb or just hitting a water spider or floating leaf
i like to keep my aim up and it always fun to shoot if the fish arent biting

ice fishing i like to set up a snow blind and wait for the crows to take my dead bait  also
even when out snowmobiling i like to beable to hop off if i see a nice thicket that might hold a rabbit or grouse

[RedFeather]

"Oh, darling! Yes, yes, right there, that's it........mmmmm....... Dang! Did you see that squirrel on the branch outside? I'll be right back!" What you have isn't a hobby. It's an obsession.

[crowpopper]

lol
true there
for me i just have to have the gun there with me befor i was into airguns i had a henry survival rifle i kept in the pack and canoe and such but the 2240 is just so mych nicer
plus the boys and wife can plink also and have fun

[Bentong]

When ever I'm not shooting/tinkering with AG, I'm shooting for these with a light tackle on 10# line mirror lure plastic jig. Takes between 20 to 30 minutes playing so the line don't snap. They feel like pulling a rock when they don't want to get caught. It seems like I get tired before they do most times.

[kp4att]

THAT IS A BEATIFUL PLACE TO BE RELAX ... NOT FOR SHOOTING!!! ///  ENJOY IT KIRBY ////  GERALD

[Gene_SC]

David, did you ever think of just shooting the fish.. Like killing two birds with one stone.. I will be coming over to your place after the first of the year to eyeball some of you air guns. Set aside the ones you will be not fishing with..

Have fun buddy, that is what retirement is all about.