January 27, 2019
Day 27 - 338 Days to go
33 Days until March 1
Base Camp Coffee of the Day: Highlander Grogg (Bold with a hint of Butterscotch and Rum flavors...… Makes you want to talk like a Pirate)
Another week is in the books at the Resorts. I read a Facebook posting early this morning from some local fishermen that said how "Spring Fever" was getting the best of them and how they needed to get on the lake. I'm not sure if they are beginners, novice, intermediates, advanced or experts. Because about the same time of their posting, I had some fishermen banging on the door to the tackle shop wanting to load up on supplies before hitting the lake. I'd classify that group as "Fanatical". Personally, I would rate myself somewhere in the "Fair Weather" category of fishermen. Fair Weather happens to be a rating of the kind of weather rather than the skill of the fisherman. So I would refer to myself as a "Fair Weather Novice" fisherman. Meaning, "not too bad, but only on nice days". Unlike the people who have been calling this weekend to book rooms, cabins and boats. All of the reservations I took yesterday and today so far have been for February and March. Most of them are repeat guests, so I know for a fact that they'll be out on the water whether it's rain or shine or snow!
While in the tackle shop this morning picking up a little to help avoid a repeat of the "Ruby Incident" from yesterday, I noted how colorful one section of the shop was. The Roostertail section. My Roostertail selection is bigger than most but almost insignificant when compared to everything they have to offer. The display alone has about $1,000 worth of their various products in a large assortment of colors and styles. Even that is small compared to the Roostertail storage area that has probably five times that much just sitting on shelves ready for the tackle shop as supplies are depleted.
Fishing tackle is a big business and no matter how much you think you are carrying, just visit a Bass Pro sometime and you will realize that you are basically a "Beginner" trying to be a "Novice" at that too. Last year we decided to increase the fishing tackle assortment in the shop. More importantly, we attempted to establish a distribution company to help increase the assortment of trout tackle to the area. Most of the suppliers stock products for a variety of fish species and limit the number of products available for trout fishing. We successfully landed eight accounts (including Roostertail) in 2018 and will try to add to that in 2019. The whole point of the effort is to increase availability of a larger variety of Trout fishing tackle for the area. We can now sell these products at wholesale price to other tackle shops and resorts in the area.
As the temperature climbed to about 55 today, I shall be out on a ladder fiddling with some electrical work that needs done at the Black Bear Cabins. If you see this posting by evening, you'll know that I returned safely.
Another week is in the books at the Resorts. I read a Facebook posting early this morning from some local fishermen that said how "Spring Fever" was getting the best of them and how they needed to get on the lake. I'm not sure if they are beginners, novice, intermediates, advanced or experts. Because about the same time of their posting, I had some fishermen banging on the door to the tackle shop wanting to load up on supplies before hitting the lake. I'd classify that group as "Fanatical". Personally, I would rate myself somewhere in the "Fair Weather" category of fishermen. Fair Weather happens to be a rating of the kind of weather rather than the skill of the fisherman. So I would refer to myself as a "Fair Weather Novice" fisherman. Meaning, "not too bad, but only on nice days". Unlike the people who have been calling this weekend to book rooms, cabins and boats. All of the reservations I took yesterday and today so far have been for February and March. Most of them are repeat guests, so I know for a fact that they'll be out on the water whether it's rain or shine or snow!
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| Roostertails Ready to Go |
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| Roostertails in Waiting |
As the temperature climbed to about 55 today, I shall be out on a ladder fiddling with some electrical work that needs done at the Black Bear Cabins. If you see this posting by evening, you'll know that I returned safely.
“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
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