Adventure Location: Rockport, Texas
Today's Date: 5-09-2022
The
morning started earlier than usual for a change. Breakfast was
finished early and we were on our way to a walk. Memorial Park turned
out to be the location and the weather was great again. On top of
that the OFM set a vigorous pace and maintained it for the whole mile
and a half.
From that start we managed to piddle away the rest of the day with a fishing try here and there and a lot of looking on the Internet for somewhere to go for a break in the ordinary here in Rockport.
A minor item but important to the OFM was finally finding some yellow monofilament fishing line. The OFM has trouble seeing the clear or light blue or green line against the water when we are fishing. He likes to use yellow line so he can see where his lure is in the area. Today we found Stren line in the strength we wanted and grabbed a spool. When we got it installed on the reel we headed back down to the harbor area to test if it was a good purchase. It was very good for visibility. The other surprise was we kept on getting hits on the lure but not hooking anything. It had been a good while since we had any fish hitting a lure. Finally the OFM took a look at the lure to see why no fish were getting hooked, The hook point was broken off, probably on one of the many rocks in the water in this area.
That was about it for the day, but it was a pleasant day of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Glad you had a vigorous day! Ah, monofilament line. I actually bought some for sewing - easy to put in the needle because it's stiff, but yes, hard to see. Strong, and doesn't show up in the seam. Of course, I don't sew much, so there are probably lots of drawbacks to it. But for buttons, mending hems, etc, what the heck. No need to get out a new spool of the right color.
ReplyDeleteMaybe tomorrow you can fish with a lure that has a good hook on it.
Have you tried braid fishing line for hand sewing yet. It is a lot stronger than mono. I use braid for buttons and other high strain spots.
DeleteNever heard of such a thing. But now I have, thanks!
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