Lake Amistad

I wonder if either of the two people (perhaps three) who look at this blog have ever been on Lake Amistad? I'm thinking about a trip during Spring Break - and looking for a boat partner...

Let it blow

I decided yesterday at the end of a long week of teaching a January intensive course that I was going to the lake today (Coleman). The forecast was decent - 60 degrees with 10-15 mph wind out of the North.

Well, I went - and it was wonderful. Didn't catch a thing. Didn't get a bite. The air temp was no where near 60 degree and the wind was howling out of the North at 15-20 Mph with gusts. But it was great to be on the water for the whole 2 hours I could stand it. I even ventured out into the main lake just a bit, turned the boat into the wind, and was sprayed with 48 degree water. Priceless.

Reel report: The new Shimano reel is incredible. Smooth, long, and difficult to backlash - that's right, the braking system is really good.

Waiting for a warm day

Happy New Year!

Travel schedules and weather patterns (cold!) have combined to pitch a shutout the past few weeks. I'm hopeful to be on the water this weekend - but the forecast has 25+ mph winds. Sigh.

What do to when you cannot fish and just can't get interested in another football game? FWIW here's my reading list from 2007 (plus today). As I look over the list I am surprised by how little I have read... and then when I reflect on the year, surprised that I found time at all. In order of completion:

Khald Hosseini, "The Kite Runner"
Chaim Potok, "In the Beginning"
Robert B. Chisholm, Jr., "Interpreting the Historical Books"
Richard Bachmann [Stephen King], "Blaze"
Mark Winegardner, "The Godfather Returns"
Samuel Terrien, "Till the Heart Sings"
Richard Bachmann [Stephen King], "The Long Walk"
J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Deathley Hallows"
Stephen King, "Needful Things"
Frank McCourt, "Teacher Man"
Marilynne Robinson, "Gilead"
Michael Chabon, "The Amazing Adventuresof Kavalier & Clay"
Gale Yee, "Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible"
Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America"
Jon Krakauer, "Into Thin Air"
Patrick Miller, "The Way of the Lord: Essays in OT Theology"
Stephen King, "Misery"

Go for the analysis - I'm sure the reading list says something about my warped character.