Look at this gem I rescued front the upper zone last year.  the photo does not do it justice.  Articulated 2 hooks, barbell eyes, lead wrapped, rubber legs , green beads on the articulation wire.............
 

Man, weather guy called for t-storms and crappy weather all weekend. I blew off schroon lake due to his predictions.
Guess what ? Yesterday and today have been STELLAR but I have been stuck inside putting 1,000 sq ' of flooring .
My knees, legs and back are killing me . Ah well at least it's over now.. The lawn is starting to become hay fields again and the dogs are making trails..
Geesh , think the wife would at least mow the lawn while I build her house ..

Now, to bring this thread back on track... The brush fields are thinning and showing signs of brown... Summer blossoms are no where's near what they usually are or have been... A long time neighbor of mine I saw today mentioned how he went through his reserves this past winter with firewood... Clint, I know you nearly cleared your wood out as well... It really feels like fall is coming fast. Could this winter be as bad as the previous??? I guess time will tell... I do believe that bad winters enable healthy steelhead returns for the following year. We did have 2 weak winters in a row and then last winter was the worst in 40+ years they say... What does the future hold for this coming winter???

It's definitely been wetter than usual and I think cooler too. Lawn is still looking pretty good here for this time of year as it is usually scorched brown by now.  Yea I burned more wood last year than I ever have before and I am behind the 8 ball a little, but everything is cut and 3/4 is already bucked up and about half  is already out of the woods and just needs to be split and brought in.  gonna be some work to be done in October for me for sure, but I offered the nephew $100 to bring in what is already bucked up and he said he could do it, but we will see if he does. 

Has anyone seen Al Gore lately?
 
PS:I HATE winter!

Lets hope not I liked two years ago. Steel all December, ice January, February and part of March and then back to the steel.  Ice was late, but stayed when it came, moderate snows and normal temps kept everything solid when it needed to be 

Well it rained a bit again last night, but it seems to be shaping up to a decent, but humid day.

BEAUTIFUL day today. Perfect temp, and sunny. I should get surgery every summer. Love being home with the nieces and nephews. Today I tough Brian how to clean a carb and adjust some cables on an old dune buggy that my sister had given up on.  we got it running and they were tearing around on it. Only problem is no brakes, but that is for another day. Going to teach him how to do brakes on his mothers car next week.
 

Looks like chance of every day, but partly sunny so I don't think it will be a wash out as it is thunder showers. Like our lake effect sunny here and  rainy there. 

http://www.localsyr.com/weather
Trev here is the local station I use. They upped the % a bit Wednesday and Thursday to 60% but there still is a peak of sun both days so not total washouts. Tuesday and Friday look ok.

Just returned from 2 weeks in the daks, and the rain gear got a full workout.  Only time in my life, on the last day of July at noon, I was wearing a t-shirt, flannel shirt, fleece lined canvas shirt, and a rain coat, and was still a little chilly.  First Monday of the trip, 7/28, it was raining hard when I got up and it never lightened up all day, only got heavier.  We took the Radisons to 8th lake Thursday, and spent the whole time baling and drying out, and each boat was over 100 lbs hauling them back up the hill, from all the rainwater they soaked up in the foam lining.  Fishing was fair, we stayed on 4th in the Fulton Chain, I got 14 Landlocks, but not one was over the 15" legal size.  Got two days back in the woods with the canoe at a favorite brook trout pond, and did reasonably well using orange caddis pupas, it was good to find that my amazing trip last fall was not completely a fluke, I am starting to figure out what the pond brookie wants in the fly department.  Started getting my wet flies for October and November tied up, definitely getting the itch, but I have no desire to go after sharks, too many yahoos.
 
Planning to repeat for a few days in the back country in September, and debating going up September 13th to Inlet to do the one square mile of hope canoe raft shot at the Guiness record.  I think the raft needs a few bearded, flannel clad, pipe smoking old men in Radisons to contrast the life is good shirts and dayglo kayaks!
 
Then it will be all GL tribs until the black flies (which were still out and biting last week) make their 2015 appearance.
 
L13

Soaking rain continues and it has been since I got up at 0645.  wind looks viscous too, I would guess HT is going to be land locked this day.

Great adventure l-13 and thanks for sharing. The weather only adds to the adventures. We are land bound today but staring at the lake as I type, eat , drink and eventually sleep.
Wind and waves look wretched . Haven't seen nor heard of a boat out there today.
Luckily the rain has been east or west of us. Sitting by the fire in shirts and tee shirt rocks .

Tomorrow does not look to be a total wash out.  30% chance of an isolated rain shower and sun mixed in.  Possible boomers around dinner. Lake effect rain (30%) Thursday with sun and clouds and the same on Friday. Watch out , the radar shows some nastiness to our west and there are lots of orange , yellows and even a little red mixed in.  Would not be surprised to see a small bump in the river...................
 

HT
 
Consider a ride up to the Redfield area above the reservoir, lots of State land and brook trout,  But I can relate, sitting and staring at woods is getting to be almost as enjoyable as hiking through them as the years advance.
 
L13