I often come across interesting specimens when fishing or hiking.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Rocks
- Thread starter SculpinSwinger
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I must have driving my coworkers nuts and certainly caused my wife to roll her eyes a few times. At work I had a collection of rocks that had been cut with a diamond wire saw on some of the construction projects. I'd bring home rocks from my river fishing adventures, I had quite a "display" on my fly tying room dresser (they're now dispersed around the garden faucet riser). A few rocks:
I found this ancient “beach” petrified on the side of a steep mountain above 5,000 ft.
Gyrfalcon22
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Wasn't the famous line from Norman Maclean in "A River Runs Through It" that there was no clear line between religion and fishing in their family?
Well, with me there is no line between fishing and rockhounding (forgetting the extra amateur pursuits of birds..general geology and other things I know less than .02% about.. ). I spend my time looking at my feet, the water, the sky like many of you guys.
Well, with me there is no line between fishing and rockhounding (forgetting the extra amateur pursuits of birds..general geology and other things I know less than .02% about.. ). I spend my time looking at my feet, the water, the sky like many of you guys.
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I was hoping you'd chime in on this thread!!
Bambooflyguy
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My dad made me a rock hound as a little kid……my wife and I collected rocks from various vacations, beaches, fishing trips wherever. After about 25 years and buckets full behind the garage, we turned them into a water feature in our backyard. I buried a stainless steel beer keg with a submersible pump that circulates the water to “Pee Bear” a chainsaw carved bear I made years ago. I lined the stream with rubberized material and stuck all of our rocks in and around it. The center piece is a 175 pound piece of petrified wood my dad found from the Vantage area way back in the’60s. Lots of agates scattered around and some cool petrified fir needle rocks from a local river.
Gyrfalcon22
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I hope more folks keep posting their finds on here so I won't feel like so much a hoarder. @Bambooflyguy that is a heavyweight collection there!
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Bambooflyguy
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Nice collection of carnelian agates @Gyrfalcon22. We have some nice ones too….also a bunch of thunder eggs we dug in Oregon a long time ago.
Gyrfalcon22
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The titanic stuff! Great! Nothing cooler than glacial erratics in the basin to some Volkswagen bug-size jade/nephriite boulders on the larger north sound rivers. Mercifully too large to drag home.
Found this while out fishing.
I believe someone added the eyes to the human figure at a later date.
SF
I believe someone added the eyes to the human figure at a later date.
SF
This was my first ever while deer hunting! After, it was very hard to keep my head up to do what I came for. Just wish my dad was still around to see it.
