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Bastrop’s 2nd Annual NatureFest Celebrates 2nd Paddling Trail & Hosts USCA Aluminum Canoe Championships on Sept. 27th

BASTROP, Texas — City and state officials will come together on Saturday, Sept. 27 as the "Most Historic Small Town in Texas" hosts the official launch of the second Paddling Trail in Bastrop County, the second annual NatureFest and this year’s 40th annual United States Canoe Association (USCA) Aluminum Canoe Championships.

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Sometimes it seems my father chose the most painfully difficult method possible for projects.

I think he equated ease and comfort with laziness, while I mostly looked for the easiest most comfortable means to an end.

He was a mechanical engineer with a meticulous nature and a near-obsession for detail regardless of how mundane or routine the chore might be. He never uttered the words "That's good enough" or "That'll do for now."

No question, he was darned handy around the house if he had the time to

Read more at: http://www.caller.com/news/2008/aug/17/the-tools-of-comfort/

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In The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton, Cotton writes that"....he that cannot kill a trout of 20 inches long with a 2-hair (2 horse hairs) leader deserves not the name of an angler." In proper perspective this says a lot about the skills of anglers in that century. They used 15-18 foot rods, line/leader assemblies of the same length and no reels! Imagine the skill involved with that 20-inch trout. Even Walton suggests throwing the rod into the stream after hooking a really large trout, and somehow retrieving it when the trout has tired.