FISHY FACTS

We found an interesting article from Ohio Cooperative Living about Ohio’s connections to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services 150 year celebration.
In February, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS) turned 150 years old, and to celebrate its sesquicentennial, it has released a new book of its many finny accomplishments titled America’s Bountiful Waters.
A compendium of all things piscatorial, the book details the long history of fisheries management in the U.S. and highlights many of the service’s most well-known employees — including two Ohioans who are prominently featured: Bob Hines and James Henshall.
Henshall (1836–1925) is known as the father of bass fishing in the U.S. He was born in Maryland and moved to Cincinnati after graduating high school. He finished medical studies in 1859, just in time for the Civil War, and promptly joined the Union Army medical corps. One of his most memorable adventures was a run-in with Morgan’s Raiders, a Confederate cavalry unit that crossed the Ohio River and was eventually captured near West Point, in Columbiana County.

In addition to his interest in medicine, Henshall began studying fish culture after the war, and he became one of the earliest American authorities on sport fishing.
A dedicated angler all his life, he was also a prolific writer — one of the most famous fishing writers of his day — contributing articles to both Forest & Stream and The American Angler, the premier outdoor journals of the era. He is most remembered for his magnum opus, Book of the Black Bass. Published in 1881, it sold nearly half a million copies, with more still being sold today.
Hines (1912–1994) was born in Columbus and became interested in the outdoors at a young age. He made it his life’s work while hunting, fishing, and camping close to the Sandusky River near Fremont, Ohio. He was a young staff artist for the Ohio Division of Wildlife in 1948 when he was lured away to work for the USF&WS. No doubt he had gained attention of the agency by designing the art for the 1946 Federal Duck Stamp with his image of redhead ducks. Hines eventually took over leadership of that federal annual art competition, overseeing and improving the event for more than 30 years.
Hines produced untold numbers of illustrations during his time with the USF&WS, including the first four U.S. postage stamps to feature species of wildlife: wild turkey, pronghorn antelope, king salmon, and whooping crane. He was especially proud of his 1963 Ducks at a Distance, a waterfowl identification pocket guide for hunters that became a bestseller for the Department of the Interior. He is the only individual in the history of the organization to hold the title of National Wildlife Artist. Hines’ image of a cutthroat trout adorns the cover of the new book (see image above).
An interesting sidenote about Hines’ long career with the USF&WS is that his first supervisor was Rachel Carson, who would go on to pen Silent Spring in 1962. The book sounded the alarm concerning indiscriminate use of pesticides and helped kick-start the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
America’s Bountiful Waters has another Ohio connection. The book was edited by an expatriot Buckeye, Craig Springer, who now lives in New Mexico. If his name sounds familiar, that could be because he occasionally writes articles for this magazine. Along with editing, Springer also contributed several stories to America’s Bountiful Waters; one of them is a remembrance of catching his first feisty smallmouth bass from Four Mile Creek, near Oxford, which gave him something else in common with Henshall.
“James Henshall and I both caught our first smallmouth bass on an Independence Day outing in southwest Ohio,” Springer says. “They just happened more than a century apart.”
-W.H. “Chip” Gross is Ohio Cooperative Living’s outdoors editor.

 

The Pipe Racks’ Perfectly Prodigious Peerless Product Promotion!!!

Gurkha Castle Hall Cigars
Earlier this year, Gurkha revamped its Castle Hall line and now it is getting a Nicaraguan version.
The company has announced Castle Hall Nicaragua, which will use an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. It is being produced at American Caribbean Cigars S.A.
Castle Hall Nicaragua will be offered in the same three sizes as the Castle Hall Dominican:
Gurkha Castle Hall Nicaragua Robusto (5 x 52)$5.35 (Box of 20, $107)
Gurkha Castle Hall Nicaragua Toro (6 x 54)$5.65 (Box of 20, $113)
Gurkha Castle Hall Nicaragua Magnum (6 x 60) $5.95 (Box of 20, $119)
All right here at your friendly neighborhood Pipe Rack.

 

 

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

For the month of June, Sammy is our Fish Pics winner with the “Sammy at Springfield Lake” pic. Sammy will win a GIFT BAG ASSORTMENT OF TACKLE and bragging rights to all his fishing buddies.
Thank you to all of our June participants (We had 31 pics sent in this month!!!). We are looking forward to see what pics we will get for July. And remember…KEEP THOSE FISH PICS COMING!!!!

Sammy-Springfield Lake

Joke of the Week

An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room said, “Yeah, right.”

The Pipe Racks’ Perfectly Prodigious Peerless Product Promotion!!!

Rapala 25lb Tube Scale
Material – Stainless steel
Item Weight – 0.5 Pounds
Item Dimensions LxWxH – 1.78 x 5.95 x 14 inches
Stainless steel hook, spring & handle with aluminum tube.
Pounds and kilogram marks.
Marker slide for accurate measuring.
Affordable and durable, these mechanical scales from Rapala rival all contenders. Stainless steel soft-grip handle, anodized aluminum housing, and marker slide make them easy for anyone to use.
Just $19.98 at your friendly neighborhood Pipe Rack.

 

FISHY FACTS

Salema Porgy:
The Salema Porgy is a type of Bream native to the East Atlantic and parts of the Mediterranean. Recognizable by its gold-blue stripes, you’d say that this guy is as unremarkable as it gets. But you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. If there was ever an epitome for “looks can be deceiving,” this is it.
Translated from Arabic as the “fish that makes dreams”, the Salema Porgy has the ability to invoke vivid, LSD-like hallucinations. Ancient Romans knew this, and actually used the fish as a recreational drug.
Thankfully, the fact that it’s the fish’s head that causes the intoxication means that the odds of you getting poisoned are pretty low. Unless you’re doing it on purpose, that is.

 

Joke of the Week

I saw my wife, slightly drunk, yelling at the TV: “Don’t go in there! Don’t go in the church, you moron!”
She’s watching our wedding video again.

The Pipe Racks’ Perfectly Prodigious Peerless Product Promotion!!!

Find out what fans of this classic brand have been raving about for years with the Macanudo Inspirado 5-Cigar Sampler Pack. Tucked inside each sealed for freshness pack is one each robusto-sized: Macanudo Inspirado White, Orange, Black, Geen, and Red. All are expertly hand crafted.
Macanudo Inspirado White is sweet and spicy yet mild to medium bodied. Made with 6-years aged Ecuadorean Connecticut wrapper, Indonesian binder and 4-years aged fillers from Nicaragua (Esteli, Jalapa) and Mexico (San Andres).
Macanudo Inspirado Orange sports a shade-grown Olancho San Agustin wrapper grown in Honduras. This wrapper has a beautiful reddish appearance that tobacconists call “Rosado”. This attractive cigar is earthy, with medium to full body, and sweet undertones. The binder is Honduran from the Jamastran Valley and the fillers are Dominican Piloto Cubano, Honduran Jamastran and Nicaraguan Ometepe.
Macanudo Inspirado Black was launched in 2017 as one part of a Black/White series. Featuring a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, Ecuadorean Sumatra binder and filler from Esteli, Nicaragua. This full flavored smoke uses broadleaf tobacco that has ripened on the stalk.
Macanudo Inspirado Green is the sixth addition to the Inspirado line. It is the first cigar in this popular line to use Brazilian tobacco. Hand crafted in the Dominican Republic, this medium bodied stick sports a toothy Brazilian Arapiraca maduro wrapper draped over an Indonesian binder and a filler made of Colombian and Dominican tobaccos. Its unique tri-country blend combines to create a rich, smoking experience with sweet notes of cedar and a warm tobacco flavor.
Macanudo celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018, and in honor of this noteworthy milestone, they released the latest offering in the acclaimed Inspirado line:
Macanudo Inspirado Red. Made as an alternative to the brand’s typically milder options, the Inspirado Red is a full-bodied Nicaraguan cigar with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. Strong and spicy, bold and peppery, this isn’t your father’s Macanudo.
All for only $33.95 at your friendly neighborhood Pipe Rack!