Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 12, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Ric, > > Both photos are pretty interesting. I've never seen a fishing shack > unless it was on ice. I guess that's where they clean the fish. Or > cut bait. > They keep their fishing gear there as well as liquor and food and cooking gear. It's sort of a man's fishing home away from home. In the back left you can see a little of a fish scaler, a tub the rolls with a rough finish on the inside. The usual treatment is to remove the head, gut it, and fry in deep fat, bones in. Properly cooked the bones are edible. > Now the second shot is a little more lively. Kids and a little > older having fun. My eye caught the taller fella in the center with > his shirt tails tucked in his belt loops. Is that a NC thing as > well? Pretty neat. I would have never thought of it. I think it's an individual fashion trend that never caught on. > > Looks like a fun time though. If you're young. I have long said that you're not really an eastern Tarheel until you've had a Sunday breakfast of cold herring and hot Budweiser, extra points if you have a stiff hangover at the time. Thanks, Len. ric > > Thanks for sharing, > Len > > > On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > >> Redneck Salmon. >> >> Each year, Jamesville, NC (on the Roanoke River) celebrates >> Herring Festival. Herring are an anadromous fish that breeds in >> the swamps of northeastern North Carolina each spring. They have >> been a food staple as long as our history reads. Numbers are >> getting lower each year. A limited fishery was allowed this year, >> mostly as a salute to tradition. The commercial fishery is dead. >> >> These shots for the 1982 Festival salute the old timers who long >> depended on the fish, and the younger generation who just >> celebrated and enjoyed it. >> >> Seated at a fishing shack overhanging the Roanoke River. >> http://tinyurl.com/364p59 >> >> Not all the reverie was that of old folk contemplating the past >> and thanking nature for the bounty: >> http://tinyurl.com/39dbpn >> >> I didn't want to go either/or this week. >> >> Thanks for you time. >> >> Comment if you will. >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information