RvW- I have a Springer also- they are great dogs. Mine came from Arizona but the stud was from Olympia and is a National Field Trial Champion. I have never run my dog in a trial but after watching a few I bet she is better than half of those in the Masters class. She is steady to flush now but I don't hold her for steady to shot- it sometimes works out as an advantage on a cripple and it never seemed important to me.

Nofish- The gunsmith is open, he just finished replacing one of the firing pins in my son's Ithaca.
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.