On Sunday, September 28, 2014 1:31:37 PM UTC-5, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:22:23 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:

Remember when Karo syrup buckets were used as bobbers to go drift
fishing for river cats using a hunk of ripe ground hog for bait?

Yep. Dump the jugs off the bridge, drive rapidly a couple of miles down
stream, and go out in a boat to grab the jugs as they drifted down.

Yep, trout lines. Folks still use them, today, 'round here.

Went and installed the mantle. The boys liked doing some of the finish work. And they made time for fishing and swimming, too. Some pics:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/