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LOGGER'S SHEET SI-FP-1968-CT-148 LOGGER: Gregwood REEL NUMBER: 1A STAGE: Tennessee Talk #2 DATE: 7-5-86 PRESENTOR: Bob Fulcher GROUP NAME: Fishing and Boatmaking Workshop REGION/STYLE: Tennessee PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Dale Calhoun boatbuilder Maggie Sayre deaf fisherwoman and photographer of Tennessee River life Jean Lindquist (interpreter) CONTENTS 1. Dale: RealFoot Lake 2. description of RealFoot Lake, a natural lake - 3. Maggie : Tennessee River fishing: catfish, nets, lines 4. Maggie: life on river in a houseboat; garden on shore 5. Maggie: Bait - crawfish, mussels, carp - on 300 ft. lines 6. Maggie: strip net 7. Dale: description of his boat building; design of boat as opposed to Tennessee River boats. 4000-5000 boats that he had made. 8. Dale: description of his boat workshop and the plentitude of cypress 9. Real Foot Lake's commercial trout fishing 10. Maggie: illegal "chicken wire" lines; snag lines with soda pop tops, cheese, and smelly line; oil brushed on lines for spoonbill and catfish. 11. Maggie: comments on return to river life 12. Dale: comments on future of his profession 13. question from audience on use of in boat building 14. Bob Fulcher: résumé of Maggie's life. 15. Dale: comments on motors