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LOGGER'S SHEET S1-FP-1987-CT-271

LOGGER: Barbara Fletcher
REEL NUMBER:1/B - 2A
STAGE: Mich Talk
DATE: 6/8/87
PRESENTOR: Kurt Dewhurst
GROUP NAME:  River Lore    
REGION/STYLE: Michigan Au Sable River 

PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 
C Kurt Dewhurst
Dave Wyss Carpenter, river guide
Jay Sephan Fisherman

CONTENTS
1. Kurt-introduction- Water in Michigan; Rivers-Osaba River- Grayling
Jay-History of his family on the River - Farming and Fishing and Lumber
2. Dave - family background, clans, Kurt-River guide- culture Keeper
Jay- Experience and Background as River guide. Boat Building
3. Dave- How he learned to guide; Kurt- Perils Jay- Dad Fellin River
Kurt- Punt Pole  Jay- Rod stories  Dave - How to avoid being hooked.
4. Jay- monetary penalties - a Day on the River - lunch and equipment -pay
Dave- a day on the River Now- Jay- characteristics of good guide desire to
5. teach- Being a good companion, Dave- story about 2 fishermen
Kurt- differences among rivers and flies. Dave- flies- now named. 
6. Jay - form of boats-components shape same. (Tape change - 1B - 2A)
7. Dave - life as fulltime guide/fisherman. tymy flies, working on boats. Goes to florida to
work in winter. KD- never changed over years.
8. Jay- Not much.  Dave - characteristics of different areas of river. Signs of Fish.
9. KD- canoeing probs? Jay- inexperienced canoes KD - Boat houses?
10. Dave- White pine- cypress boats, left in water. Boat house built over water. zoning - cant build 
11. new ones. what is like on the river.  
12. KD - See self living away from river? Jay- no. 
13. Q-origin of boat design. Jay - nobody knows. maybe france. KD- Dugouts
Q- Types of Flies for this time of year?  Dave- match flies to hatch. Other times be inventive