Have you ever wondered about how many places you have fished before? Maybe it's a lot, maybe it's not much, or maybe you might be surprised by the answer. That was the very question that I started to mull over after I ran across an old Missouri road map a couple of weeks ago. From there, a simple idea of attaching said map to a cork board turned into a small woodworking project. After laminating the map and trimming it to size, I attached it to a 2' X 2' piece of plywood with staples. I then cut some cheap 1" X 2" pine to use as a frame. After taking a torch to it and then wiping off the ash, I put on a coat of polyurethane and attached it to the plywood. Finally, I picked up some large push pins from Wal Mart. These pins come in two sizes and I found that the larger pins are a little stronger and can handle being hammered into the plywood. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how things turned out. I'm excited to mark new places that I travel and will probably remember a few that I forgot. If you need a project to do for the weekend, you could easily knock this out in a few hours. Or, if you're an awful planner like me on top of being a perfectionist (I know, weird dichotomy), you might get it done by Sunday night if you start tomorrow morning! As always, this will be filed away on the "Projects" page for future reference and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me at showmeflyguy@gmail.com.
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| Plywood |
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| Map attached to plywood. |
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| Plywood and map with frame attached. |
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| Final product. I used the orange and red pins for warm water fisheries and the blue pins for trout lakes, rivers, and streams. |
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