Phatwater on the Natchez Gauge today is 24.3‘, a good bump up from yesterday, with another one coming before the week long fall. The wildlife on the river is astonishing, ever present, and often unexpected.  Yesterday Melissa and I took the Duet up to the powerline because I wanted to get a more accurate measure [...]

The Phatwater On The Natchez Gauge today, August 30, is at 23.7′ with two more rises followed by a week of falling water.  Melissa and I plan to make a full tour next weekend. Many have been kind enough to add me as a ‘friend’ to their Facebook pages.  I don’t really know what this [...]

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The Phatwater on Friday, 21 August, is at 24.3′ on the Natchez gauge. Here’s a shot of the Under-The-Hill area from years ago. The old ramp you see here no longer exists.

Y’all! We had the chance to see the as-yet-to-be-completed Vth annual Phatwater Bowie, today, in the workshop of Master Smith Terry Vandeventer. It’s a beast of a bloody knoife! This baby will be 17″ long, with a ten inch Damascus blade, a scallop shell guard of incomparable beauty, and a Sambar Stag handle, from the [...]

Anyone desirous of learning about our recent windfall can read about it online at natchezdemocrat.com, or you can observe the high points here, because, you have that option. Americans are very optionally enabled people. I chose to be an American largely due to this option. We knew about this, of course. Senator Dearing informed me [...]

The Phatwater at Natchez today is still hanging at 32.3′, but there are nothing but falls in the forecast. The weather here has been quite warm but a tinge of fall is in the air. Some of our local Chinese Pistache have already begun their blaze into an autumn orange. Phatwater veteran Greg Jacob is [...]

Hello everyone. You should have received an “Old School” Phatwater Update telling you about registration for this year’s Phatwater, as well as giving you each info concerning how payments can be made. We’ve had nothing but trouble with the two internet stores we’ve tried to use: PayPal and Google Checkout. I don’t have time to [...]