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Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:


For someone with a greatfear of flyin', you sure travel a lot above terra
firma!






tough to get to those far away fishing holes in a hurry, or as
efficiently, otherwise. plus, it provides a good excuse for drinking in
the morning hours. actually, i'm doing a bit better with the flight
fright and haven't needed as much liquid courage recently...though it
may simply be that, as i age, my sphincter has more important work than
grasping the seat on the plane and i'm therefore not as much, uh, on edge.

Yooper '06 - Fly
 

jeff wrote:
Frank Reid wrote:
who will be traveling at a somewhat more lesiurely pace come thursday
night, but will be knee deep in some nice cool edge by 7:00 on the
following morning. :)


Well, at least gas prices have dropped. We're spending 2.46 here (10%
ethanol). A 50 cent drop in prices in less than 6 weeks is really nice
(but don't get used to it).
Frank Reid


so, it'll be, what, only 3.30 or so in the yoop? it's 2.69
hereabouts...paid 3.02 just 10 days ago. market economies are very,
very strange when it comes to gas prices around here.

jeff

I saw $2.72 here in southeast Curdistan yesterday......lowest in
several weeks. This is a bit lower than it was when John and I left
here last year for the inaugural UPYERS. In fact, it's just about what
the price was in Baraga, on the res, and 10-20 cents lower than
everywhere else we went in the western U.P. If we pool our financial
resources (which, if you think about it, are bound to be considerably
more substantial than our collective wits) we should be o.k.

Meanwhile, it begins to look as if we may not have to mug Frank after
all. I've been tying like a madman for the past three weeks......THIS
TIME, I've been telling myself, I WILL NOT arrive (after ten months
prior notice) bereft of useable bugs and be reduced to rifling my
friends' fly boxes while they are off in the outhouse.....um.....though
I guess I WILL kinda miss the adrenaline rush. Anyway, I've been
enveloped in a dense cloud of fur, feathers, yarns, floss, chenille,
wire, pointy steel and whatnot for about 21 days. Sensibly, I think, I
paused briefly today to swamp out the car and begin looking for the
spoor of various bits of camping and fishing gear. What should present
itself to my startled and decidely bemused gaze? About fifteen fly
boxes that I haven't laid eyes on for the last twelve or thirteen
years! Hoo boy! Even BEFORE Wayne, Bill and George arrive, we're
going to be in possession of more fishooks than existed in all of
Michigan (well, what would become Michigan, anyway) prior to the 16th
century C.E.!

Wolfgang
oh, by the way, in roughly 109 hours i'll be catching my first brookie
of the day (and the trip for that matter) just about the time john is
trying to convince the border patrol that he IS SO an american, and you
and frank are enjoying your first anal probes of the day. :)

Yooper '06 - Fly
 

Good news on the flies. I had a family emergency that almost swamped
my trip. Been tying, but have a couple of other issues to deal with.


Wolfgang
oh, by the way, in roughly 109 hours i'll be catching my first brookie
of the day (and the trip for that matter) just about the time john is
trying to convince the border patrol that he IS SO an american, and you
and frank are enjoying your first anal probes of the day. :)

You have your fun your way, we'll have our fun our way.
Frank Reid

Yooper '06 - Fly
 

Frank Reid wrote:
Good news on the flies. I had a family emergency that almost swamped
my trip.

"Almost" makes it sound like you've got it under control. Good news
for you and for us.

Been tying, but have a couple of other issues to deal with.

Do what you gotta do. We'll muddle through somehow.



Wolfgang
oh, by the way, in roughly 109 hours i'll be catching my first brookie
of the day (and the trip for that matter) just about the time john is
trying to convince the border patrol that he IS SO an american, and you
and frank are enjoying your first anal probes of the day. :)

You have your fun your way, we'll have our fun our way.

O.k........um.....I don't want to see the pictures. :(

Wolfgang
who firmly believes that national security is, as it should be, a
private matter between a man and his country.

Yooper '06 - Fly
 

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have a coworker who was born and raised in the UP. He's also a fly
fisherman. He mentioned that the best fly to have in your box for this
time of year would be Mickey Finns, sizes 4-10. Will start tying now.
Frank Reid

Well, I am definitely bringing a Mickey Finn - in fact, it's the first one I
ever tied....

What 'I' have been tying is a bunch a wooly buggers for Wolfgang, he
witnessed the efficacy of them at Grandfather Falls. I am also bringing a
bunch of buggers that I tie for the local rivers....smallmouth.

BUT - I have found them effective on large browns and steelhead.

In fact, the largest fish I have ever hooked have been below the falls that
I will not name anymore. I mean, I was laughing so hard that I did not even
think to set the hook. Twice. Of course the largest fish I have ever caught
were on the Madison but hooked?, well...

It's the "Spend-a-Day Marina' boys!!!

john

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What 'I' have been tying is a bunch a wooly buggers for Wolfgang, he
witnessed the efficacy of them at Grandfather Falls. I am also bringing a
bunch of buggers that I tie for the local rivers....smallmouth.

I need to tie some buggers. I was actually putting away my tying kit
last night and drowning my sorrows in a half a gallon of Rocky Road.
I'll do that tonight. Tie the buggers that is. Then again, there is a
bit of rocky road left and the wiff is out of town. Hmm, rocky road
has nuts (protein), milk,... hell, its even got some algae in it
(that's like a salad, right?).
Frank Reid

Yooper '06 - Fly
 

Frank Reid typed:
What 'I' have been tying is a bunch a wooly buggers for Wolfgang, he
witnessed the efficacy of them at Grandfather Falls. I am also
bringing a bunch of buggers that I tie for the local
rivers....smallmouth.

I need to tie some buggers. I was actually putting away my tying kit
last night and drowning my sorrows in a half a gallon of Rocky Road.
I'll do that tonight. Tie the buggers that is. Then again, there is
a bit of rocky road left and the wiff is out of town. Hmm, rocky road
has nuts (protein), milk,... hell, its even got some algae in it
(that's like a salad, right?).

Ladies and gents, I give you the feminization of America. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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Yooper '06 - Fly
 

Ladies and gents, I give you the feminization of America. ;-)

Hey, its ROCKY Road. Stelllllllaaaaaa!!!!!
Frank Reid