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Willi wrote:
....snip...
June? Western Clave with a side trip to fish the lakes on the
Blackfoot
Reservation

There's some fine pike fishing in that neighborhood. I've been trying
to get Warren up there, let me know if you're interested.

.... more snipped ...
October? Steelhead in Washington
Silver Salmon would be the best then, but Steelhead are available also.
If it's not too hot, the Grande Ronde and the Snake in the SE corner
of the state could be wonderful for Steelhead.


It all sounds grand Willi, I'm anticipating some more excellent TRs.

Thanks,

Chas
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Willi asks:
Tom, who's in charge of the weather this year?

I am(see prior post). I can't leave it up to Makela any more!
Tom

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Bob Patton wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I drove with some
visiting friends out to where the Missouri and Mississippi converge, and it
reminded me again - as I am reminded every time I drive past the swamps at
Kaskaskia - of what this wilderness must have been like 300 years ago. And
how incredibly tough the people were who first explored or fought through
it.

well bob ol buddy, but for the timber rapes, there are spots around
snowbird and in joyce kilmer that'll give you a good idea. my reckoning,
though imperfect, is that there were many unknown folks who actually
blazed the trail for the better knowns to walkabout.

fall off the trail from hooper bald, or the one up the ridge to middle
falls of snowbird, and you'll get a "taste" of discovery. g


jeff

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"Willi" wrote in message
...
Care to share your daydreams?



I've been thinking on this pretty solidly for about a week. Its that time of
year to renew the contracts for the coming year, and I've been debating
whether or not to come back to Congo, or to take a year off and just play.
Its one of those decisions that tests your ability at decision making: what
I choose about that (and why) affects a few second-level decisions, which in
turn affect a lot of third-level decisions, which in return cause a whole
cascade of decisions to be made for me. It has been, without a doubt, a
torturous, sleepless week, since it feels like my entire freaking life is on
the line depending on what I decide in the next few days. I suppose most of
you know what I'm saying, and have had your own turn in the box.

That being said, in a perfect world where I could do what I want (like it
used to be...), I think I'd toss in the towel for a year, and start the
summer (my years go from June-June, not Jan-Dec) with a quick flight to
Arizona, where my belongings which are currently living in Latvia would be
waiting for me, thanks to some worldwide shipper. Then I'd unpack some
fishing and camping gear, put the rest in storage, and fly off to England
for a 4-week summer school course, accompanied with lazy afternoons deep sea
fishing in the English Channel, and flyfishing for browns on the rivers in
Cornwall and Wales. Then, I'd head off to Sweden for the Lapland Clave,
after which I'd return to Arizona to spend the early fall building a shed
behind my house, fishing the Juan, and doing a Grand Canyon trip (with my
fishing gear stashed below deck, so I could cast to some of those canyon
trout that have never been fished at). Come early October, I'd head to Maine
for some fall fishing in well-loved remote ponds and streams
(Nesouwednehunk, Penob (both branches), Kennebec, etc) and to see the
colors. Ahh, the colors; I can't tell you how much I miss them... Then back
to Arizona before the snow fell to do some more Juan fishing, and maybe do a
motorcycle trip down into Mexico, maybe with a side-trip to Belize to see
what all the fuss is about. Spend the winter doing some cross-country skiing
and interior refurbishments to my house, massage my belongings to remind
myself that I'm not really a vagabond, then off to the job fairs in February
for a new contract. In the spring, I'd follow the snowmelt and warm weather
northwards, right up into Canada, and end the year off with a great 2-week
wilderness camping/fishing trip somewhere in the NWT, and then head off
international for another dose of work.

Now, it NOT being a perfect world, and me being too neurotic to accept the
loss of $30K and expenses of $15K it would take to live out the above dream,
this is what I'll probably really end up doing....

Fly to the US in mid-June, where my belongings will be waiting for me
(thanks to some worldwide shipper in Latvia). Unpack some camping and
fishing gear, put the rest in storage, buy a SUV or van, toss my canoe on
the roof, and head up to do some fishing on the Juan and try to get on a
late June Canyon trip. Fill my days with Verde floats and maybe build that
shed I keep threatening to. As the midsummer approaches, maybe do a drive
northwards to see if there are any US claves or Roffians who want to meet up
and wave sticks, then in late July, head off to Maine for 2 weeks of friends
and beer, do some fishing on rivers I miss the taste and smell of, and get
bit up by some bugs. Then, in early August, off to Sweden for the Lapland
Clave, and after that, back to Congo for one more year. Hopefully with
batteries recharged.

Anyway, thats the plan today.

--riverman

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Tim Lysyk wrote in message news:pKsDb.81564$bC.30182@clgrps13...

I plan on fishing in the CNP tomorrow...heh heh heh. Gotta love winter
fishing.

Jeez, and it'll be what ... -20 degrees with a windchill of -35?
(At least that's what it seems to be every time I've been there in
winter.)

I dunno ... I think fishing up there in July/August might be a bit
more my cup'o'grog. :-)


Chuck Vance (thin-blooded Texican)

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" Willi wrote:
...snip...
June? Western Clave with a side trip to fish the lakes on the
Blackfoot
Reservation

Indian Joe remembers--Willi , if you are thinking of the Blackfoot Reservoir
close to Soda Springs take a side trip to fish the Blackfoot River just to
the south--sorry camping spot but even an elder aboriginal caught some
nice fish there.

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Conan the Librarian wrote:
Jeez, and it'll be what ... -20 degrees with a windchill of -35?
(At least that's what it seems to be every time I've been there in
winter.)

I dunno ... I think fishing up there in July/August might be a bit
more my cup'o'grog. :-)


Chuck Vance (thin-blooded Texican)

Wimp. Forecast is calling for about 5 - 7 degrees C, (40 - 45 F),
parially sunny. Plenty warm enough for fly fishing the Crow.

Tim Lysyk

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Greg Pavlov wrote in message ...
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:00:44 GMT, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:


can you imagine what a rush it would be to go back in time, and see
the
clarity of those rivers--the ohio, a quarter of a mile wide, and clear as
a
brook trout stream--and consider the awesome silence between nowadays st.
louis to, say, asheville, north carolina?


I doubt that the Ohio or many other such rivers ran clear
very often, if ever.

well, on 9/11/01, or shortly thereafter, it was running a beautiful
blue/green where i crossed
it, somewhere in southeastern ohio. so, i figured it couldn't have been
worse without any
farm drainage and industrial contamination.
but hell, what do i know...
yfitons
wayno

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In article %4EDb.86866$bC.43513@clgrps13,
says...

Wimp. Forecast is calling for about 5 - 7 degrees C, (40 - 45 F),
parially sunny. Plenty warm enough for fly fishing the Crow.


Geez, that's a lot warmer than it is way down south here in
tropical North Dakota.

Kevin

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Kevin Vang wrote:
Geez, that's a lot warmer than it is way down south here in
tropical North Dakota.

Kevin

One of the neat thigs about living on this side of the Rockies is that
we get Chinook winds from the coast that warm the area up. We often have
long strecthes of above freezing temperatures during the winter months.
We have hardly any snow right now. We have several rivers that have
areas of open water throughout the winter. I have fished rivers every
month of the year.

Tim Lysyk