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Howdy folk! Been a long time since I've been on and now that I have an ISP
with a nntp server, I couldn't resist coming back. Real good to see some
familiar names and nice to see lots of new ones too. I've missed ROFF.
Lord knows there are plenty of web based fly-fishing forums and sites, but
they all pale in comparison. Sort of like comparing a mid 70s Mustang II and
a vintage AC Cobra.

Once again, hello all. I've got a LOT of catching up to do!

Natty

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:54:35 -0500, "NattyBumppo"
nbumppoREMOVE_at_yahoo.com wrote:

Howdy folk! Been a long time since I've been on and now that I have an ISP
with a nntp server, I couldn't resist coming back. Real good to see some
familiar names and nice to see lots of new ones too. I've missed ROFF.
Lord knows there are plenty of web based fly-fishing forums and sites, but
they all pale in comparison. Sort of like comparing a mid 70s Mustang II and
a vintage AC Cobra.

Once again, hello all. I've got a LOT of catching up to do!

Natty


Well, well, nice to see you back, and don't worry, the catching up
will happen real fast. :)



Peter

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Natty B writes:
some niceties snipped

Once again, hello all. I've got a LOT of catching up to do!

About frigging time!! Penns IV(the 4th such clave, sure, but IV pertains to
fluid intake)
will be May 16-23. Be there, O follicle-
challenged one! Oh, yeah, good to have you back here.....
Tom

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"NattyBumppo" nbumppoREMOVE_at_yahoo.com wrote in message
...
......I've got a LOT of catching up to do!

Um......let's see......Frank is still alive.....and so is Frank.....yeah,
it's a ****in' miracle. Jeff seems to have disappeared (but then, so have
I......um....briefly or otherwise....well, depending on who you ask) while
Jeff (the one with the specks) is as frisky as ever. George is dead.....but
don't tell Jacci....she gets upset over **** like that. Dave is still
suffering from multiple personality disorder. Um......Steve is MIA (sorta),
or truncated, or a homo. Wayne......well, that's kinda complicated. Roger
is coming to Penn's.....Dave ain't.....well, sorta. Mike ain't going to
Sweden, Roger is (well, he HAS to go home sometime, right?), and Dave
ain't......um......Jarmo is.....I think.

Meanwhile, Mike and Mike have disappeared, as have Richie, Mark, and
Ernie.....but Ernie came back. Joe has not yet gone up in a
fireball.......yeah, it's a ****in miracle. Joel doesn't say much......but
he's watching. Last time I saw Dave he was passed out in a lawn chair on
the banks of Penn's, waiting for a hatch that didn't wait for him. Dave
didn't make it to Penn's. Dave did.

John lost weight.....a little....the hard way. Ken found Jesus; rumors
about what ensued are just that. Tom gave up the spook business and now
installs septic systems. Wayno gave up liquor and women.......yeah, I know,
like THAT'S a surprise. Cyli has been bouncer for about a year.....and
there's talk of impeachment. Somebody left the back door open and a snake
got in. Um........oh yeah, Willi quit the dog business.....he's a
stockbroker on Wall street......yah, I know, like THAT'S a surprise. Warren
grew up.......mph....mph.....HAHAHAHAHA....God, I crack me up!

Mmmmm......let's see now.....o.k., I remember....Bill got all of what George
was smokin.....John and Dave are STILL ****ed about that, lemme tell ya!
There's been a lot of loose talk about a Nawth Cackalackian invasion of
northern Europe.....or vice versa.....one of those dominance thingies....you
know. East is east and west is west and never the comara.....um.....well
****, how did that go?

Film sucks. Digital swallows.

Long rods are infinitely superior to short ones which, in turn, outshine
long ones in every way. Maine moved to Wisconsin.....don't ask me.

Bruschetta, in it's original form (according to the latest RNAse tests) is
most emphatically anadromous and NOT potadramous, thus making anything found
in Lake Michigan something else entirely. Canoes are indubitably the best
platform from which to fish.....assuming you live on a planet in which
nothing else exists. Wading has been demonstrated to be the most dangerous
leisure time activity in the world......unless you wear the right kind of
waders with or without the proper U.S. Coast guard approved PFD....and
wading belt.....and a collapsible wading staff (I swearatagod they actually
DO make COLLAPSIBLE WADING STAFFS......or staves, if you will) or not.

Shakespeare wasn't.....or maybe so.

Wolfgang
who, incidentally, is doing very well, thank you very much, with his vow of
silence.

p.s.
welcome back.

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

"NattyBumppo" nbumppoREMOVE_at_yahoo.com wrote in message
...
......I've got a LOT of catching up to do!

Um......let's see......Frank is still alive.....and so is Frank.....yeah,
it's a ****in' miracle. Jeff seems to have disappeared (but then, so have
I......um....briefly or otherwise....well, depending on who you ask) while
Jeff (the one with the specks) is as frisky as ever. George is
dead.....but
don't tell Jacci....she gets upset over **** like that. Dave is still
suffering from multiple personality disorder. Um......Steve is MIA
(sorta),
or truncated, or a homo. Wayne......well, that's kinda complicated.
Roger
is coming to Penn's.....Dave ain't.....well, sorta. Mike ain't going to
Sweden, Roger is (well, he HAS to go home sometime, right?), and Dave
ain't......um......Jarmo is.....I think.

Meanwhile, Mike and Mike have disappeared, as have Richie, Mark, and
Ernie.....but Ernie came back. Joe has not yet gone up in a
fireball.......yeah, it's a ****in miracle. Joel doesn't say
much......but
he's watching. Last time I saw Dave he was passed out in a lawn chair on
the banks of Penn's, waiting for a hatch that didn't wait for him. Dave
didn't make it to Penn's. Dave did.

John lost weight.....a little....the hard way. Ken found Jesus; rumors
about what ensued are just that. Tom gave up the spook business and now
installs septic systems. Wayno gave up liquor and women.......yeah, I
know,
like THAT'S a surprise. Cyli has been bouncer for about a year.....and
there's talk of impeachment. Somebody left the back door open and a snake
got in. Um........oh yeah, Willi quit the dog business.....he's a
stockbroker on Wall street......yah, I know, like THAT'S a surprise.
Warren
grew up.......mph....mph.....HAHAHAHAHA....God, I crack me up!

Mmmmm......let's see now.....o.k., I remember....Bill got all of what
George
was smokin.....John and Dave are STILL ****ed about that, lemme tell ya!
There's been a lot of loose talk about a Nawth Cackalackian invasion of
northern Europe.....or vice versa.....one of those dominance
thingies....you
know. East is east and west is west and never the comara.....um.....well
****, how did that go?

Film sucks. Digital swallows.

Long rods are infinitely superior to short ones which, in turn, outshine
long ones in every way. Maine moved to Wisconsin.....don't ask me.

Bruschetta, in it's original form (according to the latest RNAse tests) is
most emphatically anadromous and NOT potadramous, thus making anything
found
in Lake Michigan something else entirely. Canoes are indubitably the best
platform from which to fish.....assuming you live on a planet in which
nothing else exists. Wading has been demonstrated to be the most
dangerous
leisure time activity in the world......unless you wear the right kind of
waders with or without the proper U.S. Coast guard approved PFD....and
wading belt.....and a collapsible wading staff (I swearatagod they
actually
DO make COLLAPSIBLE WADING STAFFS......or staves, if you will) or not.

Shakespeare wasn't.....or maybe so.

Wolfgang
who, incidentally, is doing very well, thank you very much, with his vow
of
silence.

p.s.
welcome back.



Most entertaining, Wolfgang. I don't know **** about most those people and
I'm laughin' my ass off...

Snakefiddler- better watch those cracks around your back door....

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:06:16 -0500, "snakefiddler"
wrote:

Wolfganglia snipped

DO make COLLAPSIBLE WADING STAFFS......or staves, if you will) or not.

Shakespeare wasn't.....or maybe so.

Wolfgang
who, incidentally, is doing very well, thank you very much, with his vow
of
silence.

p.s.
welcome back.



Most entertaining, Wolfgang. I don't know **** about most those people and
I'm laughin' my ass off...

Snakefiddler- better watch those cracks around your back door....



Words that every young man should memorize and take to heart.


g.c.

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"George Cleveland" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:06:16 -0500, "snakefiddler"

Snakefiddler- better watch those cracks around your back door....



Words that every young man should memorize and take to heart.


g.c.

Ainna? :(

Wolfgang

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I heard voices once....

john

Joel an I are planning a 'Penns Martini Night' at my trailer...bring your
own genuine martini glass...we haven't yet picked out what night....

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George Cleveland wrote:
better watch those cracks around your back door....




Words that every young man should memorize and take to heart.




and...based on some of the spam i've been receiving, every young girl as
well..

jeff

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Thanks all for the warm welcome back.

Unfortunately, Penn's IV is out of the question for me as I'll be wasting
away again in Cancun. Leave a few 8 inch stockers for me :) .

John...only once?

Natty

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Welcome Back Mr Bumppo,
Martini night at John's trailor will last from the 16th through the 23rd so
drop by an time with a glass......To bad your gonna miss Penns. i just have a
feeling this is going to be a good year.... Tom promised if it rains more than
6 days lobsta night was his treat.......
Is there any truth to the rumor about you checking out the bottom of Penns
Creek with your face something about looking for a flyrod maybe it was a hat
can't really remember ????
By the way Tom and i have a trailor at Hemlock Acres now so if ya want to
fish some weekend give one of us a shout........


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

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"Mike" wrote in message
...
Welcome Back Mr Bumppo,
Martini night at John's trailor will last from the 16th through the
23rd so
drop by an time with a glass......To bad your gonna miss Penns. i just
have a
feeling this is going to be a good year.... Tom promised if it rains more
than
6 days lobsta night was his treat.......
Is there any truth to the rumor about you checking out the bottom of
Penns
Creek with your face something about looking for a flyrod maybe it was a
hat
can't really remember ????
By the way Tom and i have a trailor at Hemlock Acres now so if ya want
to
fish some weekend give one of us a shout........


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick


Hi Mike. Good to hear from ya. Thanks for the Martini invite but if I take
another day off from work that week before leaving for vaca I won't have a
job to come home to. I'll take you up on the weekend fishing offer though.
A nice 3 hour drive and I'm there.

As for that nasty rumor.....I can say it is an unqualified, dirty filthy
truth. I got real intimate with the bottom of the Little J (and a bat) then
did some underwater exploration where Spruce dumps into the Espy stretch.

Suffice is to say that according to DavePA, I've raised the bar quite a bit.
The old standard Double Reid with a half LaCourse has been eclipsed by what
is now known as the Full Bumppo. As graceful as it may be, it is not
something one can repeat often, that is not unless you own stock in Orvis.
Lets just say I've got a new 4wt. Orvis rod and I had an opportunity to get
that JAF reel I'd been wanting for a few years.

Natty (white men can't jump and Bumppos don't float)