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Brown trout question
In advance, I apologize to the purists here. I was not fly fishing because
of the nature of this stream. Overgrown trees, brush, boulders, all manner of things. It was frustrating enough with a short spinning rod and a trout spinner. I would have probably broken a fly rod into twelve pieces and come out muttering if I had been trying to fish the creek with a flyrod. A couple of weeks ago, I went fishing in a very small creek. The creek ran through boulders, and down a ravine, so it was fast in places, and never very wide. It did have some deep runs and small pools that were one to three feet deep. I caught two brown trout that were 14" long, which surprised me from looking at the stream. One of them was caught by tossing the lure into a pool and pulling it back through a deep spot. A really fishy looking place. The second one, I did the same thing, but got no bite in the fishy looking pool or the deep run. I had the lure about two feet from the end of my pole, with the tip down, so I just dragged it right in front of me through a run that was about two feet deep but only about 18" wide. The brown took it literally at my feet. I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. The water was turbid because of the amount of water that was coming through small passages. Was this just a dumb hungry trout, or did he just not see me? I caught him right at my feet. I want to understand them so the next time I go, I can catch a couple more nice ones. And what is the difference between a stream and a creek? Steve BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. |
Brown trout question
"SteveB" wrote in
news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: In advance, I apologize to the purists here. I was not fly fishing because of the nature of this stream. Overgrown trees, brush, boulders, all manner of things. It was frustrating enough with a short spinning rod and a trout spinner. I would have probably broken a fly rod into twelve pieces and come out muttering if I had been trying to fish the creek with a flyrod. That's no excuse ... there are ways of fishing flys in these waters you may need to be shown how though. [snip] I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. :-) Even the wary must eat. The water was turbid because of the amount of water that was coming through small passages. Was this just a dumb hungry trout, or did he just not see me? I caught him right at my feet. I want to understand them so the next time I go, I can catch a couple more nice ones. And what is the difference between a stream and a creek? Deepends where you come from I suspect ... here there's none. When referring to streams here they could be a creek, river, rivulet, beck or even a brook. Steve BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) |
Brown trout question
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 22:47:58 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote: In advance, I apologize to the purists here. I was not fly fishing because of the nature of this stream. Overgrown trees, brush, boulders, all manner of things. It was frustrating enough with a short spinning rod and a trout spinner. I would have probably broken a fly rod into twelve pieces and come out muttering if I had been trying to fish the creek with a flyrod. A couple of weeks ago, I went fishing in a very small creek. The creek ran through boulders, and down a ravine, so it was fast in places, and never very wide. It did have some deep runs and small pools that were one to three feet deep. I caught two brown trout that were 14" long, which surprised me from looking at the stream. One of them was caught by tossing the lure into a pool and pulling it back through a deep spot. A really fishy looking place. The second one, I did the same thing, but got no bite in the fishy looking pool or the deep run. I had the lure about two feet from the end of my pole, with the tip down, so I just dragged it right in front of me through a run that was about two feet deep but only about 18" wide. The brown took it literally at my feet. I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. The water was turbid because of the amount of water that was coming through small passages. Was this just a dumb hungry trout, or did he just not see me? I caught him right at my feet. I want to understand them so the next time I go, I can catch a couple more nice ones. And what is the difference between a stream and a creek? Steve BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. If the stream was big enough to have a hole that was over your head, then there are probably browns there that will dwarf your 14"ers. As far as why the one took at your feet, he was either unaware of your presence or didn't care. A good example of an anecdotal experience that doesn't give a good idea of general (in this cae, trout) behavior. A creek is a stream but not all streams are creeks. The Amazon is also a stream. g.c. |
Brown trout question
"SteveB" wrote in message news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03... In advance, I apologize whoa, an apology on roff- you're not from around here, are you? ;-) snakefiddler to the purists here. I was not fly fishing because of the nature of this stream. Overgrown trees, brush, boulders, all manner of things. It was frustrating enough with a short spinning rod and a trout spinner. I would have probably broken a fly rod into twelve pieces and come out muttering if I had been trying to fish the creek with a flyrod. A couple of weeks ago, I went fishing in a very small creek. The creek ran through boulders, and down a ravine, so it was fast in places, and never very wide. It did have some deep runs and small pools that were one to three feet deep. I caught two brown trout that were 14" long, which surprised me from looking at the stream. One of them was caught by tossing the lure into a pool and pulling it back through a deep spot. A really fishy looking place. The second one, I did the same thing, but got no bite in the fishy looking pool or the deep run. I had the lure about two feet from the end of my pole, with the tip down, so I just dragged it right in front of me through a run that was about two feet deep but only about 18" wide. The brown took it literally at my feet. I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. The water was turbid because of the amount of water that was coming through small passages. Was this just a dumb hungry trout, or did he just not see me? I caught him right at my feet. I want to understand them so the next time I go, I can catch a couple more nice ones. And what is the difference between a stream and a creek? Steve BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. |
Brown trout question
"SteveB" wrote in message
news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03... I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. I've wondered if their rep for being smarter isn't just due to an increasing preference for nocturnal feeding as they get bigger. The smaller brownies I've fished for seem no more cautious than any other trout. I wonder if surviving populations of rainbows or brookies wouldn't become equally cautious/night feeders if subjected to centuries of catch and kill, like Old World browns. |
Brown trout question
"SteveB" wrote in message
news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03... I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. I've wondered if their rep for being smarter isn't just due to an increasing preference for nocturnal feeding as they get bigger. The smaller brownies I've fished for seem no more cautious than any other trout. I wonder if surviving populations of rainbows or brookies wouldn't become equally cautious/night feeders if subjected to centuries of catch and kill, like Old World browns. |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... "SteveB" wrote in news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... "SteveB" wrote in news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
Nothin' quite as expensive as your misfortune, but I do have a tendency to
yank Ken Fortenberry's chain--I give him lots of slack, he starts runnin' as hard as a fat-assed pseudo marathoner can and I just yank back real hard. Kinda funny really. Mark "SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... "Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... "SteveB" wrote in news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
Nothin' quite as expensive as your misfortune, but I do have a tendency to
yank Ken Fortenberry's chain--I give him lots of slack, he starts runnin' as hard as a fat-assed pseudo marathoner can and I just yank back real hard. Kinda funny really. Mark "SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... "Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... "SteveB" wrote in news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... "Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... "SteveB" wrote in news:i8MGc.11020$nc.7540@fed1read03: BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio, hearing aids, and all. A Full electro-Reid? ;-) Steve (hope the electronics survived the dunking ok) As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in
news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03: There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. I showed your story to a similarly afflicted (hearing) colleague. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry about the bbqing. The hearing gear is jsut as expensive downunder. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Hmmm ... not sure ...I'd admit ... I do know they use 75% shade cloth down this way, ozone, UV and all that. ;-) Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in
news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03: There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. I showed your story to a similarly afflicted (hearing) colleague. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry about the bbqing. The hearing gear is jsut as expensive downunder. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Hmmm ... not sure ...I'd admit ... I do know they use 75% shade cloth down this way, ozone, UV and all that. ;-) Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:Bw3Hc.12824$nc.4803@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait. I never used a gun for any of that. Better? Wolfgang |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:Bw3Hc.12824$nc.4803@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait. I never used a gun for any of that. Better? Wolfgang |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. OUCH! snake --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote in message Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. "Mark H. Bowen" wrote in message .. . Separate campsites from that point on? No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Scott Seidman" wrote in message . 1.4... No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman Are you sure they existed in the first place? :-) OOohhhh, very clever!! Nah, I knew of them, and had seen them on the table earlier. They existed alright.... --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
Separate campsites from that point on?
Mark "riverman" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
Separate campsites from that point on?
Mark "riverman" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:uF%Gc.12403$nc.671@fed1read03... As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.) Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out. There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids. Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones. Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. --riverman |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote in
: "riverman" wrote in message Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. "Mark H. Bowen" wrote in message .. . Separate campsites from that point on? No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman Are you sure they existed in the first place? :-) |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote in
: "riverman" wrote in message Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. "Mark H. Bowen" wrote in message .. . Separate campsites from that point on? No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman Are you sure they existed in the first place? :-) |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
Hell, she may not have been his girlfriend, for all we know. What with all
the nefarious motives lurkin' about ROFF, can we even be sure riverman is really who he says he is? And how can I know for certain that you are Scott? Mark --Who, if I didn't know better, would swear that I am Chester the Molester? "Scott Seidman" wrote in message . 1.4... "riverman" wrote in : "riverman" wrote in message Closest I came to that saga was three summers ago, while driving across Finland and Norway, camping along the way with my girlfriend. She likes those disgusting girlie mags ("Hello", etc) which I loathe to the core. One afternoon, in camp, I went to go sit down on my campchair, and a copy of "Vanity Fair" or something was on the seat, with some stupid cover article saying something like "50 Ways to Dress Up For Your Man", so I irriatatingly snatched it off the chair and tossed it on the table, rather roughly. A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. "Mark H. Bowen" wrote in message .. . Separate campsites from that point on? No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman Are you sure they existed in the first place? :-) |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"snakefiddler" wrote They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. And needless to say, you probably didn't encounter any tall grass or any kind for the rest of the trip. If you get my drift ..................... Steve ;-) |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"snakefiddler" wrote They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. And needless to say, you probably didn't encounter any tall grass or any kind for the rest of the trip. If you get my drift ..................... Steve ;-) |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman I have metal detected for years. I lost one of those tiny sprayers on a mist system in the grass. It was made out of brass. It took me one minute to find it. I have found lots of things for friends, and would bet a sixpack that I could have found it for you. If you do return there, with a metal detector, you will probably find it. Take your rod along, just in case you encounter any fishing spots. Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"riverman" wrote No, but I did spend the next 4 or 5 hours scouring the ground, inch by inch, blade by blade. No freaking idea how they got past me. Even now, I'm tempted to back to that campground with a metal detector and find those damn earrings. I'm pretty sure I'd recognize every little pebble and anthill! --riverman I have metal detected for years. I lost one of those tiny sprayers on a mist system in the grass. It was made out of brass. It took me one minute to find it. I have found lots of things for friends, and would bet a sixpack that I could have found it for you. If you do return there, with a metal detector, you will probably find it. Take your rod along, just in case you encounter any fishing spots. Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Wolfgang" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:Bw3Hc.12824$nc.4803@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait. I never used a gun for any of that. Better? Wolfgang At least now I understand what you are talking about, and where you are coming from. I had a 5 way bypass and aortic valve replaced two+ years ago. I take Coumadin, an anticoagulant. Snakes, particularly rattlers, mostly have hemotoxins, meaning they attack the blood. Some, such as the Mojave Green Rattlesnake have neurotoxins, just like a cobra. A snakebite to me would probably be fatal. I carry a gun with snakeshot for snakes. I also carry a gun most of the time due to circumstances I will not explain, and am licensed in 38 states to do so. I carry in neither place because of paranoia, things that go bump in the dark, or what-if hypotheses. There ARE some things out there that can and will kill you. Well, maybe not YOU, but you get my drift. And were you and I fishing side by side, you would not know I was armed. Hope that this explains where I was coming from. Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Wolfgang" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:Bw3Hc.12824$nc.4803@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait. I never used a gun for any of that. Better? Wolfgang At least now I understand what you are talking about, and where you are coming from. I had a 5 way bypass and aortic valve replaced two+ years ago. I take Coumadin, an anticoagulant. Snakes, particularly rattlers, mostly have hemotoxins, meaning they attack the blood. Some, such as the Mojave Green Rattlesnake have neurotoxins, just like a cobra. A snakebite to me would probably be fatal. I carry a gun with snakeshot for snakes. I also carry a gun most of the time due to circumstances I will not explain, and am licensed in 38 states to do so. I carry in neither place because of paranoia, things that go bump in the dark, or what-if hypotheses. There ARE some things out there that can and will kill you. Well, maybe not YOU, but you get my drift. And were you and I fishing side by side, you would not know I was armed. Hope that this explains where I was coming from. Steve |
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Greg Pavlov wrote:
"Mark H. Bowen" wrote: And how can I know for certain that you are Scott? Hey, I met Scott,.... And he hates beer. So, just how long has he BEEN a communist? JR |
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"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message ... Hey, I met Scott, even went fishing with him last year. He's 6-2, weighs about 180, blonde hair and green eyes. And he hates beer. Yep, that's how I remember him. Ok, Scott's been cleared. Who's next? Mark --He's got no horns and he's got no tail-- |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message ... Hey, I met Scott, even went fishing with him last year. He's 6-2, weighs about 180, blonde hair and green eyes. And he hates beer. Yep, that's how I remember him. Ok, Scott's been cleared. Who's next? Mark --He's got no horns and he's got no tail-- |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"SteveB" wrote in message news:ullHc.2664$ys.2119@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message news:Bw3Hc.12824$nc.4803@fed1read03... "Wolfgang" wrote Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over you? Nope.......never fished with a gun. Wolfgang And what exactly does that mean? I've been an avid fly fisher for about twenty years. Prior to taking up fly fishing, I spent a couple of years doing a lot of spin fishing after a hiatus of about a decade and a half. In my youth I fished mainly with bait. I never used a gun for any of that. Better? Wolfgang At least now I understand what you are talking about, You flatter yourself. and where you are coming from. Not likely......it's a place you've never been to. I had a 5 way bypass and aortic valve replaced two+ years ago. Take two lard sandwiches and call me in the morning. I take Coumadin, an anticoagulant. I take exception......and sometimes umbrage......antiimbeciles. Snakes, particularly rattlers, mostly have hemotoxins, meaning they attack the blood. No kidding? Is that what hemotoxin means? Huh......whod'a thunk it. Some, such as the Mojave Green Rattlesnake have neurotoxins, just like a cobra. Those, presumably, would not be the ones that carry hemotoxins, right? And I'm going to guess that all these proteinaceous reservoirs have something to do with something. Let's see, shall we?....... A snakebite to me would probably be fatal. Ah! I see. Sometimes it takes a while for those of us who enjoy a bit of hemotoxin or neurotoxin from time to time to remember that there are those unfortunate few who, like yourself, don't much cotton to them. I carry a gun with snakeshot for snakes. See, and I thought it would be for the buffalo. I guess I don't know quite as much about snake**** as I though I did. I also carry a gun most of the time due to circumstances I will not explain, Yeah, well, color me surprised. and am licensed in 38 states to do so. My mother is liscensed to drive in 50 states......and Puerto Rico. If I were informed that she intended to do so in any of them, I'd shoot her myself.......um.......unless, of course, there was reason to suspect that you would be somewhere to either side of where she thought she was aiming. I carry in neither place because of paranoia, Neither of 38? Or was that in circumstances? things that go bump in the dark, That would be your skull, judging by the melon-like tone. or what-if hypotheses. Hm......well, what if you were attacked by......oh.....say, a snake? There ARE some things out there that can and will kill you. I could carry 38 guns and one day one of them will kill me anyway. As a matter of fact, 38 guns would slow a boy down enough that in all likelihood something would catch him sooner rather than later. Well, maybe not YOU, Yes, ME! Isn't that what I just got done saying? but you get my drift. Yeah, that's your problem. Well, the immediate problem anyway. And were you and I fishing side by side, you would not know I was armed. No, I'm sure you're right about that. There is no way I could possibly know that you carry a gun after you've mentioned it in a public forum. Moreover, you may rest assured that if you and I were fishing side by side, at least one of us would be dead. Hope that this explains where I was coming from. Indeed, it does.......somewhere in the vicinity of Uranus. Wolfgang |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
"Wolfgang" wrote Drug induced rant snipped I have always found it entertaining that people who have an .edu ISP have so much time for doing nothing. Plonk. See ya. Best wishes. Steve |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
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"riverman" wrote: A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. you should of bought a metal detecter |
Brown trout question/hearing aids saga
In article ,
"riverman" wrote: A few minutes later, she came by and said "Oh, have you seen my diamond earrings? They were sitting on the magazine while I was looking for a mirror..." They were valued at about what your hearing aids were, and we never found even one of them in the tall grass. you should of bought a metal detecter |
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