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Hi all,

Just thought I'd give you a hint on what it is like where I live, at this
time of year. =)
The sun rises at about 10 am and sets at 1 pm which in theory gives us three
hours of daylight.
This is theory mind you, since one hour of those three hours is dusk it
doesn't leave all that much daylight.
I'm just happy that I don't live in Kiruna, Sweden, about 450 kilometers to
the north. That would have meant zero hours of daylight for about 40 days in
a row (they actually built the town north of a big mountain, duh).
I really long for those endless summer nights, although they seem to be very
distant.
The weather service just promised us temperatures around -4 degrees
Fahrenheit from tomorrow until Christmas eve where the prediction ended.
We have very little snow for the time being, which actually will add to the
problem with deep frost. The worst that can happen is that the water pipe
down to the stable freezes, it is only 4 feet down.........
I strongly believe that we will end up with the normal 3 to 4 feet of snow
though, before the winter is over I will most certainly have moved my share
of snow.
The winter solstice is only 2 days away and then we slowly move towards
brighter days.
I will take the opportunity to wish you all a Happy Solstice, a Merry
Christmas and a Happy new year. Not that I won't be posting the next few
days but still.
For the clavers I can tell that the mountain region is getting a fair amount
of snow, which is good for us.
Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

/ Roger
Daytime engineer
Lifetime fly fisherman
If you feel like it, visit http://www.imsoc.se/angler/ for info on fly
fishing in northern Sweden, Lapland,
or visit http://www.imsoc.se/ffgallery/ , the fly fishermen's gallery.

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Roger Ohlund wrote:
...
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Urbana, Illinois is at 40° North. On the solstice the sun will rise
at 7:11 a.m. and set at 4:30 p.m.

Today is partly sunny, 27°F as I type, and we have just enough snow
on the ground to change the morning run into the morning ski. Kipper
the hound much prefers skiing because he's on a skijoring belt which
is way more fun than his short running leash.

The little pond that just a few weeks ago provided some welcome casting
is now completely frozen over. The kiddies will be finished with their
finals tomorrow and will disappear for a month back to Chicago from
whence they came. It is SO nice around here when they're gone. Too bad
we can't have a University here without a whole bunch of bothersome
students. They're a bloody nuisance. ;-)

This weekend we will bring a dead pine tree into the house and hang a
lot of sentiment on it. I need to pick out something appropriate to
commemorate my dad's passing and we'll inaugurate one or two more 2003
specific baubles on the tree. (We're getting to that age where we have
to record them so we don't forget which year they represent. ;-)

Looking forward to cooking a feast on the 25th and we'll go to the
city for NYE to catch String Cheese Incident and drink too much.

Happy Holidays !!

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On 12/19/03 2:24 PM, in article , "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

As in Chambana, the students have fled this particular quadrant of Cleveland
for the balance of the calendar year and a peculiar silence has fallen over
the bustling paths of academe.

We're a tad further north than central Illinois, lying at 41 degrees, 30
minutes, 9 seconds north. So not a whole lot of "sunshine" just now, but a
good sight more than in Sverige. Our ground has been covered with snow for
the past several days. For those that live to the east of the city, the
covering has become a nice thick blanket of more than 12". Time to swap
casting for kick and glide. Or, for those of us with young ones, a swift
sled ride down the neighborhood hill.

I haven't cast a fly in over a month, and it's likely I won't until March or
April. Time has come to do other things. Though for me, I'm not far from
fishing during these cold months, as a pile of books and a tying vise is
never far from hand. Certainly memories of trips of the past year are quite
fresh. Armchair travel dreams of Montana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Sweden
will doubtless occupy a fair amount of time.

The other day I found myself thinking about the past year on ROFF, about its
peculiar denizens, those I've met in person, those I haven't. How I'd hoped
to fish with the Westerners in the west but didn't. How Wolfgang and I have
yet to share the Ontonagan, something we've talked about nigh on two or
three seasons now. About Penns, both '03 and '04. As bad habits go, I
think I'll keep this one.

Happy Solstice to all-

Bill

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Roger Ohlund writes:

snip

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Beautiful sunny day here in New England. I had the opportunity to do Jeff
Millier a favor/chore, and it gave me a chance to stretch the legs of my new
Audi RS6 over some "hilly" roads around The Quabbin. Then north to Sunderland
and visit my parents grave site. Traveling home on a different route, I passed
the spot where I hit a big deer one night several years ago. Ouch!

With Jo in Roanoke for a nephew's wedding, and my oldest grandson out with his
girlfriend just home from college, I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

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Dave LaCourse wrote:

With Jo in Roanoke for a nephew's wedding, and my oldest grandson out with his
girlfriend just home from college, I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


As long as you're not sharing his food.

Willi

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"Roger Ohlund" wrote in
:

For the clavers I can tell that the mountain region is getting a fair
amount of snow, which is good for us.

I hope that clave works out well ... sounds like a rip snorter.

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Been getting out ... have been through a longish warm spell with odd
days getting into the 30+ degrees C and the humidity has been an
absolute bugger (but good for minimising fire risks). The fishing is
patchy but will pick up in all likelihood - the smaller terrestrials
(hoppers and beetles) haven't really taken off yet despite a bumper
year for the cicadas. A recent American visitor described them as
sounding like a chainsaw with a crook bearing. Its a little strange
seeing people wander about campus protecting their ears from the racket
the big 2 inch jobs (greengrocers) make. While the ones up the scrub
tend to be smaller, up to an inch or so, and more to a fishes liking.

The seasons festivities tend to take time now and the weather is
becoming changeable (electrical storms, rain on the horizon) so actual
fishing is going to be 3 hour sessions nabbed here and there between
gatherings and preparing for the Tassie trip.

(BTW: there are a few postcard type shots at of last years trip at
http://www.flyflickers.com/ff/articl...tassiepict.htm )

A caddis pupa pattern has been working pretty well on the rivers,I hope
it travels well to Tassie and the inflowing streams on some of the lakes
we'll be hitting.

So what am I doing here on a weekend ... well it is gloomy, and raining
right through the areas I would fish so I'm building up brownie points
with myself for next week ... perhaps an afternoon off work.

I eagerly await the arrival of a double hander from Wales and had an
early present arrive when some tying stuff I ordered through a friend
arrived from Dan Baileys. At last some 'flat' thread, I haven't been
able to get any here for years and this Gudebrod stuff appears to be
just the ticket.

Anyway ... back to the grimstone.


Steve

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"Willi" wrote in

I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


As long as you're not sharing his food.

hilarious; and from a surprising source... :)

yfitons
wayno

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Roger wrote:snipAnyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin
fever?

Dallas is a lot warmer that most places on this group. It was 36F around
sunrise and I had been tying flies for a couple of hours. Played with the new
rod for a couple of hours this morning, It warmed up rather nicely as I was
shopping and putting a few miles on the old BMW motorcycle this afternoon the
leather jacket felt nice behind the fairing as the temp was in the upper 50's.

Big Dale

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William Claspy wrote:


The other day I found myself thinking about the past year on ROFF, about its
peculiar denizens, those I've met in person, those I haven't. How I'd hoped
to fish with the Westerners in the west but didn't. How Wolfgang and I have
yet to share the Ontonagan, something we've talked about nigh on two or
three seasons now. About Penns, both '03 and '04. As bad habits go, I
think I'll keep this one.

Happy Solstice to all-

Bill



indeed bill... you've missed a fine stream and a good guide/fishing
companion. i highly recommend making time for the ontonagan with wolfie.
it is logged as among my favorite fishing trip memories of this year...
especially one fine brown i watched the wolf pull from a most difficult,
nigh impossible little patch of water behind tree roots and a cut bank
amidst three or four different currents.

as you, i am blessed to have met many here and to have enjoyed their
kindness, wit, blistering criticism, sarcasm, intoxication, food, and
many, many good laughs. this very day, a messychewsetts pirate - just
recovered from the flu - drove 45 minutes into a cold day to a town not
on his customary route for the selfless purpose of assisting a
cackalackian friend. this is a crazy place, but we should never lose
thought of its specialness. god bless us, everyone.

tiny jeff

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"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
. 1.4...
.....The seasons festivities tend to take time now and the weather is
becoming changeable (electrical storms, rain on the horizon) so actual
fishing is going to be 3 hour sessions nabbed here and there between
gatherings and preparing for the Tassie trip......

Hmph......Christmas in summer......and the 4th of July in winter.....ya'll
got some WEIRD customs down there.

Wolfgang