Frank Reid wrote:
jeff (starting to think about packing)

Hell, you are WAY behind. I've been thinking about it for weeks.

Yeh, gonna be different for me. I'm used to hauling everything in my
truck, so usually wouldn't worry about what I was going to have to
leave behind. And now that the fuel prices have dropped, it would have
been cheaper to drive it than fly. Oh well.

Not to worry, John will have everything......and I've got plenty more
to fill in the chinks.

I'll pack this afternoon. Will give me time to run to the store if I
find I'm short on something. Just tying flies now, watching a
recording of Sharpe's Challenge from the BBC.
Oh yeah, just got my license. http://www.mdnr-elicense.com/welcome.asp
I always print two copies. One I keep on me one goes in my luggage in
case I take a swim with the first.

Good Plan.

I talked to Bret and Charlene this morning, and then again to them and
Jay and Jan and Patty (don't worry about who these people
are.....you'll get the whole sordid family history in a few days) just
a few minutes ago. Jay (the *******!) and Patty fished the Yellow Dog
yesterday. Didn't do well, but on a previous trip a couple of weeks
ago, he says, they caught lots of fish.....20-30 in a couple of hours.
Water levels are low.....it's been another dry year.....but not
drastically so. I got some good information about where to go, how to
get there, etc. Also got some more information about various other
streams. Jan says the sauna will be ready for us, and Bret says he'll
have a couple of 25 inch browns in the freezer for us.....looks like
the spawning run is already on. So, a trip over to the Fisher shack
appears to be obligatory......not much of a hardship considering the
aforementioned amenities, and some awesome (and very familiar) water.

And then, there's all the other water that nobody has even so much as
looked at yet. It's beginning to look as if this trip wasn't such a
bad idea after all.

Wolfgang