On 2011-08-23 06:07:12 -0400, "john b" said:

I had some issues to deal with and have not much more than read this
group for a year or two. God knows I haven't been fishing for at least
that long. I don't really feel like elaborating so I will just make it
short and sweet....

Been talking....been watching....been looking at the water here in the
Philippines....and I have realized river fishing is not going to be so
much fun. It can be done, it can be productive, but I am living where
people do sustenance fishing with dynamite....

Been reading the tide tables....studying the charts...spending hours on
the dock of the bay Percy Sledge sang about and studying the water....

I was ready...

Packed the bike (anyone want to see pictures of a full dressed Honda 150 cc?)

Loaded up the food, hammock, five tabs of Viagra and a pretty young
Filipina and went for it!

I was surprised....I had remembered to grease my reels and dress my
line before I put them in storage. I remembered my knots, was able to
make good choices regarding fly selection and waded on out into the
incoming tide and started casting. A little rusty for sure on those
long hauls but I was out into the bay fishing like a mad man.

....and then I felt it. Oh we all have...you know when things are
right...you are in the groove...it is something you can feel in your
loins. A warm feeling that grows hotter and hotter and then you have
THE epiphany...you left your cell phone in the pants pocket of your
cargo shorts.....

john

Shoot, John. I thought you were gonna tell me you ****ed your pants.

d;o)