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