"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)


Hey Roger, et al:
Here in Kinshasa (3 degrees S), today is just like almost every other day in
the year. The sun rose at precisely 6AM, the red-glow 'sunrise' lasted about
1 minute and then the heat came on. By 9AM, it was 70 degrees out, and the
day promises to peak out at around 85, with clear skies and low humidity.
Its officially the rainy season (the Short Rains) which means about every
third afternoon we get these torrential downpours and ripping lighting
storms, which keep the dust and the temperatures down, but make it important
not to be out in the dirt road section of town in the afternoon.

Tomorrow, I'm headed out to a local tilapia pond to try to catch some fish.
I'm changing lines from my Scientific Anglers 5WF to a Rio 5WF I have on
another reel, to see if the softer Rio line turns over better: the memory in
the SA is just getting too hard to work with. I'll be out fishing by noon,
since at precisely 6PM, the sun plummets below the horizon once again, just
like every other day in the year, and if there are afternoon rains I might
find myself stranded in a mud forest until dawn.

Anyway, happy Christmas everyone.

--riverman