"Jeff Miller" wrote

larry - since i think most of your comments were directed at or in
response to my rant, let me top post for convenience and say the
following:



I don't know what "top post" means .... I just hate it when people use fancy
pancy UsenetSpeak instead of simpler language ... why do you guys do that?
..... just to make us newbies feel bad? ;-)



6. does "understanding the bugs" require a knowledge of latin names?
again, if i see a yellow bug flying about, i'll try to match it in size
and color and shape.


Ok, since you are 3000 miles away and IF you promise to NOT tell anyone I
said this. I do carry and use a seine, small magnifier, and notepad for
sketches and notes when I fish and I have keyed a few bugs out, but, ......
shhhh, quiet now ...... I don't really use much Latin in my chats with
other fishermen, never, if a consistently used common name such as Pale
Morning Dun is available.

To be honest, the main reason for most of my posts in this thread is
boredom. I wrote up my "goodbye ROFF" post about 4 months ago but like TV
I find I keep turning it on, out of habit, only to find rerurns of
"Everybody Loves Raymond" ..i.e. endlessly repeating examples of material
that was third rate the first time I saw it. Again, like TV, I find
myself more and more ****ed at myself each time I turn it on ... "damn, you
really do need to find something to do" ... unlike TV I can somewhat change
the channel to my own 3rd rate material, fun for a time or two, but already
losing appeal........
I beat a 1 1/2 pack a day straight Camels smoking habit and it's honestly a
miracle I'm still alive, I used to be such an un-recovering alcoholic, but
I'm sober about 20 years .... I do know how to quit, but it's damn hard
unless you change environment and get away from your "triggers" ....I'm
really looking forward to my trip to Idaho for the summer where temptation
won't be with me
....getting away from computers is a great reason to fish


. i hope to fish with or near you one of these days.

no, trust me, you don't I'm, at best, an average FFer and you won't learn
more than how to get hooks out of ears and hats from me.

Plus, I'm a son of a bitch and very hard to get along with