an honest Snowbird trip report

"asadi...." wrote in message
nk.net...

Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even fished
the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish the
Santeetlah,
the Sassafras and the Hazel.

//great story snipped//

Beautiful, beautiful place. Pitched my tent beside the creek and on the
first night there must have been about a zillion stars just out of reach
above the tent. Even the rain the next morning didn't hurt.

My schedule was all screwed up, and I never really escaped from the office
back in St Louis. Although I fished for five days and spent two nights
camped beside Snowbird, I spent far too little time with the rest of the
ROFFians. Much my loss. I have a few photos, and as soon as I get them
developed and scanned I'll post 'em. As before, it was a great opportunity
to meet some fine people. Great to meet you John, and I look forward to
fishing with you some time. And of course it was good to see Messrs Miller,
Siebenich, and Winter again.

Miller was courageous enough to bring his charming wife Rachel to Snowbird,
and to invite the clavesters to his cabin. Poor Rachel graciously put up
with all of us right out of the creeks, and with our fish stories. And
Wolfie brought Becky, who together with Wolfgang made a mean Indian meal
(that's Indian - saffron rice and chicken and lots of good fresh spices).

Jeff and I fished Hazel on Sunday (including a pleasant conversation with a
park ranger), then I spent two days chasing a couple of big rainbows on
Snowbird, then boulder-hopped farther up S-bird to catch a few small browns
and rainbows.

Friday I hiked to Sassafras. It's an athletic event with lots of
boulder-hopping, sort of like upper Santeetlah. Asadi, Wolfie, and Jeffie
had told me to fish the upper part of the stream, but I just couldn't walk
past any more fishy-looking water, so got into S-fras near its mouth and
fished upstream probably half a mile to a pretty big fall (15-20 feet high).
Then since I didn't know where the trail was, and it was late in the day,
returned back downstream to the Snowbird trail and the three miles back to
the car.

Recurring thought while alone on Sassafras: nobody knew where I was, or when
I would return, and it was a long way from anywhere. If I had broken a leg
or badly sprained an ankle it would have been a bit unpleasant. Once that
thought started ringing around in my skull it was hard to enjoy the fishing.
One more reason that I should have been more sociable.

BTW, never did find my Primus stove - what took it and where it went will
remain among the mysteries of life.

Bob

"asadi...." wrote in message ink.net...

SNIP

You see, women are indeed like wine. Lord the Ripple and Boone's Farm one
drinks in his youth and I must confess I have partaken of MD 20-20. Now, it
is the same wine. The very same wine and yet, now that we are patient enough
and wise enough and gentle enough to hold and caress and lovingly sip. . .
we cannot. It is not the lines nor sags, the aches or the pains but this
about aging that is damnable. It is this that I hate and the pain in my
loins is no less great than in the days of my youth and I was 'not' told
what it means to be a man. To look but not touch and in some cases not to
look at all.

SNIP

john

"They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot salking in my chamber."
-Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1503-1542
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/d.../poem2407.html

Honest as advertised. Thanks.

Steve

"asadi...." wrote in message ink.net...

SNIP

You see, women are indeed like wine. Lord the Ripple and Boone's Farm one
drinks in his youth and I must confess I have partaken of MD 20-20. Now, it
is the same wine. The very same wine and yet, now that we are patient enough
and wise enough and gentle enough to hold and caress and lovingly sip. . .
we cannot. It is not the lines nor sags, the aches or the pains but this
about aging that is damnable. It is this that I hate and the pain in my
loins is no less great than in the days of my youth and I was 'not' told
what it means to be a man. To look but not touch and in some cases not to
look at all.

SNIP

john

"They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot salking in my chamber."
-Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1503-1542
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/d.../poem2407.html

Honest as advertised. Thanks.

Steve

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
asadi.... wrote:
Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even
fished the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish
the Santeetlah, the Sassafras and the Hazel.

John, I haven't squirmed like that since I read about snake's trip to
WV.

Oh GOD! I'm a prude!
--
TL,
Tim
-----------------

gee, timmy,
i thought it was my fishin in a bathing suit trip report that got to ya ;-)

snake



http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
asadi.... wrote:
Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even
fished the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish
the Santeetlah, the Sassafras and the Hazel.

John, I haven't squirmed like that since I read about snake's trip to
WV.

Oh GOD! I'm a prude!
--
TL,
Tim
-----------------

gee, timmy,
i thought it was my fishin in a bathing suit trip report that got to ya ;-)

snake



http://css.sbcma.com/timj

snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
asadi.... wrote:
Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even
fished the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish
the Santeetlah, the Sassafras and the Hazel.

John, I haven't squirmed like that since I read about snake's trip to
WV.

Oh GOD! I'm a prude!

gee, timmy,
i thought it was my fishin in a bathing suit trip report that got to
ya ;-)

I don't remember that one. Could you please describe it . . . in detail. . . for
the other guys, ya know. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
(Oh - NOW I remember. That was the one with Fabio on the cover!)
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Am trying to decode your address.

will fish anytime

prefer to do it soon

have vacation to burn

john

"William Claspy" wrote in message
...
On 10/21/04 9:31 AM, in article
et, "asadi...."
wrote:

...felt like a guide spotting trout in New Zealand.....

And this is one of those cases where, no matter how well the guide spots
for
you, if your presentation isn't juuuuuust right, you're gonna spook 'em.

B

Thanks for the report John! Let me know if you head up this way for
Steelhead this fall.

Am trying to decode your address.

will fish anytime

prefer to do it soon

have vacation to burn

john

"William Claspy" wrote in message
...
On 10/21/04 9:31 AM, in article
et, "asadi...."
wrote:

...felt like a guide spotting trout in New Zealand.....

And this is one of those cases where, no matter how well the guide spots
for
you, if your presentation isn't juuuuuust right, you're gonna spook 'em.

B

Thanks for the report John! Let me know if you head up this way for
Steelhead this fall.

"Tim J." wrote in message
news:rbied.172841$He1.147409@attbi_s01...
snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
asadi.... wrote:
Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even
fished the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish
the Santeetlah, the Sassafras and the Hazel.

John, I haven't squirmed like that since I read about snake's trip to
WV.

Oh GOD! I'm a prude!

gee, timmy,
i thought it was my fishin in a bathing suit trip report that got to
ya ;-)

I don't remember that one. Could you please describe it . .

nope- you'll have to dig into the archives for that one ;-)

.. in detail. . . for
the other guys, ya know. ;-)

yeah, right......G

--
TL,
Tim
(Oh - NOW I remember. That was the one with Fabio on the cover!)

fabio!? eeeewwwwww- never!
how's about tommy lee jones? (now, there's a man)

snake

http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
news:rbied.172841$He1.147409@attbi_s01...
snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
asadi.... wrote:
Had a great time in the Snowbird area. Don't you know I never even
fished the Snowbird even though I camped along side it? I did fish
the Santeetlah, the Sassafras and the Hazel.

John, I haven't squirmed like that since I read about snake's trip to
WV.

Oh GOD! I'm a prude!

gee, timmy,
i thought it was my fishin in a bathing suit trip report that got to
ya ;-)

I don't remember that one. Could you please describe it . .

nope- you'll have to dig into the archives for that one ;-)

.. in detail. . . for
the other guys, ya know. ;-)

yeah, right......G

--
TL,
Tim
(Oh - NOW I remember. That was the one with Fabio on the cover!)

fabio!? eeeewwwwww- never!
how's about tommy lee jones? (now, there's a man)

snake

http://css.sbcma.com/timj