Talk about cabin fever, Happy holliday!

asadi wrote:



Both locations, starry brilliant nights out in the field, expect better city
night starry lights in Sweden.




You guys are going to be pretty far north. I think the nights will be
pretty short, if it gets totally dark at all. (which is pretty cool but
takes some getting used to)


Willi

Roger Ohlund writes:

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Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Beautiful sunny day here in New England. I had the opportunity to do Jeff
Millier a favor/chore, and it gave me a chance to stretch the legs of my new
Audi RS6 over some "hilly" roads around The Quabbin. Then north to Sunderland
and visit my parents grave site. Traveling home on a different route, I passed
the spot where I hit a big deer one night several years ago. Ouch!

With Jo in Roanoke for a nephew's wedding, and my oldest grandson out with his
girlfriend just home from college, I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Dave LaCourse wrote:

With Jo in Roanoke for a nephew's wedding, and my oldest grandson out with his
girlfriend just home from college, I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


As long as you're not sharing his food.

Willi

"Willi" wrote in

I will have to eat with Henry. Nothing
wrong with that, however.


As long as you're not sharing his food.

hilarious; and from a surprising source...

yfitons
wayno

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in
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For the clavers I can tell that the mountain region is getting a fair
amount of snow, which is good for us.

I hope that clave works out well ... sounds like a rip snorter.

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

Been getting out ... have been through a longish warm spell with odd
days getting into the 30+ degrees C and the humidity has been an
absolute bugger (but good for minimising fire risks). The fishing is
patchy but will pick up in all likelihood - the smaller terrestrials
(hoppers and beetles) haven't really taken off yet despite a bumper
year for the cicadas. A recent American visitor described them as
sounding like a chainsaw with a crook bearing. Its a little strange
seeing people wander about campus protecting their ears from the racket
the big 2 inch jobs (greengrocers) make. While the ones up the scrub
tend to be smaller, up to an inch or so, and more to a fishes liking.

The seasons festivities tend to take time now and the weather is
becoming changeable (electrical storms, rain on the horizon) so actual
fishing is going to be 3 hour sessions nabbed here and there between
gatherings and preparing for the Tassie trip.

(BTW: there are a few postcard type shots at of last years trip at
http://www.flyflickers.com/ff/articl...tassiepict.htm )

A caddis pupa pattern has been working pretty well on the rivers,I hope
it travels well to Tassie and the inflowing streams on some of the lakes
we'll be hitting.

So what am I doing here on a weekend ... well it is gloomy, and raining
right through the areas I would fish so I'm building up brownie points
with myself for next week ... perhaps an afternoon off work.

I eagerly await the arrival of a double hander from Wales and had an
early present arrive when some tying stuff I ordered through a friend
arrived from Dan Baileys. At last some 'flat' thread, I haven't been
able to get any here for years and this Gudebrod stuff appears to be
just the ticket.

Anyway ... back to the grimstone.


Steve

"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
. 1.4...
.....The seasons festivities tend to take time now and the weather is
becoming changeable (electrical storms, rain on the horizon) so actual
fishing is going to be 3 hour sessions nabbed here and there between
gatherings and preparing for the Tassie trip......

Hmph......Christmas in summer......and the 4th of July in winter.....ya'll
got some WEIRD customs down there.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in
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Hmph......Christmas in summer......and the 4th of July in
winter.....ya'll got some WEIRD customs down there.

Wolfgang

Naaah ...meteorologically challenged.


Steve (wondering about the logic in meteorological

Roger wrote:snipAnyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin
fever?

Dallas is a lot warmer that most places on this group. It was 36F around
sunrise and I had been tying flies for a couple of hours. Played with the new
rod for a couple of hours this morning, It warmed up rather nicely as I was
shopping and putting a few miles on the old BMW motorcycle this afternoon the
leather jacket felt nice behind the fairing as the temp was in the upper 50's.

Big Dale

"Roger Ohlund" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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SNIP
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)


Saturday 20th December. 02.15 hrs. Dark of course! Sixty clicks due South of
Hamburg, on the edge of the Lueneburger Heide ( Heide = Moor). 5°C, no wind.
Weather has been very odd recently with a few warm sunny spells punctuated
by very cold spells. We were down to -11°C one night last week. One very
light snowfall up to now, which disappeared quite quickly. We also had some
very powerful wind storms which felled quite a few trees, and caused various
other damage.

Caught a bad cold while doing some small repairs to the roof, so have not
even been out of the house much for a few days. Once I get rid of the cold,
I may have a run up to the Baltic after cod, or with luck, maybe even a
seatrout. Have to get Christmas over first.

TL
MC

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:24:35 +0100, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

Hi all,

Just thought I'd give you a hint on what it is like where I live, at this
time of year. =)
The sun rises at about 10 am and sets at 1 pm which in theory gives us three
hours of daylight.

Anyhow, anyone doing any fishing or are you all fighting cabin fever?
(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

/ Roger
Daytime engineer
Lifetime fly fisherman
If you feel like it, visit http://www.imsoc.se/angler/ for info on fly
fishing in northern Sweden, Lapland,
or visit http://www.imsoc.se/ffgallery/ , the fly fishermen's gallery.


45.17N -89.73W Sunrise 7:33 Sunset 4:18

In Merrill we have about 8" of snow. Tonight we're supposed to be down near
0 degrees F. A few days ago I took a short evening ski with my 6 year old
son through the nearby state park. It brought back the realization of how
much I enjoy the quality of light we get this time of year. Skiing through
the almost totally silent woods (where were all the owls?), only the faint
outline of Mason was visible as he skied ahead of me, under the big pines,
through the dusk...very good, very, very good.

God Jul!

g.c.