TR Colorado

"Danl" wrote...
I apologize for the lateness of this TR, but it just dawned on me, Monday,
that Petah's Streamer Swap has a deadline of April 30. Until then, I had
naturally assumed that, allowing for the exchange rates between Canuckistan
and The Almighty Kingdom Of Bu****, that April 30 (northern appraisal)
equated to approximately May 23 (southern appraisal). Herr Commandant of the
Swap, Petah, confirmed otherwise. I briefly perused the NG to ascertain the
other swappers' progress and took note of the fact that all the good excuses
(and some second rate ones, as well) had been previously appropriated.
Therefore, I have spent my few spare hours this week under the heed of
Petah's unrelenting cybergaze and have finished and shipped my swap
streamers.

Petah has obviously attended ROFF Swapmeister Training School and completed BSD
(bull **** detection) 101 and 102.

.......bidness took me to Denver last week, so I conspired with Willi,
Charlie Wilson and Dave Mohnsen to meet up and share a little camaraderie
and some fishing. As the weather in the Ft Collins/Loveland area had been
nothing but bluebird for a couple of weeks, we were looking forward to a
pleasant weekend astream....until I arrived in Denver.

snipped rest of excellent TR
Hmmmm. . . seems like you had the same affect on New England, IIRC.

Thanks for the good TR.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

jeezus... sounds like you're gonna be a bit skewed on the nc mountain
trout...so, bring lots of good wine. g just when is it that you're
planning on arriving and leaving the boone area? i've got indian joe
and the white buffalo primed and ready for an adventure...

jeff

Danl wrote:

I apologize for the lateness of this TR, but it just dawned on me, Monday,
that Petah's Streamer Swap has a deadline of April 30. Until then, I had
naturally assumed that, allowing for the exchange rates between Canuckistan
and The Almighty Kingdom Of Bu****, that April 30 (northern appraisal)
equated to approximately May 23 (southern appraisal). Herr Commandant of the
Swap, Petah, confirmed otherwise. I briefly perused the NG to ascertain the
other swappers' progress and took note of the fact that all the good excuses
(and some second rate ones, as well) had been previously appropriated.
Therefore, I have spent my few spare hours this week under the heed of
Petah's unrelenting cybergaze and have finished and shipped my swap
streamers.


.......bidness took me to Denver last week, so I conspired with Willi,
Charlie Wilson and Dave Mohnsen to meet up and share a little camaraderie
and some fishing. As the weather in the Ft Collins/Loveland area had been
nothing but bluebird for a couple of weeks, we were looking forward to a
pleasant weekend astream....until I arrived in Denver.

That's when the the local Weather Liars began forecasting 6-12 inches of
snow just in time for the upcoming weekend. Great! Dave, showing his good
sense, decided against the long drive and camping in the snow scenario.
Charlie's back had apparently tried, once again, to escape from his body
the previous week. The best way to combat this particular malady is to, of
course, lay down right square dab on one's back and be still until the
wandering spinal column has once again taken root and settled in the
appropriate sections of the body cavity. That left Willi and I to brave the
approaching blizzard and carry the flag to the local rivers.

After a great meal at a local Italian ristorante on Thursday night, Willi
and I woke on Friday morning, not to banks and drifts of snow as predicted,
but to a somewhat chilly and damp, but otherwise perfectly acceptable day
for fishing. Not an iota of snow on the ground. We went to Willi's local
stretch of river and Willi the Ghillie put me onto large fish after large
fish. These were big shouldered, beautifully colored fish that were eager to
hit the small PTs that I cast to them. The only thing that could have gone
better would have been if I could have kept any of them on my line for more
than a scant few seconds before having the leader break (again) and retire
to shore for rerigging. You know you have a good friend with you when they
don't snicker and giggle too loudly after you lose four of pounds of gear to
the fish without even coming close to landing one. Eventually, Willi started
fishing with his usual results. Pictures will be posted to ABPF soon. One
brown that Willi caught was so deeply colored it reminded me of a
pumpkinseed.... lots of shades of deep bright orange.

After lunch we moved up into the mountains to try the upper section of
river, but had no luck. In the evening, we returned to the local spot and I
finall landed a couple of fish. As Willi had to pack for his Saturday
morning trip to FLA to meet and fish with another group of ROFFians, we said
our goodbyes. I hope they are having fun down in the keys.

Saturday morning I called Charlie to pump him for info regarding his home
river. I shoulda knowed better. Charlie wouldn't have it any other way but
that he was going to guide me, bad back or no, on his river. We met at the
Wilson estate in Loveland. After a brief hi-and-bye to his wife Pat (how
come she don't get no older and we do?), we were off to the mountains. We
spent several hours having a great time chasing trout over a long stretch of
the Big Thompson and a smaller trib thereof, until the wind in the canyon
sent us home for a late lunch and a brew or two. Thanks again, Charlie, for
the expert guiding and the great company. Hope your back is still mending
well.

I returned to the local stretch of river on Saturday evening and again on
Sunday morning. I was actually getting the hang of landing those trout, but
the time to fly home arrived. I did manage to get a couple of pics of fish,
but did not get a pic of the largest as I couldn't get a hold of him with
one hand. Next time I'm bringing a net!

Thanks to Willi and his wife for putting me up and putting up with me. And
thanks to the Wilson's for letting me steal Charlie from his convalescence
to play guide. I will be back to this area again.

Danl

did u toss each others salads out there?

"Johndaigle1" wrote in message
...
did u toss each others salads out there?

Without a doubt, the greatest impediment to the creation of a good tossed
salad is the widespread and perplexing notion that lettuce (and especially
iceberg lettuce) must be a "main" ingredient. There are many varieties of
lettuce, any one of which is useful in salads. In principle, there is
nothing wrong with any of them being a predominant feature in a salad, but
it AIN'T necessarily so. As a matter of fact, a tossed salad does not have
to have any kind of leafy green vegetable at all......which is not at all
the same as saying that it shouldn't.

Spinach, kale, arugula (or rocket), cabbage, mustard, collards, and a host
of others all work well. In addition, many herbs work very well as
prominent ingredients....as opposed to sparse flavorings. Parsley, basil,
thyme, sage, dill, mint, fennel and cilantro are but a few examples of the
latter.....there are literally hundreds of others. Radicchio, endive,
carrot tops, dandelions, purslane, violet leaves and thousands of other
leafy plants fall somewhere between the mainstay greens and the herbs.
Assuming that one wants a tossed salad to feature greens of some sort.....or
some combination.....there are endless wonderful combinations that do not
depend heavily....if at all.....on lettuce.

Other possible ingredients are limitless......meats, sausages, eggs,
cheeses, raw, blanched or fully cooked vegetables, just about anything
pickled, nuts (toasted pine nuts and/or almonds are particular favorites)
seeds....mustard, coriander, fennel, caraway, poppy, sesame (lotus seeds are
exotic and amazingly good!), etc., olives, mushrooms, peppers, an endless
variety of beans (fresh sweet peas, garbanzos, green beans, and black beans
are all extremely popular), tofu,.......one could go on for hours.
Fruits.....hell, one could go on for DAYS, and ALL of them (well, you might
want to avoid durian) are excellent in salads. Tomatoes.....Franklin almost
got it right.....tomatoes are proof that God loves us and wants us to be
happy (not that there's anything wrong with beer). Ripe tomatoes, slivered
onions, and a good dressing, topped with shavings of a good hard cheese is a
glorious salad. A bit of fresh pineapple or some mandarin orange or dried
apricot or cranberry wouldn't hurt, though. And flowers......there are many
thousands of varieties of edible flowers that not only taste good but make
fabulous showpieces of salads.

Don't be afraid to experiment with dressings. There are many very good
commercially prepared salad dressings. Virtually none of the popular name
brand dressings produced by mainstream American "food" manufacturers are on
the list. Lots of smaller producers make things that are not only
legitimately called food, but often quite tasty. Look at the list of
ingredients. If you can't tell within a couple of seconds whether or not
this is something you should eat and like, you are an abject fool and
someone else should be feeding you, thus hastening a well deserved death.

The best thing to do, of course, is to make your own dressing. The basics
are simple; a good quality edible oil as a vehicle and a major flavor
component or two....usually something more or less acidic.....vinegars and
citrus juices are prime examples. Stay away from the major cooking oils
like safflower, sunflower, peanut, rape, and corn. Go with something that
has a real and interesting flavor of its own; olive, avocado and walnut are
excellent and popular choices. There are also many highly flavored (either
in their own right or by addition of flavoring agents) oils like sesame and
some of the hot chili oils, most of which should be used sparingly.....at
first, anyway.

As for tossing, any old implements can be made to work, but none work as
well as four fingers (or however many one has......John) and an opposable
thumb. Um......it is considered good form to wash utensils thoroughly
before tossing. One person can toss the salad for everyone, but I guess
there is no good reason that everyone can't toss his or her own.......or
everyone toss for someone else, for that matter (though it seems like a lot
of extra work for no discernable gain to me).

Wolfgang

In article ,
says...
Without a doubt, the greatest impediment to the creation of a good tossed
salad is the widespread and perplexing notion that lettuce (and especially
iceberg lettuce) must be a "main" ingredient.


When I become king of the world, iceberg lettuce will banned...
along with a good number of other things.

Kevin
still waiting for the coronation.

naw, i won't be skewed a bit. at least not til after the wine. i'll have
just as much trouble with an 8" nc brookie as i would with a 18" co rainbow.

my best guess is that i'll arrive at the optimist park place on tuesday
evening and leave on thursday evening. so get ij and pj and waynoj and make
your way on over. that reminds me, wallyj whatchergot in your 9' 4wt 5pc
inventory?

danl

has opiej left the country or just hiding out?


"Jeff" wrote in message
link.net...
jeezus... sounds like you're gonna be a bit skewed on the nc mountain
trout...so, bring lots of good wine. g just when is it that you're
planning on arriving and leaving the boone area? i've got indian joe
and the white buffalo primed and ready for an adventure...

jeff

wrote...
snipped a bunch from a damn fine TR
Thanks to Willi and his wife for putting me up and putting up with me. And
thanks to the Wilson's for letting me steal Charlie from his convalescence
to play guide. I will be back to this area again.

Damn, now you got me thinking ROAD TRIP!!!!! bseg Glad you
enjoyed yourself. Your TR brought back some good memories I have of
those two showing me around last time I was down there. Can't wait
to see the pics.
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt on either yahoo or earthlink to respond via email)

Danl wrote:
naw, i won't be skewed a bit. at least not til after the wine. i'll have
just as much trouble with an 8" nc brookie as i would with a 18" co rainbow.

my best guess is that i'll arrive at the optimist park place on tuesday
evening and leave on thursday evening. so get ij and pj and waynoj and make
your way on over. that reminds me, wallyj whatchergot in your 9' 4wt 5pc
inventory?

danl

has opiej left the country or just hiding out?

ok... uh, tuesday... hmmm, doubt ij and i (the pure, unadulterated "j")
won't be there before late tuesday or early wednes"j"day. so, i suggest
we develop a plan...a plot...a machination...against ol wiley mr. trout.
i'm sure most are enamored of a pleasant western style stroll...but, as
you shall soon discover...the jewels of nc mountain trout fishing
require a bit of, uh, well...effort. so, my left coast friend, if you
have done the necessary crunches and leg-strengthening jogs, well,
perhaps opiej will go fishing with us and pull your californian self
(and my sog ball entity) around the cable crossing and up the grand
piton falls in search of the trophy 12" trout...(haven't heard from the
lenoir redneck in a while - i suspect he's busy in accumulating vacation
and retirement at the cost of us nc taxpayers)...but, should he insist
on his obligation to the taxpayers, and, if you'll settle for a pleasant
stroll down the greentown alle and a day's canter upstream to the upper
falls... well, i'm sure there's at least one twisted soul that will
accompany you. bring wine and bread and good humor.

jeff


"Jeff" wrote in message
link.net...

jeezus... sounds like you're gonna be a bit skewed on the nc mountain
trout...so, bring lots of good wine. g just when is it that you're
planning on arriving and leaving the boone area? i've got indian joe
and the white buffalo primed and ready for an adventure...

jeff

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:4HXjc.1376$Nb3.382@lakeread06...


ok... uh, tuesday... hmmm, doubt ij and i (the pure, unadulterated "j")
won't be there before late tuesday or early wednes"j"day.


Get your story straight, counselor. first you tell stories of braggadiccio
of your youth and now you claim to not have been adulterated. which is it?

so, i suggest
we develop a plan...a plot...a machination...against ol wiley mr. trout.
i'm sure most are enamored of a pleasant western style stroll...but, as
you shall soon discover...the jewels of nc mountain trout fishing
require a bit of, uh, well...effort. so, my left coast friend, if you
have done the necessary crunches and leg-strengthening jogs,

well, what about 12 oz curls and barcalounger squats?


well,
perhaps opiej will go fishing with us and pull your californian self
(and my sog ball entity) around the cable crossing and up the grand
piton falls in search of the trophy 12" trout...(haven't heard from the
lenoir redneck in a while - i suspect he's busy in accumulating vacation
and retirement at the cost of us nc taxpayers)...but, should he insist
on his obligation to the taxpayers, and, if you'll settle for a pleasant
stroll down the greentown alle and a day's canter upstream to the upper
falls... well, i'm sure there's at least one twisted soul that will
accompany you. bring wine and bread and good humor.

i would not be surprised to see the entity formerly known as op...and waynoj
is supposed to bring wine....


i spect i could be frogmarched up and down some trail if'n you insist on one
day. the other day should be spent in a less strenuous effort at the troutly
fishes as my on-board, integrated, barley-pop storage facilities have
expanded to the point of ungainliness.

Tom, are you monitoring this exchange?


Danl

Danl wrote:

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:4HXjc.1376$Nb3.382@lakeread06...


ok... uh, tuesday... hmmm, doubt ij and i (the pure, unadulterated "j")
won't be there before late tuesday or early wednes"j"day.



Get your story straight, counselor. first you tell stories of braggadiccio
of your youth and now you claim to not have been adulterated. which is it?

so, i suggest

we develop a plan...a plot...a machination...against ol wiley mr. trout.
i'm sure most are enamored of a pleasant western style stroll...but, as
you shall soon discover...the jewels of nc mountain trout fishing
require a bit of, uh, well...effort. so, my left coast friend, if you
have done the necessary crunches and leg-strengthening jogs,


well, what about 12 oz curls and barcalounger squats?


well,

perhaps opiej will go fishing with us and pull your californian self
(and my sog ball entity) around the cable crossing and up the grand
piton falls in search of the trophy 12" trout...(haven't heard from the
lenoir redneck in a while - i suspect he's busy in accumulating vacation
and retirement at the cost of us nc taxpayers)...but, should he insist
on his obligation to the taxpayers, and, if you'll settle for a pleasant
stroll down the greentown alle and a day's canter upstream to the upper
falls... well, i'm sure there's at least one twisted soul that will
accompany you. bring wine and bread and good humor.


i would not be surprised to see the entity formerly known as op...and waynoj
is supposed to bring wine....


i spect i could be frogmarched up and down some trail if'n you insist on one
day. the other day should be spent in a less strenuous effort at the troutly
fishes as my on-board, integrated, barley-pop storage facilities have
expanded to the point of ungainliness.

Tom, are you monitoring this exchange?


Danl



Yup. I'm planning to arrive on Wednesday. Thinking seriously about steppin off the
back porch into waters, now and again. Maybe some more strenuous places, but
*definitely* not Greentown Trail.

Tom

--
Tom

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