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What's your favorite fly fishing book?
cyli writes:
Scouts with lousy leaders _aren't_ going to be good Scouts or learn much about the outdoors. And Scouts will be what people talk about, not their inept or uncaring leaders. Certainly no argument there. I've had the same unpleasant encounters with both scouts and non-scout groups on my own camping trips. And I've encountered some very polite juvenile groups. But on the whole, these days, given the portability of musical playback devices, I'd rather not camp near any youth group. For that matter, I'd rather not camp near anyone else. -- Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm |
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What's your favorite fly fishing book?
"George Cleveland" wrote in message ... On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 05:03:47 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote: One hates to cast aspersions (however unintentionally) on anyone's integrity or offer commentary on eyewitness accounts of events at which he was himself not present, but careful observers as far back as Bartram and Audubon (as well as others too numerous to mention) have noted that herons do not usually carry their prey. Wolfgang That is because Master Juvenal has mistaken the observed behavior as predatory in nature when in fact it is an example of a complex symbiotic arrangement between herons and 8 point whitetail bucks. When young, herons and fawns will often spend hours together romping and rough housing in wet meadows. At maturity they will usually seperate and go there own ways but there is a strong bond formed. When the buck reaches the peak of his buckliness, his tawny antlers reaching for God's blue heavens and his neck swollen with the lust of life, the great blue heron, the very same that was the buck's childhood campanion, will alight upon the deers rack. From this high perch he will be in the perfect position to alert his old chum to the approach of predatory beasts, be it wolves, bear or Fred Bear. For this vigilent service the buck is rightly grateful. And in return he will allow himself to be picked up by the great blue and carried to the nearest stream. (This is the behavior that VibraJet observed.) There he will be deposited by the bird in the stream bed and then the bird will take up position upstream from the proud male deer. With a great splashing the deer will wade towards the bird, driving the silver fishes ahead of them. The trout and chubs flee in terror from the razor sharp hooves only to fall sad victim to the equally berazored beak of the blue and sinister bird. Thus is nature's strange dance is completed and the circle of life come full...circle. Well there ya go, another pretty fantasy crushed out of existence. But the brazen truth has a certain hard edged beauty of its own. g.c. Who saw it on the Discovery Channel. Hm.....sounded more like Food Network or Lifetime to me. Wolfgang who, admittedly, has never been much of a botanist. |
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Interesting clumping these two together. "Politically Incorrect" is almost
a feeling, but what is "ecologically incorrect". Cutting down enough trees to build a 45 foot tower so you could climb it leaves a whole bunch of stumps in the woods. It doesn't seem to equate to the possibility that somebody might be offended by your actions. scott One of my troop's favorite camping sites was an Ozark farm owned by one of the family of one member. The owner periodically had a state forester mark trees for thinning. He used these for firewood on the farm and in town. The understanding was that we were free to cut these trees and only these trees. So we got practice in felling trees, rudimentary logging and a bit of knowledge about forest management. WE had a source of material for pioneering practice and games, and our host had fewer trees to fell to heat his homes. I would never have presumed that such practice was acceptable on other lands. And during the years when I served as an adult scout leader, much or our camping took place on public lands, BLM, state forest, national forest, state park, Corps of Engineers lands, etc. -- Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm |
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message Hm.....sounded more like Food Network or Lifetime to me. I was thinkin' it was Inside Edition. Didn't they win a Peabody for that segment? :-) Joe F. |
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"rb608" wrote in message ... "Wolfgang" wrote in message Hm.....sounded more like Food Network or Lifetime to me. I was thinkin' it was Inside Edition. Didn't they win a Peabody for that segment? :-) Different episode.....long time ago.....way back.....and it was a Sherman. Wolfgang revisionist to the stars. |
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"slenon" wrote in message
. com... cyli writes: Scouts with lousy leaders _aren't_ going to be good Scouts or learn much about the outdoors. And Scouts will be what people talk about, not their inept or uncaring leaders. Certainly no argument there. I've had the same unpleasant encounters with both scouts and non-scout groups on my own camping trips. And I've encountered some very polite juvenile groups. But on the whole, these days, given the portability of musical playback devices, I'd rather not camp near any youth group. For that matter, I'd rather not camp near anyone else. The morons who burn plastic in their campfires are also right at the bottom of the evolutionary chain. Good pistol targets, if only the authorities would get lost for an hour or so. |
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wrote in message ... ...those who burn plastic are unaware that it won't burn and won't break down..... Hm.....what do you think we can do to convince them? Wolfgang who, admittedly, is stumped. |
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, rb608 wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message Hm.....sounded more like Food Network or Lifetime to me. I was thinkin' it was Inside Edition. Didn't they win a Peabody for that segment? :-) Joe F. correction, it was a Polk. Mu |
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Wolfgang
revisionist to the stars. Wrong hat! -- Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm |
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