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Hey team... haven't forgot you all. I'll break down flies and send them out early next week.

LOL... only one way to find out. You may be correct.

Agree... great report, but win with the dog. Did you fish at all... or just a nice float?

13 Feb Update - last set of flies are in the mail; apologies sent to all of you. Fshndoug: Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) OPEN Slot: nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks) budman: JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks) BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks) - Flies mailed. MIC: Fish Candy - Host - Flies done Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Ham: SeeGar Minnow - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks)

If you like fried rice.... try this. Cook some sausage and rewarm the fried rice. Cook a couple of eggs the way you like them, but runny is best. Put it all in a bowl and dress the way you normally dress your eggs (pepper, hot sauce, etc) maybe try a splash of soy sauce. Cut everything up and let the rice absorb the yolk. Makes for a hardy breakfast or a change of pace dinner. If you really want to go crazy or take it with you... put it all in a warm burrito shell. um um good.

Nice.

Alright team... getting close to the end. I ask a few more things from ya. It helps me get better at doing these if I get feedback. Please post or message me with likes, dislikes, and recommendations. I'm tuff. Please post your fly recipes and instructions (if you can, with a pic). That way if you like a fly, you can try tying it yourself. Way down the road... come back and give us a fishing report.

Doug and Ham... got yours today.

You didn't say if you like big water or small. How about going east instead of North and West.

6 Feb Update: Fshndoug: Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) OPEN Slot: nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks) budman: JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks) BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks) MIC: Fish Candy - Host - Flies done Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Ham: SeeGar Minnow - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks)

Another cooking hack for breakfast sausage. Assuming you are using a log/roll of sausage. Start with a cold pan. Slice off a one inch thick piece and place it unformed into the pan. Using your fingers and starting in the middle, flatten out the patty in the pan. Kind of like a pizza dough, flatten it so it grows out from the center. When you finish forming, you do not want a clean edge, you want a broken edge all the way around the patty. This approach will give you great browning that is even. The broken edge keeps the patty from bowing into a bowl shape, making an even cook. This trick worked really well for me so I thought I would share.

My guess is another reason that they shot it down over the water... it gives them a better chance (stress chance) to get the parts from it. Look I'm not saying it wasn't all about safety, but I would assume there are some classified reasons they did what they did. I'm also assuming they shot the crap out of the cameras on that thing with lasers or other wave based energy from the ground. I 100% could be wrong, but it would not surprise me. So if that is the true, the juice isn't worth the squeeze to drop it out of the sky and risk anything. Define flew over. That thing was 60K feet in the air. It was probably "over" two or three states at one time. Yes it sucks, yes China should not have done it, and yes we should throw a fit. However, let's not act like the US hasn't done flyovers dozens if not hundreds of times over the years.

Gents... did these get in the mail alright?

Hey team... reminder... flies are due outbound this week. 1 Feb Update: Fshndoug: Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks) OPEN Slot: nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks) budman: JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks) BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks) MIC: Fish Candy - Host - Flies done Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Ham: SeeGar Minnow - Got Address (thanks) - Flies mailed

Hey team... reminder... flies are due outbound this week.

30 Jan update. Mine are done now also. Fshndoug: Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks) OPEN Slot: nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks) budman: JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks) BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks) MIC: Fish Candy - Host - Flies done Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks) - Fly complete; waiting shipment Ham: SeeGar Minnow - Got Address (thanks) - Flies mailed

27 Jan Fshndoug: Congo Streamer - Got Address (thanks) OPEN Slot: nomolites: Squirrel and Herl - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Daryk Campbell Sr: Black Ghost Streamer - Got Address (thanks) Flies received (thanks) budman: JQ Streamer - Got Address (thanks) - Flies done - Flies received (thanks) BilletHead: The Fish Catcher - Got Address (thanks) - Flies received (thanks) Flysmallie: Murdich Minnow - Got Address (thanks) MIC: Fish Candy - Host Budman (2): Pistol Pete - Second fly - budman ColdWaterFshr: Barr's Meatwhistle - Got Address (thanks) Ham: SeeGar Minnow - Got Address (thanks)

You should try something like that with mop fly material.

Hey... crappy flies are very welcome here. You are welcome to tie ten simple flies... something like a micro leach if you can knock them out this weekend. Let me know if you want to give it a go.

Blessing sent

Slight off topic, but a funny/cool story. I once had to escort a locksmith to a classified safe because the lock broke. He pulls off the lock, and no kidding it is made of plastic. I was like what the heck, what kind of piece of crap is that. Then the NSA rep that I worked with told me why. Way, way back in the day, the CIA made a portable xray machine that they could stick to a safe and see the lock's keys. After a while it became common knowledge in the intel world and was declassified. However, we assumed if we had one, the Russians had one. So all certified locks for classified safes where changed to a material that the xray machine couldn't see. I thought that was James Bond level cool.

No, because the address is not classified. I believe what you are referring to are documents of historical value. So if the White House destroyed all of the drafts, meeting minutes, and supporting docs of a State of the Union, that would be illegal. If I remember my history correct, that law came out of Watergate because the White House was destroying the "record" of what all occurred.

I am out of that world now, but I spent many years in the IT side of the intelligence community. I'll provide a little insight. A very large majority of classified information is very, very boring and very, very dry. For example, the most common "classified" thing I worked with was IP addresses for network equipment on classified networks. A lot of classified documents are classified to protect how we gather the data from the bad guys, not what is actually is on the paper. If classified information goes public, it is still classified. As I said above, it protects how we got the data. Some classified information is only classified when it is combined with other data. For example, an office's budget may be unclassified, but when synced up to a region, it becomes classified. I use to say all the time... even before Hillary, I could find classified information on unclassified systems on almost any VIP level's computer. See the next line. Items are classified based on classification tables. Here is the thing. If you are not cleared to read the table, you probably would not know it is classified. Also... a lot of them are clear as mud. So if you are a VIP... you may talk or email about something classified because you don't know it is classified. Yes the President can classify or unclassify documents. However, that is sent way down the chain to organizational leaders. There are exceptions but they don't make those decisions. Some expert worker bee(s) write these tables. They get reviewed by multiple teams, and the leader signs the release of the table. Some of these tables are a pain in the arse to read, and VIPs are not going to read them. Good staff members might, or they will ask experts for information. We are human, they are all not good staff members. A lot of information is over classified. I'm sure there are examples where someone is using classification to hide something. However the other 98% of the time it is to "protect my arse". If you are not a VIP, you can get fired very quickly for mishandling classified information. You may get a talking to, but you won't get in trouble for over classifying. So put yourself in my old shoes. If you think something might be sensitive and not sure... you classify it. Can't get fired for that. Normal people will go into a room to work on classified. Very VIP offices are cleared to process classified data so that argument on the news, doesn't hold much weight with me. VIPs have staffs that do most of the filing of work. So when you see a handful of data, the most likely situation to me is the VIP was given the documentation to take to a meeting. In the meeting it gets mixed up with unclassified emails and notes. The VIP comes back and either they stuff it in a drawer or their staff does. Additionally, the VIPs are not packing up these now famous boxes. The staffers do it and over four or eight years there are lots of boxes to pack in a short amount of time. Look... people make mistakes. Give them enough opportunities, they will make one. Not the case lately, but sometimes classified data released to world is just left alone, specially on the internet. The bad guys are looking for investigations all the time in hopes they can beat us to the data so it is safer to just let it get lost in the largeness of the world. In the end... when you work with it ever day, it becomes routine. Routines can lead to not keeping an eye on the details. Mess the details and classified documents get walked out a building.

I'm late to the party... loved the video. Would love to see some more. What is the body of the Green and White jig? Seth you must love that rod.

It looks like Trythisonemv is a no show. I've reached out multiple times via his email as his OAF messager here is full. I'll give it a couple more days, but if anyone wants his slot, let me know.