Terrierman

Thank you.

I'm not joking about why I like Nano and FC, those guys are both amazing. Very fortunate to be able to learn from them now and again.

Now those yahoos are messing with Paiute artifacts. Somebody please arrest them and cart them to jail. One or two at a time when they come to town if nothing else.

I like Nanofil because Ham tells me to. I like FC because Dave tells me to. I like Maxima because I've used it since Heck was a Pup. I hate Nanofil because leader. I hate FC because knots. Sorry, I'm a klutz and am knot impaired. I've tried to hate Maxima but just can't. I use them all now and then.

12,15, 17, 21 and 25! Nice. Who won?

Lovey has some beef short ribs in the crock pot. Rumor has it there are carrots, celery, onion, garlic and fresh ginger involved.

Well then, shut the front door.

I do think what happened to the two ranchers seems like double jeopardy to me. Tried once, convicted and sent to jail. Now years later, tried again and sent to jail again, for the same crimes. Not right in my book. If a judge screwed up, go after him, not these guys. So there is that to consider. But now its gone far beyond what started this in the first place, and is headed to how does it end?

We need a "you're nucking futs" button.

kids today

Had Cliven Bundy been dealt with properly when he was having his temper fit this would have never happened. I learned that lesson from my kids.

Well for one thing they have been tearing down fences. Last time I looked, destroying federal property was considered breaking the law.

Bureau of Land Management.

I can't help but think five years in the Federal pen for a couple of grassfires is a bit much. Imagine the conversations in the dining hall: "What you in for dog?" "They said I murdered a few people in Boston" "Man that's tough" "How about you?" "They said I kidnapped these women and kept them in my basement for fifteen years" "Hey, what are you two guys in for?" "Arson." "Wow here in the Federal pen, what did you burn down, the White House?" "Nope, range fires" "That's rough man, to get here you must have set a buttload of fires" "Nope, just two" "Two? No freakin' way. They must have been dandies, what, did you burn down half of your state?" "Nope, 139 acres" "darn son, that must have been some kind of valuable 139 acres, did it have some huge butt Sequoias on it or something?" "Nope, tumbleweeds and sagebrush" "You lyin' dog. What did you really do?"

I enjoy fishing too much to get all goal oriented about it. I just want to have some good trips with some good friends and family.

The Jones Dome was horrid. It's a miracle those carpetbaggers lasted as long in St. Louis as they did.

Duck McNuggets, in mushroom soup over brown rice.

I had a pig snout sandwich once in East St. Louis. It was fried and was basically the biggest cracklin' you can imagine. Served on white bread with a slice of onion and Maul's BBQ sauce. Maul's for some odd reason is kind of a thing in St. Louis. The sandwich was awful.

D.O. is at or near saturation now according to the Corps website.

They did better early in the day on Friday further upstream. By the time I got on the water around 2:00 ish on Friday it was already very noticeably brown and off colored at Buffalo Shoals. Kind of trashy too, but the real problem was the volume and color (at least in my opinion). And it just got browner and browner over the weekend. Hopefully you will be there next year. We do seem to be able to have a pretty good time. And we eat well too, so we got that going for us.

Just make sure the lake isn't turning over when we have the next one. I think we should all hold you personally responsible for the poor water quality and high generation. Glad we got to fish together, just wish it had been a little better day, then we might have been able to actually recover lost drag chain(s)!. Man , that was some water was it not?

Yeah, we're pretty much tip top. It's good to give others a standard they can aspire to. Seriously, we had a great time. Everyone there is good people, I would trust any and all with my wife, my wallet, my dog or my boat. It doesn't get any better than that in my world. Special thanks to Phil, and he knows why.

Water was worse. We caught fish, but nothing like when conditions are better. 14,000 + CFS and brown = not too hot.

Conditions were even worse today. More flow and more color. Griz and I did one drift at Buffalo Shoal and went home. I still had a great time, the people make the event. And the food. And the music. Plus we got to meet a new good guy too. Welcome to the Jig Fest Eric!

Thanks QB