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In streams I like a simple white Gurgler, fished by just about any method. https://www.jackgartside.com/step_gurgler.htm Second choice would be a basic Seaducer (Homer Rhode Tarpon streamer) often in all Grizzly or all white https://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part248.php - https://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/12497fotw.php I use both in #4, #6, #8 and 2.5"-3.5" on or just under the surface, with and without commotion. Floating #6 level line, 5-6' 12# leader. I haven't tied a popper on in many years, but back when I tried them every week I never had much luck with them, didn't matter one bit what color or cork, wood or foam, none took more than a rare sunfish. Size didn't matter with those things either, I still have some somewhere I think. Perhaps I should mention that technically the fish I take aren't actually SMB anymore, but rather "Neosho Bass", and in very clear water; in colored water I'd darken the flies up for better contrast.

You should have a great time. Greece was my favorite part of the two Med. deployments I made, we stopped in Athens and Souda Bay many times. Wife and I spent 10 days in Athens as newlyweds, so much to see there that even then we just saw the biggest/most publicized attractions. We were warned not get ice in any drinks because they don't handle it as food, supposedly not even made from safe water; but of course that may have changed over five decades.

All four in Mo. have been in the St. Francis drainage. A ditch, Duck Creek, Mingo Refuge, and now this one. They've been established in Ar. for a few years. I didn't realize they could live in air for that long. Interesting that they are similar enough to bowfin that mistakes could be made in identification.

A book can not be either moral or immoral. Morality is a human behavior and varies from place to place, ethnic group to ethnic group and over time. What is moral behavior in your culture might not be acceptable in another culture. What was considered morally acceptable in this country 400 years ago would not be today. And vise versa.

Botanical family, yes, but that isn't a close relationship. Humans, chimpanzees and apes are in the "same family" but no one is mistaking one for the others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae

All those Canadian nightcrawlers that I kept years ago were trout bait, or bluegill bait, before I discovered the fly. Although I would catch an occasional calico bass. Red worms I used for hornpout and yellow perch.

Is that possible? Do your European night crawlers have "tiger stripes" like the red worms do, with alternating segments being light and dark? Aren't the night crawlers somewhat flat tailed? Do the European crawlers have a dark head end like the Canadian crawlers? Or do you mean that the worms for sale are being misrepresented? I haven't bought any bait in years, so have no idea what Walmart is selling.

https://thrivingyard.com/small-compost-worms/#:~:text=If red wigglers are undersized%2C it is directly,water%2C so dehydration will cause them to shrink. I'd expect 3" worms that fit #8 hooks after about 3 months. Maybe give them more paper/cardboard?

(from internet sources) Red wigglers grow "about two to five inches in length and about ¼ inches in diameter." and European nightcrawlers grow from two to six inches, with the night crawlers being slightly larger in diameter. So essentially the same size. If your worms are tiny/small, they are probably juveniles. When I was keeping Canadian nightcrawlers (6"-12" when mature) they would be no bigger than a thread and ~1/2" long when I could first notice them and much smaller in the "hatching" stage. It's my thought that red wigglers stink more and wiggle more than other worms but don't last as long on the hook. The Canadian nightcrawlers don't last very long in the heat though and stink greatly when dead, they prefer to be a few feet deep and I never caught any wild worms once the temps went over ~60F. I'd catch enough in early spring to last through the entire year of frequent fishing, perhaps five gallons of them and had my worm bed in the cool basement. I haven't any experience with the European worms.

The rod hand determines the name of the reel, you are holding the rods in your left hand, therefore you are left handed (for this purpose) and that makes the RHW reels left hand reels. For right handed people (holding the rod in the right hand) the LHW reels have the crank on the left side, so these reels made for right handed people are called "right hand reels". Then to add more confusion bait casting and spin casting reels are mounted upside down on the rods.

The terms Resuscitate or Resuscitation seem to be most often used with emergency on site CPR and if the ambulance crews did not try to resuscitate, most runs would likely be for DOA. Will you sue the ambulance company if they do CPR on you and you survive?

Any reel with the crank on the right side is best cast with the left hand, and vise versa. But I understand a lot of folks were taught to change hands, silly as that is.

Aren't they all?

Only if you show it to the rescue party, or if you happen to keel over in the Dr.'s office that wrote it for you? It surely can't be binding on the dozens of "good Samaritans" in your vicinity?

So, why are people still not doing this? I use Firefox on a desk top, but it must have something similar, because the only ads I recall seeing here were for Lilley's Landing, and not even those recently.

I'm not good with instructions and cheated with a search, too, and the group did one that I recall got a bit of air time locally ca'58-59, but I read a whole list of their hits and that was the only one I recall hearing them do. If you had given the group name and asked me I'd likely have said they only did one song. Smoky played it a lot one summer "this time tomorrow reckon where I'll be"

Probably if someone funded the building of a new pavilion they'd get to place a small plaque on it. The benches are an accepted way to establish a memorial though and can be placed where an angler might enjoy sitting a moment.

Or maybe just what station we listened to. Don't think I ever heard that song so it probably wasn't high on Smoky Dacus' play list.

The pump just says 10% Ethanol, any amount of isopropanol that's added is just part of the "blending", it doesn't change the amount of ethanol. I'm pretty sure you'll find isoproponol (perhaps by a different name) in more than one of those fuel additives.

And to think that man has drunk the stuff for eons, it's a wonder we haven't all dissolved.

Short shelf life is great from the government's viewpoint, it ensures that there will be no fuel hoarding by the revolutionist "preppers' and that when the "SHTF" happens the opposition will be out of fuel within the three week life span of ethanol. On the other hand since it is such a powerful solvent ethanol should keep the varnish out of the system until it does breakdown.

I've never used Stabil. Was curious what it is, just read the description of the "ingredients" and there's apparently nothing in it that can float on gas. That's why the floating bit caused me to ask. If the stuff does float on pump gas I'd question the SDS sheet they filed. If it does work, it would theoretically only work if mixed into fresh gas, so that it could bond with O2 molecules throughout the mix before the fuel molecules do. Ethanol adds a lot of O2 to the mix and is likely why modern gas breaks up so quickly. Have you ever used Stabil? I'll bet that if poured onto the top of gasoline in a clear container that it would not layer.

I'd like to see reference for that, because none the components listed in the SDS would float on gasoline at all. From the stuff it's made from it should disperse through the fuel with no agitation.

Are you aware of anything that can extend that life? or anything that can revive the deteriorated fuel?

Still doesn't explain how you never let fuel set for a week or more. Cars, boats, lawn mowers, tractors, etc. all have more down time than actual use time. And most have fuel tanks that hold more than is needed for a single use.