FishnDave

You did it again! 🏆 👍 2 consecutive years! And you've passed me, likely for good! I thought I had 146 fly rod species, but it's 143. Thanks for all your help putting me on some really cool fish the past few years! It's been great fun!

I think Google just chat itself.

Excellent! Great trip!

Had a brief window to do a bit of flyfishing on Sunday afternoon. Went for Koi. Caught 11, plus one Goldfish.

Caught at least 5 species of little stuff at a new-to-me creek: Northern Studfish: Striped Shiners: Plus Bleeding Shiners, Bluegills, and a Longear Sunfish. Saw this turtle shell:

@Ham and I flyfished for Koi and Goldfish while he was in town a couple weeks ago. We both caught some of each. Here's my favorites that I caught:

Be careful, kids. First one's always "free", right? 😜

I have not read that one. I have read his book on Hawaii and on Mexico. Incredibly fascinating and informative/historical books!

Thanks for that link, @tjm Very variable rainfall amounts....Says I got 5.19" in the past 24 hours in my part of St Louis County. About 2.6 miles to my West, they got 6.16" in that time. Just east of Eureka, MO, (SW side of StL) got 8.06" in 24 hrs.

Was that lunch or dinner? Glad you enjoyed it! 👍 What's for dessert? Something with honey? 😉

Everybody's different. Nobody has to agree with me. I do like having the extra hour of daylight in the evening after work in the warmer months. Wouldn't hurt my feelings to have it year-round. Heck, make it 2 extra hours of daylight! This could be achieved in other ways, rather than changing clocks. Changing work hours is one way. Changing clocks is also ok by me. After 58 consecutive years, I think most American's are capable of managing their clocks, especially with the help of our ever-present cell phones that update automatically. So many options, certainly some would work. Just for a quick history... here's an AI-generated summary of DST: "The United States began observing daylight saving time (DST) in 1918 to save fuel and power during World War I. The idea was that by shifting time to make use of more daylight hours, the need for artificial light would be reduced. The US followed the lead of several European countries that had also adopted DST during the war. DST was repealed in 1919, but was reinstituted during World War II as "War Time". After the war, states were allowed to choose whether or not to observe DST, but in 1966, the Uniform Time Act standardized DST across the country. The current system of clocks falling back in November and moving ahead in March was established by the Uniform Time Act. "