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Love it! That shot with the wing is my fave.

It was in the movie.

It wasn't a fish...

Granted, short fish there. I can't tell what the heck they are though.

I hear ya, bro. The yakkin' about tackle never stops. Of course, we wouldn't get to see any of this stuff if it weren't for folks selling tackle. I just laugh at it now. I've grown to appreciate the ability of marketing types to make the same old crap sound like something revolutionary and get people to part with their money. And -- FWIW ness tore 'em up with a Heddon Torpedo tonight. Take that,you Z-flukinator loving' suckers.

You got an LOL out of that one! And, I think it's over the limit, er..., possession limit, er..., just bad form, er...illegal stringer consolidation, er.... something.

Leap -- good word for it. How do you know he and his buddies didn't stage this picture, maybe with everybody's catch for the whole weekend, just as a joke to put on Facebook? Just saying it's not a for-sure thing. I share your disdain for poachers, but we ought to know the facts before declaring someone guilty.

I don't think we know nearly enough about this to judge. That said -- keep on judging boys. It's what we do!

Good video -- heavy on the artistic, light on the typical fishing video junk -- like 'Booyah!', 'What a beautiful fish!', thrusting the fish into the camera, etc. Didn't find the music distracting, though not really my cup o' tea. I noticed they did miss a bunch of the strikes/hook sets. Didn't get the laying the rod down thing either.

LOL Good luck Phil -- look forward to seeing your reports.

-2. Ha, you've been zeroed out. Have you ever paused before clicking the post button? You know, the count to ten thing? 15 question marks in one post is way too many. Just messing with you! It's what we do here!

Mediators? We don't need no stinking mediators.

That was hilarious!

Nice write up oft. Felt like I was there with you.

You're thinking of two separate events. The Lawn Lake flood and the Big Thompson flood. Lawn Lake was in the 80's. The lake is a man-made and way up in the mountains. It had an old earthen dam that broke. Sent water down Roaring River into the Fall River valley and on into Estes. There were a handful of fatalities in the Aspen Glen campground. That's the alluvial fan one and it's easily viewable from up on Trail Ridge Road or Google Earth. The remnants are still very visible in the form of boulders and long-dead trees in the valley. You can catch greenback cutthroats in front of tourists among the boulders where Roaring River and Fall river converge. Google Earth kmz file here. Big Thompson flood was in the 70s and was the result of a huge amount of rain in a small time. The Big T canyon was inundated and there were 100+ fatalities. A big, big, deal. John Gierach writes about being out on a multi-day fishing trip in the area and learning about the magnitude of it from a newspaper headline. He said it occurred to him that if he ever just wanted to just disappear, it would have been the perfect opportunity.

Too bad you missed out on the ice cream, huh?

Yeah -- Colorado is great, even when you're not stoned. Not gonna make it out there this year unless I can pull of a miracle. Andrew -- how'd you do fishing Big T in the meadow? I love it there, even though I know it gets pounded.

Ha -- who needs a fancy boat and all the latest electronics???

Yeah, Wayne -- they still do it in the butcher's paper with bread. I'm not a big fan of their limp fries, or their standard sauce for that matter. But they do a good job on the rest and they have other sauces that are more my style -- sweet with a little heat. I've been to their restaurant near the racetrack a couple times now. They haven't got it figured out there and I'm done giving them my money. I think AB's is riding a lot on reputation these days. Mediocre food in that high-dollar real estate won't last. bfshn -- I remember the big jug in the window. I always thought it looked kinda nasty. Jug all dusty, some sort of scum on the surface. It was a good call getting rid of them. Not much else has changed though.

56 here. Sposta be highs in the low/mid 80s over the weekend. Pretty sweet.

Slawgate. Just wanted to be the first one on that tired old thing. In breaking news: Arthur Bryant's is paying the price for their oversight here

Sweet!

I know -- how do you not have some slaw ready? Really, how do you not have everything ready?

Dang -- I've heard of Project Healing Waters, but never paid much attention. That's awfully cool stuff they're doing, and your trip just sounds outstanding -- like a fly fisherman's dream trip. I don't know you, but I'm glad you got to go nonetheless.

Ahhh, the memories. The five of us hurtling down the highway at 80 miles an hour in a smoke-filled, 5 ton Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Nary a seat belt in sight. The primo location for us kids was the backward-facing fold up seat in the back, nestled atop a tank of 29.9 cent Ethyl. You could spread out a little back there, plus you were out of reach of mom's flailing arms. Singing 99 bottles, counting license plates, and trying to get the 18 wheelers to honk -- hopefully scaring the bejeezus outta dad. Those were the days.