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I've had food like that before

Hmmm. That sounds like something I'd like. Gonna put that on the Amazon wish list.

All this speculation assumes there was a logical reason for building this death trap...

The guy slicing the dead, dry eels and hanging them nails to cure was sure appetizing.

I know the feeling, mic. Worked my raised beds over a couple weeks back, but I have fully recovered. It's not nearly as bad as when I was tilling soil though -- that sucked. Not too much hard work left to do -- that I'm gonna do. Gotta get some mulch delivered and I'll pay for them to put it down. Peas, carrots, radishes, lettuce, beets, onions, spinach and chard are all in the ground. The maters, peppers, herbs, and a few others are in a cold frame for now. Sposta be a wet week and fairly cool so I'll probably hold off a while longer.

That was a pretty good performance by the author. The vegan guy was out to pick a fight. The dinner invitation was a nice touch.

Well, if it was easy it wouldn't be near as much fun when you catch one, right? If you feel pretty confident you were not spooking them too much with your approach, think about a couple other variables. Anywhere there's a rock, tree or bend in the stream is a likely spot. They all scour out a little deeper water and offer more protection. They also concentrate flows and the food floating by. Seams where fast and slow water are adjacent to each other are good too. Along the edge of a rock, below a plunge in the slower-current "V", to the sides of a plunge in the eddies, along the foam line at the start of a run. Hit all those places. In such skinny water, your mistakes are magnified. In a bathtub-sized pool, if you slap a fly on the surface, lay down a big coil of tippet, plop a fly in with a split shot and indicator, stick a fly in a tree and shake the branch overhead, whatever, you will make those fish quit or leave. And if they dart out of there, they're gonna spook their buddies too. I believe presentation trumps fly selection most of the time. And, that's really the hardest part to learn in fly fishing. You've surely read about drag-free drifts, etc. Laying a dry fly on the surface and having it float along in the conflicting currents without creating a wake is a bit of an art. Having a nymph bump along at the right speed below the surface, where you can't see it and the current is probably different than at the surface, is an art too. Anyhoo -- keep at it.

I'd do what you did. He was obviously clueless and I doubt you could have cured him.

Sweet. Sposta get a little rain this week and warm temperatures. I'm ready!

I'm not impressed. Their incomes should have been on the chopping block to begin with, along with everything else. And that's all I've got to say about that.

At least it wasn't our all-knowing government behind it. If the new names really do make it to the shelves, I suppose I'll relearn things.

French press is my fav. Waiting for our crummy grinder to break b4 I get a goodun. Gotta check that one out

Yeah--but how this one went off the rails isn't a real mystery though

You maybe thinking Hugo Chavez?

Perhaps a walled compound would be a solution?

If you're from St. Louis, you gotta have a crackleback. If you're from west of Wentzville, you don't need one. Renegade, Wayne? An oldie but goodie that I never think to have on hand.

Enjoyed these posts a lot. Keep at it dirt worm. Sounds like you're thinking things through and figuring out your mistakes. In that kind of fishing avoiding mistakes is a big part of it. Stay out of the water as much as possible. Even cutting across a shallow riffle you grind the rocks underfoot and that can start a chain reaction of scared fish darting upstream scaring more. Plan your approach 2 to 3 spots ahead. A lot of time it's wise to pass on a marginal spot to improve your odds at a better one. Also remember shadows, moving branches, sun reflecting off metal, light clothing or skin, rod tips, fly line, coiled tippet, drag on the fly, plopping split shot, strike indicators or dropping your phone in the water can affect things

......and then there's Thanksgiving......

How to pick just one? Tomorrow, I'll make ho'made pizza, Margeurita style with fresh mozz, basil and a simple no-cook tomato sauce. That'll likely be followed with Tiramisu. My baby girl is home from college and those are her favorites fo sho, but high on my list too.

Welp, absent any other info here would be my picks: pheasant tail nymph Elk hair caddis Kruse leech Clouser minnow Dave's hopper psssst: you can have more than 5

Looks like KCPD found some eyes too: http://www.kctv5.com/story/21815826/pair-of-eyes-found-on-trash-can-at-northland-gas-station

That'd be great. You've got a talent for it

Ouch. But if you're a dyna king guy it may be worth it. Or maybe they'll set you up with some jaws thAt work better or offer a discount to you on the small ones

Thanks Ronnie, and I was only joking about making me a video. I love that look though -- gonna have to give it a try on a few popper bodies I have left over

There you go! How much is a set of midge jaws -- just curious?