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3 pages, and I had to take a peek... This sure seems like a lot of different ways to screw up a day of fishing. Blech.

Gavin's right. I'm on their e-mail list and haven't heard boo since they were bought.

...and that's why they call you oneshot.

That's a beautiful fish buddy. Did you put the priest to his head or toss him back?

Well, we've already established I am a dumbarse, so I best be careful. Did you give it a try yet? I may have to study up on this. I see more of those than I do morels, and that's without even looking. Of course, they stand out a little better. BTW -- just started a hard cider a couple days ago.

Actually -- I had to look it up. Not much of an expert on wild mushrooms, though I had heard of Chicken of the Woods. So, yeah, kind of a dumbarse. I actually saw one similar to that in SW MO last week. Not sure how easy to ID they are. Anything bad that could be confused with those?

I'd pitch it.

Go Panthers! (ok -- I looked it up)

This is why I always carry. No hillbilly grandma and her inbred spawn are gonna jack up my relaxing day of fishing.

I suspect another major reason we don't stock cutts is that they'll cross with rainbows. The emphasis on wild trout streams is well established in MO. Nobody's gonna want cutts in there muddying things up.

When I'm on the water, the foremost thing on my mind is not 'How do I look, and will others be impressed with me?' Father taught me to scorn the bourgeois. That said, when you can afford the finest, why settle for less? For example -- Why struggle with ill-fitting waders when a call to Perk will put a custom-fitted pair (with the family crest!) on my secretary's assistant's desk the next day? Why nickle silver, when sterling is sooo much nicer? Sure, it requires more polishing, but I have people for that. And these newfangled graphite rods? Why, I wouldn't sully my vintage Gillum, Dickerson or Garrison rods by having one in the same Range Rover. It's unthinkable! Oh the stares I get from the hoi polloi! It's one of the reasons I so rarely fish the Ozarks; that and the absence of landing strips and suitable accommodations. But I certainly understand if your position has limited your resources such that you must purchase sub-par tackle.

Some stuff I've got Blue Ribbon - Greer Spring to Turner Mill Access White Ribbon - Downstream from Turner Mill Access <strong>Stream Details</strong> Greer Spring Branch (0.0) N36° 47.9053' W91° 20.3150' Greer Spring Access (0.4) Access at Highway 19 N36° 47.6438' W91° 20.0381' The Split (1.0) no access N36° 47.4262' W91° 19.5182' The Big Bend (3.0) no access N36° 47.1480' W91° 17.6947' Little Hurricane Creek (3.4) N36° 46.7358' W91° 17.5275' Hurricane Creek (4.5) Access on Forest Service Road 4031?? N36° 46.5789' W91° 16.6160' Turner Mill Access (5.6) N36° 45.9474' W91° 16.0196' Access from north on Forest Service Road 3190; Access from south on Country Road 127

Here's what I've got: Blue Ribbon – Montauk to Cedar Grove. White Ribbon – Cedar Grove downstream. Montauk Park boundary (0.0 miles) Access Follow CR 667 through Park N37° 26.732′ W91° 40.142′ Tan Vat (0.6) Access CR 667 through Park 1.5 miles to CR 664 right N37° 26.999′ W91° 39.659′ Bluffs (1.4) Access 0.5 miles upstream from Baptist Baptist Camp (1.9) Access CR 667 from Tan Vat 1 mi to Baptist Camp Access sign right; 1.5 miles to access N37° 26.108′ W91° 39.332′ Ashley Creek (3.1) No access N37° 25.745′ W91° 38.988′ Love’s Cabin Dumpster Run The Horseshoe (3.8 ) Access by difficult road ¼ mile past turn-off for Baptist. Best for four-wheel drive vehicles only. Large bend in the river with steep bluffs. N37° 25.223′ W91° 38.664′ Parker Hollow (6.3) Access CR 667 from Baptist Camp Access road 0.7 miles to CR 652 right CR 652 1.7 miles to access N37° 26.219′ W91° 37.198′ Cedargrove (8.4) Access N37° 25.078′ W91° 36.225′

Oh -- and wait until the 7th week to separate from mom, according to Wolters and a bunch of others.

x2 Timeless classics that I've used (loosely) on three Brittanies over the years.

That's because you ain't cookin' them right.

Nah, don't sweat it.

You're welcome. Glad you guys found it useful. It was kind of a brain dump, and could probably be done better. Maybe I'll edit some. I've got some ideas for the understanding metering thing, but need to find some good photos to illustrate it. Oh, and the people I was sitting around waiting for on Friday have dumped their load on me. It's feast or famine here sometimes. Maybe later in the week. Tim-- I like your idea and would be willing to participate or even set it up.

I'm sitting around at work waiting on a bunch of people, and don't want to start something new. So, here goes ness' photography primer. 1) Think of light like flowing water. Photography is about putting a measured amount of light on a sensor (or film). 2) You can control the amount of light entering the camera in two ways -- the size of the 'pipe' it goes through (lens aperture, or the opening at the back of the lens) and the length of time you let it run through the pipe(shutter speed). 3) Aperture and shutter speed are both adjustable, and different combinations can allow in the same amount of light through: big pipe and short time (big aperture + fast shutter speed) = little pipe and long time (small aperture + long shutter speed). 4) Apertures and shutter speeds are measured in fractions. 5) Apertures are measured by the diameter of the hole in fraction form(in a formula I can't remember), without the numerator or top number. Just like 1/22 is smaller than 1/2, an aperture of 22 is smaller than 2 . These are expressed in 'f-stops' and written f/22 and f/2. 6) Shutter speeds are expressed as a fraction of a second, without the numerator. 1/2000 second is quicker than 1/2, and you'll see it on your camera as 2000 or 2. 7) Like I said in #3, different combinations can allow the same amount of light through. These are just examples, but give you the idea: f/8 at 1/125 equals f/11 at 1/60. 8) Adjustments to aperture and shutter speed have different effects on the photo. 9) Shutter speed freezes or blurs motion. Slower shutter speeds can allow minute hand movements to blur the picture. That's why we have tripods. 10) Aperture allows for narrow or wide depth of field (or, amount of image that's in focus). 11) The final element in exposure is the sensitivity of the sensor. Continuing with the water analogy, think of the how much water can be absorbed by sand, soil or clay. You pour water though a big pipe for a long time onto sand and you'll collect a lot of water. Pour water through a skinny pipe for a short time onto clay and you won't collect much at all. 12) Sensor (or film) sensitivity to light is measured in 'ISO'. ISO is adjustable on digital cameras, but back in the days of film, you bought a roll of film with a given ISO and had to live with it to the end. A smaller number is less sensitive to light, a larger number is more sensitive to light. So, with a given a shutter speed/aperture combination (or a volume of light) a more sensitive sensor (higher ISO) will collect more light, and the photo will be brighter. A lower ISO will collect less light and the photo will be darker. 13) Set that camera on Auto (Green, wimpy) and the camera will select a combination of aperture, shutter and ISO so that the picture is exposed to 'average brightness'. 14) Set the camera on Program ("P") and it will select aperture and shutter speed using your selected ISO. 15) Set the camera on Aperature Priority ("A") and you select the Aperture and control the depth of field. The camera selects the shutter speed that exposes to 'average brightness'. It will use whatever ISO the camera is set on 16) Set the camera on Shutter Priority ("S") and you control the shutter speed or how action is captured. The camera selects an appropriate aperture that exposes to average using the ISO. 17) Set the camera on Manual ("M", also for 'manly') and you control both aperature and shutter speed (and it uses your ISO selection). This is the BEST way to get your head around all this. That's why I suggest you do it. The little +/- bar in your viewfinder goes up and down as you adjust the two things. When it's at the center, you've got average exposure. Some examples: a -- large aperture, shallow depth of field. See how background is blurred? Large aperture is good for portraits b -- small aperture, large depth of field. See how foreground and background are both in focus? Good for landscape c -- fast shutter speed. See how the action is frozen? d -- slow shutter speed. Several second exposure allows water to blur; this was done on a tripod. If you're interested, I'll get into this further and explain this whole 'average exposure' more, and how you can go beyond what your camera's light meter suggests for exposure to get the shot you really want.

A smaller aperture (bigger number, like f/22) will increase the amount of your subject that's in focus or 'depth of field'. That said, on an extreme close up like that your DOF will be limited. Set the camera on Aperture Priorty mode (You've got MASP, choose A). Roll your aperture setting to the biggest number you can and retake the shot. Since you reduced the aperture so much, your shutter speed will slow down to compensate and let in the same amount of light to expose it right. If the camera-selected shutter speed is any slower than about 1/30 (like 1/15, 1/10, 1/2 second) and you're hand holding the camera, you won't be still enough and you'll blur the picture. So, crank up the ISO. Confused?

I cannot believe what I'm reading! You killed 6 adorable squirrels? Like the ones that sit up on their haunches, hold a peanut and cutely nibble away (before chewing a hole in the side of my house and turning my attic into their personal crapping ground/squirrel cub nursery)? I shake my head and smirk at YOU sir! Good day.

Oops. Mixed up Beaver and Moraine. But I know that spot!

10 pointer, I believe our avatars are from the same national park. Big T/Beaver Meadows in yours?

C'mon Drew -- I see you lurking down there in the 'reading this topic' thing. Redeem yourself! As for you anarchists and conspiracy theorists: Did anyone consider that, perhaps, MDC read up on this a little and decided to try to reduce the chances of didymo ruining our precious and rare cold water streams? Maybe, just maybe, because that would be a good thing for everybody? Not to sell shoes, increase taxes, take property, gain a little more control over the population, whatever? It must be hell to be haunted by these boogeymen. Relax and buy some freakin' new boots. Or fish somewhere else.

Yeah -- take a look at my factious post above and my serious one above that. Who's gonna be able to prove a vicious polecat didn't try to attack me? Or refute that my little kitten was eaten alive by one of these blood-thirsty monsters? MDC is feeling their way through this and giving the benefit of the doubt where they can't prove otherwise. Sooner or later some knucklehead will blow his story, go to jail or get a hefty fine. In the meantime, the new will wear off, THR's will realize these things really don't pose a threat (like the folks out west do) and leave them the hell alone. It takes time. Relax. Go shopping for some new rubber-soled boots. Peace out.