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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to

share SNIPPEDED FOR BREVITY Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

I just love a thinkin’ man! Op

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Me too, I think it’s a good idea! Hans van der Stroom – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share SNIPPEDED FOR BREVITY Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister I just love a thinkin’ man! Op

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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share SNIPPEDED FOR BREVITY Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister I just love a thinkin’ man! Op

Shit Op, even a blind pig will find an acorn eventually. Frank Church in Elkhart, IN bassbugr AT yahoo dot com – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -}<((((o ~~~ }<((((o ~~~ }<((((o ~~~ }<(((o

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will other suckers for punishment be able to tie in both groups?…just about done my flies for this round by the way…will send them off next week… Eugene

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share SNIPPEDED FOR BREVITY Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister I just love a thinkin’ man! Op Shit Op, even a blind pig will find an acorn eventually. Frank Church in Elkhart, IN bassbugr AT yahoo dot com }<((((o ~~~ }<((((o ~~~ }<((((o ~~~ }<(((o

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will other suckers for punishment be able to tie in both groups?…just about done my flies for this round by the way…will send them off next week… Eugene

….well, right off the top of my bald head Eugene I don’t see why not…we might just give that a try and see how it works. At least those who don’t mind tying a bunch of flies will have a shot at it.  I’ll hold that thought till 2003. Frank Church

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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps.

**Snipped a great plan** Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

Sounds like a good idea to me o’ Master Swapmeister Obi-wan Church! Jeff

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Sounds like a great idea. I am new to the group and new to fly fishing. I plan to start tying this spring and would loved to have participated. Maybe I can get in on it next time. -wayne – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps. It pains me to have to turn away folks that want to be a part of it, and this year at least 5 didn’t make it and maybe more that just gave up. I think (and most would agree) that tying 40 flies is just about the max acceptable.(except for those experts who can whip out 40 in an afternoon)  So here is what I propose for future swaps…Let *everyone* sign-up, no limit. Then when the dust settles in a few days I can split the number of tyers right down the middle and wind up with 2 groups of around 20 or so. Then each half would tie for their group….this would then eliminate the cap on the number of tyers and nobody would have to tie more flies than just their group. (except me of course, being a glutton for punishment..I would tie the total number of both groups) Nothing else would be changed, just send ‘em in to me and I’ll divvy up the flies according to the group you are in. The Great Fly Swap will *always* commence on Jan 1st, and after the 2 groups have been established, a time limit will be announced as to when the flies are to be in to me. Any comments, questions will be entertained. Criticisms will be shitcanned immediately. :-] Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

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just about done my flies for this round by the way…will send them off next week… Eugene

Show off!

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The size twenty group sounds good.  I had trouble this year tying 40 flys of the same pattern, no two of which were alike. Lou

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps. It pains me to have to turn away folks that want to be a part of it, and this year at least 5 didn’t make it and maybe more that just gave up. I think (and most would agree) that tying 40 flies is just about the max acceptable.(except for those experts who can whip out 40 in an afternoon)  So here is what I propose for future swaps…Let *everyone* sign-up, no limit. Then when the dust settles in a few days I can split the number of tyers right down the middle and wind up with 2 groups of around 20 or so. Then each half would tie for their group….this would then eliminate the cap on the number of tyers and nobody would have to tie more flies than just their group. (except me of course, being a glutton for punishment..I would tie the total number of both groups)  Nothing else would be changed, just send ‘em in to me and I’ll divvy up the flies according to the group you are in. The Great Fly Swap will *always* commence on Jan 1st, and after the 2 groups have been established, a time limit will be announced as to when the flies are to be in to me. Any comments, questions will be entertained. Criticisms will be shitcanned immediately. :-] Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

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The size twenty group sounds good.  I had trouble this year tying 40 flys of the same pattern, no two of which were alike. Lou

Lou…. no problem, we only see one fly…. who is to know what the other 40 look like… <g Frank, is this 20 quantity retroactive? <g Tight Lines, –Walt Fly Fishing NC & more… http://www.ezflyfish.com http://www.wilsoncreekoutfitters.com

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Lou…. no problem, we only see one fly…. who is to know what the other 40 look like… <g Frank, is this 20 quantity retroactive? <g Tight Lines, –Walt Fly Fishing NC & more… http://www.ezflyfish.com

Too late Walt, wished I had thought of it sooner tho. Frank

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YOU!  WILL TIE THIS FLY!!!!! Frank Church Me too, I think it’s a good idea! Hans van der Stroom

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Frank how about a 2nd Swap ? … Say 20-30 people, around March 15, call it March Madness or something. Start with those who don’t make the Jan 1 list, then open up to those who can’t get enough pain (like me) q8-) Gary         I tie, I fly, so I buy, …therefor I’m broke. OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps. It pains me to have to turn away folks that want to be a part of it, and this year at least 5 didn’t make it and maybe more that just gave up.

Snip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Any comments, questions will be entertained. Criticisms will be shitcanned immediately. :-] Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

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Frank how about a 2nd Swap ? … Say 20-30 people, around March 15, call it March Madness or something.

We have a volunteer swapmeister!

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Frank how about a 2nd Swap ? … Say 20-30 people, around March 15, call it March Madness or something. Start with those who don’t make the Jan 1 list, then open up to those who can’t get enough pain (like me) q8-) Gary

…..sounds like a reasonable suggestion Gary, but for me I’d just as soon get it over and done with in the first part of the winter. Beginning in March, a good many of our folks are starting to think seriously about going fishing after the enforced time-out thru the winter months…me for example. Now, if anyone else wants to take that on, be my guest.  After the dust settles from the Great Fly Swap (maybe I oughta copyright that :-] )  I’m ready to move on to something else, like getting my boat ready and haunting the local lakes here for ice-out. Glad to see someone else is in to pain too. :-  Seems to me that splitting the total number of tyers into two groups in Jan. might be the better choice. Several agreed with me, and no criticisms were allowed anyway so I had nothing but positive feedback. (smiley implied here) Frank I’m not broke so much from fishing stuff, but I have a high-maintenance wife and a cat that demands top of the line kitty food.

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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps.

Gee Frank, that’s such a good idea, I’m glad I though of it.  :-) Joe F.

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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps. Gee Frank, that’s such a good idea, I’m glad I though of it.  :-) Joe F.

If you’re saying you thought of it first, I’m not surprised. And if you mentioned it I either didn’t see it or have forgotten already. *That* doesn’t surprise me!  Let’s give credit where credit is due, thank you Joe. Frank the plagiarizer Church

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And if you mentioned it I either didn’t see it or have forgotten already. *That* doesn’t surprise me!

Actually, that’s how I’d set up the ground rules for the DDFS; but since folks weren’t exactly beating down the door for that one, implementation of that scheme never came into play; and it was (quite appropriately) forgotten.   I’m not due any credit, just having a little smile.  :-) Joe F.

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I’m not due any credit, just having a little smile.  :-)

Of course, the *first* one to think of that was… <g — Charlie…

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What am I supposed to think of this kind of reactions to what appears to be a rather normal answer to a rather normal question, Mr. Gehrke? Did good old Alois finally got his hands on you? Hans van der Stroom – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – YOU!  WILL TIE THIS FLY!!!!! Frank Church Me too, I think it’s a good idea! Hans van der Stroom not

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What am I supposed to think of this kind of reactions to what appears to be a rather normal answer to a rather normal question, Mr. Gehrke? Did good old Alois finally got his hands on you? Hans van der Stroom

I’m glad you thought of that Hans.  Perhaps? George Von Gehrke "the Baron of Roff"

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Gehrke writes: George Von Gehrke "the Baron of Roff"

You misspelled moron. Pirate

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Gehrke writes: George Von Gehrke "the Baron of Roff" You misspelled moron. Excuse me.  It’s spelled "LaCourse"

George Gehrke Pirate Stomper

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Charlie Choc wrote… I’m not due any credit, just having a little smile.  :-) Of course, the *first* one to think of that was… <g

We all know how that one goes….. http://makeashorterlink.com/?F2722174 — Warren Henry’s Fork Clave info and Bozeman, MT fishing info www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt

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OK, things seem to have quieted down somewhat, so I’ll jump in here to share an idea I have about *future* Great Fly Swaps. It pains me to have to turn away folks that want to be a part of it, and this year at least 5 didn’t make it and maybe more that just gave up. I think (and most would agree) that tying 40 flies is just about the max acceptable.(except for those experts who can whip out 40 in an afternoon)  So here is what I propose for future swaps…Let *everyone* sign-up, no limit. Then when the dust settles in a few days I can split the number of tyers right down the middle and wind up with 2 groups of around 20 or so. Then each half would tie for their group….this would then eliminate the cap on the number of tyers and nobody would have to tie more flies than just their group. (except me of course, being a glutton for punishment..I would tie the total number of both groups)  Nothing else would be changed, just send ‘em in to me and I’ll divvy up the flies according to the group you are in. The Great Fly Swap will *always* commence on Jan 1st, and after the 2 groups have been established, a time limit will be announced as to when the flies are to be in to me. Any comments, questions will be entertained. Criticisms will be shitcanned immediately. :-] Your Benevolent Old Swapmeister

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FLYFISHING AND BACKPACKERS PART II OXBOW LESOTHO – VANITIES GRAVEYARD Before we get started lets get something straight. I can catch fish. ….etc.

Terrific report, Ari.  I’ve fished for trout in Malawi, the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe, and a bit in Western Cape, but never anywhere as remote and "back to nature" as you describe.  I’ve suspected there must be good fishing in Lesotho (from the geography), but never had any details.  How much of the Malibamatso is on the New Oxbow Lodge’s grounds?  Also, what do the guides you cite charge per day, more or less? JR

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FLYFISHING AND BACKPACKERS PART II OXBOW LESOTHO – VANITIES GRAVEYARD By Ari Bert Before we get started lets get something straight. I can catch fish. Occasionally even big buggers come my way. I have photographs and witnesses to prove this. I even made a recent journey down to my waters in Dullstroom to prove this to myself. A couple of decent 3 (and above) pounders got my confidence up. Hard to catch yellows and kurper in Gauteng fell to my rod with alarming regularity,  So I can safely say that before the 10th of  April 2001 my head was a slightly enlarged one. Then somebody made mention to me about the difficulty of taking Wild Lesotho Trout on dry fly.  "Come on!" I replied, "It’s only trout!" If a half-a-million Yanks and Brits can hoik them out of their streams every day how hard can it be for us? "Those fish down in Lesotho probably have never even seen a fly before", thought I. "Easy pickings", assumed I. It soon became apparent that I was completely and utterly 100% wrong. The gauntlet was thrown down, so to speak. Now lets get something else straight. You can talk all you like about puristic intent, traditionalism and challenges, but the simple fact of the matter is

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I got to the show early, did a little bit of scouting around, then headed for the bar to meet Stan Gula.  Stan showed up on time with his non-fly fishing brother Jim.  We talked for awhile and Stan reminded us that Lefty Kreh was to be at the casting pool at noon. We had the best spot at the show, right up front next to Lefty.  The man is amazing — he makes casting look like child’s play, and we all know it isn’t. I have seen his program before, but this time I think I actually learned something.  His explanation on how to cast a weighted nymph with split shot and strike indicator attached really surprised me, because it is exactly how I cast such a set up.  It isn’t a normal cast, more like a circle cast.  I call it a "lob", but it works well. After Lefty’s show, we split up.  I had to pick up some things I bought earlier, and get home at a reasonable hour.  I spoke to someone at a lodge in south-eastern Labrador.  He could give us a deal on a clave there next year.   At one of the booths I was looking over the hook selection.  There, right in front, at eye level for the whole world to see was some Tiemco size #32 hooks. They also had #30 and #28, so anyone saying they do not "exist" is full of tie his "dandruff" on, I guarantee fish in Maine waters.   Overall, it was a pretty good show with far more tackle and fly rod booths than Marlboro offered, and more lodges represented (which allows me to pick up their brochure and dream). Stan Gula:  Typical roffian clavester.  He is gonna fit it well at the Penn Clave.  He’ll be tenting in the same area as Peter and me, so I invited him for Dave

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I got to the show early, did a little bit of scouting around, then headed for the bar to meet Stan Gula.  Stan showed up on time with his non-fly fishing brother Jim.

His name’s Mike, but he doesn’t talk much anyway, so it hardly matters<g. My brother liked Lefty, but was a bit put off by all the animal parts I spent the afternoon digging through.  Got a nice set of snowshoe rabbit feet (I offered to make him a keychain out of one of them but he declined).  He was most amazed at the price of chicken feathers. Nice to have met Dave – the fourth Roffian I’ve seen in person.  I was as surprised at his height (about 4" taller than he looks in pictures) as he was at my width (about 6" more than my doctor thinks I should be). –Stan

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Stan Gula writes:] His name’s Mike, but he doesn’t talk much anyway, so it hardly matters<g.

Hey, it was a senior moment, Fran.   <g Any way, we had a good time even though it was short.  Got home and I could actually see the black-top on the driveway.  It has been *months* since i’ve seen it.  Tomorrow is supposed to be Dave

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Maybe you should just bathe in your breakfast shorts? <g — Charlie…

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If you bought the hooks for me I’ll tie the flies. Once again I missed a show due to skiing. I think my wife has the show schedule in hand when she books weekends up north. Paul

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Hi, Anyone out there ever done a walking/hiking trip on the south island. I’m looking to go for 10-14 days of hiking and fishing. Any advice, resources, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks, Rodrigo

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Rodrigo, Don’t know a thing about fishing New Zealand.  However, it’s something I will do someday.  How about letting us know how it was when you get back? Thanks, Eric

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Anyone out there ever done a walking/hiking trip on the south island. I’m looking to go for 10-14 days of hiking and fishing. Any advice, resources, etc. would be appreciated.

Rodrigo: you want to do one of the State Forest / National Parks, though at any time of the year anyone of them will have weather that is predictable only to the extent that it will be highly changeable. To give you the best chance of settled weather (ie fishable water) I’d suggest the North West (Nelson Province) – a trek along the Karamea and Wangapeka systems would fit your timescale well and, water permitting, provide wonderful fishing opportunities for browns that average over 4lb. Maps etc can be had from the Department of Conservation’s (but no doubt they’ve recently changed their name to something unpronounceable to me) Motueka Field Centre, 406 High Street, PO Box 97, Motueka. Let me know if you’d like more info about this, accommodation possibilities etc. Roger www.wildtrout.org (in dire need of an update)

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Looking for used Sage rod in good condition. This is for me and is not a commercial venture. I love fly fishing and I want to have a nice rod. Used fishing reel of excellent quality also wanted. . email telephone number and name so I can contact you with questions, Thanks. Russ.

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I live in Monmouth county N.J. and fish exclusively for striped bass on the fly rod.  If there is anyone out there with similar interest, respond!  I am always current on the latest info ( at least I think I am).  Anyone with tips, hot fishing, or just to BS about one of the best fishing quests one can undertake, respond.                   Tim Surgent —-

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I live in Monmouth county N.J. and fish exclusively for striped bass on the fly rod.  If there is anyone out there with similar interest, respond!  I am always current on the latest info ( at least I think I am).  Anyone with tips, hot fishing, or just to BS about one of the best fishing quests one can undertake, respond.                  Tim Surgent —-

Tim I have lots of stripers and wipers on the ol’d flyrod.  We have been catching huge (12-15) wipers on top for the last two weeks.  Live about 1/2 mile from the largest lake in Kansas and they are staging up for winter.  Been schooling shad up and just hammering them on top. An interesting fact I recently learned, from our local fish biologist, stripers, wipers, and white bass belong to the gill raker family of fish.  You now how sharp their secondary gill plate is I presume? Anyway what they do is herd baitfish up real tight and then a number of "scouts" will blow thru the school of bait with their gill plates extended, basically shearing anything in their way to shreds.  At that point the larger fish will move in and begin to feed.  The interesting about it is, that if you see the beginning of surface action, you might try waiting 30 seconds until the larger fish move in and and start to feed.  Awful hard to do when you can see ‘em though!! E-mail me back if you want to talk, cause we travel all over the western US after big fish.  Have many resources for trout, bass, stripers, pike.  Maybe you would like to join us sometime.  Kenny

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ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A GOOD GUIDE FOR BONEFISH IN THE KEYS AROUND THE MARATHON AREA??  THANKS

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Give a call to Capt. Geoff Colmes at 305-853-0741 or 305 451-8911.  This guy works hard and will get you onto fish.  Good luck! Clay

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I’d suggest Captain Craig Brewer in Islamarado.  I fished with him a couple of times for bones and tarpon.  Excellent guide who really goes the extra mile to put you on the fish.  Don’t have Craig’s number handy but I’m sure he’s listed.  If you speak to him, please say hello from me and my fishing buddy Reed Guice. David Sheffield Los Angeles

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Captain Craig Brewer is a very capable guide but a jerk.  If you are not an accomplished caster, try someone else. He yelled at my 72-year-old father, a fly fisherman for 50 years,  for casting to 1:00 rather than 2:00 .Brewer ruined our outing.

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I would suggest u call Sandy Moret at Florida Keys Fly Fishing School in Islamorada. He can put u on a good guide. Tell him your experience level and type fish you want to try..  If this is ur first time in the salt I would suggest that u tell him u want to wade fish. Believe me it is much easier than fishing from a skiff the first time or two. U are not dependent on the guide getting the boat into a position for you. Also u are not going to be able to cast as far as u would like on the first trip. Above all practice ur double haul and practice in the wind. Good luck. Jack Schmitt Cumberland Transit Flyfishing Nashville, Tenn. A 30 Year veteran of the salt.

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Captain Craig Brewer is a very capable guide but a jerk.  If you are not an accomplished caster, try someone else. He yelled at my 72-year-old father, a fly fisherman for 50 years,  for casting to 1:00 rather than 2:00 .Brewer ruined our outing.

With so many good guides in the Keys, there is just no good reason to fish with a horses ass. Try Bill Massey out of Islamorada.  I fished with him the day before that hurricane hit Fla. in early June.  He put me on several tarpon, but we couldn’t connect.  When it became clear we couldn’t fish any of his best spots because of the high waves, wind and rain, he suggested that the best bet might be to face reality and call it a day after 3 hours.  We settled on a reasonable fee.  I appreciated not having a guide drive me around on a boat or have me cast to barren water all day just to make a buck.

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Good words aboout Massey…he knows you’ll come back.. And he does put you on fish..Don’t anyone tell him this is on here….don’t want his head to swell

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M. Gades) writes: I’ve been kicking this idea around for a while and I think it could

be SOME TEXT DELETED So, where can we find your www home page? -tgades

RESPONSE: I understand your doubts howerer, I do not have a home page.  While I admit that I am a business, I am also a fisherman.  My educational background is in communication and I’d like to do some things for the NET. When the time comes for me to create a page, my page would still have to bear up to the scrutiny of the members of the Newsgroups.  I intend to make sure that voting is carried out by a third party like other CFV’s in the groups.  This is not motivated by greed!!!  

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I’ve been kicking this idea around for a while and I think it could be interesting.  What I propose is a series of awards voted on by the fishing newsgroup community to both recognize and influence the WWW and FTP developers to create more and better information for us – The Fishermen.

Good idea – go for it! You talk as if there is some seperate group of people we are dependent on to create WWW sites, but all the fishing sites I know of are fisherpersons’s personal work. That is the beauty (and nuisance) of WWW – it doesn’t take a multimillion$ corporation to create and broadcast work. Because what you’re seeing doesn’t go through any committee approval process, there’s quite a bit of variance in peoples’ works.  If you have funding to give some awards you can perhaps inspire people to create works more to your liking – tell us what you’d like to give us a little time before the voting starts. The Virtual Fly Shop that Mike Tucker has put together has a good directory to other fishing sites. It lists all the sites that Mike has read about here and on the listserver.  I don’t have the URL handy but it is posted here on rec.outdoors.fishing.fly often. If you have an idea, put a few hours into learning HTML and get started. I was able to learn enough and make my site in a weekend with the NCSA Simple HTML editor for Hypercard/Mac. If you don’t use Macintosh your timing couldn’t be better; I hear that windows PCs can now do graphics and there are free HTML editors available for them too.  ;) If you need someone to host it and cannot find an affordable site, let me know and I can put you in contact.   Mark Vinsel Visit my gallery: http://www.lanminds.com/local/vinnie/gallery.HTML Also while your there, check out the ProArts Eastbay Open Studios web site: http://www.lanminds.com/local/proarts.html (I didn’t make this but it was my idea and I’m damn proud of it)

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AMI News has created a centralized source of outdoor information that includes links to various fishing pages. As a news organization we are trying to find fishing conditions from around the world along with other interesting fishing information that appeals to a wide range of readers.   We invite you to submit any and all web sites for consideration. There is NO CHARGE to link. We also invite any fishing site to link with the AMI Rec Network. Take a look: http.//www.aminews.com/ami Thanks, Rob Brown Webmaster – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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Take a look: http.//www.aminews.com/ami

My netscape reports no DNS entry to be found for www.aminews.com.    

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I’d like to submit my homepage.  It is relatively new, but I will be doing lots of work on it over the next few weeks.  I focus on flyfishing and I live and fish mostly in Oregon, but fish often in Idaho, and take trips to Washington, California, Montana, just got back from the Green River in Utah, and a Red fish excursion to New Orleans.   http://www.teleport.com/~anthonyn thanks, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – AMI News has created a centralized source of outdoor information that includes links to various fishing pages. As a news organization we are trying to find fishing conditions from around the world along with other interesting fishing information that appeals to a wide range of readers.   We invite you to submit any and all web sites for consideration. There is NO CHARGE to link. We also invite any fishing site to link with the AMI Rec Network. Take a look: http.//www.aminews.com/ami Thanks, Rob Brown Webmaster

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I’ve been kicking this idea around for a while and I think it could be interesting.  What I propose is a series of awards voted on by the fishing newsgroup community to both recognize and influence the WWW and FTP developers to create more and better information for us – The Fishermen. It seems like everyday, there is a posting on where to find good WWW information.  This process will serve to organize and rate the various offerings out there and help make the info available to all.  Later, we could possibly create a home page as an index to the best stuff out there. Please confine comment to the newsgroups as I think I would get swamped with E-Mail at this point.  I will be sharing more details of my Idea in a few days but I just want to get discussion going.

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I’ve been kicking this idea around for a while and I think it could be interesting.  What I propose is a series of awards voted on by the fishing newsgroup community to both recognize and influence the WWW and FTP developers to create more and better information for us – The Fishermen. SOME TEXT DELETED

So, where can we find your www home page? -tgades

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Will be traveling in the vicinity of Greeneville, TN the 3rd week of June.  Will be introducing by father-in-law to fly fishing and would appreciate some help in locating areas that might be productive.  We’ll be visiting from California and would be happy to sway info on local hot spots. Thanks in advance.

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TRY GATLINBURG AREA FOR SOME GREAT FLY FISHIND—GREENBRIAR AREA …CADES COVE….ELKMONT….HAD SOME GREAT HATCHES…GOOD FISHING!!!!!

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Yes, Elkmont is a good spot.  Caught some nice browns there on a delta wing caddis, with olive body.  Nice fish!   A sunny day,      a box of midges,         and a wandering stream…   Man, this MUST be heaven!   <    Steve Kulpa    <<

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I will be in yosemite along the merced river  sept 13 for 10 days and would appreciate any advice on that or other nearby rivers: eg, patterns, line weight, good areas, guides, weather conditions, etc, etc.  please email me and thanks for the help.   daved

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writes: I will be in yosemite along the merced river  sept 13 for 10 days and would appreciate any advice on that or other nearby rivers: eg, patterns, line weight, good areas, guides, weather conditions, etc, etc.  please email me and thanks for the help.   daved

I’ve never fished it, but "California Fly Fisher" magazine had a short article in their July-Aug ‘93 issue on the Merced.  Call them at (415)621-3117, maybe they can send you a back issue.  They said the better fishing for wild trout is outside the park.  Good luck, Bill Uyeki

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