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Wire tippet knots
Here in the northeast, our Bonito Conclave last weekend taught us a bunch of things about toothy critters. Northerns, exotics from the tropics, cuda, and a number of other species require wire tippets to prevent bite-thru's.
With the availability of American Wire Co's various # test braided tippets, many of us have been surviving with a variety of knots but meeting inconsistent results.
As of the past weekend, we figured out a few things:
a) leader to wire tippet - surgeon's or triple surgeon's knot
I used to use an allbright but had some rockets pop that like nothing. I went to a perfection loop with double clinch, which was tough and provided the added benefit of keeping a fly ready with steel attached, but it's bulky and obvious and not necessarily a strong joint.
b) wire to fly - any terminal knot you can tie without damaging the wire close to the eye. Palomar if you can pull it off, improved clinch, loop knot, etc.
The best all around approach if you need to swap between stealthy and protected is to keep a surgeon's or perfection loop somewhere up the leader and use loop connections to swap from one to the other. We needed this for albies / bonito when spanish mackerel and bluefish were in the area too.
Am/wire costs from 6-8 bucks per roll and comes in a range of # ratings. In the upper sizes it's the same as less expensive brands, but in light wire it can be tied in a similar fashion to stiff mono (almost).
Special thanks to Capt. Ruben Perez for the surgeon's suggestion and the lengths of wire that tamed toothy critters! (of course I didn't have mine on the boat when I needed it)
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Privacy and Open Source
This whole "Smart Tags" thing has got me riled up. Even here on Advogato, seems there are quite a few MS apologists who think it's a good idea.
Maybe I am brimming with hypocricy. But doesn't it seem strange: some think it right to give up the one true power of the Internet-- the power of a single voice whispering to whomever wishes to listen-- to a corporation? Any corporation would be bad, but they wish to give up this power to the corporation that has shown time and again they are willing to ignore privacy issues and the rights of individuals simply for profit.
Okay, not simply for profit-- for the power over communication. For the right to substitute individual communication for Microsoft's communication.
The power of the Internet is the ability of one person to communicate to the world. Now Microsoft gets to step in and control that communication.
Yes, I'm stating this as a worse-than-reality scenario. But perhaps I value even the smallest of my rights; and I see this as yet another Microsoft gambit to control communication.
Free software programmers have, in my experience, valued privacy and freedom. With smart tags, Microsoft has effectively stated they control our communication (and thus, one major aspect of our privacy) by default. I will not allow Microsoft to control the definitions and values associated with the ideas I express to the world.
Now, all you apologists out there: Go ahead and give Microsoft control of the definitions of the words you use. But do it explicitly; don't let Microsoft claim birthright to our thoughts, which is essentially what they are doing, like a maggot whispering in your ear during every conversation you have, twisting the words in ways that suit only the maggot.
Force them to create a new tag to turn this "feature" on, not off. We can do it; we are powerful in our whispering, if we whisper together.


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Greg Mitchell writes a daily blog for The Nation focusing on media, politics and culture. He is the former editor of Editor & Publisher and author of thirteen books. His latest book, on the 2012 Obama-Romney race, is Tricks, Lies, and Videotape. His other books include Atomic Cover-Up, The Campaign of the Century (winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize), two books related to WikiLeaks and a pair of books with Robert Jay Lifton on Hiroshima and the death penalty in America. His Twitter feed is @GregMitch and he can be reached at: email@example.com. His personal blog is Pressing Issues.
From WikiLeaks to Occupy, Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen—today, we look back at some of the highlights of my four years as a blogger for The Nation.
What is wrong with the stories Americans tell about themselves and their history? Bill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich discuss.
Conservative writer George Will's highly offensive column has yet to have serious consequences for his career—but perhaps that is about the change.
Nick Kristoff defends Bush, Chelsea Manning defends journalism, and the Post recounts our government's bungled efforts to catch Edward Snowden.
Like 2003 all over again, American pundits debate new intervention in Iraq.
As pundits droned on about Eric Cantor, Iraq descended into ever greater chaos.
The ad, which was booted from the Super Bowl this past year, finally aired—and it's powerful.
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Family: Laniidae, Shrikes view all from this family
Description ADULT Has blue-gray upperparts with white margin to mantle. Dark mask extends around the forehead, above bill line, defined above by narrow white line above, and white cheeks and throat below. Wings are mainly black, but with a small white patch (obvious in flight) at the base of the primaries. Tail is long and wedge-shaped, mainly black but with white outer tips. Underparts pale; whitest on throat, darkest on breast. JUVENILE Similar, but has scaly-looking upperparts due to pale feather margins; underparts are faintly barred.
Dimensions Length: 8-10" (20-25 cm)
Endangered Status The San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike, a subspecies of the Loggerhead Shrike, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. This bird is one of the rarest vertebrates in North America, with a population of just 16 adults recorded in 1999. It lives only on San Clemente Island, in the Channel Islands. The introduction of pigs, goats, and deer to the island resulted in drastic changes to the ecosystem, as these animals removed vegetation that the shrike and other species required. Removal of many of these feral animals has allowed the habitat to begin to recover. Continued careful monitoring may permit this subspecies to survive.
Habitat Widespread, but declining resident, across much of its range, favoring open country such as meadows and farmland with plenty of perches, bushes, and trees. Northernmost populations are migratory, moving south in fall.
Observation Tips Seldom numerous but usually conspicuous when perched on wire fences or bushes.
Range Texas, Great Lakes, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Florida, Plains, Rocky Mountains, California, Northwest, Western Canada, Southeast, Eastern Canada
Voice Song is a series of repeated, harsh chirping ch'Wee phrases; call is a harsh chakk.
Discussion Striking gray, black, and white predatory passerine that perches on wires and dead branches. Prey ranges from insects to small birds and mammals. Often impales larger prey on thorns or barbed wire and uses its powerful hooked bill to dismember the victim. Can be confused with larger Northern Shrike, from which it is distinguished by its smaller body and bill, shorter wings and tail, and various subtle plumage differences. Of the two, Loggerhead is the one that is widespread and present year-round across much of southern U.S.; Northern Shrike is a winter visitor. Sexes are similar.


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Momentum continues building in Tupelo's mayoral campaign, a race that has turned into one of the most competitive general election contests for the city's highest office in several decades.
Ward 2 Councilman Fred Pitts is vacating his City Council seat to run for mayor on the Republican ticket; Jason Shelton, an attorney, is the Democratic nominee, not that national party issues, whether Democratic or Republican, have any significant role in moving Tupelo forward during the next four years.
Pitts, 70, and Shelton, 37, in the main have stuck to substantive local issues in the campaign leading up to the June 4 general election. Two forums featuring questions posed by unaffiliated questioners have defined some differences, especially on strategic policy and investment in neighborhood renewal, including purchases of blighted property and eventual resale in the private sector.
Shelton opposes property purchase reinvestment on grounds of expense, while Pitts supports the policy, as he has during the current term on the City Council, where he serves as president.
That issue holds singular importance because the redevelopment championed and adopted by Mayor Jack Reed Jr., with support from Pitts and others, comes as a response to a shift by many young adults away from living in the city and to suburbs, a standstill in median income growth and disturbing neighborhood blight.
Those issues, it should be noted, while not purely partisan, became problematic under Republican administrations. Tupelo, since 1973, has had one Democratic administration in 40 years.
However, Democrats held some council/board of aldermen seats during that span, suggesting Tupelo's most publicized problems spiraled through bipartisan inaction, neglect and failure.
Tupelo's problems are not partisan; they are civic: Failure of community leadership to understand issues and failure to act.
The beginning of action to reclaim momentum and make up lost ground has been bipartisan, but not necessarily unanimous.
Partisanship isn't the answer to Tupelo's problems. Nor is reflexive opposition to prudent public investment in the city's renewal. Passion for the city and pragmatic initiatives breaking out of ineffective convention must be the route forward.
Early in May, about 3,800 people voted, 2,050 less than in the 2009 primaries, 18 percent of the 22,000 eligible voters in Tupelo. That abysmal turnout is not an indication of either high interest or high confidence in what candidates in either party offered. A strong turnout Tuesday can energize the agenda moving forward, regardless of who wins.


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I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I tend to be a champion of getting more women interested in computer science. As Larry Page puts it, we're missing out on an incredibly large talent pool right now by having so few women in computer science. We could be solving more problems and more interesting problems if we had more people working on them, and over half the population is female, so the industry in its current state is clearly losing out.
According to Wikipedia, the number of women in computing the US declined from 35.2% in 1990 to 28.4% in 2000. Wow, talk about a step in the wrong direction. Why is this? There have been many studies, and the reasons can often be distilled down to feelings of exlusion and lack of respect. A principal source of both of the above is immature crude jokes.
Which is why when I saw this, I felt compelled to write this post. As immature jokes go, it is relatively mild. I have certainly seen and heard far worse. But it doesn't really matter; it's still inappropriate, and it's still bound to make people feel uncomfortable, and even more importantly, it's completely unnecessary! The poster could have made the same point using any number of other metaphors, and could have easily found another funny metaphor to use instead of the one he did choose, if he was hell bent on trying to make his post amusing.
Anyway, that's my rant for the day. I personally feel that as rude as it may be, attempts at public shaming like this may be the best way to get people to stop with these silly jokes. Pointing these things out isn't half as rude as starting them in the first place, and hopefully can help people realize how pointless and damaging they are.


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There is a deserved celebration in the Nigerian media over the recently passed Freedom of Information Act, which provides citizens with broad access to public records and information held by a public official or institution. It is the climax of an 11-year struggle to pass such a law in the Nigerian parliament. Indeed, the call for such a law was first made under military rule, in 1993, when the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Civil Liberties Organisation, and the Media Rights Agenda began to clamor for it.


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For Eug (who's occupied ground - if not silly mid off - on both shores): How come they didn't send Lord Grantham's yellow Lab to pull stumps at the end of the village cricket match?
Like as being a "cousinly" antecedent for the following
but on top of that knock (and not for six), there's also a contention, apparently just beyond Parliament Question Time, that the working dogs would have been flatcoats! If I may contradict, ought to have been a more "endangered working breed" yet:


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Charges have been dropped against a candidate and a Washington business accused of election misconduct. According to online court records, the case against Priscilla Marlar has been dropped. She had been charged with one count of Unlawful Receipt of a Monetary Campaign Contribution from a Corporation. Charges were also dropped against Custom Impressions in Washington.
They had been charged with six counts of Unlawful Campaign Sign Placement and one count of Unlawful Campaign Contribution from a Corporation. Washington County Attorney Larry Brock filed a motion to dismiss the charges yesterday which were granted by Judge Joel Yates.
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Migration Info The relatively leisurely migration of these swallows begins in early February, when they begin passing along the eastern slopes of the Andes. They follow the Gulf coast into northern Mexico and then split into two groups. Western populations move rapidly up the Pacific coast, while eastern birds push into the Mississippi River valley and northward. There is some evidence that individuals that nest together in North American colonies remain together while leading a primarily nomadic existence in South America.
This is the famed swallow of Mission San Juan Capistrano, reputed to arrive each year on exactly March 19 (St. Joseph's Day). The birds actually reach southern California much earlier than that in most years. It is also interesting to note that in artistic depictions of the swallow's return to this historic mission, the pictures often depict Barn Swallows, which possess long forked tails that are more aesthetically pleasing than the short gray tails of Cliff Swallows.


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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Five gallons of vanilla ice cream ... Hershey's chocolate syrup ... whipped cream and sprinkles ... and to top it off, some maraschino cherries.
Friday was sundae at San Juan Elementary School – but not the kind you might think. All those tasty treats weren't scooped out in little bowls for the kids to enjoy. Instead, the enjoyment was in seeing it all dumped on the school's brave and excited principal.
More than 600 students gathered to watch a few of their classmates make a living, breathing dessert of Principal Silvia Pule as a reward for the school earning an 813 Academic Performance Index on STAR (Standardized Testing and Reporting) tests this year – up 33 points from last year. The API surpassed the state goal of 800.
"Each year we try to come up with a plan and a program when we start talking about the STAR tests to motivate the students," Pule said. "We want to create an atmosphere that is fun and productive."
With the help of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour in Mission Viejo, which provided the ice cream and toppings, the entire school watched the principal get covered from head to toe in sweet goo.
"Technically, yes, it's wasting food, but if it helps kids be motivated to focus in school and do well and come to school every day to take a test we have no choice but to give them, then a couple of wasted scoops of ice cream is worth it," said Dawn Greene, a PTA vice president who helped organize the event.
The school had held three fundraisers at Farrell's over the years, so the school brought in three employees from the parlor to help pile on the principal.
"We like to take the idea of Farrell's outside to the school," said Nick Johnson, a Farrell's employee.
As the first scoops went on, the children went crazy with screams and laughter, student after student dumping ice cream and toppings on Pule, who wore a smile the entire time.
"If it motivates the students, if they have a little fun with it and it keeps them motivated to do their best, then it's worth it," Pule said. "It's fun for everyone."
The idea to turn Pule into a sundae was brought to the school's student council in April. The council loved the idea, and students on the five-member council were some of the kids who participated in the concoction.
"My favorite part was having Farrell's coming out and giving the kids a fun time," said council president A.J. Camacho, 11, a fifth-grader.
When the council learned students could cover the principal in ice cream, they became more motivated to do well on their tests, A.J. said.
"I was so excited, so I tried my best on the test," said third-grader Sebastian Fuentes, 8.
San Juan Elementary is recognized by the state as a Title I school, meaning it has a lot of students considered disadvantaged, many of whom have a Hispanic background and speak little English when they enter the school. But Pule said the school continues to increase its API scores year after year.
"Incentives always motivate students," said Jacqueline Porter, a fourth-grade teacher. "Incentives that are more fun motivate them more."
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When Raup and Seilacher wrote their fossil-trail simulation in the 1960s, the output of the program was a path drawn by an x-y plotter, a mechanical contraption that today is in itself something of a fossil. In other respects, however, the model takes a thoroughly modern, algorithmic approach to understanding animal behavior. Following earlier work by Rudolf Richter, they assumed the worm obeys three basic impulses. Phobotaxis forbids the worm to cross its own trail (or any other trail, for that matter). Thigmotaxis, in contrast, urges the worm to stay close to an existing trail. Finally strophotaxis is a proclivity for making U-turns from time to time. Raup and Seilacher added a fourth action: Go straight if none of the other rules apply.
In the program, the worm examines the territory immediately ahead and to each side, looking for evidence of previous passages, then acts accordingly. If it senses a trail, it turns either toward it or away from it, depending on the balance of phobotactic and thigmotactic forces; if the way ahead is clear, the worm can either go straight or make a U-turn. Program parameters determine the propensity to choose each of these alternatives, as well as other variables such as the length of a straight run or the minimum turning radius. By tuning the parameters, Raup and Seilacher were able to reproduce some features of fossil tracks with impressive fidelity. The plotter's pen traced out spirals and meanders as well as curves that begin as a spiral and later switch to meandering (a transition frequently observed in real fossils).
But perhaps the program's ability to match the fossil patterns is not so surprising, since it was designed explicitly for that purpose. Present-day tastes favor a less direct approach. The rules of phobotaxis and thigmotaxis—which together cause the worm to adhere to its own path without crossing it—seem natural enough, but strophotaxis—the penchant for making U-turns—is something one would like to see emerge from simpler rules rather than being a built-in axiom.
Consider a worm burrowing parallel to a straight segment of trail. What happens when the segment abruptly ends? A spiral-drawing program handles this situation gracefully: The worm just continues applying the thigmotactic rule, turning around the end of the segment. The zigzag algorithm is not so simple. One idea is to interpret the end of the guide segment as a signal to make a hairpin turn in the opposite direction. This works well in the mathematically uniform world of computer simulations but might be unreliable for real worms on an irregular seafloor. Another strategy is to let the worm generate the pattern without reference to external cues, alternating left and right U-turns and connecting them by straight segments of equal length. But such an algorithm seems to require more cognitive capacity than we want to attribute to a Paleozoic worm. The trail-maker must remember when to turn left and right and must measure the straight segments.
Seilacher proposed an ingenious alternative: The worm's body length might serve as a natural unit of measure. The worm would start a new U-turn whenever it sensed its tail uncoiling from the last one, and this same signal would also indicate the direction to turn. It's a clever notion and seems like just the kind of thing that natural selection would come up with. But natural selection has come up with something else as well. Certain fossil trails have a recursive, multiscale structure: Large meanders are composed of smaller meanders of similar shape. It's hard to see how Seilacher's mechanism could account for these paths.
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Coho tube flies?
In my past as a coho junkie, I found tube flies to be great for saltchuck salmon because they provide a way to get the hook back in the rear third where coho make the crippling strike when you are stripping really fast to get them excited or when you're bucktailing them in the wash.
Long shank hooks make a big difference as well. I hear that Clouser's Deep Minnow is getting popular but with the hook so far up front do you miss a lot of strikes?
Species like striped bass will hit the head and you can fish a foot long fly with a 1" hook up front and they will get hooked. My experience with coho (and I could see them from the boat) was that they hit broadside in the midsection of the fly and thus don't connect as often with a hook tied in up front.
well, i like the tubes for trolling flies, but prefer standard hooks for casting and retreiving. i also find that a fast strip isn't always best. just work the clouser, letting it drop between strips and for me i don't feel like i miss many strikes. the chartreuse/white flashtail clouser is my no.1 fly for ocean silvers. i've tried many others (including tubes and flies with a trailing hook) but none have outproduced the clouser. i think the constant movement the lead eyes produce plus the movement of the trailing flash are the two main strike producers.
plus, i can tie a dozen clousers in an hour... can't say the same about tubes <G>. as for my bucktailing flies, i've been using silicone instead of epoxy or other glues to form the heads... it allows me to get that v-wake going at slower speeds (i find slow outproduces fast as long as the fly is up and waking)... but i find myself doing less and less trolling and more casting. with the numbers of fish we've seen the last couple summers... almost every rip is loaded with silvers so why troll.
Several flyfishers here in the South Sound swear by tube flies. Though I don't have anywhere near Topwater's experience trolling, my personal experience with conventional Clousers coincides with his: I don't feel as though I miss many that hit. Clousers are the ticket for Coho, though - take that one to the bank. Best producing Clouser for me is white/peacock Angel Hair with a few strands of Pearl Krystal Flash tied in first behind the eyes. Finished fly is about 3 inches overall. Although this is my first year flyfishing from a boat, I still have a strong preference for casting and retrieving. Maybe that will all change in the future and I'll find myself trolling more. Maybe tube flies will find their way into my arsenal. My fishing database shows that since moving to WA in Dec. 1996, I've landed 347 Silvers in 4.5 years - a little over 70/year...most were from the Sound's resident population. I have no idea how this stacks up against anyone else, but I'm content with the success I've enjoyed to date. Adding a boat to the equation expands the opportunity for me...why change the method/fly if its working?
I hadn't tried clouser minnows or any weighted fly when I was out there but weighted eye candlefish patterns are a staple out here for stripers and I would love to experiment with them for pacific salmon (maybe even this fall).
I used to fish a candlefish pattern tied on a long shank TMC 911s similar to the surf candy or roger's slim jim (but different). Also tied small squid on the same hook after finding numerous small squid in their gullets, a fancy hoochie fly really. Bucktails were essential to have on hand and then there were the experimental flies some of which worked really well.
Lots of folks contend that the mighty chinook salmon is not prone to take a fly in the saltchuck. How have you guys done on the kings?
I have extremely limited experience with Chinook on the fly...just the one I recently caught casting a Krystal Flash Clouser using an LC-13 shooting head off a Point Dalco ledge. However, in all fairness, that was also my first attempt targeting them. Conventional wisdom puts Chinook deep (125ft+) at the Clay Banks around Point Defiance during an incoming tide which is why that place looks like a parking lot. I expect to find them more toward the surface at dawn's light around points of land such as Point Evans in under 60 feet of water. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'll have fun proving it.
A very effective fly has been developed and is gaining popularity among gear fishermen here as a deep trolling lure off a downrigger (Grand Slam Bucktail) which, for all practical purposes, is a Krystal Flash tube fly between 4'" and 6" with colors to emulate Anchovy and Herring. Maybe I'm naive, but I would think a Clouser, or something similar to the aforementioned GSB, casted and retrieved on a quick sinking line in appropriate structure, would be equally effective. Though I could be wrong, I think there are times of the day when the Chinook can be found in shallower waters. At least that's what I'm betting on. Hopefully, Topwater can provide better insight. Like I said, I'm new to fishing the Kings on a fly and my thinking may be more wishful than factual.
There are spots of 30-40 feet of depth right next to shore on the straits where I can almost guarantee big chinook to be at dawn and dusk during season, and have taken plenty of neophytes out there to prove that over and over with success using cut plug herring in those days. I agree that even with a 400-500 grain line or LC-13 and the right fly worked deep or up and down the water column you will score the big tyee on the fly rod with some regularity once the tricks are figured out.
For instance, even though the depth of the water is 120 ft at the green can, the kings can be in the first 10-20 feet during the outgoing rip. There are inlets on the south side of Vancouver Island where the tyee are caught in 20 feet of water - that's all the delta has for depth!
Willapa Bay - about 20 feet deep.
The rocks off Wadah Island at Neah Bay constantly have chinook running bait against the rocks and spraying them out of the water in the morning and evening.
Kenmore area, shallow huge kings. Olympia area, south sound; Nisqually delta, the rip at Point no Point, Dalco, Bush Pt - a deep twitching retrieve with the outgoing rip pushing north toward the bluffs,
Kids fishing buzz bombs off the rocks by the kelp beds at Clallam Bay catch huge kings regularly.
You're right there has to be a way to do this, and I wish you the best of luck figuring it out. I only wish I could do it with you!!!
well, chinook are just plain tough, even when you find them in the right places and circumstances. i just spent a week in the queen charlottes with nothing to show for it on flies even though cut-plug success was pretty much in the top 30 feet of the water column. the other problem in washington is the closures of prime water, such as the inside waters of neah bay (sekiu will have a short king season starting next week, but i'll probably just plain avoid the mob-scene that will be). i'm hoping to get some time to check out the offshore banks off ucluelet and bamfield within the next month plus work some of the offshore shoreline at neah bay but who knows how successful that will be. my personal catches to date have been small blackmouth... which i can hardly translate into success with the big boys.
the book by jim crawford on pacific salmon on flies has some tips and ideas... but his flies imo are mostly imitating cut-plugs and jigs... and i personally want to imitate what they are feeding on and not what others are catching them on (call me stubborn). plenty of people have spent time chasing kings in the salt with flies, and nobody is just killing them to my knowledge. if only they were as aggresive as coho <G>.
the problem is that much of the prime water for kings (shallow feeding kings all day) are in places that are kind of isolated. i think it takes quite a bit of time to figure out any fishery (especially one as tough as chinook) and getting the time in these destinations can be pretty cost prohibitive. i know that in my week up in the charlottes i learned a lot, and if i get a chance to return i will have a better idea about flies, techniques and places to fish.
and nwflyfisher, don't start trolling flies if you don't have to. trolling has been useful in learning the water where i fish, but i don't do it much at all anymore. casting and retreiving is way more fun (plus is actual flyfishing <G>).
Regarding Kings, how photosensitive are they? I know they are fished deep for most of the day. Perhaps this is a night fishery?? Just a thought.
There was a contingent of regulars at Middle Pt (Sekiu) staying at the campground (Coho Resort?) who went out to Moussolini Rock to fish squid at night. The kings they brought back were unbelievable! The buzz-bombers do very well after dark at Redondo, Des Moines, etc.
McClane's encyclopedia includes a description of a study biologists did with tagged chinook, who exhibited distinct depth changes between day and night.
I am convinced that if you flyfished at Nittinat Inlet's gravel delta when the kings are feeding on that 20 foot shelf you are bound to score. Those guys who camp there fish that 20 foot shelf and bring tyee consistently to the boat. Our group stopped for a look and scored with the biggest being ~30 pounds.
Because of their size, an occasional big king on the fly would be worth the pursuit for an entire week. I just don't think it's been figured out yet myself. Could be wrong, but I just don't think it has. Who ever does will make the bare hook sockeye thing look dull in comparison!
Either you have one outstanding memory, or you keep a super detailed set of notes. You never cease to amaze me with your TOTAL recall of fishing in the great state of Washington. If only I knew half of what you've forgotten....
In all honesty I don't deserve credit for either but I might have been a bit anxious to see all the PNW had to offer while there.
I had 12 years in the PNW and they were not squandered, that I will say. I knew that with my in-laws illnesses that my wife would pull the rip cord sooner or later so I explored every possible face of the jewel of the northwest. Although I got into a rut with certain reliable spots (visting over and over) I did try to go somewhere I had never been before regularly and tried to mix it up as much as I could. At first it would dilute my focus on a river or region but over time it provided a macro view of the region that I would not trade for all the secrets on one river.
In a sense I was lucky to have a sense of urgency that the next adventure could be the last, particularly after cardiac problems in the family.
I fished the Chehalis system - Wynoochee, Satsop, Skookumchuck, Newaukum and Chehalis itself; I fished Grays Harbor for big ocean silvers and kings, three rivers - from the mouth to the rain forest, Sol Duc, Calawah, Elwha, Hoko, Sekiu, Pyscht, Goodman Crk, Morse Crk, Sekiu, Neah, Ilwaco, Willapa Bay, Pt.Townsend, Bush Pt, Fort Casey, Hamma Hamma, Hood Canal tribs around Tahuya, Columbia tribs... Puget Sound / Cascade rivers. The Columbia tribs from the Cowlitz to Wenatchee's Icicle creek were sampled frequently. Many trips to the striats and across to Swiftshure bank made the saltchuck adventures complete. It was a wild romp through an endlessly fascinating anglers' paradise called the pacific northwest.
I am convinced that a person could never stop roaming the Pacific Northwest in an entire lifetime! Now that it's down to once a year my rate of discovery has slowed w-a-y down but I do truly appreciate those times with towering trees and snow-capped mountains all around me and the promise of a wild trout the size of my leg electrifying every pool I fished.
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The streets around campus and in the community will be filled with fun, food and festivities during the annual Communiversity celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28.
The event, co-sponsored by students at the University and the Arts Council of Princeton, will take place on the campus and on Nassau and Witherspoon streets, which will be closed to traffic for the afternoon. The celebration is intended to promote cultural awareness on both sides of Nassau Street. This year's event will be dedicated to President and Mrs. Shapiro.
Students and community individuals and groups will present free musical, theatrical and dance performances on stages set up in the area. There will be games, sidewalk craft sales and booths offering a wide variety of foods. Free parking will be available in University lots on William Street, on Washington Road and at Palmer Stadium.
The University's International Festival also will be part of Communiversity, bringing special international booths, food, performances and activities to the event. A highlight will be the 2 p.m. introduction of countries and parade of international flags at center stage at the intersections of Nassau and Witherspoon streets. It will be preceded by a dragon dance.
As part of the celebration for the centennial of the Graduate School, graduate students have been invited to officially participate in the Communiversity program for the first time. Graduate student groups and artists will perform alongside their undergraduate and community colleagues. The Graduate School and Graduate Student Government will sponsor a booth to provide games and activities for children, as well as information about the school.
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This is the set up I bought. It works well for me. I can haul 3 wingers, 3 stickmen, and a holding blind on the racks fairly easy. I am going to add a basket to the front. I tried the milk crates and they moved around to much for me. Or maybe I just drive to fast.
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ONALASKA, Wis. -- A former Green Bay Packers great who played under coach Vince Lombardi visits the La Crosse area to promote his book on the legendary leader.
Three-time world champion Dave Robinson was at the Festival Foods in Onalaska Thursday signing his book "The Lombardi Impact."
Robinson is a member of the 1960 all-decade team and has been enshrined in both the Green Bay Packers and College Football Halls of fame.
Robinson and co-author Royce Boyles have written two books about Lombardi.
This one takes a unique look at the coach's leadership style.
"The things he taught still hold true today," Robinson says. "The virtues, the rules he said are always going to be true, the kind that'll last forever. I really think the world would be better if there were more Vince Lombardi's."
Robinson also brought along one of sport's most cherished emblems, his ring from Super Bowl 1.
Robinson and Boyles will l be at the Festival Foods in Eau Claire Friday from 2:00 until 7:00pm.


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When President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto meet at a summit in Mexico next week, the three North American leaders should tackle a number of critically important and interrelated issues facing their peoples.
Unfortunately, the track record of eight previous "three amigos" summits since 2005 has rarely been one of candor or politically courageous action.
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What are you gonna be for Halloween? I'm gonna be Jango.
What are you gonna be for Halloween? I'm gonna be Jango.
A Stormtrooper, or a Tusken Raider, or a slice of Pizza.
2015 RFL Thank You to, TeeEye7 & Slicker, JediTricks, Tycho, El Chuxter, and Darth Jax!!!!
Be an organ donor, save lives!
I'm gonna be waiting for midnight.
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Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
1980s-era John McEnroe, complete with wooden racket. No SW theme this year, however the anger is strong in this one.Originally Posted by Blackened88
"The question, you will answer, jerk!"
"You will find it is you, who cannot be serious... about a great, many, things."
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Good call there RB.Originally Posted by Rocketboy
I'm gonna be working.
Up, up, and OKAAAAY!!!
I'm gonna be watching the Steelers hammer the Ravens . . . meh, I hate both of those teams.
I'm gonna be rejoicing that I have to work during Trick or Treat time, thank the maker I don't have to listen to that doorbell on Sunday while I'm watching football (recently moved to a town where they actual trick or treat on Halloween and not the nearest Sunday).
Its not exactly a specific person or thing, but I'm going to wear my black Jedi robe and paint my face like The Crow. Thats pretty much it, aside from wearing all black beneath the robe.
As for what I'm going to be doing, I'll be sitting on my best friend's porch, handing out candies to the kids. Still gotta finish decorating his porch though. He has one of those big old-style porches complete with pillars, like you would find back in the 1800s (wouldn't surprise me if his house was from the late 1800s or very early 1900s).
man, every year i say i'm going to start thinking about it on the first of oct. and then end up scrounging around for stuff to wear on halloween...
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
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The Good: Great graphics, large variety of enemies, weapons, going back to previous RE games is a great trip down memory lane The Bad: Even though there is a variety the core game play doesn't change much, a bit too difficult in spots, way too short I was really excited about this game because it was the first of it's kind, for the Wii, to utilize the Zapper (and any other 3rd party light gun attachments) to make you feel like you're really shooting things. While we can't use the Zapper for RE4 this sure does work. While the game is on rails and it moves around for you it makes a great cinematic experience and the difficulty stays about the same throughout but can sometimes get a bit too tough in spots.
The game has you playing through important sections of previous RE games and it's a great blast to the past. For fans of the series it's wonderful to go back and have certain scenes trigger memories. While the newer RE games aren't present the others are and you can even play sections of the game that you couldn't in the original such as playing as Albert Wesker in RE1. You can upgrade your weapons, shoot objects in the game to find hidden files, and you are rated after each mission. There are even some sequences where you have to press buttons during key sequences like in RE4. The boss fights are really fun because each one is different and they all have their own way of having to be beat. The controls are pretty simple and easy (especially on the Zapper).
There are plenty of enemy types, weapons and so forth to use. I find that REUC is one of the best arcade style games on the Wii and shouldn't be passed up. The game is short mind you and isn't worth nearly $50 but as soon as the price drops it'll be a steal.


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Annette Charles (Cha Cha in the film Grease) died from cancer in her home. She was 63.
He ain't gonna swing with my daughter no more.
Albert Brown who at 105 was the last survivor of the Bataan Death March.
Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford both died Monday.
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
I was thinking when they both passed away, "Two halves of incredible songwriting duos in a single day? Don't these things come in threes? If I were Bernie Taupin, Mick Jagger, or Paul McCartney, I'd be a bit worried."
In any case, some truly sad and important news from the world of music today: the passing of David "Honeyboy" Edwards. It will probably be glossed over or ignored by the media, since he represents a type of music that's not been popular for seventy years or so, but Honeyboy was the last living link to the great Robert Johnson (not to mention a fine musician in his own right). This is truly the end of an era.
Hopefully, he and Sonny Boy Williamson II can meet up with Johnson in the afterlife and play the same set they played on the night Johnson was poisoned. (I'm assuming Williamson's somewhat far-fetched account is true when I say that.)
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5/21 and 22 Fishing Report and Ramblings:
Yesterday was a slow day of sight fishing. We only saw approx. 250 Stripers. Noticed mostly migrating Bass with a few residents setting up house today. The water temp. dropped by 5-8 degrees a few days ago with those high N.E. winds, which I think had something to do with the few fish we saw.
Today was a "Day for KINGS" Perfect sight fishing conditions and an even combination of Bass and Blues that were eager to inhale my guest's perfectly cast (ahemmmmmmmm) flies. Mostly all schoolies on the shallow flats and mostly keeper Bass (a couple were 40 inch's or better) and Blues on the deeper edge of the flats. White and Chartruse Clouser was the ticket today. Nothing fancy, this early in the season.
Wont say how many we saw and wont say where exactly. Last year at this time some flats were a nightmare of wade anglers, boats everywhere and Im going to try to do my part this year by not adding to this mess. (F.Y.I. - Any of you who post fishing reports on other sites may want to consider doing what I am doing. S.E. Cape is enough of a description and please dont give exact directions. (da) Some of these area's can only handle so many Dick's in the pool. (he-he) Thanks!!)
A "LOT" of resident bass are in the tidal estuaries, marsh, rivers, bays. That's were the water is 55 degree's or better. These area's may be a good option for this holiday weekend with the weather turning sour. Thats where I'll be.
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Doug lands the biggest measuring out at 38 inch's. I cant remember the last time I saw so much of that orange stringy stuff. J.Sloan picks up second with this 36 incha. Just a couple of Cape Cod keep'a's waiting for ya!
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Howard is standing and casting into about 1 foot of water. (Just a couple of many cast too and landed today.) Within the first 1/2 hour of the morning Howard had 3 fish hooked up on the shallow flats. This was his first time ever fishing the salt, sight fishing for stripers. Howard also had a bluefish on, that ran faster and further than I have ever seen before!! I guess the fact that it had a 400 pound seal chasing it had something to do with it. The seal won and Howard and the Bluefish lost. What a show! We also watched Blue fish and seals devour small 6-10 inch Bass that were coming by us in schools of 50 to 200 for about an hour straight. One big cloud after another. This was the first time EVER I have seen so many micro bass in school after school.
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Doug with another one of many, sight fished, almost legal striper's landed today.
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Editor's Note: This is the third in a four-part series looking at the environmental efforts of the city of San Jose, California.
By Debra Atlas
SAN JOSE, CA — Solar energy is prominent in the City of San Jose. Large solar arrays adorn the airport, the city parking garage, and the central service yard. The City Council recently signed off on a new power purchase agreement with SolarCity to receive four megawatts of the renewable energy source for its 28 city facilities and parking areas.
Even San Jose City Hall boasts solar panels. A small, one-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic system sits on the roof of City Hall, which was installed by Armageddon Energy, a participant in the city's clean-tech incubator. This allows the company "to test their product, get some real life experience with this system, then hopefully be able to scale up, hire more people," says Mike Foster, who manages the city's community energy efficiency solar and green building program.
Over the past two years, as part of San Jose's Green Vision Plan, the city has worked to raise the public's awareness about this clean energy source, increase the number of installations, and provide more opportunities for consumers and businesses to purchase or invest in green power.
On October 1, San Jose participated in the National Solar Tour. The city partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy; local companies, including Clean Solar, REC Solar, RPS Solar, and SunWize; and San Jose residents to help host this year's tour of San Jose homes with solar panels installed.
"The tour made it easy for neighbors to talk with neighbors about solar, its cost, rebates, etcetera," says Foster.
Almost 400 people went on the self-guided tour of about a dozen homes all around San Jose. Homes featured different types of solar arrays using different kinds of technology. Four renewable energy companies were featured on the tour.
Homeowners had different reasons for installing the product—economic, environmental, or simply philosophical, Foster says.
For homeowner Mary Tucker, who also is energy manager for the City of San Jose, participating in the solar tour was an opportunity to answer the questions of other homeowners such as why she installed her solar energy system, how long she'd had it, and how she financed it.
In 2003, Tucker installed solar on her 102-year-old bungalow that sits in the heart of downtown. Her home is a "contributing house" in a federally designated historical area, so she had to convince the historic commission with pictures of what it would look like. She got the job done. Tucker installed 18 solar panels that produce 2.6 kW.
The performance of solar panels is better today, she says. "I wouldn't need as many today."
When it comes to installing the product, Tucker says there are key factors to consider beforehand. "Energy efficiency is first. Make sure you've gotten your energy bill as low as you possibly can first," she says. Get Energy Star appliances, LED bulbs, and reduce the amount of energy you need to produce, Tucker advises.
Next, look at the time it takes for the investment to pay off. For Tucker, it took eight years, although she was able to get a 50-percent rebate from the California Energy Commission before then. Tucker says that a lot of other financing options are out there now, including power purchase agreements.
A few companies offer solar purchase agreements in California. The city is using these to install solar on up to 38 of their municipal buildings, an installation that is projected to save approximately $5.7 million over the next 20 years.
For Tucker, reducing her energy bill also was important. Currently she pays only $4 a month to be connected to the grid. On an annual basis, she nets zero, meaning she produces more energy in the summer, so she gets a credit in the winter.
The last key factor that motivated Tucker was her grandchildren, specifically leaving a healthier environment for them. "I wanted to be sure I was contributing to reducing the fossil fuels we're using," she says.
In 2003, there were not as many programs and resources as are available now through the Department of Energy, the Solar America City Program, and the city itself, Tucker adds.
"Solar is more affordable than ever," says Foster. "The technology is here, and now is the time to do it."
For related stories:
Northern California City Reinvents Itself as Green
San Jose's Green Vision
Solar Clovers and Gadgets Galore
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It's the morning after the close of the 6th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care, the world's largest HIV conference. I am currently on a six month assignment lending my organizational development expertise to IAS as a Pfizer Global Health Fellow. My main contribution at the conference was to lead a series of focus groups with IAS members to learn... Read More


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Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. at Kings Park Library
Bill Schweigart will discuss his book Slipping the Cable based on his Coast Guard experience. Book signing to follow. Registration begins Jan. 9.
Alma Katsu
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m. at George Mason Regional Library
Alma Katsu will discuss the final novel in the Taker Trilogy--The Descent. Books will be available for sale and signing. Registration begins Jan. 15.
Mary E. Wuest
Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. at Kings Park Library
Author Mary E. Wuest will discuss her book Spessart Roots, a historic account of life in German villages from Celtic times to the present. Book signing to follow. Registration begins Dec. 16.


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The Dimplex Jasper Electric Glass Embers Fireplace Media Console (GDS25G1241B) is the perfect combination of contemporary style and practical functionality. The clean lines and black finish give this console a contemporary look, and at the center of the piece lies the 25 inch landscape electric firebox, trimmed by a smooth silver frame, that functions with or without heat, creating a lovely ambiance all year long. The elevated glass mantle offers the perfect space to place a flatscreen television up to 50 inches. The hidden, drop down door provides you with ample space to stow away media components, books, DVDs, or other items. Patented Dimplex flame technology generates beautifully realistic flame effects, while the captivating glass embers shine and reflect light.
If so desired, you can warm up to 400 sq. ft. with up to 3,000 BTU/hour (880 watts) of quiet, fan-forced, supplemental heat controlled by an adjustable thermostat, and using the included remote control, this unit can be turned on and off from anywhere in the room. Since there is no venting required, you can place this console in any room, and wire passageways allow for easy wire management of media components.
Functional Media Console:Perfect platform for a flatscreen TV up to 50 inches and provides plenty of space for media components such as DVD players, cable boxes, and more
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- Patented Dimplex flame effectSupports flat panel TV up to 50"
- Heats 400 sq. ft.25" self-trimming landscape firebox
- On/off remoteProvides up to 3,000 BTUs (880 watts) of fan-forced heat
- Operates with or without heatInput voltage: 120 V/60 Hz
- Adjustable thermostatWeight: 93 lbs.
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