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Swollen streams = broken dreamsby Josh Pfeiffer on March 16th, 2015 | Fishing Reports, Recent Trips
We have seen our fair share of bad weather lately and are just about over it. We can't complain too much I guess considering how bad folks in the Northeast have had it, but we're all going crazy and ready to hit the streams. Steady rain over the last week has made every stream in the area high and the ground has become so saturated that the creeks aren't coming down fast enough. This has resulted in the canceling of several trips lately which is just part of the gig sometimes but it stinks to have to break the bad news to folks looking to get out for the first time of the year.
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Some days we've had small windows with decent flows to get out and wet a line, so we'll take what we can get. At least during these trips the fishing has been pretty good with plenty of activity from fish and bugs. Those that have had the chance to get out haven't had it easy but heck if you can catch them in bad conditions then you're doing pretty good. The topwater bite hasn't become hot and heavy yet but receding water will help with that. Until then nymphs are still catching fish and we're fine using them. Pheasant tails, hares ears and squirrel nymphs have been producing lately but mainly near the bottom of a deeper run.
The newlyweds with their first wild trout from the Smokies.
As far as the tailwater fishing is concerned, there's not much going on in our area. The Clinch and Holston rivers have been blown out and will be so for the next little bit. The weather forecast does predict some nice weather coming so keep an eye out for that along with the flow charts and maybe we'll catch a break here soon enough. The Holston Caddis hatch isn't far off and we did see several fish take some before the water was turned on, about a week ago. There should be some good opportunities for some healthy fish on dries once it's all back to normal.
Smallmouth season is right around the corner and for those seeking a good streamer bite this will be your chance to let off some steam from the past winter. I love spring smallies for so many reasons (too many to name) but one thing is for sure, those pre-spawn beauties are aggressive and hungry and make for a lot of fun on a fly rod, plus there's a chance to catch a fish of a lifetime. We have a lot of fishing options about to open up here in East TN and you won't want to miss it. If you're itching to get out but don't know exactly where to start, give us a call and we can help you plan your trip. Stay tuned for new updates concerning weather, flows and general activity as we see it. Take care and have a great day.
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A crazy couple of weeksby Josh Pfeiffer on February 6th, 2015 | Fishing Reports, Recent Trips
This last couple of weeks have been busy to say the least, but in a good way. I know the fishing report has suffered big time but now with everything done we can get back in the rhythm of things. The weather and the water flows haven't been that great so it's not like we had much to write about. Now don't get me wrong there have been some good days here and there but we had to think outside the box. When we couldn't get out to fish we still spent our time on the water but left the rods at home.
The streams in the smokies have been really cold with temps getting down in the 30's and that slows things down significantly. That's why the tailwaters are the better choice in the winter with more consistent temps around 50. When the tailwaters are off the fishing can be good but it's just finding a window to get out that can be a challenge. Midges are about the only bug you'll see on the water, but those tiny bugs are what keep the fish active. You can't go wrong with brown or olive but don't be afraid to experiment with different colors if the same ole doesn't produce. Who knows, you might find your new go to fly.
A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to go on my first mission trip with Freedom International (itisforfreedom.com) in the Dominican Republic. These missionaries down in the Dominican are doing an incredible amount of work for the Lord teaching the Haitians how to read and write in the school that they built by hand. They also travel to the villages in the sugar cane fields speaking the Gospel through VBS to the families. These folks have left their lives back in the states to dedicate their time to the cause and are funded only through donations. If you would like to help out you can contact them through their website.
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After getting back from the Dominican we only had a couple of days to get things washed and ready to head back out for a family vacation to Mexico. It was nice to get away and not have an agenda for the week. The days pretty much consisted of playing by the pool with Danielle, walking down the beach and laying around.
One of the days I did manage to get with my guide Enrique for a day of bone fishing on the flats. Stalking bonefish on the flats can be frustrating sometimes but when you look at your surroundings and you remember that it's in the 70's and sunny you forget about everything else, especially when you hook up. We probably landed about 10 or 12 bonefish over the day and lost that many more. Enrique is a great guide and knows these flats better than anyone. I even told him that I've never caught a snook and he put me on my first one.
This saltwater stuff is addicting.
Now that we're back home and things are back to normal, trips are booking up and everyone seems to be planning for spring early. I hope we have a good quill gordon hatch this year to start us off, that would be nice. It might be the best hatch of the year. Maybe it's because it's the first one or because they're the biggest mayfly we have and they come off in good numbers. Either way we're looking forward to it.
If you're thinking of planning a trip to the Smokies this spring then give us a call and we'll get a trip set up for you to get out on the water for one of these great hatches. We hope you have a blessed day and thanks for reading. Take care.
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Merry Christmas!by Josh Pfeiffer on December 23rd, 2014 | Fishing Reports, Recent Trips
Christmas is a great time of year and probably my favorite because it's the day we celebrate the birth of our Savior. The pressures of gift buying, family gatherings and traveling can get to you and a getaway for yourself is the best medicine. The weather channel is saying that we're in store for some pretty decent weather for the next 5 days so it might be a good time to get out and fish.
The generation schedules on the Clinch and Holston are kind of hit or miss but if you can catch a good schedule and you have some time off, take advantage of it because you never know when you'll see the water off again. The fishing has been good and there are some very nice fish willing to eat a whole variety of flies. Black flies have been thick at times along with midges and a few caddis fluttering around. The great thing is that the fish haven't been hit too hard so fly selection isn't as important. Your plain jane pheasant tails and zebra midges under an indicator or dry fly will work just fine.
Sometimes simplifying things can have big results.
The streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are something to consider as well. The water is cold and the fish are sluggish but that doesn't mean they can't be caught. Getting your flies deep (on the bottom) is a good start, but if that's not enough start putting on shot until you see your indicator "tick" the bottom. Sure it's not as fun as watching a fish sip a dry off the surface but at least you're catching fish. As far as flies go hares ears, prince nymphs and caddis larvae imitations will do the trick. Stop by and talk with the guys at Little River Outfitters, they'll get you squared away with what you need.
Jayson with a healthy rainbow that took a prince nymph.
Be careful while fishing in frigid temperatures, take some extra clothes along with you and don't get too far from the car if you don't have to. Also bring some hand warmers, you wouldn't believe the moral boost it can be. I've fallen in way too many times and have learned this the hard way how miserable it can be. Have fun, be safe and have a very Merry Christmas.
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The SPCA plans to talk to a rural Manawatu school after receiving complaints about a possum throwing contest.
Last week, the Manawatu Standard ran pictures of the children at Colyton School participating in the contest, in which pupils grabbed possum carcasses by the tail and lobbed them through the air to see how far they could toss them.
Since running the article, the paper has received texts and letters from readers who strongly disagree with the practice, and calling for the school to ban future contests.
Three readers have complained to the SPCA after being horrified that children were being taught to "disrespect dead animals". Ashhurst mum Kim Rodgers lcomplained to the SPCA yesterday, asking for the possum pitching contest, and the entire practice, to be banned.
"I think we should have respect, it's not something we should do, it's definitely not something we should be teaching children to do," she said. "I have a 10-year-old son and I'd be horrified if he was doing something like that.
"If it starts out with possums, it's soon going to be cats when children have no respect for the dead."
She said she'd laid the complaint because "someone needs to do something to stop this".
Palmerston North SPCA centre manager Danny Auger confirmed that he had received three complaints about the school's possum throwing contest, including one from a vet. He said the school was not breaking any laws, but that did not mean schools should be "encouraging" students to mistreat dead possums.
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Like Ms Rodgers, Mr Auger was worried that children were being taught to throw dead animals and questioned the judgment of teachers at the school.
"These are the people who are entrusted with educating our young people, maybe the teachers need to be educated on what's acceptable," he said.
"It's not good for the thought process of a child to think it's OK to throw around a dead animal, whether it's a pest like a possum or pet like a cat."
Mr Auger said he would be visiting Colyton School to ask them to stop holding such events.
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The page below is the best I've found for my purposes so far for woody plants. The detailed entries include a "liabilities" section and a warning if a plant is known to be invasive in Connecticut (they're using the definition "naturalize in minimally managed areas", not aggressive in the garden). I've used this search page and have specified the soil and light conditions among other criteria.
Here is a link that might be useful: UConn Plant DB Search page
I buy quite a bit from Forest Farm out West and also try to get to Rare Find Nursery in Jackson as often as I can. Both maintain extensive catalogs on line, but I do not recall either being specific about eventual mature size of plants.
Have used the UConn Plant pages and appreciate them but I really like pictures.
The UConn DB does have pictures, for most but not all of its entries. They're very small on the left-side frame that has the text but if you click on one, it'll fill the right-side frame. If you want to experiment you can look at the entry for Liriodendron tulipifera (tuliptree), which has about 20 pictures.
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Looks like Paramount is following the footsteps of Fox and Universal. Releasing vanillia editions and then the special editions later. They started with Flags of Our Fathers and Babel and now its Zodiac.
NO I posted before there is a directors/extended cut in the works which will have special features it will be released on R1 probably around the same time as the R2 disc is released which will be around Oct/Nov. I read this in Empire movie magazine here in the UK a few months ago!
I am willing to bet that we will see a SE of Zodiac someday. The director (David Fincher) has a very loyal DVD auidence
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A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
The study, the first ever to chart the evolution of the current pine beetle epidemic in the southern Rocky Mountains, compared patterns of beetle outbreak in the two primary host species, the ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine, said CU-Boulder doctoral student Teresa Chapman. The current mountain pine beetle outbreak in the southern Rockies -- which range from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico --is estimated to have impacted nearly 3,000 square miles of forests, said Chapman, lead study author.
While the 2001-02 drought in the West played a key role in pushing the pine beetle outbreak into a true regional epidemic, the outbreak continued to gain ground even after temperature and precipitation levels returned to levels nearer the long-term averages, said Chapman of CU-Boulder's geography department. The beetles continued to decimate lodgepole pine forests by moving into wetter and higher elevations and into less susceptible tree stands -- those with smaller diameter lodgepoles sharing space with other tree species.
"In recent years some researchers have thought the pine beetle outbreak in the southern Rocky Mountains might have started in one place and spread from there," said Chapman. "What we found was that the mountain pine beetle outbreak originated in many locations. The idea that the outbreak spread from multiple places, then coalesced and continued spreading, really highlights the importance of the broad-scale drivers of the pine beetle epidemic like climate and drought."
A paper on the subject was recently published in the journal Ecology. Co-authors on the study include CU-Boulder geography Professor Thomas Veblen and Tania Schoennagel, an adjunct faculty member in the geography department and a research scientist at CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. The National Science Foundation funded the study.
Mountain pine beetles are native insects that have shaped the forests of North America for thousands of years. They range from Canada to Mexico and are found at elevations from sea level to 11,000 feet. The effects of pine beetles are especially evident in recent years on Colorado's Western Slope, including Rocky Mountain National Park, with a particularly severe epidemic occurring in Grand and Routt counties.
Chapman said the most recent mountain pine beetle outbreak began in the 1990s, primarily in scattered groups of lodgepole pine trees living at low elevations in areas of lower annual precipitation. Following the 2001-02 drought, the outbreak was "uncoupled" from the initial weather and landscape conditions, triggering a rise in beetle populations on the Western Slope and propelling the insects over the Continental Divide into the northern Front Range to infect ponderosa pine, Chapman said.
The current pine beetle epidemic in the southern Rocky Mountains was influenced in part by extensive forest fires that ravaged Colorado's Western Slope from roughly 1850 to 1890, said Chapman. Lodgepole pine stands completely burned off by the fires were succeeded by huge swaths of seedling lodgepoles that eventually grew side by side into dense mature stands, making them easier targets for the pine beetles.
"The widespread burning associated with dry years in the 19th century set the stage for the current outbreak by creating vast areas of trees in the size classes most susceptible to beetle attack," said Chapman.
Veblen said a 1980s outbreak of the pine beetle centered in Colorado's Grand County ended when extremely low minimum temperatures were reached in the winters of 1983 and 1984, killing the beetle larvae. But during the current outbreak, minimum temperatures during all seasons have been persistently high since 1996, well above the levels of extreme cold shown to kill beetle larvae in laboratory experiments.
"This implies that under continued warming trends, future outbreaks will not be terminated until they exhaust their food supply -- the pine tree hosts," said Veblen.
Chapman said there has been a massive and unprecedented beetle epidemic in British Columbia, which also began in the early 1990s and has now has affected nearly 70,000 square miles. "It is hard to tell if this current beetle epidemic in the Southern Rockies is unprecedented," she said. "While warm periods in the 16th century may have triggered a large beetle epidemic, any evidence would have been wiped out by the massive fires in the latter part of the 19th century."
Veblen said while the rate of spread of the mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests has declined in the southern Rocky Mountains during the past two years because of a depletion of host pine population, U.S. Forest Service surveys indicate the rate of beetle spread in ponderosa pine forests on the Front Range has increased sharply over the past three years. "The current study suggests that under the continued warmer climate, the spread of the beetle in ponderosa pines is likely to grow until that food source also is depleted," Veblen said.
"Our results emphasize the importance of considering different patterns in the population dynamics of mountain pine beetles for different host species, even under similar regional-scale weather variations," said Chapman. "Given the current outbreak of mountain pine beetles on the Front Range, their impact on ponderosa pines is certainly something that needs further study."
A 2012 study by CU-Boulder Professor Jeffry Mitton and graduate student Scott Ferrenberg showed some Colorado pine beetles, which had been known to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, are producing two generations per year due to rising temperatures and a longer annual warm season. Because of the extra annual generation of beetles, there could be up to 60 times as many beetles attacking trees in any given year, according to the study.
In addition, a 2011 study led by CU-Boulder graduate student Evan Pugh indicated the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields from snowpack that accumulates beneath affected trees.
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As the investigation continues into Sunday's apparent suicide of Top Gun director Tony Scott, an unnamed source has told ABC News that the British-born filmmaker, 68, had been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer.
But Scott's family is disputing that report, says Los Angeles Coroner Chief Craig Harvey.
"According to family spokespersons, the information concerning brain cancer or an inoperable brain tumor in Mr. Scott is incorrect," he says.
So far, the coroner has not announced any findings regarding Scott's medical condition.
Scott, whose box-office hits included Top Gun, Days of Thunder and Beverly Hills Cop II, died Sunday after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles Harbor. His body was recovered from the water four hours later.
Witnesses told authorities that at around 12:35 p.m., the filmmaker left his parked Toyota Prius on the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the city of San Pedro, scaled an 8- to 10-ft.-high fence and then leapt without hesitation.
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Recent observations of globular clusters with the VIRUS-W instrument at the McDonald observatory revealed a rotation signal at the centre of these huge agglomerations of stars.
This finding is very surprising, as the astronomers expected that any central rotation should have been erased by now due to the old age of these clusters.
The core of the globular cluster Messier 13 is just 25 000 light-years away and measures about 145 light-years in diameter. It lies in the constellation Hercules and sometimes can even be seen with small binoculars.
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In addition, the astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the University of Texas found that the rotation axis agrees with the slight elongation found for some of the clusters, indicating that this flattening is caused by rotation.
Globular clusters are ancient formations orbiting most galaxies, including our own Milky Way: they consist of up to a million old, metal-poor stars, which are tightly bound by gravity. Due to their old age and fairly spherical shape, with a strong concentration of stars towards the centre, they have historically been viewed as simple systems. However, new observations keep revealing surprising results.
"For all globular clusters in our sample we find a rotation signal in the centre – an astonishing result," says Maximilian Fabricius, lead scientists of this study at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE). "We did not expect this; originally we observed these globular clusters to measure their central velocity dispersions." The velocity dispersion is a measure of the amount of random stellar motion in a cluster. Rotation, on the other hand, means that the cluster has an actual rotation axis around which more stars revolve in one way than the other.
"Theory and numerical simulations of globular clusters indicate that any central rotation should be erased on relatively short timescales," says Eva Noyola, co-author of this study at the University of Texas in Austin. "Because these globular clusters were formed billions of years ago, we would expect that any rotation signature would have been eradicated by now. Even though previous measurements showed some rotation in a handful of systems, they only probed the motion of stars in the outer regions."
The new measurements of a dozen globular cluster cores were only possible with the help of the VIRUS-W instrument developed at MPE. This "integral field spectrograph" (IFU) allows the scientists to simultaneously measure more than 260 spectra in their field of view, determining the motion of stars to an accuracy of a few kilometres per second. That means that for a given globular cluster, one night at the Harlan J. Smith 2.7m Telescope of the McDonald observatory in Texas with an observing time of a few hours is enough to determine the velocity field at the core of the cluster. Such a project was not possible before VIRUS-W.
Traditionally, astronomers determined the line-of-sight velocities of cluster member stars one-by-one using high resolution spectrographs that can measure the Doppler shift of the stars. This, however, is painstakingly slow and very hard to do in the core of globular clusters. Therefore, so far, there have been no systematic studies of the kinematics of globular cluster cores. Even though the VIRUS-W instrument was originally developed to study the kinematics of nearby galaxies, the astronomers realized that the combination of a large field of view and a relatively high spectral resolution make this instrument a very efficient tool to also study stellar motions in globular clusters.
There are about 150 globular clusters in the Milky Way and the astronomers selected 27 of them, which are observable with the McDonald telescope (i.e. in the northern sky) during one night. Between August 2012 and August 2013 they observed the first 11 globular clusters and now present their surprising results: all clusters show signatures of rotation.
Furthermore, the new velocity measurements are actually in remarkably good agreement with the flattening measured for the globular clusters in this sample. This seems to indicate that the central rotation drives the flattening for these objects rather than the influence of the Milky Way tidal field.
These findings raise interesting questions about the formation history and evolution of globular clusters – none of the current theoretical models predict such a ubiquitous and strong rotation. However, it is worth noting that the present sub-sample does not include any "core-collapsed" globular clusters yet.
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My baby son is now four months old, and is healthy with ruddy cheeks. I went to his tipat halav (well-baby station) and was told by the nurse to give him iron drops every day. But his pediatrician told me it's unnecessary in his case, and in most cases. Should a baby of his age automatically get iron, should he have a blood test first, or should I listen to the pediatrician and just not give it to him?
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Sexy and comfortable - must-have
Reviewed: 23 January 2015 by BadassBitch892, a Straight Going Steady Female
The cuffs themselves arrived in the usual discreet packaging, and I was super excited to try them with my OH.
The first thing I noticed about them was how comfortable they were. You see a lot of cuffs being sold and there being a lot of issues with hurting the wrists. However, there were so so comfortable and easy to put on.
They fit really well and are massively enjoyable in the bedroom. My OH loves to use them on me.
- Pros
- They're comfortable and sexy!
- Cons
- Nothing!
- Bottom line
- A fantastic purchase, especially for people unsure about using cuffs.
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Pretty and perfect
Reviewed: 07 January 2015 by Egrace6, a Straight Going Steady Female
I love these handcuffs!
They feel very soft, due to the fur inside.
I adore the colour of these - very pretty!
They are very strong, in fact I tried to break them and break free, and just could not. They are amazing!
The quality is great.
If you have smaller wrists like me, they can be a bit difficult to adjust as you have to move the flap around to fit correctly.
The chain is very strong, and these are a must-have set of handcuffs!
- Pros
- The colour is great and they are very strong.
- Cons
- Can be difficult to put on smaller wrists.
- Bottom line
- Great! Strong and love the colour!
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