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have seen them at Gaelic Park Irish Fest just s of Chicago.We have a big Irish community on the southside.

Same here in NE Illionois,live 5 min from I 80.15 min From Indiana.Less sales tax,ours is 11%, gas is .80 gal cheaper. Not to mention ammo,groceries etc.

Cleaning house.getting rid of at least 20 flyrods.A dozen reels .Going to tie flies that catch fish.Maybe actually tie a few dozen of each.Getting rid of a lot of old casting gear too,rods reels boxes of crank baits and plastics.Old cane rods i will never rewrap.Antique flies lures fly boxes vises etc.Keeping most of my tying stuff as it still gets me thru the winter.The purge is long over due.

Was a union tilesetter for years.I hate tile.The vinyl floors are so nice.Dogs grand kids old dudes that where their boots in the house etc wont hurt them.Way easier to clean than tile.

VC- as your from Oklahoma,i would want to fish Lake Fork more than the big O.Which i have fished times and we did get a few 8-10 lb bass.My last trip we stayed in Stewart.Enjoyed the saltwater fishing more than the fresh water. I an catch bass and crappie close to home.The shellcrackers tho were quite something;.Fishing up the canals om the N side was really cool with gators and cool birds and a lot of cattle.

Nice , i did OK on bass but i catch a lot of bass every year.I was obsessed with the cicadas.I tied for specific fish,giant carp,in a few specific BOWs.Even being in the middle of the swarm i had to have the right wind conditions and a hot day when the cicadas were super active.I managed to land 6 carp over 20lbs and lost more during the 20 minute battles.I had to position myself out on big rocks in a deep quarry to cast parallel .A feeding lane developed as a south wind pushed the airborn cicadas from the shoreline brush and trees.Most fun i ever had flyfishing.My flies fooled them even with lots of live cicadas thrashing in the water,

I would be interested in that too guys.

caught a few big carp on my cicada flies last week

The hatch is on,1000s just on my small suburban lawn.They are now mostly airborn,at least the ones that are surviving the birds squirrels foxes etc.Started scouting ponds with old trees nearby.

Was a waem sunny day here just south of Chicago.We had 95%.Traveled 1 1/2 miles from home to a nice little bar.Got a kind of freaky twilight thing with a rapid temp drop and some wind like you get just before sunrise.I was just gonna sit on the porch but wife suggested a bucket of cold beers and a burger.Turned out to be a lot of fun.We had one here in the 90s and i was working outside.It got fairly dark with that one.

Had a fam member that did billing for some of these fraudsters.he was an accountant and just shuffled paper so was not involoved in the actual fraud tho. But was in charge of billing for these medical vendors. He was key witness FOR the feds tho.Turned his quiet life upside down for some time.There was even a homicide and fugitive search involved.Can't make this stuff up.Once it was over and he could talk about it was like crime novel.We sat up all night by a fire on fishing trip years ago listening to his story.People will do crazy things for a few bucks or a lot of bucks i guess.

the fish sure loved em last time around.Just listened to a podcast by the guy who wrote cicada madness.He says you could fish an emegence nearly every year by traveling to different areas .Caught a lot of fish on live ones 17 years ago.

SZ 14 barbless Blue Damsel.Micro braid griz hackle micro crystal flash 1/8th foam eyes.Had to tie something smaller after a couple dozen cicadas.Will make some green Damsels tomorrow.

Yep,just because they are registered as "non profit" a lot of the funds go to staff and administrators that are paid many times what the average person makes.Those TV ads are not cheap either.I give locally and anonymously if possible.I always gave to obviously disabled homeless dudes when i still worked construction in downtown Chicago.My coworkers would give me crap sometimes.I used to give one guy a couple bucks and a few smokes.I would get the "why you giving that bum money".It was 2 degrees out,the guy had no legs ,in a busted up wheel chair and i was pretty sure he would not make it thru another winter.As far as people go-who knows anymore.I think the phsycos running this planet have big plans for the future that do not include most of us.

Saw a braile menu at a fast food drive thru .