ShadowNix

Thanks guys! Time to head to the library I see! Ahh 7 months until bliss! 'Nix

Hahhaha true true true Troutbum.... After I started fly fishing, my wife was glad I was spending less time playing stupid computer games....little did she know I was just trading one addiction for another...oh well Anyways, Kona, where are you home waters? Hawaii (the kona thing...that or you are a coffee addict and from Seattle ) 'Nix P.S. Ask lots of questions and join in the fun....

Hey Guys (and Gals), I am looking for a good book on fly fishing salmon... I have read (in parts) River Salmon Fishing, but I am looking for a book more focused on fly fishing salmon, their habits, flies, etc. Anyone know of any good reads? Just wondering... Oh and I am focusing on Pacific Salmon since I will be moving up that way Thanks! 'Nix

Welcome, Glad to hear about good FF'ing in the Midwest since I hail from there and plan to move back in a year. Have fun on the boards! 'Nix

Welcome, bud. I just started like 8 months ago and these guys have taught me a lot! Have fun... and tight lines! 'Nix

Good luck man! Prayers and thoughts of all of us are with ya! 'Nix

Philadelphia, PA here... born in Milwaukee, WI and raised in Green Bay (GO PACKERS!)... in 10 months I move to God knows where when I am done with medical training and have a REAL job 'Nix

Welcome and I hope you learn/teach us all a lot! Where in Ontario are ya? I am jealous... Pictures of those beautiful Canadian waters (and fish!!!) are always welcome. Although warning, if you include yourself and talk "smack" (a good thing around here!) you are liable to be in some photoshop wars... 'Nix

I just bought an Avaratec AMD Mobile version that runs very nicely for Word, Mail, Web surfing etc. If you want to do 3d games, etc.... not the machine for you. It weighs only 3 lbs, has a 2hr battery, DVD, 512k memory and 40GB harddrive, WiFi 801.11b/g, LAN, Modem all built in (no PC cards) for $900... I use it at work, in the lab, on the train, on my couch... Just my 2 cents...it does what I need...clocks around the same as a 1.4Ghz Mobile Pentium (Which clocks around 2Mhz for regular pentiums if I remember correctly...) Ciao. 'Nix

ROFLMAO!!! DORF LOL OH S#%* I Just dropped the laptop I was laughing so hard...dang.... 'Nix

Hey, Since you brought it up...how is the fly fishing in the east side of the state... I am considering a VERY nice job offer in Spokane, versus a decent offer in Grand Rapids, MI, and I was just wondering.... 'Nix

Great Idea... I hope I catch a worth fish or go someplace "perty"....heheheh. 'Nix

Nice to have ya aboard... How's the fishing in OR right now? 'Nix

Can you take rods on as carryon anymore?..just wondering... 'Nix

Bad new guys is, that I heard that this drought in the midwest, according to geological history, is likely to last about a decade... already in year 6 or 7 they said.... YUKKY! 'Nix

Hey kschu... That cube would be interesting...we could have a contest here... the best floating fly.... winner gets something... obviously would have to be a real fly (not just some CDC tied to a random hook). You could take pic's and post them. Just an idea. 'Nix

Hmmm sounds like time to do some reading... I actually do dries and nymph's cuz that is what I have learned in classes and from reading...seems I need to learn how to fish streamers.... a new reading project for the train...any suggestions? 'Nix

I prefer dries, but unless I see rises, I usually nymph...but MAN, when I find rises...I will dry fly all day long for a few fish... 'Nix

Lol, well put... Welcome! Naw, I will be a close neighbor but not on the lake... I will be on the river by a nice pool just under a quiet riffle (love sleeping to that sound) that leads to the big lake...catching trout in the afternoon and in the evening, the steelies that migrate from the lake (every day, 365 days a year...it's heaven after all....) . 'Nix

Nice to see some GOOD news in the papers once and awhile! Congrats, man.... reminds me why I MUST move back to the midwest...all you wholesome folks and good schools! Keep up the good work parenting...BRAG on DADDY'O! 'Nix

Hehehe one quick thought... Although salmon and deer season are approx. the same time, which would you rather bust...the guy carrying a loaded 30-06 or with an 8wt fly rod? heheheh Maybe we see more of them than the deerhunters do... so call ourselves the "priviliged" sport 'Nix

Glad to hear he is doing fine and best wishes... I take care of quite a few children post-tonsillectomy (and usually, adenoidectomy) and here are a few points/thoughts from me : As to the clear liquid vs. ice cream thing... a bit on that: Ice cream melts and hits the stomach as a full liquid (not clear because you can't see thru it). There are really 2 reasons for the liquid diet: A. Anything hard can scratch the newly formed scar (or eschar) and cause subsequent rupture and hemorrhage. B. Post anesthesia, an ileus (stoppage of small intestine) can result and starting liquids are easier to digest/pass thru the gastrointestinal tract. Usually, liquids are also less FATTY, since fat can have a long transit time in the stomach and small intestine. Also, the operation is still performed for 2 major reasons: A. Recurrent infection - usually Streptococcus (oh, and ice cream usually comes from a pasturized process, so bacteria are VERY unlikely) B. Obstructive sleep apnea - this is where the tonsils actually occlude the pharynx so much that the movement of air in the trachea is occluded and causes partial arousal of the child to reopen his/her airway and breathe. Oh as for the milk, yeah it causes mucous, which causes COUGHING which can then tear the eschar and cause bleeding...mucous itself is ok, just not the coughing. Ciao! 'Nix Just my 2 cents...

Yes, OSD, you are correct...gas prices (when I lived in Vienna few years ago) were 1.90 per Liter...you got it 1.90 per 1/4 (approx) of a gallon... OUCHIE. So, while it hurts...maybe that takes the pain away a bit! Brian

Hey Gregor, I am a physician in pediatric critical care.... last year of my fellowship and then I move back to the Midwest Rare pictures of me at work... (privacy issues and all with patients). But here is a picture of me during residency...about 5 years ago, when I worked in Chicago.... 'Nix P.S. Here comes the flamin'

Heheheh WELCOME, mate! I can't wait to hear fish stories from across the pond! One day (ok, in like 20 years) I will fish in New Zealand and Australia (while the wife is in the spa or shopping)... 'Nix P.S. I know NOTHING about fish over there or the flies they use...educate us!