Larry Jaques wrote:

On 12 May 2004 05:00:09 -0700, (Conan The Librarian)
brought forth from the murky depths:

As in "black sheep"?

Bingo, after only HOW MANY tries?

OK, so I'm not always the sharpest knife in the drawer. :-)

You really should see a doctor about that vertigo of yours, Lar.


Vertigo, hell. That's pineygo, plain and simple, son.

Vertigo, pineygo, whatever. I've never seen someone with such a
prejudice against a particular wood. (Well, except for O'Deener and
zebrawood, but that's another story.) Pine has a long and noble history
in furniture-making and building.

Oustanding pics, thanks. A couple of observations: That
fisherperson isn't just crazy, he's totally insane. Then again, when
we were in Moontana last year I saw some guys wading faster water than

I didn't see any backup, either. (Y'know, a guy with an Marlin
rig and a line to the back of the fisherman.)

From the looks of the current, I doubt that would help much. :-o

You mentioned a
hatchery; I would have expected that to be a mostly wild fishery
there. Do they just grow rainbows or brown trout to supplement the
natives?

Mostly steelhead and salmon but trout are included in the 85 species.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/...cheryFacts.pdf
Amazing, wot?

Interesting. So they raise and plant fish to benefit commercial
fisheries as well as sportfishing? I'd be curious to see what sorts of
policies they have on harvesting these fish. Catch and release doesn't
really seem to jive with commercial harvesting.

So I'm starting to see why you moved up into the rainforest. If
you can keep the moss from growing on you I guess it's a nice place to
live.

I'm south of the rainforest. We average just 32"/yr here in the Rogue
Valley, while the coast gets 100"+. Washington's Olympia rainforest
gets 140"+. And for the most part, our rainfall here is light when it
does hit, with sunshine for part of the day (before or afterward.)

Ah, so you don't need gills to live there?

Neener: you don't have a redwood tree in your back yard like I do.

Er, no ... that I don't. Just a couple of giant oaks.


Chuck Vance