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Index of Subjects --001a1144d1ba457f70054dfe7ee8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks for this! Some lovely escapist reading for us cubicle dwellers. *Dave in Dartmouth* David Simpson (902) 580 8007 david.sonsimp@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:33 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca < rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi All > Yesterday was a good day for a Keji trip. > And I was lucky the road to the Eel Weir is open. > The water at the Eel Weir is at a nice level. Not too > high but wade able. My legs need a few wading times > to get used to the stress of it all. The water would be cold > to fall into! > The trout have survived last summers dry weather very well. > The numbers seem about as usual - a personnel observation with > no basis in scientific fact! And the condition of the trout seems good. > An old fellow - near as old as I am - showed me the two trout 22 cm > trout that he had and said "Those with a pound of bacon will make a > good breakfast!". > There was a decent hatch of stoneflies but no birds hawking them. One > of natures ways of preserving the stone flies. Soon the birds will be > hawking > every one that flies and the late hatching ones will be lost to the gene > pool. > There looked to be about 4 different species - based on size. A real sort > of food for a lot of creatures. > A loon came down to see me as I fished. Came so close I could have > touched it with the fly. They have a habit of making eye contract with me > - as > much as to ask "Hows fishing?" An eagle was high over head - could see > a lot from where it was! > A great day - Enjoy the spring. > Paul > > > --001a1144d1ba457f70054dfe7ee8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks for this! Some lovely escapist reading for us cubic= le dwellers.<div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div class=3D"gmail_si= gnature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">= <div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-size:small"><i style=3D"color:rgb(255,0= ,0);font-size:large">Dave in Dartmouth</i></div><div style=3D"font-size:sma= ll"><i style=3D"color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:large"><br></i></div><div><div= ><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">David Simpson</fo= nt></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">(902) 580 8007= </font></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2"><a href=3D"mailto:davi= d.sonsimp@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">david.sonsimp@gmail.com</a></font></= div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ></div></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:33 AM, <a href=3D= "mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a> <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"= >rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Hi All</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Yesterday was a good day for a Keji trip.= <br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">And I was lucky the road to the Eel Weir = is open.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">The water at the Eel Weir is at a nice le= vel. Not too<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">high but wade able. My legs need a few wa= ding times<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">to get used to the stress of it all. The = water would be cold<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">to fall into!<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">The trout have survived last summers dry = weather very well.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">The numbers seem about as usual - a perso= nnel observation with<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">no basis in scientific fact!=C2=A0 And th= e condition of the trout seems good.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">An old fellow - near as old as I am - sho= wed me the two trout 22 cm<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">trout that he had and said "Those wi= th a pound of bacon will make a <br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">good breakfast!".<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">There was a decent hatch of stoneflies bu= t no birds hawking them. One<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">of natures ways of preserving the stone f= lies. Soon the birds will be hawking<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">every one that flies and the late hatchin= g ones will be lost to the gene pool.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">There looked to be about 4 different spec= ies - based on size. A real sort<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">of food for a lot of creatures.<br></span= > </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">A loon came down to see me as I fished. C= ame so close I could have<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">touched it with the fly. They have a habi= t of making eye contract with me - as <br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">much as to ask "Hows fishing?" = An eagle was high over head - could see<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">a lot from where it was!<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">A great day - Enjoy the spring.<span clas= s=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br></font></span></span><span class= =3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> </font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Paul<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0</span> </div> =20 </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div> --001a1144d1ba457f70054dfe7ee8--
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