I was supposed to be fishing up on a Georgian Bay trib this past Monday -- friend of mine wanted to head back up there and try to hook some steelies we missed last week -- weather report sounded OK (only calling for snow flurries in morning and light rain in the afternoon but temperatures were warmer so unlikely the guides would freeze up so readily) -- arrangements made last minute and left open-ended as to what weather might be -- but my friend is crazier than I am when it comes to fishing -- he's a roadie with a rock band -- but lives to fly fish -- tries to get out as much as he can while on the road with band; relieves the "stress" from the rock and roll lifestyle -- has fished throughout USA and all over Canada -- his recent tour through Ontario included stopover in Toronto -- the previous week (on a Monday) he went up to a trout club for a few hours of fly fishing (a return trip from the week before when I went along) -- just so he could get a rod in his hands for a bit of trout fishing -- then Tuesday he "dragged" me up to Meaford with him (OK OK he didn't exactly "drag" me "screaming and kicking" out fishing) -- we fished through the day with snow flurries and occasional sun -- hooked onto a couple steelies -- then he drove back to north of Toronto where I live -- and after dropping me off at home, he drove hours to Bowmanville so he could fish a Lake Ontario trib before having to be in downtown Toronto (another hour or more) for a gig at the Horseshoe (he made the decision to go to Bowmanville after asking my opinion on where "close" to Toronto could he fish?!?!?) -- the next day the band headed off to Ottawa for a gig Friday -- he stayed over in Bowmanville Wednesday night fished all day Thursday and drove to Ottawa (five to six hours away) Friday -- on Wednesday he'd seen some nice fish in the Lake Ontario trib but couldn't get one on (threw everything but the kitchen sink at them) -- Thursday he was luckier as he hooked and landed a 30+ inch steelie (guess he finally got his "revenge") -- after playing in Ottawa the weekend the band had another gig in the Greater Toronto Area -- my friend drove back to Bowmanville Sunday and hooked a nice fish that afternoon -- so late last Sunday night he calls me up (knowing I rarely refuse an "excuse" to go fishing) and we made plans to get back up to Meaford on Monday -- any way, I get all my gear sorted out and wait for his call this morning -- in fact all my stuff is at the door ready to go -- no call, but I figure he's on his way -- time passes and just before 11 am. my buddy calls -- I figure he might have slept in (tiring business being on the road with a rock band) -- turns out he had got up really early for one last go at hooking into some more fish in the Lake Ontario trib -- and he had got onto some really nice fish -- any way, he apologizes for not picking me up -- must admit he did try to say he'd slept in at first until he realized he was calling me from the river and I might be able to hear the distinct sound of water -- then he admitted he'd gone out to try his luck one more time and had "lost" himself in a moment of great fishing -- he added "I hope you understand I'm sorry -- but I think I'll stay down here though -- the fishing is great!!!!" -- funny thing is I do understand (and probably would have done the same thing) -- just wish I could join him -- part of the beauty of being without a vehicle these days is having to "rely" on others -- still I really don't "blame" him for leaving me "high and dry" -- I mean the fish are on

Tight lines,
Mike

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[QUOTE=mike ormsby;319257]up so readily) ---- but my friend is crazier than I am

I dont think thats possible

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Mike, I think this is what you've been looking for.

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/fishingfo...10&room-id=282

This is how they describe this forum


and I have it on good authority they're just about to start up a literary section.

Your talent is obviously wasted around these parts Mike so I think you should let the Go Fishing boys have it with both barrels.

Very funny -- really like the song lyrics and "Little Johnny" threads -- the website seems to be for carp fishing -- did you know we have the Carpfather in Canada and he's a fly fisher too -- a transplanted Scot by the name of Ian Colin James -- now he is funny -- wrote a great book called Fumbling with a Fly Rod -- check it out

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Brilliant! Well done!

We've lost a lot of the quotation marks. Next job is to lose the morse code (Why do you only use the letter 'M'?) and put in a few full stops and capital letters. Add a few words at the start of a sentence, so they scan better and some paragraphs and it will be much improved. Get those points sorted and we can down to the serious business of ripping the pi$$ out of the content.

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Be still my beating heart. You're too kind.

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Don't get too carried away Mike - you're still falling well short on the expected level of mawkish sentimentality and there's no mention at all of excessive numbers of kin or regular health scares

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