07-15-2006, 10:50 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Thanks Z. The pink glow was mostly due to smoke in the air from a fire in California and a couple in Utah. It has made for a couple of "Arizona-like" sunsets recently too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That guy in the red boat was either very friendly or had little sense of sportsmanship or boat handling. He fishes out there just about every day, but has never come so close as he did yesterday. There were a couple of times he came by that I could have almost reached out and touched his boat with my rod. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lucky for him I have mellowed somewhat in my old age. I am also probably more sensitive to "seniors" and less prone to download on them for their transgressions. He was trolling very slowly, with his lines almost straight down below his boat. Unlike the guys who troll over a hundred feet back for wipers he posed little threat of snagging either me or my lines, and was not creating either a noise or a nuisance.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had he been one of the plethora of younger and more blatant boaters who delight in harassing tubers and tooners, he would have likely been the recipient of some scathing comment, such as "Whassamatta...you running out of lake to fish in?". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Don't know why, but boaters often feel that having the larger craft gives them the right to crowd out anyone in a lesser ride. I have lost count of the times boats have all but trolled right over top of me, or have gone between me and the shoreline where I was obviously casting and fishing. One of my ploys these days is to bring out my camera and take a picture, as I did with the old guy. When the boater asks why I am taking their picture, I reply "It's for my collection of (BLEEP) pictures. In fact, I think I will make you the (BLEEP) of the month."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hey, Uncle Z, any fishing in the near future for you?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That guy in the red boat was either very friendly or had little sense of sportsmanship or boat handling. He fishes out there just about every day, but has never come so close as he did yesterday. There were a couple of times he came by that I could have almost reached out and touched his boat with my rod. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lucky for him I have mellowed somewhat in my old age. I am also probably more sensitive to "seniors" and less prone to download on them for their transgressions. He was trolling very slowly, with his lines almost straight down below his boat. Unlike the guys who troll over a hundred feet back for wipers he posed little threat of snagging either me or my lines, and was not creating either a noise or a nuisance.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had he been one of the plethora of younger and more blatant boaters who delight in harassing tubers and tooners, he would have likely been the recipient of some scathing comment, such as "Whassamatta...you running out of lake to fish in?". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Don't know why, but boaters often feel that having the larger craft gives them the right to crowd out anyone in a lesser ride. I have lost count of the times boats have all but trolled right over top of me, or have gone between me and the shoreline where I was obviously casting and fishing. One of my ploys these days is to bring out my camera and take a picture, as I did with the old guy. When the boater asks why I am taking their picture, I reply "It's for my collection of (BLEEP) pictures. In fact, I think I will make you the (BLEEP) of the month."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hey, Uncle Z, any fishing in the near future for you?[/#0000ff]
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