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Yeah! You do not want to get bit by that guy. it will make you very sick. and hurts like a !!!!!!!!!
Water Beetle:
[url "http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbygott/5530670258/"]Lethocerus medius[/url] by [url "http://www.flickr.com/people/davidbygott/"]kibuyu[/url]
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[#484848]It looks like a giant water bug aka Indian Toe Biter or Belostomatidae. [/#484848]
[#484848]They eat these things in some cultures.[/#484848]
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Nice Tiger Troy, I bet that was fun, how long was it?
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Good to see you getting out. That is a nice fish!
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Was wondering what happened to you !! What kind of surgery did you have ?? I have always been jealous of your Lunch break fishing trips. I especially enjoyed all the small streams you were fishing. Glad you are back, what did you do with your twin ??
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[quote Therapist]Was wondering what happened to you !! What kind of surgery did you have ?? I have always been jealous of your Lunch break fishing trips. I especially enjoyed all the small streams you were fishing. Glad you are back, what did you do with your twin ??[/quote]
One year before the sugery I blew both my ECU tendons in my hands while in martial arts after trying out a new punch.
My left wrist had a small tear still in the ECU tendon, ganglion cysts along the tendon sheath, and calcification of the joint space. My right wrist had ganglion cysts and calcification of the joint space. The calcification and cysts were formed due to long term inflamation.
They told me the recovery would be 6 to 8 weeks. In reality it is actually a 9 month or more recovery. My left still hurts a bit but by July I should be good to do anything, if not I have to go back and get cut again. It sure felt good to fight a fish again though.
There will be plenty of small stream reports as those fish will be easier for me to pull in.[:p] That and dunking worms and trolling sound easier than fly fishing all day too.
BTW - EvilTyeDye was there, he was the photographer.[cool]
P.S. Thanks, that reminds me I need to get a collapseable pole for my work truck so I can sneak a lunch cast or two!
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I had a ganglion cyst on my left wrist that they had to remove before I left on my LDS mission. Apparently the surgery isn't a huge deal, but I'm with you--it was lots of months before I could do anything load-bearing with that wrist without some scary pain.
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[quote BHuij]I had a ganglion cyst on my left wrist that they had to remove before I left on my LDS mission. Apparently the surgery isn't a huge deal, but I'm with you--it was lots of months before I could do anything load-bearing with that wrist without some scary pain.[/quote]
Was your operation "arthroscopic" or "open hand"?
My left was unfortunately open hand surgery because of the still torn ECU tendon, but my right was arthroscopic and has recovered much quicker than my left. Strange as the left wrist was done 1st and was done 3 weeks before the right wrist.
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Welcome back! Nice looking tiger! I need to get out and explore the mountains.. Im always forgetting the tape or someone takes it and forgets to put it back and i dont find out til it comes time to use it. thing takes up too much room and i swear they are bad luck.
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Glad to see you fishing again. Nice tiger.
(The ground in your beetle pic is kinda neat.)
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Well done mate. Cant imagine not being able to have a flick for that long. Would have been very satisfying to land a few.
Look fwd to reading more of your exploits.
I may be back over for a week or two in July/August and hope to get out of the office for a shot at a couple myself.
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Nice fish and on the fly rod! Welcome back glad to hear your doing well.
[quote FishSlayerJT] Im always forgetting the tape or someone takes it and forgets to put it back and i dont find out til it comes time to use it.[/quote]
that's not me is it? [bobhappy]
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yeah im talking about you
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