JC:
It will have to be Purebs, he will be the only one with a computer.
We will be thinking of you all, we will be fishing with ghost and spirits.
Harold
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JC:
It will have to be Purebs, he will be the only one with a computer.
We will be thinking of you all, we will be fishing with ghost and spirits.
Harold
Ok, I'll start tonight. I'm here with Flatsdude, islandfly, and Duncan drinking pirate juice and telling lies! Might be a little hung over in the morning, but we will be there!
Bill
Well it's Friday mournig and I geuss some of you are eating breakfast, some are on the way, some are still packing, and some are wishing they could go... " I can smell and taste the salt water in the air, feel the warm breeze wispering past...
There..."G"
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Grubb
Hold down the fort, we are leaving now to go meet the gang. I'll throw a line for you and everyone else that cannot attend.
I promise to have as much fun as I can for everyone. Since I do not drink I will be shooting the pictures of those that do.
They might be for sale when I return.
Have a great weekend and I'll "see" you on Monday.
Harold
Ok, Day one. We met for breakfast, somewhere between 20 and 25 showed up! Great turn out! 3 or four more showing up tomorrow. Had a chance to get to know each other a little and headed out to fish. Unfortunately mother nature didn't want to cooperate and the wind was pretty stiff. We didn't do so well in the fish catching so moved to the beach house for some food and beer( waitress / flatsdude stories to follow). Later a few of us went to my house for some tying instruction from the flatsdude and more beer and rum flowed. I think we all had a pretty good time though just meeting each other and tomorrow we will go to a different place that is more sheltered in case the wind is howling again. Wish us luck!
Bill
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DITTO!!! Catch'em all... I really hope ya'll have a great fish-in!!!
PS; Thanks for posting purebs...
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Just a partial report tonight. We all split up today, with most going over to Tampa Bay to escape the wind. Four or five went out in kayaks and the rest waded. I was with Flatsdude and Les and I'm happy to report the Dude caught a beautiful 25" trout that gave him a good fight and Duncan caught a couple today as well! I haven't heard from the others as I had to quit early to start cooking food for tomorrow. I hope all did well.
More fishing in the AM then party time!
Bill
I'm having a ball!
Oh, and just to give an example of the fantastic people from FAOL who show up at these things. Among all the fine people who are here we have a gentleman named Gil who was kind enough to bring a canoe and two kayaks for anyone who wanted to try it. if that wasn't enough, I didn't realize till today that Gil recently had some surgery and can't paddle or fish! He brought the boats strictly for others enjoyment! That is above and beyond the call of duty! My respect for the FAOL family grows!
Bill
Just got in from Dunedin after a splendic fish-in. PureBS did a superb job of organizing and running this gathering.
It was tremendous fun putting new faces to familiar names. The locale was as beautiful as advertised.
I'm tired, aching from the sand slog and the mud march, and ready for the next event.
BTW, shuttle launch scheduled May 15th, FlatsDude. Might be a good time for an east coast gathering.
Thanks to one and all who traveled, contributed, and made this a great trip.
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Stev Lenon, 91B20'68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder
Just got back from the Fish-in. As they say in Australia "Good on You Tampa Pirates" Did not catch many fish but met great people and got sunshine (a little color), and due to "Florida Ski Bum's" generosity 4 wonderful hours paddling a Kayak in beautiful Tampa Bay.
Thanks to all and to this great web site with all the good people on it.
Tight lines