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Jonathan Cook
Dec 14, 2011, 2:20:14 PM12/14/11
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Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
essentially dead. Life has been very busy for us with lots of other
things besides fishing, but in 2009 I took some time to make my own
fishing pram which I call "Stubby". I finished it up in 2010, took it
out once for a test, and then didn't have time again for a while. In
October of this year we finally took a weekend up in the mountains
(Lake Roberts in the Gila) and brought Stubby along for its first
purposeful use.
It is SMALL but my wife and I fit just fine and I can stand in the
front and cast while she reads a book in the back. It fits in my long-
bed pickup with the gate up. On the URL below are three pictures, one
of the boat, the second is the FIRST fish ever caught from Stubby,
then finally a trout I caught and kept for dinner. Although this lake
just has stockers, fishing was tricky and I didn't figure out until
the second day that all the trout were down deep and would only hit
something VERY slow. Most boat fisherman were not catching hardly
anything. I think the oxygen levels were low, and the fish were
hunkered down; water temps were fine and a few bugs around, but the
trout were not getting active at all. Once I fished deep and slow with
smallish flies, trout came regularly.
http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/pics/stubby/
Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
Jon.
essentially dead. Life has been very busy for us with lots of other
things besides fishing, but in 2009 I took some time to make my own
fishing pram which I call "Stubby". I finished it up in 2010, took it
out once for a test, and then didn't have time again for a while. In
October of this year we finally took a weekend up in the mountains
(Lake Roberts in the Gila) and brought Stubby along for its first
purposeful use.
It is SMALL but my wife and I fit just fine and I can stand in the
front and cast while she reads a book in the back. It fits in my long-
bed pickup with the gate up. On the URL below are three pictures, one
of the boat, the second is the FIRST fish ever caught from Stubby,
then finally a trout I caught and kept for dinner. Although this lake
just has stockers, fishing was tricky and I didn't figure out until
the second day that all the trout were down deep and would only hit
something VERY slow. Most boat fisherman were not catching hardly
anything. I think the oxygen levels were low, and the fish were
hunkered down; water temps were fine and a few bugs around, but the
trout were not getting active at all. Once I fished deep and slow with
smallish flies, trout came regularly.
http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/pics/stubby/
Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
Jon.
D. LaCourse
Dec 14, 2011, 2:32:31 PM12/14/11
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Reid in that boat, even if it is on land!
Dave
Ken Fortenberry
Dec 14, 2011, 3:03:28 PM12/14/11
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Jonathan Cook wrote:
> Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
> essentially dead. ...
> Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
Confession is good for the soul and "essentially dead" is like
"almost a virgin", by which I mean "not possible".
> <snip>
> http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/pics/stubby/
>
> Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
Nice little pram and thanks for the pics. All the joy of the
>
> Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
season to you and yours.
You might join the 60 or so roffians on Facebook ROFF, it's not
the same, you might say roff has been ... changed, but it's a
little more 21st century than Usenet.
--
Ken Fortenberry
jeff
Dec 14, 2011, 7:47:00 PM12/14/11
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season's happiness to you and your'n, jon. thanks for the oxygen. roff
is kinda like that lake, and we're the trout, i reckon.
jeff in nc
is kinda like that lake, and we're the trout, i reckon.
jeff in nc
Chad
Dec 15, 2011, 12:09:26 AM12/15/11
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On Dec 14, 7:47 pm, jeff <jmiller...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> season's happiness to you and your'n, jon. thanks for the oxygen. roff
> is kinda like that lake, and we're the trout, i reckon.
>
> jeff in nc
>
> On 12/14/2011 2:20 PM, Jonathan Cook wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek ...
> season's happiness to you and your'n, jon. thanks for the oxygen. roff
> is kinda like that lake, and we're the trout, i reckon.
>
> jeff in nc
>
> On 12/14/2011 2:20 PM, Jonathan Cook wrote:
>
>
>
<Snipped>
> > Jon.
So is it that you are saying that we are deep and slow?
Hmmm? Yea, I'm ok with that.
Chad
Tim J.
Dec 15, 2011, 2:36:08 PM12/15/11
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Jonathan Cook typed:
<snip>
--
TL,
Tim
<snip>
>
> http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/pics/stubby/
>
> Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
Thanks, Jon. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
> http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/pics/stubby/
>
> Merry Christmas to all the ROFFers still out there,
--
TL,
Tim
Tim J.
Dec 15, 2011, 2:44:20 PM12/15/11
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Ken Fortenberry typed:
<snip>
"saccharine" and far too busy. It's too bad Usenet is fading away because I
think it really does serve its niche. I wonder how long Facebook will hold
its audience. Oh - wait! That was already answered:
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/27321/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th/
.
--
TL,
Tim
<snip>
>
> You might join the 60 or so roffians on Facebook ROFF, it's not
> the same, you might say roff has been ... changed, but it's a
> little more 21st century than Usenet.
I find Facebook to be a lot more work than Usenet, and just a bit too
> You might join the 60 or so roffians on Facebook ROFF, it's not
> the same, you might say roff has been ... changed, but it's a
> little more 21st century than Usenet.
"saccharine" and far too busy. It's too bad Usenet is fading away because I
think it really does serve its niche. I wonder how long Facebook will hold
its audience. Oh - wait! That was already answered:
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/27321/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th/
.
--
TL,
Tim
JT
Dec 15, 2011, 3:33:16 PM12/15/11
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"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
news:94b3dde1-9053-4ca8...@l29g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
>essentially dead. Life has been very busy for us with lots of other
>things besides fishing, but in 2009 I took some time to make my own
>fishing pram which I call "Stubby". I finished it up in 2010, took it
>out once for a test, and then didn't have time again for a while. In
>October of this year we finally took a weekend up in the mountains
>(Lake Roberts in the Gila) and brought Stubby along for its first
>purposeful use.
I remember when you posted pictures during the build.
Thanks for the TR and pictures.
Merry Christmas to you and yours,
JT
Giles
Dec 19, 2011, 4:16:30 PM12/19/11
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On Dec 14, 1:20 pm, Jonathan Cook <joncoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
> essentially dead...
> Hi all, I must confess I rarely peek in at ROFF anymore, I agree it is
Leading a non-existent reader to wonder what could possibly be more
pathetic than someone so bereft of dignity as to try to impress non-
readers of a defunct medium.
Or maybe one of us ain't real sure about what it means to be
dead.....or eternally clueless.
giles
who still believes that educating the general public is an idea worth
trying.
Jonathan Cook
Dec 23, 2011, 5:26:05 PM12/23/11
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Congratulations!
Jon.
Jon.
ScovilleUnit
Jan 2, 2012, 12:21:47 AM1/2/12
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Giles <g_go...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:4e3cedc3-2d9e-4f1b-92b0-
67c348...@q9g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
Reading your psycobabble would only drive them CrAzY!!!!
Green Teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
67c348...@q9g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
Green Teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Giles
Jan 11, 2012, 7:08:24 PM1/11/12
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On Dec 23 2011, 4:26 pm, Jonathan Cook <joncoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations!
>
> Jon.
Thanks.
I was just about THIS close to accepting an invitation to the awards
ceremony.....but then discovered that it was time to put the bread in
the oven.
giles
hey, a boy's gotta eat, ainna?
> Congratulations!
>
> Jon.
Thanks.
I was just about THIS close to accepting an invitation to the awards
ceremony.....but then discovered that it was time to put the bread in
the oven.
giles
hey, a boy's gotta eat, ainna?
Giles
Jan 11, 2012, 7:08:43 PM1/11/12
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On Jan 1, 11:21 pm, ScovilleUnit <GhostP...@fire.com> wrote:
> Giles <g_goat...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:4e3cedc3-2d9e-4f1b-92b0-
> 67c34896c...@q9g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
moron.
g.
> Giles <g_goat...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:4e3cedc3-2d9e-4f1b-92b0-
> 67c34896c...@q9g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
g.
Jason Brower
Jan 29, 2012, 1:27:29 PM1/29/12
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Nice fish.
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