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C'mon dudes... let's hear some more.

He was strangled! Dam shame! R.I.P.

The Old Man Autumn leaves swirled in the eddy by the little falls. Dappled shadows of the afternoon sun through the trees, flickered & danced with the breeze. He always came to the river, to clear his mind. The salmon were in, their dark forms streaked across the rocky floor of the shallow pool. After all the years, he still got a kick from fishing. It was his greatest passion in life. Reaching into the satchel he had brought, the old man snapped-open the little plastic box that stored his collection of home-made flies. Today, the clear flow of the water called for a dark pattern to tempt the fish with. Puffing on his smoke, he plucked a small black & chartreuse "woolly bugger" out of the menagerie & reached for the line hanging from his fly rod, to tie it on. As he quietly picked his way over the shoreline rubble to position himself to cast, he thought he saw a flash in the water below. There, where the red willow bush hung over the surface, he caught another glimpse of the fish..and Lord, what a fish it was! 38 years of raking this stream, yet he had never before seen a fish of such magnitude. He could usually guess a fishes weight just by looking at it, but this one boggled the calculator in his head. His nerves began to tremble as adrenalin coursed through his veins. Mother Nature must be playing a trick on me, he thought. Suddenly, the big Chinook leapt clear out of the sparkling pulse & hung in mid-air momentarily, just long enough to show it's glistening mass. God Almighty, it had to go 80 pounds or better! As the old man's jaw hung slack, his heart raced so hard with anticipation, he feared he was having another "attack". Now, collecting his senses back together, he raised the graphite rod to begin his cast... The sound of an electronic "beeping" was the first thing he heard. The muddy outline of the nurse leaning over his face added a surreal dimension to the fuss going on about him. A terrific weight pressed down on his chest, while another pain seemed to push-back against the invisible force that overtook his entire body. "What the hell is happening to me", he writhed with the awful sensations that were crushing upon him. Suddenly, he felt his life-energy leaving his body & rushing into oblivion. As the room grew darker & the surroundings became distant, he faintly heard the sound of thousands of children singing from far away. A single spot of white light raced towards him, ever expanding with its approach. Helpless & immobilized, he floated in a warp of time & space, beyond anything he had ever imagined before. This is not a dream, yet somehow, he felt no fear. As if entering some crystalline palace, the light energy enveloped him & took away his pain. Gently & unobtrusively, a woman with long flowing red hair appeared before him, though her facial features were indistinguishable. Words were neither spoken, nor heard yet, somehow, the message was conveyed.."you are loved and everything will be ok". Then as if someone was working a remote control, like with a television set, the channel was "flicked" & he felt the warmth return to his body, as he awoke again in the hospital bed. "Dear God", the nurse wept, "we lost you!" The tired old man looked up into her tear-swollen eyes & smiled. "Lady", he mused, "If you only knew the half of what I saw..thank you for staying with me. I can't wait 'til I can get out of here and..go fishin' ". A story by Dan Reid

About 20 years ago on a summer night..I was casting a Daredevil by the light of the moon on Mitchell Lake. I get a heavy thump on my line & after a short battle I hoisted a 5.5 pound Walleye(Yellow Pickerel in Ontario lingo!) onto shore. I hiked back to the car to look it over & damn if there wasn't a big tail-fin sticking out of it's mouth! I grabbed the pliers & pulled a "Common Sucker" fish out of its yap that was over a pound & only half-digested. That fish couldn't have possibly eaten anything else, but still smacked my spoon! Greedy fool!

On the other hand..U can give up the donuts & keep the boat.. just sayin'

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Bingo!

Are U kiddin? I married one! Here's a pic of her brother..

Far out.. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F9C515BE8F91575E

My condolences to you and your family .

15 + about 25 knives, 6 guitars..

Don't skimp on the motor..

http://www.ehow.com/how_4450467_make-canoe-motor-mount.html

Mukahiya!

Largemouth mostly..Balsam for 'eyes.

Shakespeare rods in IM7 are OK.

Most Leafs fans look like that every year too!

Get a Class "A" Drivers License..

Try a Jointed Jitterbug in frog colour.

Wow! Truly "Specktacular!!". U lucky devil.

Go Pens Go!

Go PENGUINS Go!!!

Mon Dieu!!

Awesome brother! U sure are livin' the Good Life!! Cheers, Dan'l

Sho 'nuff..Lol..the neighbors are great though!