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Are "Dennis 2" and "The Other Dennis" one or two persons?

Why the DEC is having so much trouble this year keeping the water temperature under 75 at Lordville? They have run surges seven times this year, and three of them failed to keep the temperature below 75. They did much better in years past.

If all country western music lovers are bass fishermen? Why? There have been three phases in my music listening life, old time rock and roll, Harry Chapin, and Country Western. We are two deep in the old time rock and roll department with Ed Smith and Jim Dygert, Keith is well versed in Harry Chapin, but no one has commented on a single country western song used in page titles since I first started the reports. We pay our employees top dollar for their work. Surely there's a buckle bunny or a rodeo roper out there somewhere who owns a fly rod and a pair of waders instead of a boat with a 250 Yamaha attached to the back end, that could fill the position. (Send all resume's to Dave at the Troutfitter).

The fishing - Been gone for three days and the changes are "gabber flasting". The summer sulfurs are doing their part. The hatch is spectacular both mid-day and evening. The fish have, in less than two weeks, gone from eating anything yellow that is floating down the river, to eating nothing but emergers. Where the hatch is well established, there is nary a fish nose to be seen or a glup to be heard. Boils a plenty, but dry fly offerings are simply ignored. Fished two hours in one of the best hatches I've seen in years, tipped my hat to the fish, and went upstream where the fish are still waiting for the hatch and looking for something to eat. Even my flies looked good to them. If you want to see sulfurs and fish eating their nymphs sub surface, go where the bugs are. If you want a chance to catch a fish or two, best bet is to get ahead of the hatch.  


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