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Matuka

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  1. 42 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Flyfishing is a bit of a different animal, but I assume there are some “fish clubs” etc where fly fishing reigns supreme?  

    Absolutely.  Great way to get beginners introduced in the sport (especially if you don't have a relative or friend that's into it) and provide some instruction.   And there is certainly some that use clubs for the social element.  

  2. 5 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    It is.  One of the best things about it is 2-5 days of practice with your friends immediately before you actually compete, which is also fun. It all depends on how you look at it.  If you like to put a bell on the rod tip and take a nap, and that’s your kink, then it probably won’t be for you.  But it is fun, not sure about relaxing, and it’s a good time.  It’s typically preceded and followed with some great relaxation. 

    I flyfish.  It's alot more interactive than putting a bell on a rod tip (I know you aren't accusing me of that).  Casting a fly can be a lot like a golf swing in that sometimes I'll make a horrible cast, drop an f-bomb but immediately keep casting (until I lose a fly, which is a lot of downtime).  Time does fly (no pun) when you are constantly casting, stripping line in and hopefully fighting a fish or two.  Being out on a river or bay and enjoying nature is very therapeutic for me, and I'll treasure the trips that I had with my father, brother and friends forever.  But flyfishing is not for everyone, and for that I'm thankful. 

    Damn, wish I was out on a river now.

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  3. Just now, The Royal We said:

    I don't get this one.  Maybe I just skipped class too much, but I don't think I ever had a single professor at UT bring up politics during class.  I do remember the speaker at my commencement address talking about the foolishness of the war in Iraq, but that's it. 

    Had a freshman English teacher assign an in-class essay.  One of the topic choices was capital punishment.  18 year old Matuka was way more conservative back then and I was discussing what to write with a classmate.  He had just got back to his desk after discussing with teacher.  She said that if he wrote a pro-capital punishment essay, she would fail him. 

    I chose another topic. 

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  4. charges filed...

    https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/34783425/prosecutor-fisherman-caught-cheating-tournament-charged

    CLEVELAND -- Two anglers accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament were indicted Wednesday on charges of attempted grand theft and other counts.

    Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were indicted in Cleveland on felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor charges of unlawfully owning wild animals. They're due to be arraigned Oct. 26.

    Neither man immediately responded to voicemails seeking comment.

    The cheating allegations surfaced Sept. 30 when Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director Jason Fischer became suspicious because Runyan and Cominsky's fish were significantly heavier than walleye of that length typically are. A crowd of people at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched Fischer cut the walleye open and announce that there were weights and walleye filets stuffed inside.  An officer from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confiscated the fish as evidence.

    Fischer also did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

    Runyan and Cominsky would have received $28,760 in prizes for winning the tournament.

    According to search warrant affidavits, the five walleye contained a total of eight 12-ounce (.34 kilogram) lead weights and two 8-ounce (.23 kilogram) weights, as well as the fish fillets. Officers from ODNR, the Hermitage Police Department and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission seized a boat, trailer and fishing gear belonging to Cominsky on Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The anglers had used the boat during last month's tournament, the affidavits said.

    One of the affidavits disclosed that Runyan and Cominsky were investigated by Rossford police in northwest Ohio in April after being accused of cheating in a different walleye tournament. According to a Rossford police report, an assistant Wood County prosecutor concluded that although the men might have cheated, there was not enough evidence to charge them.

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  5. 4 hours ago, midtown said:

    I'm off.  At SFO now.   Next stop Tokyo then down to Ha Noi.  Some dumb ass lady was trying to check into her flight to S. Korean in SAT.  Did not get a visa.  Oh boy.  She aint going anywhere for a few weeks.  I left to catch my flight before the fireworks started. 

    Please give any restaurant recommendations at Narita Int Airport.  I'll be spending about 3 hours there connecting from DFW to Ha Noi in January.

  6. 3 hours ago, midtown said:

    I'm off.  At SFO now.   Next stop Tokyo then down to Ha Noi.  Some dumb ass lady was trying to check into her flight to S. Korean in SAT.  Did not get a visa.  Oh boy.  She aint going anywhere for a few weeks.  I left to catch my flight before the fireworks started. 

    send pics!

  7. 1 hour ago, NOMAAA said:

    Appleton strip club talk is great. 

    Didn't hear the segment, but I went to a strip club once in Milwaukee years ago.  I was on business and went with some locals.  Wasn't my idea.  They were the skankiest strippers I'd ever seen (ok, maybe the Limbo Lounge in Wichita Falls).  Supposedly, the law was that they had to wear pasties on their underwhelming tits.  They'd just walk up to a patron and ask for a tip, no gyration, no nuthin'.  So, I made the mistake of saying "Well in Texas, dancers do a little bit more for their tips."  She promptly screamed at me "Well we're not in fucking Texas!"

    I gave her a dollar and left soon thereafter.

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