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Decided against saying what I said on line so I edited this out

Wes - our deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family. It sounds as though Ben had a full life and that you shared some very enjoyable and important quality time together doing something you both loved. Your post is an inspiration to the rest of us to make the most of our time together with our loved ones and friends....Thanks for sharing the pics they are real good reminders of what is really important in life. Les

In this case the effective part of voting him out of office is to send a message to him and his cronies that if you let power go to your head and you implement things against the will of the people and trample on their individual rights you will pay the price. This should extend to all lawmakers that voted for the SAFE Act. It is the only message corrupt incompetent officials understand and it may make the next in lines a little more reluctant to follow suit.

I'm switching over my coppers to 32 next season. The 45 is a bit "clunky" in my view and you can get more of the 32 on a reel. Most of my use of coppers is on the Finger Lakes so I think the 32 is more practical there and although the 45 braided may resist kinking a bit better I am very used to using thinner copper so I shouldn't have problems with it. I use clip or slide weights to get extra depth anyway when I desire it.

Amen.

Great going! A lot of guys have fished for years without catching one of those big boys. You may have people following you around if you tell them you're going camping again

It is one thing to be a good fisherman but quite another to couple it with being a masterful artist....once again Paul your creations are world class!

A kind of funny story goes along with the elk pics. A big bull elk (second pic) was watching over his "ladies" and younger elk and about 25 yds away there were two young males jousting with their racks intertwined....so like most young guys trying to impress the ladies they wandered a bit closer to the "ladies"....the big bull elk took one look and herded his females together and then started after the young males bellowing loudly. The males actually had a real scared look on their faces and one actually took a crap and they took off running at full speed....sort of as if they had encountered the ladies "weight lifter" dad. It was funny as hell to watch

You're very welcome....just to give folks an idea of what things look like out there if you haven't had a chance yet.....(unreal stuff)

Just returned from drive out west to the west coast and got some pics of elk and prong horns in Colorado along the way so for those folks who haven't seen them before....

Thanks Justin….I wish I had brought a rod but probably wouldn't have had time. Kind of funny though today I was at the big dam at Grand Teton National park and I noticed a couple guys get out of their truck with rods and immediately go downstream and when I walked across the road I noticed a sign saying that it was NO FISHING in the Park after October 1st but those guys were long gone to warn and then when we were back on the road I saw a ranger heading for the dam Heading for Bryce Canyon Utah tomorrow AM for 2 days then on to Sedona Arizona for a couple more….it is incredible out here. I've flown over it before but never did it by car…unreal! Looks as though ALL the trout are stocked around here though. Good luck fishing guys….

Congrats to Brian, Mike and Jason - Seems kinda strange looking at this posting....I'm sitting here at the Teton Village hotel (near Jackson Hole) at the foot of the Teton mountains in Wyoming after putting about 2500 miles on the car in the last few days and spending time in Indianapolis, Lincoln Nebraska, Denver, Boulder Colorado... and although this place is incredibly stunning....I'm still missing fishing....watched some guys landing a pretty good trout (couldn't tell what kind) today on the way (fly fishermen) on one of the rivers and I felt like...where the hell is my rod . Oh well, have to wait until I return from LA in a week or so. Hopefully the fishing on both Canandaigua and Seneca will be better by then. Those great lakes lures work great too Breadman....you'll be glad if you get them. Best luck to you guys. Les P.S. You bow hunters would have a field day here...the elk are all over the place and prong horns too....no big horn sheep yet but tomorrow probably