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Post by rickolney on Aug 18, 2008 9:43:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess we all are creatures of habit. I hadn't imagined Tennessee being that warm a place, but I've only flown over it a few times.
I had to laugh to myself after reading this thread earlier before you responded. We were up north yesterday for a family (reunion) gathering picnic sort of thing and stayed until 9pm. I guess the damp air gave me enough of a chill that I mentioned to those gathered around the picnic table that it was getting near time to go hunt down some new flannel for the coming winter. Heh, heh...
That and I need a new lined carhartt jacket with a hood. Sitting here waiting on the next Cabela's catalog.
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Post by Clipper on Aug 18, 2008 9:53:01 GMT -5
Tennessee gets quite hot and humid in the summer. It has been running anywhere from the mid eighties to the high nineties here all through July and August. We were using air conditioning in late May this year. It is not unusual to come out of a restaurant at 9 or 10 at night and find it still in the 80's.
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Post by rickolney on Aug 18, 2008 16:34:36 GMT -5
Tennessee gets quite hot and humid in the summer. It has been running anywhere from the mid eighties to the high nineties here all through July and August. We were using air conditioning in late May this year. It is not unusual to come out of a restaurant at 9 or 10 at night and find it still in the 80's. I can recall various late October's in upstate New York like that, Clipp. It has been awhile though since we've had that kind of weather. It really doesn't pay to hunt in that kind of heat...but there is a lot to be said about stretching back and relaxing on a warm fall day. |
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 18, 2008 16:57:47 GMT -5
Yes, I do use the stats, although I'll admit they have more interest value than useful value. It's nice to know if the water is high, therefore fast, to know what flies to tie and whether to tie them with a bit of weight. Also, if I see the water is high, I'll know the Esopus is turbid and therefore adjust what I tie accordingly. I'll also avoid certain spots if the water is high, because there won't be room for a backcast and it will be too deep far enough off shore for casting. But mostly I just go fishing and deal with it!  |
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Post by rickolney on Aug 19, 2008 9:24:13 GMT -5
I can see the value in knowing that info, Dave.
I have fly fished before with mostly wet flies. My granddad was a fly fisherman. I have a couple memories of him standing with waders on in the West Canada back when I was a little guy.
I got introduced into it by a guy that used to be a salesman for Red Star Express trucking back in the 1980s. He and I went out together on several day trips to fish together. I'm sure it started out as him 'courting' the freight business aspect of me ... but we soon became friends for a time. Reminds me, I should look him up.
I have a couple fish stories that nobody will believe, and as I didn't have my camera those couple of times nobody will believe me. lol
In fact, THAT was the impetus for me carrying a camera in the first place. Some of the Adirondack spots I've fished for years have changed. Taking pictures helps me to sometimes be able to see old favorite spots.
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