As we approach Memorial Day, I would like to take this opporunity to thank the veterans - our mothers/fathers, husbands/wives & sons/daughters - for their service and sacrifice. Please take a moment to thank them and remember them in your own way. As for me, I will hoist a cold one to remember their service. My sincere thanks to you all.

Amen, bro. Well put. It's good to remember what this holiday is all about. I will also hoist a cold one and salute the vets that have helped make this country what it is. Peace

[ 05-25-2001: Message edited by: Kid Sauk ]

Micro Brew, first as a Navy Vet I would like to say thank you for that. Second I would like to say you are a good guy. And I would share any lake with you. I dont drink so have another for me. :p

As the daughter of a Naval War Vet, I'd like to thank ya, too Micro. And anyone else that truly realizes what this holiday really means & doesn't just think of it as just another free day off from work.
Wednesday (the real Memorial Day) our family is starting a new tradition of planting a tree in honor of the men & women who protected our freedom.

Young Trout Master,

I don't think you were in my Navy... probably because I was in the landlubber Navy and spent time on a couple of islands for extended periods of time with no women, lots of alcohol and jillions of stinking gooney birds.

What I will do on Memorial Day is tie a small flag on the tip of my rod and hopefully lots of fish will wave the flag.

irreverently yours,

the zen wasn't with me

I was in the Navy from 1977 to 1981. I was a snipe. Do you know what that is? I enjoyed the time I spent in the service. Have fun this weekend, I get off work around noon today.

My time was from 1968 to 1973.

One of the best things the Navy did for me was station me in upper Maryland for 3 years. I found out just how fun shad fishing was and the crappie fishing in the spring was second to none.

Snipe? That's a small waterbird that goes "awk..awk.. awk" as it flies off in a low, weaving path. I shoot at them with my 12 guage and hit most of them. If they're flying high overhead.. I missed most of them.

Yeah.. I do remember what "snipes" were. Red stripes is the key.

I had a trip of 5 minutes to get from where I lived to one of my fishing spots in Maryland. After I moved to a different town I had a spot I could walk to.

Trout fishing wasn't too hot there as the close-by streams were "put and take" fisheries and the trout keyed on "velveeta cheese balls" as it was close to the hatchery food. I once caught an eel on a cheese ball.

The "Dark Side" almost had me as I embraced their ways, but luckily I moved out here to Washington and re-discovered the "Way of the Fly".

signed,

Luke

I too was on the dark side, Last summer I took my girl friend and her daughters fishing. I couldnt even cast the stupid spinning rod. My girl friend could ,she baited the hook and everything. I kept hearing a voice, and i picked up my light sword er I mean my fly rod and I started fly fishing the shallows. Caught fish and so did they.Man I get shivers when I think about it. I'm never going back.