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Cool Zach. I drive through Alabam all the time taking a short cut from Rogers to Harrison. Did you know Turpentine Wildlife park is just up the road on HWY 23 about 15 miles going towards Eureka? They take in all manner of big cats from pet owners and circuses, etc. [By the way you can pay them to do photo shoots with tigers. Let me know if you are ever interested, maybe we could get a 2 party discount for an arm and a leg
Hey guys! This is my 1st post and an appropriate thread for it. I only fish cane, anyweather, any kind of fish. I have an old Pezon Parablic for bass and larger trout fishing and a Orvis Battenkill for w/DT5 for just about everything else. Man, it’s good to see people getting into cane again! I’ve built a few graphite rods for people and lately I’ve been thinking about a cane blank… Anyway good to be on this forum!
Just to be clear to prevent misunderstanding, I’m not at all disputing anybody’s account. Growing up on Crowley’s Ridge in the 50s, my dad scared me numerous times with panther stories and I’ve heard a bucket full since. Some may be true, some probably bunk. That’s beside the point.
It is a very large mountain lion leap to go from stories of sightings or even a confirmed sighting a year to assume we have established breeding populations [speaking of the Missouri facts and figures]. Yeah? Nay? Poppycock?
The pdf file is a reprinted article from Missouri Wildlife that appeared last summer. Interesting that Missouri has a team to investigate reports and sightings. It’s a little more recent than the 2004 file in your post.
I’m skeptical of a breeding population. If the biologists aren’t willing to say so, I don’t see how we can say it is the case. The newsletter article your AGFC contact mentioned may have been:
http://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/news/arc11-2006.html. It is the regular weekly media newsletter.Interesting to speculate, but I still choose to make a distinction between confirmed scientific evidence and rumors and stories. I don’t know that 10 confirmed sightings in ten years is significant of anything. Apparently the scientists aren’t sure either.
Here is a Missouri Department of Conservation fact sheet on mountain lions.
http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/Documents/10649.pdfDoo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo…
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nm/aliens/index.htm
Sorry…
Back to the point, Eric’s observation is a good one. You don’t gain a whole lot in the difference between 2 megapixels everything else being equal. Zach could you put percentages on your chart? I’m too lazy with math and there is more of you number wise than meThe Kodak Zack referred to looks pretty cool. Thanks Zach. I need a multi page scanner now and am in the market for an all in one machine.
Canon also just announced a new multi-function laser printer that can do duplex printing and has pretty cool scan features! But don’t think it does slides or negatives.
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20070212_mf4690.htmlIt’s due out in April. $399. May have to look hard at it since I do a lot of duplex printing on class notes and sometimes need laser quality print for an outside job printer. But the Kodak Easy Share 5500 looks like a great deal too with the new ink technology.
Cameron, if I upgrade later this spring, I may have a HP Scanjet 4470c to get rid of. Contact me later if you are still looking. It has a slide/negative attachment.
Interesting trends for sure Zach. I sure hope I will be able to get a full frame Canon body at a more affordable cost in the future.
…if you’re still shooting film, you’re about the only one left in the room.
Just an interesting note. Fuji is reintroducing its Velvia 50 this spring–Velvia II–because of demand. It had to be discontinued last year because of difficulties in procuring some of the key raw materials. See the press release:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_films/pdf/Fujichrome_Velvia_II.pdf.I’ll sure be continuing to use it in my back up camera as long as they make it or until I can afford a full frame digital. I’m sure it will work wonders in that F3. 🙂
Spent a great afternoon and evening with Kelly Galloup at the Arkansas Chapter of Trout Unlimited meeting in Fayetteville on Saturday.
Kelly tied flies for 3 hours and demonstrated his Zoo Cougar, T&A articulated series, and a newer one called TipsUp (redacted for public posting) which is also an articulated pattern with a floating end section. In the evening he went through his explanation of big fish streamer tactics and a brief explanation of how he designs trout patterns.
If you want to learn more about aggressive streamer tactics for big fish, Kelly’s material is a good source.
Hi
While the vid is fun and interesting to watch:)- and the casts are more or less usefull in real world situations- I think what is usefull to take away from the discussion and the vids – is that – fly lines/casting approaches are more maleable/dynamic and adaptive than standard overhead- back to front casting approaches might lead us to believe:)))
While the casts demo,ed may appear clever or tricky- they are nonetheless
Well, most seem to ackowledge there is a usefulness to the casts, but I’ve yet to hear anyone say what it is. Here’s my two cents.
The practical aspect of most of these maneuvers is to break the surface tension of the closer line so the energy of the backcast actually is able to move the end length of line. While it looks mostly artistic, it serves a very useful purpose. For most of the fishing I do, a simple role cast first helps lift the forward portion of the line off the water easier at the backcast since most of the line has already cleared the water and the energy of the backcast gets to the end of the line quicker and more efficiently.
Zach’s snake roll does the same thing by bringing the end portion of the line closer in so that roughly the same acceleration is able to propel the entire length of line on the second roll.
