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Kiara

All of my surprise toe threads.
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The guy that flew into an alaskan hunt for buffalo solo, then rafted out, flipped the raft, lost the head and almost died.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

The guy that flew into an alaskan hunt for buffalo solo, then rafted out, flipped the raft, lost the head and almost died.


I was telling someone about this the other day. Epic story right there.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

The guy that flew into an alaskan hunt for buffalo solo, then rafted out, flipped the raft, lost the head and almost died.
GatorAg... 03? I think. That was an epic story.
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The one about Deadliest Catch was really interesting too.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

The guy that flew into an alaskan hunt for buffalo solo, then rafted out, flipped the raft, lost the head and almost died.


Don't remember this one.

There used to be an OB wiki/reference thread stickies to the top. I can't remember who put it together but it had most of these threads in it.

Found this one. Not sure if it's the most recent

http://texags.com/forums/34/topics/1834926
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Yes it was. birdman I believe used to work on a crab boat. Such a great thread for fans of that show.
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Sort of. He was a liaison between the Feds and the Fishing industry. Was back and forth on all types of boats, crab, cod, cannery, mother ships. Worked out of Hawaii & Alaska ....and one of the posters that no longer posts.


I liked this thread. Lot's of sane discussion for the most part. I think people with separate opinions gained some knowledge about how things can be interpreted.

There are a whole lot of old threads like this.

https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/2582392/1
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Thank you! I didn't realize that was the case. I had assumed he was a fisherman.
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Dear jackass in the POS pickup on Peach Creek in CS

It was only 12 pages long, but it was pretty entertaining.
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The 87 flyfisher auction was great. Lots of good people helped out an Ag in need
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Why did he delete the story ? Wanted to reread that epic hunt.
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Lot's of really good threads over the years. It's hard for me to go back and pull some up as I have posted for a long time.

IMO the truly great one was the "Picture Thread" that AC started in a blowing snow storm. Some fantastic photos showed up by some great Outdoor Board photographers. Sadly the last time I looked at it the changes in hosting companies etc led to the loss of many pictures.

I and other's still get Sean98's pics and tales of his exploits via text and email. Great for us but a loss for the Outdoor Board.

To me the backbone of the Outdoor Board has been the posters that take the time to cover an event and we get to share in that event with them after the fact. The loss of them IMO has led to our current status.

There is an old saying and to me it describes what has happened over the last few years.

"You can take a gallon of good homemade ice cream and put a tablespoon of **** in it and quickly discover that it didn't effect the taste of the **** one bit!"
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sunchaser said:

Lot's of really good threads over the years. It's hard for me to go back and pull some up as I have posted for a long time.

IMO the truly great one was the "Picture Thread" that AC started in a blowing snow storm. Some fantastic photos showed up by some great Outdoor Board photographers. Sadly the last time I looked at it the changes in hosting companies etc led to the loss of many pictures.

I and other's still get Sean98's pics and tales of his exploits via text and email. Great for us but a loss for the Outdoor Board.

To me the backbone of the Outdoor Board has been the posters that take the time to cover an event and we get to share in that event with them after the fact. The loss of them IMO has led to our current status.

There is an old saying and to me it describes what has happened over the last few years.

"You can take a gallon of good homemade ice cream and put a tablespoon of **** in it and quickly discover that it didn't effect the taste of the **** one bit!"
I second this.

Bringing great content to the board takes effort. You honestly have to think about sharing it as you're doing it. Snap pics of all the little things that add to the experience, and just tell the story with a little flair when you get home.

I like to sit down with a bourbon after I get a hot shower and upload my pics and then hit the OB.

It takes time, and it takes effort, and not everyone is willing to do it.

And honestly, I do it less and less all the time around here. Sometimes I just don't feel like it anymore. I'll spend a half hour to start a thread just to read fifteen tired jokes about bait. It was funny the first few hundred times...
WhoopN06
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This is going to be a goal for the next year.
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They are just jealous (me too), but letting you know that they saw and appreciated your time, effort and post. Would you be happier if everybody looked at your post and never commented?
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TheEyeGuy said:

Oh, and Ryan's steakhouse
Epic!!!
Gil '91
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sunchaser said:

Just for you from this year.....change up right down the middle...


The one in the middle is a big ole boy.
Gil '91
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ratfacemcdougal said:

They are just jealous (me too), but letting you know that they saw and appreciated your time, effort and post. Would you be happier if everybody looked at your post and never commented?
I don't mind the bait comments, but it does get tired. Just trying to share a kind of fishing that not a lot of people on here have experience with.

And I understand that it's not for everyone... hell, 20 years ago I never imagined I'd hike ten miles to catch a 10" fish and throw it back.

But it gets in your blood. And everyone on this board has a standing invite to come do it with me.
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Keeping posting the stories. Back country fly fishing is awesome. We're just jealous we can't do it in Texas.
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The "What's Good In Life" thread was always one I liked too
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sunchaser said:

Lot's of really good threads over the years. It's hard for me to go back and pull some up as I have posted for a long time.

IMO the truly great one was the "Picture Thread" that AC started in a blowing snow storm. Some fantastic photos showed up by some great Outdoor Board photographers. Sadly the last time I looked at it the changes in hosting companies etc led to the loss of many pictures.

I and other's still get Sean98's pics and tales of his exploits via text and email. Great for us but a loss for the Outdoor Board.

To me the backbone of the Outdoor Board has been the posters that take the time to cover an event and we get to share in that event with them after the fact. The loss of them IMO has led to our current status.

There is an old saying and to me it describes what has happened over the last few years.

"You can take a gallon of good homemade ice cream and put a tablespoon of **** in it and quickly discover that it didn't effect the taste of the **** one bit!"
Hunting stories threads started getting fewer and fewer a few years back because, like clockwork, every one of them ended up being a "bash the OP for not hunting the way that I think they should hunt" thread. After a handful of them, people just got to where they didn't post them anymore because getting kicked in the stones by a bunch of random internet posters isn't worth tarnishing a good hunt or memory over.

Sad, because there were some good threads over the years documenting various hunts. I lived vicariously through several posters on those threads while my hunting was more limited than it is even now.
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AggieChemist said:

ratfacemcdougal said:

They are just jealous (me too), but letting you know that they saw and appreciated your time, effort and post. Would you be happier if everybody looked at your post and never commented?
I don't mind the bait comments, but it does get tired. Just trying to share a kind of fishing that not a lot of people on here have experience with.

I understand. To me the 'dikfer' is tired but will always show up, and some will laugh their A off every time. I do have to laugh at some of the fly fish terms though such as "strike indicator" vs "bobber"
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I'm with you on the bait comments. Gets a little old.

Last year I went with DVM97 to his Mexico deer lease to give him a hand and to see why he goes to Mexico to deer hunt. In my write up I talked about the number of gates we had to go through to add a little humor. Now people bring it up everytime he posts about hunting trips to Mexico. He's on a new lease from what I understand with only a couple gates and people still bring it up. Its doubtful it affected people buying hunts from him, but maybe. I know it's just giving him a hard time and nothing personal, but makes me really think before I post something now.
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Sorry for the bait jokes. I really like your fishing posts.
sunchaser
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.....and for the record Sean98 didn't leave because I sent him a certified blow up slump buster. He was miffed that she was a blonde rather than dark brown.

Boy howdy did I have a couple of good years before he caved and she came out from under the bed.
He twanged that one he had named and my fun was over....
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