agreed. if conditions require a lot of weight, the river is probably blown. as mentioned, many of the reaches you will be trout-nymphing, so you don't need to throw 50' mends (not that a skagit would help you any in that arena anyway). for indicator fishing on my TFO switch, i like an over-lined...

if you're near a nice piece of upstate trout water that doesnt open until the first, you're probably not that far from a year-round piece of trout water.

that there are still so many denier outlets struggling to keep on-message? yup. interesting.

Failure can be a great teacher. Compare her 2008 campaign to this one. Wouldn't say she can't learn from her mistakes. I'll leave you with the rest of your statement unaddressed...only to say that I agree with part of it. But I like Pete's takeaway better anyway.

Oh stop it. You can debate the results of her respective tenures all you want. But that's not what I was disagreeing with. Personally, I think she is unelectable, or nearly so, and would be a poor choice regardless. But that's not the point. The issue is your choice of words...namely that...

That's a curious assertion. Plenty of reasons to distrust and dislike, but how do 8 years in the white house, 8 as US senator, and 4 as sec of state equal "completely unqualified?"

i do think thats an argument in semantics. let me put it this way; we can afford to do a lot better. but i agree that nuclear should play a role. as should natural gas.

no. i wouldnt say any of that. you can regulate the waste stream because there are multiple methods of treatment and/or disposal, and there are multiple potential sources. fracking isnt the only source of dirty water. your tobacco analogy is not analogous. prohibiting the growing of corn because...

WTF are you even talking about? I thought we were talking fracking and earthquakes? Scalable, economical "green" power technologies exist and efficiencies continue to increase. Climate change will be a bigger problem for most poor people than power production to begin with. Island nations are...

I have not researched in depth, but understand that there are treatment technologies out there that can handle the volumes and constituents. The driving component is most likely price. Environmental regulations often require the best available technology be used even when strict pollution limits...

but it isn't...if there is another, better way to deal with wastewater.

"Many of the earthquakes are occurring in swarms in areas where injection wells pump salty wastewater — a byproduct of oil and gas production — deep into the earth." Yes fracking related, not fracking induced

Ontario fish trend larger but not necessarily prettier in my experience. But I guess it's all in the eye...

I've only got 8 seasons under my belt out there, and never fished the lower fly, but I have only ever had 1 day like you are describing over that time. So yes, I would agree that you are spoiled. But I don't disagree that numbers are down from what I have seen over the past few years; I just...

Got a few more days on the Salmon (as well as hitting the Catt, Niagara, and a few others) over the past few weeks. Fishing was not on fire (for us) anywhere, but managed to grab fish here and there. I spent as much time as possible swinging, but also threw some nymphs, eggs, and even spinners...