Bye Oregon!

[happybrew]

Well, I just accepted a job in the Midwest. No more steelhead and salmon for me. I'm sure gonna miss it. Now I'll have to schedule my vacations around the fishing here. I probably won't be around here much anymore. I'll probably end up in Kansas or Iowa. I haven't received a particular assignment yet, just an offer with big dollar signs on it. And they had to offer me a lot of money to lure me away from here. Unfortunately, while the fishing is good, Oregon isn't the most affordable state to live in. So if you hear about some guy tossing steelhead flies or corkies in some pond in the Midwest, insisting that there MUST be steelhead in there, that'll probably be me. I'm going to have to contact the Corps of Engineers, and see if I can't get them to extend the Columbia a bit past the Rockies for me so we can get some runs over there. You guys can consider yourselves extremely fortunate that this happened before I wiped out all the trout in Oregon with my boys.

Thank you everyone for all the advice and input. Ifish rules! I'll post some pictures of bass and catfish when I fish over there, so you can all get a good laugh!

happybrew

[Bait O' Eggs]

good bye happybrew. On the positive side, when you are not restraunting (word?) you can practice your drawwwllllll and learn to Carolina rig a plastic worm. I was looking forward to one of them beers you make. tight lines.

[Jennie@ifish]

NO!!!!!! you can't go! You didn't even consult with your family here!
I have never met you, but for some reason this makes me very sad! Don't make Jennie sad! not a good thing!
We will miss you, HB. Take care, and please do come back and visit! Thats the neat thing about the internet. In fact, you could have just not told us you were moving and just pretend to be still here with us!
Yeah! Do that!
Jen

[happybrew]

Okay, Jennie, have it your way. I'm not leaving, and I just hooked ten steelhead averaging 20 pounds in Pringle Creek here in Salem. Hey, it's the internet! You'll never know the difference!

Since I started as a fry, and now I'm a chromer, since I won't be around anymore, would that make me spawned out? My wife would be very disappointed if I was.

happybrew

[This message has been edited by happybrew (edited 07-07-2000).]

[Deleted User]

Bummed to hear your moving Happy. You'll have to be our midwest reporter. Bob (PP BB) has one over in Michigan (Hawk) that posts often. The salmon & steelheading is better numbers wise in some Great Lakes rivers than it is here. So you can take an occassional trip over there (not too far away) between vacations back here. Keep us informed on what's hppening with you & fam & fishing. Would love for you to post pics of those bass 'N cats you catch. Hey, I got an idea. Send us your snail mail address and we can send you our sandshrimp after they start to turn- should be great for those lunker catfish? Anyway, keep with us thru the net Happy. Take care, Steve

[Moleman]

Happy...all's not lost, there are quite a few good places around Chicago that has salmon and steelheads. Lake Michigan has coho from Oregon. The Northern Pike also are around. Use a #4 brass french blade for them.
Good luck to you and your wife.

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"TMM"

[Fish'n Fool]

Happybrew, best of luck to you. 25 years ago when I was a young pup, I too was lured to the Mid-West by $$$$. I lasted 2 years before I said that $$$$ were not the most important thing in life and returned to the Northwest. If you can get up to the Great Lakes area in Michigan - do it! Steelhead and Salmon fishing there used to be terrific. The steelhead were transplants from the North Fork of the Washougal and were large, plentiful, and awesome to catch. The fishing
is actually much better there than it is here.