Troutfisher

W E L C O M E !

I highly urge everyone who reads this to listen to this Christmas song, entitled "A Soldier's Silent Night." It is very well written, and I promise you'll enjoy it and the meaning to it. http://www.soldiersilentnight.com/ Thanks, TF

;D ;D ;D ;D Avid you crack me up ;D ;D ;D ;D

I really enjoy the jokes you and Muddy put out there though Avid....you guys are hilarious

Wow....what a sight!

Good job on your first deer! A six point would make me proud!

Ha, imagine if that would happen today. L-A-W-S-U-I-T! Probably in the million dollar range.

Hey, I like high scoring games, especially a team here in West Virginia.

lol...Avid's just joking. ;D

I was saying those programs were available here in West Virginia and also available elsewhere. I should have stated otherwise. My point is stating that the "homeless" here in the United States have it heads and shoulders better than those in other countries. In West Virginia, almost 40% of my parent's income heads straight to the State and Federal Government, where they can take that money and give it to programs like Welfare and programs of the such. And guess what? Every first of the month, people line the doors to go receive their check, and almost simulateously, they head right over to the gas station to load up on lottery tickets, cigarettes, beer, and snacks. After the first few days, with no money saved, they are whining that the Government doesn't pay enough, and their needs to be more programs because they are needy. This sort of thing happens all the time. Welfare is supposed to be a program that helps you get on your feet during hard times, and help you get back to work after some circumstance. However, thousands of people don't work, and rely on that monthly check, food stamps, etc. to live off of. We do the work, and they get the pay. Perhaps if some of these program abusers would stop hitting every give away program out there, and go to work, there wouldn't be this sort of problem, and the people who really deserve the programs could get them.

Agreed. Muddy Man is the best.

That's why West Virginia has one of the lowest murder rates in the country. We have on average of 5-10 murders per year in our largest city, Charleston. The reason? West Virginians have loose gun laws. However, take a city like Chicago which has very strict gun laws, and look at the murder rate there.

That's another good point. We Americans are allowed to debate one another differing opinions. In some countries, it is considered treason.

A man from our Church recently took a trip to Lagos, Nigeria for a Missions Trip. He went there expecting to see poverty. What he saw was much worse. There would be nice gas stations, and then right beside them would be slums. I'm not talking about the "I'm poor in America" crowd, who are eligible for welfare, no, I'm talking about people who bathe in public fountains, people who come up to your stopped car wanting you to buy their knick knacks so they can have enough money to buy food for the day, people who consider themselves rich to have a home with running water and indoor plumbing. America's "poor?" Here in West Virginia, we have Welfare, Low Income Energy Assistance Program, HUD Housing Programs, Low Income Telephone Assistance Programs, Women, Infants & Children Program (WIC), The Food Stamp Program, and Medicaid, to name a few.

That was very well written. Very good, very true.

Yeah, sadly, we're headed down a road that is depleting our common sense.

Welcome aboard, my friend, to the best bass fishing site on the web!

What a difference 50 years make! Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack. 1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack. 2006 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school. 1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled. 2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. 1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class. 2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping. 1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to College, and becomes a successful businessman. 2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's Mom has affair with psychologist. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school. 1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock. 2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car Searched for drugs and weapons. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant. 1956 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers. 2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Pedro fails high school English. 1956: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college. 2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English. +++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed. 1956 - Ants die. 2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. +++++++++++++++++++++ Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him. 1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing. 2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

That's the best Muddy....ROTFL! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Y'see, when they know that they have someone to stop 'em, they won't do it. Some of the kids at my school did that to some people I know...made me mad.

Beautiful steelhead, my friend. Those pink trout worms can be a killer bait when fished correctly.

Let us know the outcome and if it came off.

Me either....that looks like an 8 point!

I highly recommend not using wide gap hooks for senkos. I personally have had a very low hook-up rate. Take one day I went out, I had 6 bass hit, and managed to hook up with four of those, and of those four, I caught one.

To catch a PB bass. I like yours, Roadwarrior. ;D