Yup, its not a fun boat to be in! I'm looking forward to getting out of it and back into my Ranger!
Tom On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:35 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > Tom, > I am in about the same boat. > I went to Little Rock to see about my knees last Wednesday. My left knee is > "bone to bone" the right that was replaced twice has a damaged knee cap that > will have to be reconstructed. Will be three months recuperating on that. He > will not do both at one time because of my age. I plan to hold off till > winter if I can. > Tony > > --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Tom Davenport <t...@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Tom Davenport <t...@comcast.net> > Subject: [VFB] Update > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 8:47 PM > > Glad to hear you all had a good time at Sowbug. For my part, I'm glad I > didn't go, because me knee continues to grow worse. I'm not good for more > than 50 yards, and river fishing is out of the question. > > The knee replacement surgery is scheduled for April 25th, and that will be, I > hope, the beginning of a new era. I haven't had a good knee for 15 years, > which has limited hiking or any distant walking, but the Doc says I should > be good to go for any kind of walking once every thing has healed up. > > There is a bright side, though. It turns out that fishing from a kick boat > is perfect exercise for my bad knee! I have been out about four times on a > little community fishery (Kaysville Ponds, for those who live in Utah), > having a ball catching trout on pheasant tail nymphs. It is kind of sight > fishing, the fish rise, and I cast the nymphs to them and strip slowly. Dry > flies don't get much action, but I usually catch the fish with the PT > > The pond is just a hundred feet or so from the parking lot, so getting my > kick boat there and back isn't bad. > > I would have been out fishing more, but Utah is having crappy fishing weather > this spring. Because of El Nino the usual high pressure that keeps us > relatively dry and mild has never set up, and the storms keep rolling in. > The rivers are all ready blasted out as the reservoirs are being emptied to > make room for the snow pact, which is between 150% to over 200% of normal. > Still, when you live in a dessert, you can't complain about water no matter > how it comes. > > The week before my surgery I will be fishing with my brother and a couple of > nephews in the Bend, Oregon area. We will begin by fishing a "Pay to Play" > area called "Lake of the Dunes" where my nephew caught some enormous "hogs" > last year. After that we will fish some other reservoirs in the area from > either a boat or kick boat. Not a bad way to usher in my surgery! The > doctor was all for it, he says the more I use my bad leg now, the better, > since keeping muscle mass is a key part of recovery. > > Tom Davenport > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
