(replying to my own post - I must be punchy) but the trip
down memory lane and all I said about the dining, we were out to dinner with
some local friends and one of the menu items was a "black pudding" and the
description was something like they took what was left over after they had made
the baloney, and let it rot and ferment . . .. Anyway, our friend, in her always
fascinating accent, said "my, that sounds good" and ordered some. I will usually
try anything, but I passed.
Have a great evening,
Steve
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Neuendorf
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Subject: RE: morphed into fly gear in New ZealandSeveral years ago I worked in Wellington and it was July and August, so their winter and I did not even plan for any fishing. One of the people I worked with was a member of the Wellington Flyfishers club http://www.wellingtonflyfishers.org.nz/ and I did attend one of their meetings. As it turned out, my friend took me fishing with everything we needed loaned by members. Wonderful time (great fishing, no catching). Truly wonderful people. The stories in the meeting were only a tad shy of having the same experience for myself. Funny there they had the same "argument" we had on this board several years later about flies with 3 or more wraps of lead (is it still a fly?). Even more memorable, I am a great Rumpole fan, and so many of the people in the club were easy to relate to the characters; so if I watch the tapes or read the books, I get some wonderful memories revived along with the entertainment. Another thing, at least in Wellington, don't miss out on the dining. I thought we lived in a culinary capital with a remarkable variety of seafood (and some other things too) and fantastic quality, but I sometimes wonder if the only reason I still think that is because I was not there quite long enough.Enjoy,SteveAnd along the other line, if we don't do something, who will? Every so often we get to be [???]s, but the rest of the time we either must live with our own mistakes or the ones made by those other clowns, or take advantage of the opportunity we always have to do something about it.
My impression for others is that it's not cost effective to gear up there, in fact it might very well be cost effective to take gear there that you'd like to sell instead of bring back...of course this depends on the political climate at the time. ;)
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Subject: morphed into fly gear in New Zealand
Have fun
Paul
On Nov 30, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Vladimir Steblina wrote:
Gee for a while there I was missing the messages in this group.
Of course, my positions are the only correct ones, so if the group is
really bored I can post them on ALL issues known to man.
But I would like one question answered.....Is there any fly gear in New Zealand
worth buying. Instead of dragging all my stuff down there....is it worthwhile
to buy New Zealand rods, reels, and other gear??
Vladimir
