10th Annual New England Fun Shoot

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Was the tobacco cut on your own plantation on the river flats?

Up the river in Edgar's neck of the state. He is in Shade country where the wrapper is grown. I'm in Broadleaf tobacco country which is used for filler and binder, rarely good enough for wrapper.

[TOOL MAN]

Hmmmm. The 3rd Saturday in April? Why is that date ringing a distant bell?
For some reason I smell a river bottom, feel the tug of a strong current about knee-high and envision a pat of butter, figure skating in my Dutch skillet. Haven't a clue why.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Steve Cambria

Hmmmm. The 3rd Saturday in April? Why is that date ringing a distant bell?
For some reason I smell a river bottom, feel the tug of a strong current about knee-high and envision a pat of butter, figure skating in my Dutch skillet. Haven't a clue why.

I have just informed my Foxy friend that the season actually starts THIS Saturday and so I have saved his season opener.
Actually, I also had no idea that they changed the opening date until the DEP Fish tanker unloaded about a hundred trout into the nice pool behind my office last week.
So we can enjoy Tool Man's company without the fishy smell.

[TOOL MAN]

I'm still in shock!! Leave it to The Nutmeg State to alter a century old tradition with a flick of the pen. Some dates are sacred, sewn into the very fabric of our lives. The third Saturday in April, like The Glorious Twelfth, is a prime example. I wonder how many thousands of CT anglers will never catch this one???

PS---Thanks Charlie Purple, I would have missed my first Opening Day in 44 years!

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Steve Cambria

PS---Thanks Charlie Purple, I would have missed my first Opening Day in 44 years!

Actually it WAS Charlie Purple who spotted the man with a net full of squirming brookies through my office window. He watches the brook like an Osprey.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

So we can enjoy Tool Man's company without the fishy smell.

Aw NUTS!! Who really is "Tool Man" without that fishy smell?