Where's Mar?

[Jmmccutc]

Any body know what has happened to our AK friend? seems a little late in the year for him to be snowed out in the wilderness somewhere...i'm starting to miss his oh so funny comments...

 

[Singlecoil]

Don't know. I fed him a fat New York steak for the first official Bar-B-Cue of the Alaska season a couple of weeks ago and he looked healthy enough. Perhaps he is busy tying flies or even getting some of them wet. Or it could be another self-imposed flightinfo.com hiatus, a thought which has been tempting me lately. This place is 10% enlightening, 60% frustrating, and 30% a waste of time. It's hard to turn on the computer during an Alaska summer, unless of course you are stuck in a hotel in Reno...

 

[OtterFO]

Singlecoil

Some of us are still waiting for summer to start in our part of AK. Was in FAI for a couple of hours last week and was amazed to see green stuff growing out of the ground.

As for MAR, haven't heard him on the radio in a while, hopefully he's sitting reserve with a fly rod in hand.

 

[Singlecoil]

Sounds a lot like the Slope. I never flew there, but I will never forget the Fourth of July in Nome when I could see my breath. That severely bummed me out, but then you drive 8 miles to Dexter and it is sunny and 70. Wherever you are, the leaves turned green in ANC about 2 weeks ago, so they can't be far behind where you are.

 

[redd]

Where's Waldo?

I've wondered about Mar lately too......


Maybe if we can all clap our hands together real hard to show that we believe in Mar, then maybe he'll come back!

 

[A Squared]

Mar is off in Italy right now

 

[HAL]

Hmmm. Italy, with sunshine, pasta, and european women on nude beaches, or a newly green Fairbanks where you can still see your breath in the morning. Doesen't sound like much of a decision to me!

Ciao!

HAL

 

[metrodriver]

I'm pretty sure if he's in Italy that he has no intention to turn on a computer, let alone visit flightinfo. I'm with singlecoil: too much religious, political and nonsense stuff on this board. I haven't looked much over the past 3 month, and when I do I just haven't missed much.

 

[mar]

Bella Italia!

God what a trip!

I can't find the words...

Four days in Rome and six days in a tiny village whose name I will never utter in a public forum.

If some hack-job travel writer ever stumbles into this town and writes a Ten Best Italian Get-Away article I swear he'll be wearing a Sicilian Bow Tie and find himself swimmin' wit da fishes, see?

I just cannot begin to describe the warmth and generosity of the people I met.

Thanks for checking up on me Jmmmttttccccc!

I hope your summer is off to as good a start as mine. Now if I can just find my fishing pole...

 

[Swass]

Glad to hear you had fun, how was the wine? I love Italian wine. They were making it centuries before the foo foo Frenchies.

 

[mar]

Thanks and nice job by the way.

I don't know if you were the straw that broke the camel's back but I'll give you a pat on yours for getting the "Political Forum" going.

I think most of us are guilty for indulging ourselves in some political match of wits but this site was almost becoming a platform for some to spout their agendas.

It's really too bad to see that I didn't miss much while I was gone. And the wine, how shall I put this, runs like water in Italy and it's cheaper than water too.

Saluti.

 

[Swass]

I'll take credit for it, even though it probably wasn't me alone, everyone has thought that we needed this forum for a long time.

 

[HAL]

Welcome back to "gods country" Mar! (And no, I'm not trying to start a political/religious/interminably boring thread)

Looks like you got back just in time for thunderstorm season! Too bad I might be abandoning northern Alaska soon. And I guess I'll have to get busy on the tour you promised before I head out.

HAL

 

[Jmmccutc]

Perhaps he is busy tying flies or even getting some of them wet.

Mar, i never knew you were a fly-fisherman, i actually wanted to start a thread in the NON AVIATION RELATED board on this very topic...as a matter of fact i'll do just that...i'm proud to hear that you tie, i tie all my own from steelhead streamers, nymphs and midges, drys, and spin my own bass bugs...the only thing that would disapoint me is if i find you're a "loyal" orvis user...piss on orvis, fish SAGE...

 

[mar]

Oh the shame of it all.

Jmmmtttcccc---I don't know how to break this to you.

<thinking to self: Maybe I should just let him believe...>

I.
Don't.
Fish
withflysI'mstrictlyabaitfishermanandnotevenagoodone

There. I said it.

Singlecoil was just being generous, as usual.

But if you're really into the bait vs. fly fishing debate (plus a little philosophy on the side) I'd recommend a book called The River Why by David James Duncan. Maybe you've already read it.

As far as Orvis goes, well, you know what? I'm a pilot, I can't afford that crap. But man, every summer there's a whole squad of Indiana Jones look-a-likes sporting the fedora and olive green threads with brand-new not even broken in $250 Asolo boots and tons of Orvis paraphenalia.

HAL--The offer's still open. PM me anytime.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

Look out up there guys. I can tell you for a fact that UPS has been shipping a TON of Cabela's boxes to Fairbanks of late. There will be more new plastic waders in the streams than you can shake a stick at.

The Indiana-Jones looke alikes are on their way...

Too bad I'm allergic to fish. I'm half tempted to go on out there with a rod, and put no bait on it. I mean, they call it "fishing," not "catching" right?

Dan

 

[ILStoMinimums]

MAR,

haven't you been busy with training on the -6 lately?