Recreation & Sport: The Joy of Fly Fishing in New Brunswick

Sunday Trout And Striper Fishing on The Miramichi River

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT

shiftychevy and 19 inch striperWhile I was out in the yard trying to get everything looking good and ready for summer Casey and fishing friend ShiftyChevy, probably not his real name, went to the Miramichi river to see if they could catch a few sea run trout and some stripers.

The scenery was great as was the weather but the trout and stripers were taking the day off to relax in the sun I guess because there wasn't much catching going on. Those can be frustrating days so it really helps when the scenery keeps your mind occupied through a long day of no fish.

Well I shouldn't say NO fish as Casey's friend managed to hook into a 19" striper at the end of the day. That's him in the picture top left.

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This is one of the pictures Casey took. What a beautiful scene.

I have never seen this part of the Miramichi. Whenever I am fishing the Miramichi it's always been much further upstream and I've always been fishing Atlantic salmon. It would be quite a surprise to land a striper on the fly rod.

Well boys I hope you have been luck in the future.

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FSU president lays out pros/cons of Big 12 move

The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered.

FSU president Eric Barron sent an email to those who have asked him about the possibility of the Seminoles switching conferences. The email was obtained by The Associated Press and several other news organizations.

He writes that negotiations between the school and the conference are not taking place. While he lays out both possible pros and cons for a move, he makes a strong case for staying in the ACC, where the Seminoles have competed since 1992.

For about the past two weeks there have been several more reports about Florida State leaving the ACC. Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman recently told the Orlando Sentinel the school was committed to the ACC. But Florida State board of trustees chairman Andy Haggard told Warchant.com, a website that covers FSU sports, that the board "would be in favor of seeing what the Big 12 might have to offer."

The ACC has 12 members and will be adding Pittsburgh and Syracuse as soon as 2013. The Big 12 has 10 members after it replaced Texas A&M and Missouri, which are headed to the Southeastern Conference next season, with West Virginia and TCU.

"I want to assure you that any decision made about FSU athletics will be reasoned and thoughtful and based on athletics, finances and academics," Barron wrote. "Allow me to provide you with some of the issues we are facing:"

Barron outlined four points made by those who support a move:

? The ACC is more of a basketball conference than a football league.

? The ACC is too North Carolina centric and the conference's TV contract gives the stronger basketball schools an advantage.

? The Big 12's powerful football schools are a better match for Florida State.

? The Big 12's impending new TV contract might make Florida State $2.9 million more per year than the ACC's new deal and Florida State needs the money.

Barron countered that the ACC shares its football and basketball revenue equally. The only revenue that is not shared equally is certain media rights for women's basketball and Olympic sports, and that is to Florida State's benefit.

He also said Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas A&M have left the Big 12 over the past two years because the conference does not share revenue equally. The Big 12 is on the way to changing that. Its members having agreed in October to start sharing equally revenue from its most lucrative media rights deals. The Big 12 does allow its members to hold some media rights and run their own networks, such as Texas' Longhorn Network.

Barron wrote the Big 12 is at least as Texas centered as the ACC is North Carolina centered and that the Texas schools are expected to play each other. He wrote that the "most likely scenario" leaves Florida State playing Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State and West Virginia.

Florida State already has problems selling out its home games. Barron wrote that playing those schools would not cure that problem.

He also writes that the possible financial gains the Tallahassee-based school could make under the Big 12 TV contract might not be enough to make up for the cost of competing in that league.

Other FSU sports teams would have to make longer road trips and that could eat away any of the financial benefits of a better TV deal in the Big 12.

Barron also stated a move to the Big 12 could cost the school its rivalry game against Miami. Plus, "It will cost between $20-$25 million to leave the ACC ? we have no idea where that money could come from."

Lastly, he added: "The faculty are adamantly opposed to joining a league that is academically weaker ... "

"I present these issues to you so that you realize that this is not so simple (not to mention that negotiations aren't even taking place)," Barron writes. "We can't afford to have conference affiliation be governed by emotion ? it has to be based on a careful assessment of athletics, finances and academics. I assure you that every aspect of conference affiliation will be looked at by this institution, but it must be a reasoned decision."

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Channing Tatum Negotiating For 'White House Down'

We've reached another potential milestone in the year of Channing Tatum. Having already punched faces in "Haywire" and melted hearts in "The Vow," he's set to punch more faces in "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and melt more? somethings in "Magic Mike" in just a few weeks. Now, add another upcoming credit to the pile ? one [...]

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Watch as a DIY 8-bit computer comes together, learn something in the process

Watch as a DIY 8-bit computer comes together, learn something in the process

We've actually already seen one completely home-built 8-bit computer but, while Jake Eisenmann wasn't afraid to show off his creation, Kyle Hovey is actually inviting us along for the ride. The project started up last week when Hovey gathered his first batch of parts and a pair of books and started designing a simple 8-bit computer based on the SAP-1 architecture (SAP stands for Simple as Possible). The transistor-transistor logic (TTL) design is slowly coming together and every step of the process is being documented by Hovey on his blog so that others may follow along and learn from his experience (and, most likely, his mistakes as well). For more details on this rather impressive project, and to monitor its progress, check out the source.

Watch as a DIY 8-bit computer comes together, learn something in the process originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Startups: Time For Another One-Sentence Pitch Competition With The Founder Institute

adeo ressiLast December, TechCrunch worked with Adeo Ressi from The Founder Institute to host a competition for one-sentence pitches. It's been a few months ? so we're doing it again. Distilling your startup idea into a single sentence can be a big challenge, but it's crucial for communicating what you're doing to the outside world. (While there are certainly exceptions, I've found that it's a big warning sign when founders can't succinctly communicate what they do.) Here's the basic formula: "?My company, _(insert name of company)_, is developing _(a defined offering)_ to help _(a defined audience)_ _(solve a problem)_ with _(secret sauce)_?.

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HTC EVO Design 4G coming to Boost Mobile 'end of this quarter'

HTC EVO Design 4G coming to Boost Mobile 'end of this quarter'

Boost customers might soon be able to bite off another bit of Android, according to Pocket Now. It's reporting that the HTC Evo Design 4G will be landing on the prepay network before the end of this quarter. It was running Gingerbread when we first got our hands on it, but will apparently be landing with Ice Cream Sandwich squeezed into its 1.2GHz single-core configuration. It's been a while since a new smartphone was offered up to the Boost faithful, so when the EVO 4G turns up it should be king of the pile, though we're not sure if it'll be asking an equally regal ransom when it does so.

HTC EVO Design 4G coming to Boost Mobile 'end of this quarter' originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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