Lake Placid, here we come.
Yesterday I realised to my great distress that the submission date for the 2006 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting had shut on 10 January. I wrote up a quick abstract about Wet Tropics fish and climate change and shot it off to the organisers. Luckily, I got the following reply this morning:
Hi Tom,
You’re in luck–we just finished up meeting to set the program and we have a little extra room, so we will be able to take your abstract. Some of the more popular sessions are full, but I’ll do my best to put your talk in an appropriate session where space is available. You will hear back with more specific information on session placement and presentation time by the end of April. In the meantime, you information about the meeting will be posted and updated at:
http://www.afslakeplacid.org/Hope you are feeling better, and we’ll see you in Lake Placid,
Maureen
Then I thought, wait a minute, I don’t have any funding. Luckily, there’s a few different scholarship schemes open at the moment, so I’ll have to write a couple of applications and penny pinch for a bit. Hopefully, I should be able to get some cash together though…
Finally, I thought of the most important question of all, “Wonder what the fishing’s like?”. Usually the organisers pick spots that are damn close to really nice water. What do you know? Lake Placid is just a couple of miles from the West Branch of the AuSable River, which I now know is ‘acclaimed by many as the premier trout stream in the East‘.
Why anyone wouldn’t want to be a fisheries ecologist is beyond me.
March 13th, 2006 at 10:40 am
I like this part..”and the main river where the two branches join forces” You had better be able to hobble along like a force so you can hunter-gather yourself some tucker while you are over there.
March 13th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Wading staff in one hand - fly rod in the other… Or I could just get the guide to dink me around and set me down in likely lookings spots
March 13th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Now I most be in the wrong field. the further I have been on career related matters was a site inspection in Bowen QLD.
The sage has arrive…….and is a sexy thing! Tim what are the chances of crashing on your sofa; I am planning an escape to Tassie to use my rod?????
March 13th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
And of course if you decide to ride while over there, you’ll definitely need some of these…
With stealth like that, it gives a whole new meaning to ‘look Mum, no hands’!
March 13th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Yes, work is a bitch.
This is Plan B.
As for the gloves. That’s nothing, here’s more camo gloves than you can poke a finger at (remember to get into stealth mode before clicking on the link - otherwise you won’t see a thing).