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It's one of those days that you will never forget where you were when it happened. I was in 4th period English freshman year of high school.
I'm in London right now wearing my VT gear proudly. So from 4000 miles away, never forget.
Wow, what an "athlete"! Glad we got him and imagine he'll be playing offense.
Those bubbles are pretty common up here in NY; permanent facilities serving youth sports, kids parties and local communities year round. I got tired of doing double takes on the Northway and went in to check one out, pretty nice set up with several small fields, offices, and meeting/birthday party rooms. I imagine the BC bubble is more open, though.
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Also noticed @ESPN's Twitter background image features the "Enter Sandman - Exit The Bubble" sign from a Maroon Monsoon game.
I understand it's scripted and this video is about the coach, but there were a couple plays where I was thinking "if he wasn't turned around looking for the ball he could have kept up (or caught up) with the receiver".
Maybe it's my TG programming.
I have the Penn Battle II, best reel for the money I ever bought. I've waded the Shenandoah many times with nothing but a white twisty tail grub and always got tired of taking fish off the hook. Just a typical 1/8,oz lead head. It's a great place to fish. Tough to fish from the bank IMHO need to be in the water. Synchos are good too earlier in the spring. So I have added nothing but confirmation of above. All of it is top notch advice.
I'm fishing Penns creek in the am opening day of trout in Pa. Crowded but a fun day. Fish fry expected.....
Good fishing....
Heard with Perd.
hopefully the next CAM Chancellor
The bodybuilder?
love the Tiny Torpedo. That produced my biggest smallie (a 3 pounder on the North Fork of the Holston near Hayters Gap.)
If it was me, I would be thinking that I'd go with a St. Croix Triumph medium light 6'6 or 7 foot spinning rod (available at the Dicks in Fair Lakes for $89.) For a reel, I would go with a Shimano Sahara 2500 ($79) or a Penn Battle II 2500 ($99) and spool it with 8 pound or 10 pound mono. A Shimano Sedona 2500 is a little cheaper but not worth the drop off in castability. I like Sufix Tritanium mono but Dicks doesn't sell it. Berkley Trilene is ok. Stay away from the dscount Sufix brands.
For bait, a small long shank wire hook and a night crawler or a hellgramite or crawdad that you find under a rock is just fine. For lures, it is hard to go wrong with a white curly tail grub on as small a jig head as you can use while still being able to cast it ok and get it down in the current. Just retrieve it fast enough that it doesn't snag, and it will produce. In slower water I also like topwaters like Tiny Torpedos and small Jitterbugs. Even if the smallmouths are cooperating, the sunfish and redeyes should pop at them and give you a little excitement.
Hopefully IamVTFish chimes in.
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# | Coach Burden shows why you need to be on your best behavior in school. This is really nothing new:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bad-behavior-on-social-media-can-cost-studen...
Coaches and recruiting staff keenly monitor social media presence and character issues. Even if Zohn is using this opportunity just to make a point, this sort of monitoring is very common. A college scholarship offer is a significant investment on the part of the school, and they risk their reputation (via perception) on these kids. If Zohn's tweet makes anyone think twice about being a jerk, then it's achieved its purpose. Good on him.
Kid can fly for his size
Pumpkin seed with chartreuse tail is my go to.
Plastic lizards and Grubbs work for the smallies in the Shenandoah. Madtoms are the best live bait I've seen, but I don't use them myself. You should be able to outfit yourself with an inexpensive spinning rod combo that won't break the bank and will last several years based on your frequency of use. Depending on what part you are staying on, I would definitely recommend trying for some catfish. However that will mean a different setup completely.
The shenandoah used to produce a smallmouth on about every 5th cast in the 90's. However, a fish kill in early 2000s wiped out a lot of them. They are coming back, and there appears to be more largemouth than ever. But, I would still advise catch and release only.
This is the river I cut my teeth fishing on my entire childhood. Still fish it often.
Great advice above. I'll add that Texas rigged 4"-6" plastic lizards in watermelon and pumpkin colors work well this time of year.
Water is going to be too cold to wade any distance so hopefully you'll have access to some riffles near your cabins.
Truth be told, if it were me I'd skip fishing and go hunt the many turkeys you'll likely hear gobbling this time of year.
Either way, enjoy. That's a beautiful area of our state. Good luck!
I'd say so. Charlotte is easily is the closest major talent center to VT and we have what? one kid from that area? for how close we are to west NC, we should be doing better
Quite unrelated, but has anyone ever gone to the CougarSports.com forums and noticed that their message boards are just as horrible as those on Le Sabwah?
No wonder they were able to get Bronco. Everything felt like home.
They've been doing something right.. being on campus met a lot of the guys and never met a kid who was not first class. The Edmunds, Ryan Williams (and that was the day after his game changing fumble vs UNC), Motuapuaka, Sam Rogers, and the cream of the crop being Ronny VanDyke and JC Coleman, really all the way back to Bryan Randall. You can see why it was tough for Frank to leave. Great kids to be around.
Well, from what I understand, the Shenandoah River is one of the best in Virginia for smallmouth bass fishing...which is AWESOME! I've fished the New & James River for smallmouth and had fantastic times, but I've never fished the Shenandoah. I prefer to fish for smallmouth bass & trout with a fly rod, but I've had my best catches with an "ultralight" spinning rod w/ an open-face Abu-Garcia spinning reel using 3 to 5 pound test line. My favorite artificial lure for smallies is the Heddon "Tiny Torpedo" surface lure (I've caught two Va. citation smallmouths 4 lbs./4 oz. and 4 lbs. 9 oz. back in the 1980s on the James with that lure), but I had great luck also with Rebel or Rappalas (minnow-looking artificial lures) and crawfish imitations, as well as the venerable Mepps spinner baits. Go small. The smaller the better for smallmouth bass. In the spring, they were deeper so use spinners or jigs...in the fall I use top-water baits. I like to see them jump out of the water! A 2-4 lb. smallmouth on ultralight will feel like you're landing a 6-8 lb. largemouth bass....they are real fighters! Talk to your local fishing store folks and they can help you. Have a great time and good luck! And make sure he drinks... he's making a lifetime commitment :)
Bachelor party fishing? No need for a rod, reel or hooks. What you need is copious amounts of alcohol, and dynamite.
Trust me.
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# | UW-Milwaukee play-by-play boadcaster quits... and boy does he ever well played (i looked)....and this thread is now guaranteed to devolve to a point where someone posts the 'abandon thread' gif of the guy doing the space jump...I also now don't care what the actual Amanda Braun from the article looks like, or what her abilities as AD are.......
Sleep with one eye open!
I was working at MCV in Richmond. News started to slowly trickle out and then a flood. I knew several students and staff at VT and sent them messages of support but knew hearing back would take some time. The ER and Surgery teams along with the helicopter medics were on standby since no one was sure how high the injury total would go. The response by VT rescue, PD, Blacksburg PD, State Police and every other agency that day was great and first responders around the world have learned a lot from this incident. I can't fathom the emotions people who were on campus that day or knew any of the victims went through or are still feeling today but I know Hokie Nation stands strong behind them.