Fish love snow and they love flies, so................

[BradW]

Midger,
Very generous offer. I'll put down 28" and hope you get a bunch more.
Brad

[stanbery]

I will take 41" Mike

Mini buggers is what you should tie

Very kind offer Mike

jon

[tyingfool]

I will say 12.5" Mike I hope its five times that.Not that I want you stuck in running springs for a week but we need water.


Thanks David

[WanderingBlues]

27"even. Of course that depends on where you are in RS. Being a Rim dweller myself, we alsways get 4-6" more than folks on the backside.

[midger]

27"even. Of course that depends on where you are in RS. Being a Rim dweller myself, we alsways get 4-6" more than folks on the backside.

WB,
I live in the Nordic Tract--the highest place in Running Springs. The house sits on a 6200 foot contour ring and we have a great view of Snow Valley Ski Area's Slide Peak.

BTW, it rained all night, not a heavy rain, but a soaking, steady rain. No snow and outside air temperature is 39 degrees this morning at 8:00. So far, MK4 is looking good at 1 inch.

I'll take snow estimates until 6:00 PM tonight as that's the time period most say the "real" games are supposed to begin.

[rkfiske]

I'll play, throw me down for 38! ( I think that's a tad hopeful, but the storm is supposed to get colder I think as the week progresses so we'll see) Good idea midger!

[darrin terry]

I'll play too I guess…51.5 inches.

[fly addict]

I'll play too I guess…51.5 inches.

Darrin,
If Midger gets that much snow we will have to form a rescue party and go dig him out.
Mark

[beachbum]

The serious stuff is just starting to roll in. Batten down the hatches!

[darrin terry]

That's OK Mark. I am hoping for something near the high end of the predicted 1-6 feet. Besides, if I win, I am gonna ask the flies be donated to Ariel's charity collection and those have until March 31. Plenty of time for Mike to dig himself out.

[lucfish]

Sounds like fun. 20 inches is my guess Lucfish

[Papasequoia]

Figured I'd repeat the picks here so you won't have to look back to page 1 to find a remaining snow depth number.


Here are picks:-------Inches of snow
1. Benny----------------43.5
2. Mike (DrCreek)---------37.0
3. Matt (Buggravy)--------28.5
4. PapaS (Jon)------------39.0
5. Ashtree1 (?)-----------24.5
6. Beachbum()-----------32.0
7. 209er ( )-------------34.0
8. flyaddict ( )-----------33.5
9. jbm78 ( )-----------32.5
10. MK4---------------- 1.0
11. fly_baby(Ava)---------30.0
12. Eric-----------------36.0
13.Castaway (Bill)--------33.0
14.Wildman(Jim)---------40.0
15.Frank---------------20.0
16.rayfound(Ray)--------54.5
17. RiverRat------------12.0
18. Autodave-----------36.5
19. seamus-------------26.0
20. fflutterffly(Ariel)------27.5
21. briansII(Brian)-------- 6.0
22. dirtyrider219(KC)-----18.0
23. Sasha---------------7.0
24. Rob909-------------49.5
25. SheriffJoe-----------56.0
26. meb(Mark)----------16.0
27. mtnguru (Chris)------13.0
28. duckdog------------25.0
29. 1mocast (Mark)------44.0
30. shootinghead--------42.0
31. tomsakai (Tom)------59.0
32. Justin--------------43.0
33. BradW-------------28.0
34. stanberry (Jon)------41.0
35. tyingfool-----------12.5
36. WanderingBlues-----27.0

I don't know why you guys are bothering, I can tell you right now how it's going to turn out. MK4 is going to be looking good with his lowball estimate as it rains most of today. However, it turns colder overnight and changes to snow. Near morning, some accumulation starts, and the folks looking at around a foot ((tyingfool, mtnguru, sasha, brian, riverrat) start to feel like winners. Unfortunately, their hopes are dashed as it continues snowing through the day, and as the sun starts to set, the 2' people are starting make room in their flyboxes (Brad, duckdog, KC, Mark/Meb, Seamus, Frank, Ashtree, Matt, lucfish). But a midnight check shows the number climbing above 2', so WanderingBlues, Ariel, Bill, Beachbum, Ava, Jbm78 and Eric start to feel a bit *. Big mistake, because it is still cold and snowing the next morning, so Papa, Justin, Shootinghead, Mark/1mocast, Autodave, Wildman/Jim, 209er, Creek, Stanbery, flyaddict and even Benny start rubbing their hands with glee. Rain starts for a brief period though, bringing hope to those with lower numbers. But, as the day cools, big flakes start to fall fast and furious. The big number bettors start to chuckle (Rob909, Ray, SheriffJoe, Tom).

As we get closer to the finish, it looks one of them will win. But wait, an unexpected break in the storms comes along and the sun comes out! The snow starts melting faster than an ice sculpture at a Malibu beach wedding in July. The snow level plummets, passing through the 6' then 5, 4, 3, 2... Then, just as it starts to look like someone from the <1' crowd will win, the temps cool and stabilize. Mike heads out to take his final measurement, looking at something around a soggy one foot of snow. However, as he opens the sliding glass doors to step out onto the deck to measure, the vibration from the door triggers the snow on the roof to slide onto the deck! This makes the final total 39". And the winner, in a neck and neck, last minute win is... (Was there ever any doubt? Sorry if I missed anyone. Not that it matters, you didn't win anyway! )

[fly addict]

Figured I'd repeat the picks here so you won't have to look back to page 1 to find a remaining snow depth number.


Here are picks:-------Inches of snow
1. Benny----------------43.5
2. Mike (DrCreek)---------37.0
3. Matt (Buggravy)--------28.5
4. PapaS (Jon)------------39.0
5. Ashtree1 (?)-----------24.5
6. Beachbum()-----------32.0
7. 209er ( )-------------34.0
8. flyaddict ( )-----------33.5
9. jbm78 ( )-----------32.5
10. MK4---------------- 1.0
11. fly_baby(Ava)---------30.0
12. Eric-----------------36.0
13.Castaway (Bill)--------33.0
14.Wildman(Jim)---------40.0
15.Frank---------------20.0
16.rayfound(Ray)--------54.5
17. RiverRat------------12.0
18. Autodave-----------36.5
19. seamus-------------26.0
20. fflutterffly(Ariel)------27.5
21. briansII(Brian)-------- 6.0
22. dirtyrider219(KC)-----18.0
23. Sasha---------------7.0
24. Rob909-------------49.5
25. SheriffJoe-----------56.0
26. meb(Mark)----------16.0
27. mtnguru (Chris)------13.0
28. duckdog------------25.0
29. 1mocast (Mark)------44.0
30. shootinghead--------42.0
31. tomsakai (Tom)------59.0
32. Justin--------------43.0
33. BradW-------------28.0
34. stanberry (Jon)------41.0
35. tyingfool-----------12.5
36. WanderingBlues-----27.0

I don't know why you guys are bothering, I can tell you right now how it's going to turn out. MK4 is going to be looking good with his lowball estimate as it rains most of today. However, it turns colder overnight and changes to snow. Near morning, some accumulation starts, and the folks looking at around a foot ((tyingfool, mtnguru, sasha, brian, riverrat) start to feel like winners. Unfortunately, their hopes are dashed as it continues snowing through the day, and as the sun starts to set, the 2' people are starting make room in their flyboxes (Brad, duckdog, KC, Mark/Meb, Seamus, Frank, Ashtree, Matt, lucfish). But a midnight check shows the number climbing above 2', so WanderingBlues, Ariel, Bill, Beachbum, Ava, Jbm78 and Eric start to feel a bit *. Big mistake, because it is still cold and snowing the next morning, so Papa, Justin, Shootinghead, Mark/1mocast, Autodave, Wildman/Jim, 209er, Creek, Stanbery, flyaddict and even Benny start rubbing their hands with glee. Rain starts for a brief period though, bringing hope to those with lower numbers. But, as the day cools, big flakes start to fall fast and furious. The big number bettors start to chuckle (Rob909, Ray, SheriffJoe, Tom).

As we get closer to the finish, it looks one of them will win. But wait, an unexpected break in the storms comes along and the sun comes out! The snow starts melting faster than an ice sculpture at a Malibu beach wedding in July. The snow level plummets, passing through the 6' then 5, 4, 3, 2... Then, just as it starts to look like someone from the <1' crowd will win, the temps cool and stabilize. Mike heads out to take his final measurement, looking at something around a soggy one foot of snow. However, as he opens the sliding glass doors to step out onto the deck to measure, the vibration from the door triggers the snow on the roof to slide onto the deck! This makes the final total 39". And the winner, in a neck and neck, last minute win is... (Was there ever any doubt? Sorry if I missed anyone. Not that it matters, you didn't win anyway! )

Midger,

After reading this, who can argue with that type of thinking. I think Jon’s got it right. You might as well send him the flies now.

Mark

[midger]

I'll play too I guess…51.5 inches.

Darrin,
If Midger gets that much snow we will have to form a rescue party and go dig him out.
Mark

Actually the most I can recall since living up here is around 86 inches of snow in a tad over a 2 day period.

If this rain turns to snow anytime soon, the snow will build quickly. I'm right at the freezing level now (2:10 PM) as it is alternating between rain and slush right now. Maybe a 1/4 inch on the decks so I'll post a picture before it gets dark tonight.

PapaS may have a playable scenario with the exception of the avalanche off the roof--the measure area is far enough removed that an avalanche off the roof is a nonplayer. Rain on top of snow could drive the levels down though, so we won't know the winner until Friday evening.............Everybody's guess is still in play.

At least I'm not having to shovel yet.

[Danny McB]

I'm in


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