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Postby anacrime » November 7th, 2008, 6:45 pm

ya 8-)

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Re: sooooooo....

Postby rayfound » November 7th, 2008, 6:56 pm

So. New Zealand. Awesome. For 6 months?!?!? How?!?

Tell us more man!
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Postby Benny » November 7th, 2008, 7:01 pm

I hope you keep us posted on this long adventure. Are you going to backpack or do you have a place to stay. Lucky dog ;) Image
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Postby Sasha » November 7th, 2008, 7:06 pm

Sounds frickin sweet!!!!! Hey when you are down there swing by Perth and say hi to some of my family for me.
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Postby midger » November 7th, 2008, 7:11 pm

Nice--did you find you a job down there or is it a student exchange?
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby mtnguru » November 7th, 2008, 9:27 pm

So I guess it will be a while before we get around to that fishing trip. I didn't want to go with you anyway :( :lol:
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby tycaster » November 7th, 2008, 10:25 pm

Ok, this convinces me... I have no life. I hope you're proud of yourself. :(

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Postby Papasequoia » November 8th, 2008, 12:21 am

Please place this in the smoky backroom so that I can say f--- you! :lol: you son of a you know what! Where's that green smiley? Grrr. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby anacrime » November 8th, 2008, 12:53 am

all,

long story short i've been havin a tough time in life. but aren't we all in one way or another? just tryin to make the best of things. saw an opportunity and decided to take it. my dad lives in new zealand along with his side of the family. he moved back down a couple years ago and bought a restaurant/bar in a small town. i'm gonna go down and bartend for a while, saving plenty of time to backpack and fish. i'm taking a leave of absence from my mindless and unrewarding business management classes to explore some of the finer things in life.


soooo yeah, i'm pretty excited. little bit scared, too. if all goes according to plan i'll be back in june in time for the sierra's and the GTW opener
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby fflutterffly » November 8th, 2008, 5:49 am

But! But! you said I could carry your bags for you on this trip! Take me too!
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby rayfound » November 8th, 2008, 10:24 am

Wow Shane, that is a great opportunity. I hope you'll be keeping us drooling with pictures of those monster browns over there.

Hope you come back. ;)
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Postby 1mocast » November 8th, 2008, 10:42 am

Hope you can share some of your misadventures... ;)
Have a great time fishing the summer/fall... :)
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Re: sooooooo....

Postby flybob » November 8th, 2008, 11:58 am

WOW Shane, that is just * AWESOME!!!

Why be scared, you will be with family.....in one of the best trout fishing mecca's of the world!

Hey, maybe guiding NZ is in your future???

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Re: sooooooo....

Postby mtnguru » November 8th, 2008, 12:59 pm

We're going to have to add New Zealand Waters to the board index, maybe we'll should just call it Anacrime's Waters :D
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Postby RichardCullip » November 8th, 2008, 1:06 pm

Good luck down there. what a great opportunity. I'm glad to hear that you are pursuing it.
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