Re: [VFB] Tides Question

[Brian Burgess]

In England they are called spring tides and the weather normally changes to wet and windy. Hang on though its always wet and windy in any case. On a more sensible aspect I have just returened from Florida and there was a full moon while I was there and the beach was literally covered in sand dollars and starfish in fact below the mid tide mark it was a job to walk without treading on any.( Jimmy I dont need you to say well you should have walked higher up the beach Ha Ha ) Birdie ----- Original Message ----- From: Deb Duran To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: [VFB] Tides Question I have a question for you VFB'er near a coast.   Byard is still laughing at me for my post on the tides here but he can't tell me what the phenomenon is called when you have a full moon and the tides are at extremes.  It happens only a few times a year.  (I called it a new moon and a full moon...  that is what I understood a friend of mine to say but it can't happen)   Do you know the proper name for it.   It's causing the fishing to improve here lately.  It also has caused some rough currents and a few people to drown so that's the down side to it.   I enjoyed studying the bottom of bay while it was exposed.  Before I started tying flies I never paid as much attention to the changes in the tides or current.   Please help educate me on this if you know about it and what causes it. Deb