Thanks for setting me straight about the "Japanese fellow" bit. As I am new to the forum and have been a "lurker" for the better part of a month, I did not know the dynamics of the personal relationships of the members of this site. I have enjoyed and benefited from the angling experiences thoughtfully posted by the members of this site. I hope to some day meet Leland . . . and maybe convince him to sell me a popper at half price!
Now, on an inquisitory note, I read in the fall 2002 edition of Northwest Fly Fishing that farmers in Yakima and Benton counties are pushing for a 10 square mile reservoir to be built in Black Rock Valley near Highway 24 between the lower Yakima and Columbia rivers. This apparently would supply all the irrigation water needed to those counties and thus result in the Yak not being "blown out" during the summer season. Does anybody know what progress has been made on this project? Does anybody have an opinion as to the effect it would have on the eco-system and adjoining fishery on the Yak?
>From: Darin Minor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Miyawaki Beach Popper
>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 18:43:39 -0700
>
>Charles Lehman wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Enough ado about the Miyawaki Popper. If you don't want to spend the
> > $9.95, then don't. The laws of economics will take care of that issue
> > for all. As for myself, I've spent many a U.S. Greenback on multiple
> > Adams, Stimulators, Comparaduns and what have you that either have
> > snapped on the back cast (maybe I'm not a good caster), fallen to
> > oblivion after a long day of fishing or just plain have the hook snap
> > on me with a good take. I would surely invest in some odd $10 on an
> > imitation that carries with it the durability and success that the
> > Miyawaki Popper boasts. The law of averages evens it out, and is
> > worth it, if one can fish that one imitation several dozen times over,
> > rather than purchasing cheap imitations that only last a few takes.
> > On a side note, I'm not a post Reagan politcally correct adherent, but
> > even though Miyawaki is a surname most relevant to the Japanese
> > culture, and though I do not know him persona! lly, from what I have
> > read, Leland Miyawaki is an American fly-angler before he could just
> > be referred to as a "Japanese fellow".
> >
> > Best Fishes,
> >
> > -Chuck www.nwflywater.com
> >
>
>I think that Leland being referred to as a "Japanese fellow" was done so
>with admiration, not just to be referring to him as just some Japanese
>guy. That's the way I read it any way. I think that everybody on this
>list has nothing but the utmost respect for Leland and values his
>opinion a great deal.
>
>Darin
