can I return these pants

[Owlie]

Also learned that trout are stupid, especially hatchery raised ones. I could chum in rainbows just by pretending I was throwing feed over a pond. Or by tossing some pebbles

I think it's just fish (or any animal, really) that's used to being fed by humans. My sister's various bettas started heading for the surface of their tank if someone so much as turned the light on in that corner of the room.

[feral1]

I got my Pom a lion cut to avoid the dreaded blowing of the coat

[channlluv]

Yep. Our lab shed enough to build a gerbil on any given day. DH is in charge of brushing her and vacuuming.

On the fly fishing thing, I heard a story in NPR a while back about how one of the suppliers of the poultry feathers they use to make fishing flies said that because of the new fashion of feathers woven into hair, there's actually a shortage for the fly makers.

I wonder if you could start a new fur fly thing. You can call them Fur Flies.

Roxy