[Leica] Uncle Ric's Wayback Week 15 (twofer)

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Frank Zappa even wrote a song about the Grunion Run;^)

I remember the herring filling creeks that were little more than  
ditches. The water fairly swirled with them. That was years ago though.

Ric


On Apr 12, 2007, at 8:37 AM, David Rodgers wrote:

> Ric,
>
> Great images! Every time I see you ST-801 photos it brings back
> memories. I still have mine, along with an ST-901. (They both still
> work). The 50/1.4 EBC Fujinon lens is excellent.
>
> Regarding small silvery fish, when I was a kid my family vacationed at
> Avila Beach, which is right by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in CA. One  
> night
> my dad took me to the beach to see the grunion run.
>
> Some people think the grunion is a myth. I wish I had pictures, but
> because it took place at night under a full moon I'd have probably
> needed a Noct and at 10-years-old I couldn't have afforded an M3, much
> less a Noct.
>
> It really was a surreal experience, which I remember to this day as  
> more
> of a dream than reality. For info about the running of the grunion --
> fact or myth -- check this out.
>
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/Mrd/gruschd.html
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/Mrd/grnindx3.html
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ric Carter [mailto:ricc@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:24 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Uncle Ric's Wayback Week 15 (twofer)
>
> Redneck Salmon.
>
> Each year, Jamesville, NC (on the Roanoke River) celebrates Herring
> Festival. Herring are an anadromous fish that breeds in the swamps of
> northeastern North Carolina each spring. They have been a food staple
> as long as our history reads. Numbers are getting lower each year. A
> limited fishery was allowed this year, mostly as a salute to
> tradition. The commercial fishery is dead.
>
> These shots for the 1982 Festival salute the old timers who long
> depended on the fish, and the younger generation who just celebrated
> and enjoyed it.
>
> Seated at a fishing shack overhanging the Roanoke River.
> http://tinyurl.com/364p59
>
> Not all the reverie was that of old folk contemplating the past and
> thanking nature for the bounty:
> http://tinyurl.com/39dbpn
>
> I didn't want to go either/or this week.
>
> Thanks for you time.
>
> Comment if you will.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
>
>
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