User:Merit

Who Am I?

(if you're interested :)

This is my third appearance for any length of time in ATITD: as a dazed newb in T1, in Bastet as a less dazed newb, and in T5 as a relatively experienced newb. My contention is that there is so much to learn and do in ATITD, that I will never become an expert in everything.

In real life, I am married and live with my husband in a charming little bungalow in a rural community of southeastern Saskatchewan Canada. I am a writer, editor and publisher and have just published an anthology called BIRTH OF A UNICORN AND OTHER STORIES. If you are interested in fantasy fiction, take a look at my website at [1]. My passions are writing, gaming, and communicating with people.

In Teppy's Egypt, I love beetles, fishing and flowers, in that order. I am really enjoying the new way of fishing, especially now that the no-common-fish-allowed bug has been fixed. I am catching so many fish that I thought I would keep my own log (as inspired by my friend, tehm), rather than spam the wiki fishing page.

As a side note, I ran for DP in Bastet and came third behind Daniels (who won) and Draim, both of whom were well-deserving and tremendously popular on that server. My position came as quite a surprise to many in Bastet. I am running again and hope to win the first round, but we'll see :) My platform hasn't changed since Bastet. If you're interested in seeing that DP debate, my "speech" is up first([2]). And now, on to fish:

Merit's Fishing Log

Notes: (1) All fish in this table were with Speed 1; (2) Up to 8-29-10, all lures have been Fresh; (3) Wherever it says Minute Lake, it is a series of three small lakes (ponds) in Sterope at approx. 1351, -2109.

Fish	Size	Fly Name	Region	Coords	RL Date	Egypt Time	Notes
Catfish	1	Glassworm	Sterope	Minute Lake	8-10-10	8:30 to 9p	Took forever afterwards to catch another catfish.
River Crab	28	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lake	8-10-10	8:30 to 9p	Only the second fish I caught in this telling. Turns out that between 9 and 11p are my times for fishing.
River Crab	25	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-11-10	9 to 10p
Catfish	1	Clay Slug	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-11-10	9 to 10p
River Crab	30	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-11-10	9 to 10p	This series of fish caught was the first time I noticed that often subsequent fish caught of the same type are the same or 1 deben lighter than the previous one.
River Crab	30	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-11-10	9 to 10p
River Crab	29	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-11-10	9 to 10p
River Crab	27	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	TMEG Lake	8-14-10	12:50a
River Crab	4	Horned Hookworm	Sterope	TMEG Lake	8-14-10	12:58a
Spiny Dogfish	4	Clay Slug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*	*Forgot to mark the time down.
Spiny Dogfish	3	Clay Slug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*	This is where I really saw the declining weight sequence at play. These four fish were caught one after the other.
Spiny Dogfish	2	Clay Slug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
Spiny Dogfish	1	Clay Slug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
Catfish	1	Fruit Maggot	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
Ayu	3	Needleworm	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
River Crab	5	Queen Maggot	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
River Crab	4	Queen Maggot	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
River Crab	**	Ringed Wasp	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*	** A series of catches in decreasing weight--11, 10, 9, 8, 7. Note that the lure was changed from the previous one. The Ringed Wasp in this instance caught more than the Queen Maggot.
Ayu	16	Spittlebug	Fresh	Sinai	2134, 5259	10:50p
Ayu	8	Footworm	Preserved	Sinai	2134, 5259	10:55p
Rivercrab	18	Grass Slug	Preserved	Sinai	2134, 5259	10:55p	dropping by 1-3
Rivercrab	18	Grass Slug	Preserved	Sinai	2034, -1989	12:25p	dropping by 1
Spiny Dogfish	1	Spittlebug	Fresh	Maia	1619, -6576	1:55a