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.

Merit's Fishing Log

Notes:

(1) All fish in this table were caught while dawdling with only Speed 1;
(2) Up to 10-6-10, all lures have been Fresh;
(3) Minute Lakes = a series of 3 small lakes (ponds) in Sterope at 1351, -2109, just west of the TMEG campsite;
(4) Merit's Pond = a small lake in northern Sterope at 905, -845;
(5)Unknown Camp = Nile River in Taygete at approx. 856, 6229
(6) TMEG Lake = small lake at the TMEG campsite in Sterope at 1363, -2084

Fish	Size	Fly Name	Region	Coords	RL Date	Egypt Time	Notes
Catfish	1	Glassworm	Sterope	Minute Lakes	8-10-10	8:30 to 9p	Took forever afterwards to catch another catfish.
River Crab	28	Woolly Aphid	Sterope	Minute Lakes	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	9	Spittlebug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
Ayu	9	Spittlebug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
Ayu	7	Spittlebug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*
River Crab	**	Bat Mite	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-21-10	1:45a to 2:30a	** A series of catches in decreasing weight--13, 12, 11.
Ayu	1	Footworm	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-21-10	1:45a to 2:30a
River Crab	**	Grass Slug	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-21-10	1:45a to 2:30a	** A series of catches in decreasing weight--15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.
Ayu	1	Leafhopper	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-21-10	1:45a to 2:30a
River Crab	3	Bat Mite	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	1:45a to 2:30a	I have noticed that my peak time for fishing is between 8p and 11p Egypt time. After that it comes in waves, but not usually as high as the peak time.
Catfish	1	Fruit Maggot	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
Ayu	8	Footworm	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
Ayu	7	Footworm	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
Catfish	1	Sand Mite	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
Ayu	7	Slime Moth	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
River Crab	**	Slime Moth	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +	** A series of catches in decreasing weight--31, 30, 29, 28, 28, 27, 26.
Ayu	6	Slime Moth	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +
River Crab	**	Slime Moth	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +	** 2 fish -- 25, 24
River Crab	**	Woolly Aphid	Taygete	Unknown Camp	8-22-10	11p +	** 2 fish -- 27, 26
River Crab	7	Spittlebug	Sterope	Merit's Pond	8-19-10	*