Good morning @Emeraldgreen !
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If only they made a 12 cup version of a french press and then Iād use it everyday. 
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Good morning @MoBilly
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This is how they do it in the field:
Pour very slowly. I kinda do the same thing with a tea strainer balanced on the lip of the mug.
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The question is what didnt you catch 
Glad to hear you had a great time brotha. Able to take any home for dinner?
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My sentiments exactly
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Ingenuity at its finest! Love it! Ahh the things Iāve done to get my coffee fix in the am 
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If I make a whole pot I will drink it. If I only want one more cup this is the way I do it 
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We used to float the rivers and camp a lot. Iād take a handful of fresh grounds and drop them in an old steel pot. Now that stuff would charge the batteries in the morning!
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That cowboy coffee really gets you going when youre out camping. 
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Not much of a keeper guy tbh, once in a while when I take one for roe Iāll either eat her, or give her to a good friend. Or once in a while when one dies but itās a rare sight to see me cutting a throat. Iāve just invested so many years to bettering our fisheries and I give people shit constantly for taking too many, or just taking big fish or rare fish. Just meā¦. I get people love eating them but thereās a fine line and Iāve watched the giants dwindle to almost non existent, breaks my heart as 20ās were not rare at one point, now a 20 is an absolute rarity! Like one in a hundred thousand at least, no joke. I used to enjoy eating fish more, now I rarely do just because of what I know and have witnessed. Also Iām sure it would be different if my local fishery was thriving instead of dwindling away year by year
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Like a few shots of espresso! Wait 5 minutes and GOOOOOO! 
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I hear that. Maybe there is a tasty invasive species you can gorge on to help the native species in your local fisheries. I know in some states here they do cool incentives to rid the invasive species for people to enjoy the fish and providing conservational efforts.
Like in Idaho;
"The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has launched a program offering anglers cash prizes of $50-$1000 for Rainbow Trout heads that contain a coded wire tag in their snout.
Two years ago the South Fork of the Snake River had ~1300 rainbows per mile but today they are facing a staggering 6000 bows per mile. So the odds are pretty high that you will find a bunch of these tagged fish."
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Jeez, they need to send the bows over here. Our problem is relying on the US stocking to keep our numbers up, we release a small number of browns and a small amount of chinook (kings) in St.Catharines and Port Dalhousie every year but not enough to sustain populations never mind allow them to flourish. We are considered a WORLD CLASS fishery but our numbers are dangerously close to losing that classification, yet they do nothing. 8 friends and myself took it upon ourselves for 4 years but it cost us all a small fortune and time (never enough time) plus we had to rent facilities for rearing etc. and then trucks to transport them . Sad but NOONE would volunteer a thing! Really made me see where people invest their time/money . Our invasive species are mostly just gobiesā¦. And no oneās targeting or eating those. Thank god for the fish that still manage to breed in the remaining substrate bases that are left in certain corners of the gorge and at the base of the falls or our numbers would dwindle to nothing. A lot of the open water (Lake Ontario) born fish donāt venture up the Niagara , and the alewife population is under drastic decline so the rainbows/salmon etc. are losing their primary food source as wellā¦ā¦
Yet NOTHING IS BEING DONE 
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Thatās awesome of you and your friends, though. Thatās wild that thereās no funding from the state for a hatchery to keep those numbers up.
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Really? We get a hell of a run way up into the tributaries of the dirty old Don river. Like 20-30km upstream.
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Ya itās ridiculous. Especially the exceptional fishery we are, one in a million ! Iām just waiting on new āpowers that beā to take place over here and we actually have a proposal in place . Run by mostly volunteers, but asking for funds for equipment, rearing and premises. As well as bi yearly allotment for transportation of said fingerlings to appropriate release sites. Weāve done all the paperwork, and put in the time etc. all we need is approval, weāll see I suppose but I feel if I could get a good group in place and get things started it would continue indefinitely
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Very tough to hear I hope you get the approval soon and it gets the caretaker it deserves.
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Most of the small tribs get huge runs, I think itās ease of the journey, itās the world class rapids, colder than usual temps etc that keeps the numbers down, plus it all goes back to where the eggs were laid and the parents brood stock originated from. Thereās very few spots remaining with the correct substrate etc, and minimal currents in order for them to lay, secure and lock down the eggs until hatchā¦. Sadly if they would have enacted a program years back and kept it going we would not be in this position, far from it in fact, those bloodlines with 20ās, all the way to above 25ās are either gone or so minimal that itās made the size almost cut in half from the once āmonstersā we used to pull in on the regular. Iām just hoping we can change things before itās too late. The trout hatchery and entire program in Bowmanville was actually continued by me and my dad in the 90ās we even found the other volunteers etc. it was. Fun and a truly learning/rewarding experience. And I have the experience and knowledge to run and further it out here. Not to mention my good friend and partner in crime is one of the best guides and a Canadian fishing celebrity so what better advertising than thatā¦. It all comes down to money. And all I/we are asking for is $50000ās smh a drop in the bucket.
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I see what you mean.
Itās quite fun to watch. I particularly like when they hit a rock ledge in the flow, try to jump it, miss, then regroup and try again. You can almost see their tiny brains ticking.
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