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left: 0; input[type="url"]:focus, input[type="search"]:focus, input[type="tel"]:focus, input[type="color"]:focus, .uneditable-input:focus{ height: 24px; It’s outfishing classics like the WD-40 and Barr Emerger on the Colorado River right now. resize: vertical; image-rendering: optimizeQuality; } margin: 45px 0; } width:100% !important; select, margin-right: auto; margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px; #search-box { } } font-size: 9px; content: "\f037"; float:none; width: .8em; float: left; font-size: 100%; background:#fefefe; .form-horizontal .control-label { .entry-content ol ol, -webkit-border-radius: 35px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; } .input-prepend, margin-bottom: 18px; 0 1px 2px hsla(0, 0%, 0%, .29) /*Shadow*/; Greg Wilson says: June 27, 2018 at 10:59 pm. .entry .shortcode-unorderedlist.red-x ul li, .shortcode-unorderedlist.red-x ul li { background: url(https://newopenw3.googlecode.com/svn/tags/shortcode-red-x.png) no-repeat left top; } Whether you have the still water or a faster current, I encourage you to throw this fly when fishing Colorado. } position: relative; 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