onemorecast
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must have been a Hyde. Well, not exactly. But I did feel like Cleo yesterday while I was being rowed around the West Branch by our own DCabarle.
A few weeks ago, Dennis was nice enough to offer to go in on a drift boat rental (hereafter known as "the ship") so he could show me around the West Branch, where I could make the best possible use of my supreme casting skills and maybe teach Dennis a thing or too. So we set that up for this weekend and launched the ship from Deposit around 11 a.m. yesterday.
Obviously my remarks about my casting skills are meant to be facetious - anyone who's seen me fish knows I have a lot to learn. One's skill level (or in my case, lack thereof) becomes even more evident when fishing tough waters like the WB. Anyone who has seen Dennis cast, knows he's one of the best.
The Captain and Oarsman Extraordinaire
Dennis was a great host and guide, pointing out all the productive pools, the best areas of each to fish, and occasionally even a few "celebrity" homes. He rowed his arms off all day, and was willing to slam on the brakes and drop anchor wherever I wanted.
We hit some pools where the bugs were really thick and others that were relatively barren.
The Sulphurs were very small
Cornuta (the camera didn't capture the unique green color of body)
In the evening the Stonefly pirates tried to hijack the ship
We went down some lesser fished side channels, lined with Japanese Knotweed. I did my part to help kill that stuff (it does make a good privacy screen by the way).
The view of the "lifestyles of the rich/lucky and famous" homes was excellent. I was pretty impressed with this backyard setup.
Dennis got to show off his excellent casting skills in some of the places we stopped to cast to rising fish. Well, maybe not so excellent.
In his defense, I was sitting directly in his backcast and knew it was bound to happen sooner or later and should have moved to the back of the ship. At least I can say that Dennis gave me a birthday gift. A new piercing. I think I'll leave it there and set a new trend. Actually, it is still there and I plan on doing a little surgery as soon as I finish this post before it festers.
I bought some new sunblock at AK's favorite store (LL Bean) and was very impressed. I applied it ONCE at home before I left at 7:30 a.m. and never once had to reapply. I got no color at ALL, except my ear as you can see, because I always forget them when applying sunblock. There was no need to disinfect waders, as I forgot mine and wore shorts and siped-soled sticky rubber water shoes when I did get in the water.
We ended the day with a decent foot long brownie that Dennis got right around dusk (and didn't want a picture of), then steered the ship back to the WBA in the dark. And speaking of the dark, Dennis's headlamp is bright enough to use as a lighthouse beacon!
My thanks to Dennis for the excellent tour of the WB. It was one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time!
A few weeks ago, Dennis was nice enough to offer to go in on a drift boat rental (hereafter known as "the ship") so he could show me around the West Branch, where I could make the best possible use of my supreme casting skills and maybe teach Dennis a thing or too. So we set that up for this weekend and launched the ship from Deposit around 11 a.m. yesterday.
Obviously my remarks about my casting skills are meant to be facetious - anyone who's seen me fish knows I have a lot to learn. One's skill level (or in my case, lack thereof) becomes even more evident when fishing tough waters like the WB. Anyone who has seen Dennis cast, knows he's one of the best.
The Captain and Oarsman Extraordinaire
Dennis was a great host and guide, pointing out all the productive pools, the best areas of each to fish, and occasionally even a few "celebrity" homes. He rowed his arms off all day, and was willing to slam on the brakes and drop anchor wherever I wanted.
We hit some pools where the bugs were really thick and others that were relatively barren.
The Sulphurs were very small
Cornuta (the camera didn't capture the unique green color of body)
In the evening the Stonefly pirates tried to hijack the ship
We went down some lesser fished side channels, lined with Japanese Knotweed. I did my part to help kill that stuff (it does make a good privacy screen by the way).
The view of the "lifestyles of the rich/lucky and famous" homes was excellent. I was pretty impressed with this backyard setup.
Dennis got to show off his excellent casting skills in some of the places we stopped to cast to rising fish. Well, maybe not so excellent.
In his defense, I was sitting directly in his backcast and knew it was bound to happen sooner or later and should have moved to the back of the ship. At least I can say that Dennis gave me a birthday gift. A new piercing. I think I'll leave it there and set a new trend. Actually, it is still there and I plan on doing a little surgery as soon as I finish this post before it festers.
I bought some new sunblock at AK's favorite store (LL Bean) and was very impressed. I applied it ONCE at home before I left at 7:30 a.m. and never once had to reapply. I got no color at ALL, except my ear as you can see, because I always forget them when applying sunblock. There was no need to disinfect waders, as I forgot mine and wore shorts and siped-soled sticky rubber water shoes when I did get in the water.
We ended the day with a decent foot long brownie that Dennis got right around dusk (and didn't want a picture of), then steered the ship back to the WBA in the dark. And speaking of the dark, Dennis's headlamp is bright enough to use as a lighthouse beacon!
My thanks to Dennis for the excellent tour of the WB. It was one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time!
