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A few weeks ago I met up with Golden Beetle. What an uneventful non-event that was. Ever been bit by a shark? Well that's what hanging out with beetle all day long was like.
Anyway, We floated the West Branch. It was literally like watching paint dry until mid day when we stumbled upon a bunch of people drinking beer, hootin and holler'n. Turned out to be TKoury, BHC, BabyBlue, and Jessie (onemorecast). We chilled with them for a while and watched them drink lots of beer. Beetle brought his own beer and shared a few with me. What a nice guy right. Now I don't know if you've ever been in a position whereas you're surounded by a bunch of people that you just know don't like you. Well this was beetle. So he hops out of the boat and starts casting.
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After BS'ng around with everyone, I called beetle back to the ship. "Beetle Come,... Come boy, come...." "Come on... come on.... Wanna treat?" "Good beetle, you're a good boy". On the way back he stops and talks to BHC and in typical Beetle fashion, grubs a few flies. BHC mentioned to Beetle that one of the flies has caughten him over 100 fish. You would think Beetle would have been able to catch 1. Never happened.
Then this goon tries to get back into the boat but misses and falls in. It was pretty comical.
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Anyway, off we went. We pulled into a channel and started to fish. Beetle started complaining that the fishing trip was bullshit and he wished he'd never even come. I was going to punch him but didn't want the cooties so I let it slide but I did tell him he was no longer welcome on my ship. I got out of the boat and walke a good 30 yards upstream from where the boat was. Beetle was still in the boat fishing. When I got back to my ship, I smell this nasty disgusting foul odor. I mean rancid. Rancid like someone dumped an outhouse in my ship. I didn't have to look too far but I found where the smell was coming from. Turns out Beetle had to take a dump and wasn't sure where to go. He figured it was safe to go on the boat while I was upstream. Yes, beetle shit on my fucking boat.
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Can you believe this shit (no pun intended). I had to clean this crap up too. I DUMPED IT IN THE RIVER; figured WBD was somewhere downstream. So I clean this shit up and start rowing out. I couldn't take this guy anymore. At the end of the day he digs in his pocket and pulls out a wad of 50's and 20's. I told him I didn't want any money and he says to me, "Wrong pocket". He digs in his other pocket and pulls out $4.00 and tells me it was to help pay for the shuttle!!!! Can you believe this guy? To make matters worse he says to me, "I'm hungry and I just gave you my last 4 singles and I don't want to break a 20, would you mind hookin me up with a few slices of pizza and a beer". Guess how much that cost?
Last thursday I get a phone call from the Beetle.. "Hey man, can I bum a boat ride off you". I told him I wasn't going. I was actually going. I figured if I did another float, nobody would ever know I was up there. I floated from Hale Eddy down to Balls Eddy. Around 6:30, I'm floating down the river and drop anchor. Then I see this dude come out of the woods and start fishing. Guess who. Yeah, it was beetle... This guy is haunting me..
So that's my story. Goodnight.
Although the basis of this story is true (we went fishing), much of it was over exaggerated. The shit picture is actually a clump of algae. Beetle actually handed me $60 bux at the end of the day. I returned 40 of it and he promptly responded with "I was hoping you were going to give that back". Beetle is a pleasure to fish with and a great sport. HE takes a joke much better than most.
Anyway, We floated the West Branch. It was literally like watching paint dry until mid day when we stumbled upon a bunch of people drinking beer, hootin and holler'n. Turned out to be TKoury, BHC, BabyBlue, and Jessie (onemorecast). We chilled with them for a while and watched them drink lots of beer. Beetle brought his own beer and shared a few with me. What a nice guy right. Now I don't know if you've ever been in a position whereas you're surounded by a bunch of people that you just know don't like you. Well this was beetle. So he hops out of the boat and starts casting.
***click to enlarge***
After BS'ng around with everyone, I called beetle back to the ship. "Beetle Come,... Come boy, come...." "Come on... come on.... Wanna treat?" "Good beetle, you're a good boy". On the way back he stops and talks to BHC and in typical Beetle fashion, grubs a few flies. BHC mentioned to Beetle that one of the flies has caughten him over 100 fish. You would think Beetle would have been able to catch 1. Never happened.
Then this goon tries to get back into the boat but misses and falls in. It was pretty comical.
***click to enlarge***
Anyway, off we went. We pulled into a channel and started to fish. Beetle started complaining that the fishing trip was bullshit and he wished he'd never even come. I was going to punch him but didn't want the cooties so I let it slide but I did tell him he was no longer welcome on my ship. I got out of the boat and walke a good 30 yards upstream from where the boat was. Beetle was still in the boat fishing. When I got back to my ship, I smell this nasty disgusting foul odor. I mean rancid. Rancid like someone dumped an outhouse in my ship. I didn't have to look too far but I found where the smell was coming from. Turns out Beetle had to take a dump and wasn't sure where to go. He figured it was safe to go on the boat while I was upstream. Yes, beetle shit on my fucking boat.
***click to enlarge***
Can you believe this shit (no pun intended). I had to clean this crap up too. I DUMPED IT IN THE RIVER; figured WBD was somewhere downstream. So I clean this shit up and start rowing out. I couldn't take this guy anymore. At the end of the day he digs in his pocket and pulls out a wad of 50's and 20's. I told him I didn't want any money and he says to me, "Wrong pocket". He digs in his other pocket and pulls out $4.00 and tells me it was to help pay for the shuttle!!!! Can you believe this guy? To make matters worse he says to me, "I'm hungry and I just gave you my last 4 singles and I don't want to break a 20, would you mind hookin me up with a few slices of pizza and a beer". Guess how much that cost?
Last thursday I get a phone call from the Beetle.. "Hey man, can I bum a boat ride off you". I told him I wasn't going. I was actually going. I figured if I did another float, nobody would ever know I was up there. I floated from Hale Eddy down to Balls Eddy. Around 6:30, I'm floating down the river and drop anchor. Then I see this dude come out of the woods and start fishing. Guess who. Yeah, it was beetle... This guy is haunting me..
So that's my story. Goodnight.
Although the basis of this story is true (we went fishing), much of it was over exaggerated. The shit picture is actually a clump of algae. Beetle actually handed me $60 bux at the end of the day. I returned 40 of it and he promptly responded with "I was hoping you were going to give that back". Beetle is a pleasure to fish with and a great sport. HE takes a joke much better than most.
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