Weekend Getaway.

[Catskill]

This past Saturday afternoon I had the opportunity to get out of the house and fish. My plans were to get to the gorge, fish for a few hours, then come home and complete the weekend honeydo list. I have not been out in over a month so as you can imagine, I needed this. I got my stuff together and headed for the Ken Lockwood Gorge. On my way there, I stopped in Shannon's little fly shop by the bridge to pick up a few flies and while there, I checked out a few rods. One rod that stuck out was this JP Ross. What a beautifull piece of work. It's a 4wt rod Green blank, 2pc with Cocobol and anodized aluminum reel seat and a 6 inch handle. As you can tell, all top of the line parts on on the rod. Now there is also a touch of art on the rod. A really nice feather imbedded into the rod. I'm not sold yet because I haven't cast the rod. The store owner told me I would love it so I took it outside and cast it for 5 minutes or so and he was right. I told him I'd take one. Oh, before I forget, the rod is Under 250 dollars. As owner started writing out my sales slip, he informed me of another option. I can get the rod named after my favorite stream or my name or both. I didn't walk out of the store with my new rod, but I had the option to pick it up or have it mailed right to me. Good business. I was told that on Nov 13th Jonathan Ross will be at the fly shop and that I could pick my rod up at that time. I think he's holding a rod promo at the shop.

Since I was in the shop so long, that left me with only 2hrs to fish. How do you get your fishing done in 2hrs. All I know is that when I got to the stream my watch said 3:30. My wife wanted me home by 6. uh uh, it aint gawna happen. I fished from 3:30 to 7:00 and didn't get home until after 8:00. "How could you do this, you said you'de be here at 6:00, blah blah blah" In one ear right out the other, wait'l she finds the credit card bill.. I fished a slow water spot for a few hours to rising fish. I caught 2 browns and 2 bows in that time using tiny olive emergers and size 16 - 18 caddis. It rained a little bit while I was fishing but I didn't let that stop me. All in all it was a good day and since then my wife calmed down. I told her I wont fish until Mid November!

 

[serotonin]

Good for you... on two counts.
I'm not so sure about the mid-November thing.

I'd have a hard time subscribing to that.

Regardless... I've got two JPRoss rods.
9' 5# and a 9' 7# (for steelies).
...Happy as a guy with a trout on his fly...

They've got good service too.
Friend of mine recently broke my 5# (in the dark) while we were camping.
Looking on the bright side... I got a new one in the mail shortly thereafter, and it gave me the opportunity to change the color on the wraps. The feather is now blazing blue.

The new inscription reads SEROTONIN.


PSST... (His name is Jordan).


PPS 1. This is an Unsolicited plug.
2. I make no money off of this.
3. They make good rods.

I hope you catch lotsa fish on your new rod!