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Gear Geeks, Goofs and Grumps
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Friday 17th June, 2011
Yes I played hooky last week, wait that was Harps that played hooky. I just went fly fishing with a buddy, and it was grand, I mean we did not figure out the fish until late, and even then not sure if we figured them out or the fish Gods sort of gave us a prize each for effort. The location was and is special, it brought me back to the forest streams I fished at home, and it will become one of my favorite ones to explore, with my 4wt and some bushy foam flies and yes some small delicate flies. This stream is one of those that sort of sneaks up on you, the beauty of the place, there were several places where I could sit down on the bank and never draw another breath and would have been happy with that. Just sit there in my beat up Korker Guide Boots, my Army Green Polypro Longjohns, , in my free Columbia PFG Sage coloured shirt, slightly faded Redington Storm Fishing Jacket, with my St Croix Reign 4wt loaded with a Rio Windcutter line, and no Name Fly reel that is real nice. I am just a Gear Goof. Everything I have for fly fishing gear is Frankensteined, to work for me mostly. Now there are the Gear Geeks, that have to have the best of everything, and everything new and a new seasons worth of stuff, and then the other best stuff sits in its corner collects dust forgotten! Are you guilty of this gear neglect? GEEK! I mean there are $125 Nippers, what the hell a 75c pair of Nail clippers works as well. There 88 different types of fly line, hundreds maybe thousands of Fly rods. What bothers me the most is the Gear Grump I witnessed my first on this last trip. This fella was a total grump, I first saw him on the down stream side of the river about 60ft away from me, I could tell from there he was not happy. I thought it was me! Well that is an invitation to go say Hi. Well the story comes pouring out, - watched you guys get set up thought you were going upstream I went down stream got scratched no fish used lots of flies and even broke my fly rod my feet are wet. This fella was outfitted with all the best stuff and was he ever grumpy… even his face was cloudy - some people hate for just being born is a line in a song I like.. I did not feel sorry for this man no sense he obviously had everything he needed, was in a great location, on a fabutabulous day and was still grumpy – I think not even a new fly rod would make this guy a Gear Geek. So I am going fishing again, and will be happy to do so, with my goofy gear. Here is part two of stuff for people that take life too serious. 26. Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have. 27. When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane and going the wrong way. 28. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 29. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 30. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 31. For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism. 32. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. 33. Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with. 34. No one is listening until you make a mistake. 35. Success always occurs in private and failure in full view. 37. The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread. 38. The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it. 39. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 40. To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. 41. Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life. 42. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. 43. Two wrongs are only the beginning. 44. The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 45. The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up. 46. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 47. Change is inevitable except from vending machines. 48. Get a new car for your spouse - it'll be a great trade! 49. Plan to be spontaneous - tomorrow. 50. Always try to be modest and be proud of it!
 
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