07-08-2009, 03:18 PM
Probably not, but I've gotta ask: Any forum members ever go tubing here in Virginia?
There's no chance for me to make it way out west for the getogether (sigh!), but perhaps I can work something out this summer/fall in the region.
I'm out every Saturday morning and on other days as well, yet I've never seen another tuber here in Virginia. Only saw two all the time I was in Texas. People say they love the idea and ask a lot of questions, but I don't see them taking the plunge. I do enjoy overhearing the flattering conversations of passing boaters, especially remarks about how they "never could do that." I remember a fall morning when a bundled-up boater told me he admired my courage for braving the frosty waters. Maybe it's because I began as a wader and got used to full-contact fishing, but I don't think I'm any more courageous or manly to fish from a tube. But if they want to think that way ...
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There's no chance for me to make it way out west for the getogether (sigh!), but perhaps I can work something out this summer/fall in the region.
I'm out every Saturday morning and on other days as well, yet I've never seen another tuber here in Virginia. Only saw two all the time I was in Texas. People say they love the idea and ask a lot of questions, but I don't see them taking the plunge. I do enjoy overhearing the flattering conversations of passing boaters, especially remarks about how they "never could do that." I remember a fall morning when a bundled-up boater told me he admired my courage for braving the frosty waters. Maybe it's because I began as a wader and got used to full-contact fishing, but I don't think I'm any more courageous or manly to fish from a tube. But if they want to think that way ...
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