Grinning and Bearing it '21

[fishskibum]

First day ive felt good enough to git out n fish in a while
fisherpeeps at the 2nd and 3rd canals ,latter fishing the river
Decided to take the hog n dog

waters maybe up a little definately not down
ramps slicker than snots
in at 7ish and oa temp 60
way to early for the sun to penetrate the hazy smoke to the point of goood vis
but a nice cool morning to make oar strokes

Had a few shots but fired blank on em
the boat draws at least twice the water of the sup and the longer oars displace more water
sends a lot of shallow water tailers and lurkers exiting stage wake
least i know where they were and possibly will still be on the trip back down
made it up to the gun club fore i managed to put one in the zone


winds died down and stuck another nice fish

and a couple more on the way out


another boat had launched at duckworth; first ive seen all season.
headed up stream  past them but didnt see many additional targets
If i come up with $350 in donations, i think im gonna take my poopy junk show on the road, go to denver and compete in trout unlimited's denver carp slam on the south platte in oct.
if nothin else maybe ill find out the difference tween a carp am and a carp pro and raise a few bucks for trout in the classroom and help secure more river access
best case 30"ers git cha a grand
Dome headed rubber lipped cheers