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Sounds like a good trip all in all. Things around here are stagnant. A few big trout around being had on topwater, but one fish trips are the norm. No reds around yet, preferring the 757 area.

The break offs in the current reminded me of one trip out West many years ago where we made our usual first camping stand on the San Juan River after ass hauling I-40 and a night in Tucumcari to rest. That year, the river was way up and colored badly. The guides were still fishing, but nobody was catching anything. I was unable to wade, so I just looked for small shoreline eddies and I was using one of Chuck Kraft's early creations, the Rolex then, the Kreelex to sell to Umpqua later. I got broken off twice by what you described, the fish would head immediately into the strong current and soon gone. I was running low on the Rolexes but the fish loved them and could see them well in the muddied water. I went back to camp and stripped some 10lb fluorocarbon off of a spinning reel and went back at them. I promptly hooked and luckily landed a really nice rainbow, 5-6 lbs was my estimate. Now down to two baits, I didn't land another fish and was out of Rolexes too soon. Just couldn't handle the current and the size of the fish, and one was a much bigger 'bow than the one I landed and would likely have busted me off in normal water. Chuck told me I should have gone up to 15-20 lb leader as he figured the visibility in that water would have taken leader shy out of the equation, but I didn't have anything of the sort.

Apparently the nice slot sized drum are thick around Norfolk area in big schools. My buddy has been on the tarpon at Cape Lookout. I'm in Richmond having not fucked with my broken boat yet.

I just spent a week in Aspen trying to sling earrings to the rich assholes at Food and Wine. It was slower than I wanted but I did get a hug from a former Victoria's Secret model (who wears my earrings) and briefly chatted with Bella Hadid, who didn't pull the trigger on a pair. So at least I was in front of the right crowd.

I fished for four days, three outings on the Roaring Fork and a float out of the Black Canyon on the Gunnison. The water is up on the Fork due to the runoff and I nymphed several cookie cutter 13" bows. Only two came to hand, as they just swim out into the strong current and break you off.

The Gunnison was magical. We loaded the raft onto a jet boat and they ran us up 10 miles into the canyon. The first section we boulder hopped and wade fished in huge holes. Gotta watch out for rattlesnakes. We only brought a few fish to hand all day. The fishing was weird, very hit and miss. One stretch would be dead, the next was full of life. In those sections, there were thousands of yellow sallies hatching and brown trout everywhere rising. I do mean EVERYWHERE. When I rowed, the yellow sallies were crawling up my shorts. The biggest fish I landed was probably 16" but it was one of the coolest dry fly eats I've ever had. The last mile with wind was kicking my ass, I chucked my favorite top secret streamer against the bank and moved at least 25 browns in the 12-17" range. For whatever reason, they wouldn't commit but they danced with the fly and nipped at the tail. It was really cool to see in the low, clear water. Again not many fish caught, but just the amount of life coming off the water with all of the bugs was so cool. What a day.

Here's the top of the float, which is the bottom of the Black Canyon.

i dont think "long term investments" mean much in college athletics. it's the epitome of securing the bag now because you aren't guaranteed it later -- think we'll see relatively few athletes betting on themselves

As a QB, he looked raw. He did not have a natural throwing motion in the film I saw--threw it like a baseball. Great measurables and athletic potential but there is much more to playing QB--see Anthony Richardson.

The pitfalls of "rating" HS Fr. and So. We annoint them when they are still growing which probably stunts their development more than anything else.

This gives the Hokies 5 guards as of this moment for 2026-27, led by r-Srs Carleigh Wenzel and Mackenzie Nelson and Srs Samyha Suffren and Sophie Swanson, with Kate Sears and Leila Wells rounding out the backcourt.

True. Which is why we all stopped.

Jumping around a lot already. Even if he did come here, if he preformed well $100 says he leaves at the first chance for higher money.

He just flipped from Penn St to Auburn

What is especially concerning to me is that we can openly pay players now...can we seriously not afford to pay even one or two 4 stars? Wtf

Ahh cmon man, you gotta use a gif when appropriate

CG violations to continue down that road 🤷‍♂️