Obsessive preparation for Idaho fish-in
I just went through the boxes of flies I have put together for Idaho...
77 various October Caddis CDC dries, differing sizes and dubbed bodies
3 beadhead soft hackle Octobers (hideously ugly)
7 #16 PMDs
18 (was 9) #16 mahogany duns (I hit a hatch in one pool one time)
I have a dozen or so Octobers left from last year. I have two dozen october muddlers on order, and Slic said he might sell me back the dozen I got for him a couple years back...
Found two previously unused 100 meter spools of 4x tippet and one of 5x...
Found a DT3F fly line to replace the one I broke last weekend...
Found a pair of bootlaces, might come in handy. Two pairs of wading boots on the porch right now...
Put all the caddis tying stuff in one box, and dubbing in the other box...
Know where my tent and both my sleeping bags are. Need a new air mattress, tho.
70 hours of comp time on the books. Taking 80 (Plan A) or 120 (Plan B) hours off. Can't recall how much annual leave I have to burn up by end of year to avoid losing it, but I have seven weeks or so on the books...
Things left to do:
Oil change in truck, rotate tires. New wipers, maybe.
Find all my fly rods, reels, a couple spare lines, and collect them in one place.
Find other 43 boxes of flies and make sure I have them, just in case. If I am feeling really really bored on another Saturday, dump said boxes out on large white space and sort flies.
Add rest of possibly useful tying stuff to another box and bring it along.
I figure I need another dozen or so PMD's (knowing I probably have at least that many in another fly box, but I will tie anyway), a dozen or so buggers for catching whitefish (again, already tied somewhere), and my collection of other little gray caddis.
Wait about three more weeks to actually leave...
Stop at Cabelas in Lehi and at least one shop in Missoula on the way...
More updates as my OCD requires!
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