See you folks in a week, gone fishin here..."POOF"
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Roscoe!!!
See you folks in a week, gone fishin here..."POOF"
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
bk... story later
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Ok, here's my story...
Roscoe!!! My son and I, where very excited about going. We had hered and read, everything about it.
So Sat. morning we headed out. A long trip we knew, no problem there. I tried to make the drive fun and interesting for him, but he was already ok with the drive... good news.
Well at the cross over point from 81 to the next turn, (after 325 miles of diving) I made a wrong turn in alberKurky, (kinda like what Bugs always did) No problem there, a quick fix, but it started a are we gonna get there thing from my son..."S"
Well we got straight,(thank you Map Qwest), and was on our way again. We were going along very well. We,(after a good bit of driving, crossed the PA. line, cause we looked back and there was the sign welcom to PA. K, no prob. and right there was a fly shop that my son sugested that I get my NY fishing License at... K, so we stopped, the feller said, no can't get one here cause we are in PA..._) OK, I said, ( I was thinking ok then where in the, h, e, double l toothpicks are we??? He said, to go across the bridge and go some where that I could get a lincences for NY there.
So okay, ounce again, no prob. we travel across the bridge and there is a sign that said, WELCOME TO NY, ok, at this point,I'am thinking, then, what in the toothpicks do they call the area in between...'S" Who know's... Must be space fro Aliens like me and my son...lol
Oh and PS: Nice looking trout stream under that there bridsge!!!
Which raises mine, and my son's anticapation!!!
Sso we tootle along waiting to get to Roscoe..
We are on the way on 17 east when we cross the Beaver Kill!!! Hidh fives in the Jeep!!! We are really excited!!! "S" (Why the "S", more to come)
Well, we was really close to Roscoe as you all well know, ( at least alot of you all) and I had been driving all day! So what do ya think happened when we got there after crossing the willomac(spelling) as well. Yup you got it, my son wanted to fish and I wanted to check in and relax on my vacation.
No prob. again, I got us checked in and went to the closes point I knew for the wilo from driving in.
There at the off ramp to Roscoe i turned in to the river, not thinking I drove into a place where they had filled with sand.SOUNDS LIKE A TRUCK STOP TO ME!!! I thought about after I was in it. Tires spinning and going deeper, ("S" at this point I really wanted to be at the Rockland, to relaxe even more), and again no Prob. the 4-wheel really does work and he's off and fishing...He fished for a while and I stayed on a rock in the water trying to coach him, he done good, the fish did not...("S" 11 year old)
Well we got back to the motel there and did some practice casting, we tried dif. rods with dif. line on them and had fun.
we went to bed early.
We woke up around 4am, an went looking for breakfast. K, nothing open till 6am, the roscoe dinner opens then. Again, no prob, we scouted a little and found a very nice looking stretch of water on the Willow above, on the same road as the diner.
WE played around driving and looking until the dinner opened up. We sat down and(not thinking of where I was) I asked if they had gritts??? Well ya know what she said, lol, then I asked if they had gravy, her replie was, no, and we don't have biscuits either, ahhh, then the light went on, lol, We or north, not south,lol k, no prob, we ate our food as was on our way...
Josh wanted to go to the Beaver Kill, k, lets go. We srove until we could figure out how to get down there from the main road, and we did it!!!
K, so we settled down on this one spot, that Hendrikcson place where the flie was first tyed on the bank in 1916 I think, anyhoo, We got all suited up and walked down to the stream. It looked to be a very productive day.
( oh and PS: again, I took him to the Baxter house fly shop and got the what they are hitting on flies)
So we went down, I waded out first, then Josh behind me. Everything was cool, until, (ya'll got any gusses???) yep, 5 steps into the river and my son falls backward into the water, yeppers he did. "S"
OK, everything was cool, he was a trooper, headed back out on shore to empty his waders out.( yes I did laughe a little and so did he) k, now we are back to fishin, to mack a long story even longer, in the short time we were there, my son fell in 3 times..."S" And that made his girl friend at the dance tuesday night look alot better than fishin..., Oh well a chip off the old block, sorry I didn't get the chance to meet any you folks, but there will come a day, yes, there will come a day....
Tim Grubbs
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Son Josh
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
PS: I broke my glasses on this trip as well, so my spelling may be worst as well...
Rocland house, room 26, the 2 is missing off of the door, and if any campers need a shower, the door is unlocked, the key is on the dresser, I won't call it in until wed. we left last night at 11:30pm, so ignore the mess and get a free shower...
tim
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Sorry to keep going on, but the room is paid for until Sat. so if any you folks need a free room, e=mail me b-4 wed. and I'll let it ride... cheers to my FAOL folks...
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Aw, common Grubb, tell us what REALLY happened.
Mark
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I'd rather be in Wyoming!
JC,a start? yep, it started the day he was born, it's just my life, it's just seemed to take a wrong turn somewhere, and I seem not to get it back under control, but yep, there will come a day, there will,,, sounds kinda, cry for my life thing, but it's not, I just missed something, and I'll get it right, time, heels alot, and wanting the right way to go does the same, in my field notes, Maybe I just missed a hatch in my notes, either way, this life will get back on track...
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"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
Tim... just hang in there. It'll get better. I wish my life had been a bed of roses, but it hasn't been. I know from experience allot of what you're feeling and going through. Divorce, custody battles, you name it. It will get better. To quote the late Jimmy Valvano of NC State basketball.... Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
Mike
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There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
Hey Grubb... you and me both, brother. Remember how I was going to be having fun in paradise (Hawaii) while all you guys were in Roscoe? Well, I was in Paradise, all right, but I was in the hospital with kidney stones. Can you say ouch? Between passing out, puking, and being zonked out from pain meds, I kept seeing visions of the beaverkill and the willow full of friends. grrrrrrrrr. Next year, Grubb, next year.
"If I'm not going to catch anything, then I 'd rather not catch anything on flies" ... Bob Lawless
Diane,
I don't want you to feel any worse so I'll simply say, OUCH!!!
Allan
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