Joerogrz…I APOLOGIZE GREATLY, for “Hi! Jack!(ing), your nice thread!!
But, you’re also fairly new to FAOL, (but to me you’re also, already, a VERY FINE contributor!!), so you may not be aware” of a “sub-group” here referred to as “The NBOF” (The Nazty Boys of Fly Anglers Online).
And, BEFORE you take The Honorable Lord Jack Hise, up on his kind offer to “come-a-fyshying” with him and thusly, end up deep into the forests and waterways, far from human contact and even farther away from any emergency services… he’s ALSO “A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, IN CHARGE OF MEMBER RECRUITMENT” for The NBOF!!
(Joe V. is the Prez, Ohio Tuber, aka “Terror Tuber”-“Vise Varmint”& other titles, is in charge of fudge)
JUST a little warning, for you, is all, nothing more!!
Most Honorable Lord Hise… thank you, for clarifying the above picture.
At first, it had me quite confused as I earlier mentioned. MANY things, crossed my mind, as I studied it closely…
“Smokey The Bear, in drag?”
“A flooded, mall’s parking lot and the only thing,left visible, was an antique cigar store Indian?”
“A well hooked and hard fighting carp, tail dancing across the water, right before giving up the fight?”
So many choices!!
So, I’m sure you can more than understand my confusion.
However, as the Morphine, Tramadol and Lortab all began to wear off, and YOU were kind enough to clear the matter up for me, I can NOW very easily see that IT IS IN FACT, YOU and you’re doing what ANY "normal, experienced, fly fisher would be doing, in the same situation…
“Standing, facing down stream, with not a sign of trying to control your fly line, while it’s UPSTREAM, with your fly behind you and enjoying a smoke break, while posing for pictures!” Yep! SAME WAY that I fish, given half a chance!!
Sorry to hear, also, that the water didn’t afford you you’re preferred method of “kicking your catch, onto the bank” and you were forced to resort to rod and fly.