I thought a little levity was in order for the day, since all we hear
and see is how bad things are. Yep, I wrote this, so if you take issue
with any part of it or don't get even a tiny laugh, just E-mail me. . .
. . . . Oh never mind. Me, I don't give a damn.
Have a Good Un!
JIMMY D
" In my younger days, some of my buds and I played in a Twi-Light golf
tournament each Wednesday evening during the summer. Entry fee was $10.
Cheap enough. At each Tee Box was a garbage can of iced down Lone
Star Beer. Seemed that the more we drank, the better we played and
whether or not we won the pot, we didn't care. Most of us got our $10
back in the beer we drank. That was the most fun I ever had playing
golf. I remember putting out on the 18th with onlooker's cars parked in
the grass and their headlights shining on the green so we could see how
to putt, those of us who could still stand up. :-P
I'm sure we could work something similar with trout fishing and whiskey.
( I chose whiskey instead of beer, since that's our stereotype image -
pipe smoking, fancy whiskey drinking, tweedy, hoite toite Abercrombie &
Fitch appearance.) 18 garbage cans of cold whiskey would be a little
'over the top', so we could use small buckets filled with miniatures of
our favorite whiskeys, placing them in the cold water at the edge of
selected pools, riffles and runs. Total cost would be minimal as would
the entry fee. It would be understood that we'd each down a bottle of
our preference at each placement of the whiskey. It'd be great fun and
we wouldn't give a damn who won or if we caught any trout. This being a
whiskey drinking contest, fish caught wouldn't count anyway. ;-)
Those still standing at the end would be declared the winner(s) and
would receive a 'Texas Fifth' of McKendric Mesquite Mellowed whiskey -
McKendric Longhorn Creek or McKendric Western. Each of us would
probably need a 'designated caster' after downing dozen or so bottles.
His job would also entail keeping us from drowning and seeing us home
safely.
Why would Abercrombie & Fitch types stoop so low as to enter an event
like this? Why indeed? Most folk of this type boast of how much
whiskey they can drink and still be standing. I think it's called
PRIDE. In this case, PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL ! :-P My money would be on
the bourbon drinkers, since we're not quite as tweedy, and therefore
tougher than the A&F bunch.
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JIMMY D. MOORE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag,
Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club,
Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,
Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA.
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