I hope that you are all not worn out with Sowbug reports. The hour nap yesterday turned into an all night nap. It was a busy week. Sowbug for me starts early in the week. Friends come in and the house is like a railroad station with people coming and going. I love it. We fish, tie and lie. Talk leaders, rods. flies and what has happened the past year. Gerry and Richard arrived on Monday, Denny on Tuesday, Rene on Wednesday, Jimi, Mike, and others on Thursday. We fished from Monday to Thursday. Tuesday we fished White Hole and did well. Richard got a 16" brown, the first brown he had ever caught. We all caught trout in spite of the wind and water release. Thursday morning Rene was at the house, I asked him what he wanted to do. I said do you want to rest, tie, fish or just visit. He said I vould like to feesh. I had too much to do so I took Mike and Rene to Tucker shoals with the boat and dropped them off. Rene can tell you about the ride back to the dock from Tucker Shoals. It was a windy wet one. The Show started at 9 am on Friday. We had close to 600 people. The total tyers were 96. A number of them tied all four sessions. We also had two family groups tying. The VFB members I got to meet were Dr. Doug, Jimi, Rene, Randy Lawler, Mark Delany, Elmer Maler to name a few. I have CRS when it comes to names. It was hard to get them all together for a group photo though I did get a couple. Friday evening was the free barbecue and the food was great.
Saturday was another busy day at the show. I don't think I saw Dr Doug or Rene leave their tying station at all till Dr. Doug left to go fishing. Doug, did you hit that spot I told you about at Cotter.. Saturday evening we had about 8 people here at the house. Not sure if Rene went fishing, too much going on. Sunday was bright and clear. No units running. Rene and Denny got out the the river and did their thing. Rene caught some nice rainbows and a brown. He can give you a better report on that. Things all run together, I think it was Sunday evening that Skip brought in his motorized furled leader making rig. Rene got to make his own Furled leaders. We also spent some time in my rod room . gave them all a nickel tour on making bamboo rods. It was hard saying our good-byes on Sunday night for the ones that were leaving. Jimi had planned on staying till Wednesday and I was really looking forward to that. We were to fish and play with bamboo. Jimi, hope to do that next year. Some left early Monday Morning, Gerald Monday at noon and Denny Tuesday after noon. The house was empty and things were quiet. It was depressing. Now things will get back to normal till October when another bunch will be here for the Southern Council Conclave. Will be looking forward to next March when we will have our 7 Th. annual Sowbug Roundup. That is my highlight of the year. I am sure I left some things out but I don't want to get too windy. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me know where to send the photos.
