I am the absent-minded professor. I was told by Jim Miller
at Sportsmen's Warehouse that the stoneflies are hatching on
the Lower Provo, so I drove up to the mouth of the canyon,
pulled over in about the second pullout, and rigged my fly
rod. I locked the truck and walked down to the river. Low
water and a few caddis and tiny stoneflies hatching. Also
saw some pale mayflies, like small light Cahills. I fished
and fished. I got caught in a thundershower and waited
under some overhanging limbs until the rain slowed down. I
fished a beaver pond for 30 minutes and turned two fish. I
was wet and discouraged and so I walked back to the truck.
I had locked both doors, but left the driver side window
clear down and the rain soaked the seat good. Nice damp
ride home. Nothing like Jimi's brush with disaster,
however. Here's to your speedy recovery, Jimi.
Larry J
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Thanks for the warning..I did the same kind of dumb thing
myself..only in
the garage, left the car in neutral and no emergency brake
on..forgot it is
a bit of a downhill slope to the garage door. Next morning,
hit the door up
button, heard a crunch..door caught on the back bumper of
the car, which had
rolled down to the door during the night..scratch on the
bumper. But, did
get the door stopped, only a small 1 inch dent in the
bracing, a scratch
(this is why I take autobody class) on the bumper and glad
it wasn't any
worse.
Glad it wasn't any worse for you as well. BTW, what
year Datsun do you
have? I"m restoring my 1982 Datsun diesel pickup in
collision repair
technology 101 at the college. Joyce
