tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156937772024-02-07T21:19:19.463-07:00Fat Guy Fly FishingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.comBlogger444125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-11063779157759200662014-05-05T20:20:00.001-07:002014-05-05T20:42:27.284-07:00The Last PostOnce upon a time there was a fly fishing blog called Fat Guy Fly Fishing. It was a fun and silly blog, and it made lots of great blog friends and was a place where people could feel easy about the nonsense of the world.<br />
One day the father of the blog decided that he was done and it was time to move on so he enlisted the internet styling of the MG-Spot and can now be found at <a href="http://alexlandeen.com/">AlexLandeen.com</a>.<br />
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-Alex who on the behalf of himself, Aaron, and Kyle, thanks all who read.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-6465993501372169182014-02-04T15:12:00.001-07:002014-02-04T15:12:28.208-07:00And the Goo did leadeth him<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-77718353410700010432013-12-31T19:02:00.001-07:002013-12-31T19:28:02.995-07:00Upward Towards WhateverI think I can feel something coming. There seems to be an anticipatory nature to my thoughts and movements. Over the last year I have seen a sea-change, but where the roles of form and substance were reversed; the physical transformed while the substance for the most part remained the same. But I can't help but marvel, usually within the company of alcohol, at the significant impact the littlest things can have on ones outlook as well as the clarity of the mind's eye regarding the future. An eavesdropped conversation, a photograph, a sunrise that would have been better shared, or a sunset that would have been better alone. But all of this working towards what? Of that, dear friend, I seem to be unsure and it feels like most important part of all.<br />
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2013 was as important of a year as any, but it seems, looking back, as if it were more of a landing within a staircase; a step but also a means of changing directions or navigating obstacles, held to the previous and next by the risers of the obligatory New Year's Celebrations, and being just as mysterious and necessary as any of the others in its role leading us upward towards whatever.<br />
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While these steps can be counted, with defined edges, the lives held within are imprecise, unfixed, runny.<br />
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Sarah Connor said there is no fate but what we make for ourselves, and I think sometimes it is easy to forget while being carried by the current of our lives that we have the ability to swim within that current, to change our position within that flow. Albeit sometimes the slightest repositioning can feel like an impossibility due to the perceived strength necessary to achieve the movement, which is usually just our bullshit fears getting in the way of progress. Remember that. (Also, always remember to stretch before strenuous life repositioning )<br />
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We consists of being born, doing lots of in-the-long-run seemingly meaningless things, then dying. Piece of cake. So tonight, as we lift our collective feet to the next step on the stairway of physical existence let us say a toast and be happy, because tomorrow you will have a headache and none of this shit will matter.<br />
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-Alex, stroking towards greatness.<br />
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Merry Christmas.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-41620275182022848332013-12-19T13:35:00.001-07:002013-12-19T13:36:50.724-07:00Lists and maps and picked guide brains in full 4-color glory, oh my!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In the introduction to this book, Lefty Kreh begins by saying, "Tailwaters are the salvation of fly fishing." It would stand to reason, then, that if you feel the need to be saved, and you would like to know where to go, have a detailed and labeled map of the area, and have a local guide tell you what to use and how for maximum fishyness, then this handsome 272-page, full color softcover is what you are looking for.<br />
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Divided by region, each tailwater (actual number is 56! yay!) has a great map and the write-up is the work of a local guide, so you can be sure that the knowledge is sound. (Although I know attaining true G14-Classified Super Secret guide insight still entails multiple 30-packs and a sustained proven trust level higher than the standard boat fare, and even then if they are true to their craft you will only get a partial idea, and that is just the way it goes and the way it should be.) Each chapter also includes "<span style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>contact information for local fly shops,
outfitters, and lodges, along with suggested best bars, restaurants, hotels,
campgrounds, and emergency medical services</i>."</span> But seriously- the maps...bacon-savers.<br />
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The Gunns are good people. I am always treated like family when I stay at their lodge up at the Ferry. This, truly, is a very nice book with lots of good knowledge that can be used on all waters, really. It would look damn good on a coffee table, too. I was given a copy in exchange for talking about it here, but I think we have known each other long enough for you to understand that I would never lead you astray for personal gain. Probably. I think. Either way, if you buy this book and feel like anything I have said here is bullshit, drop me a line and we can talk about how you need a hobby.<br />
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-AAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-35998697338284455682013-12-06T16:38:00.001-07:002013-12-06T16:39:01.505-07:00Cue the lightning bolt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And he did speaketh unto his peoples, "read thyself these words, for they are total awesome sauce."</span></i></div>
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<b><a href="http://pulpfly.com/purchase/" target="_blank">Pulp Fly: Volume Three</a></b><br />
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Introduction by Michael Gracie<br />
<i>with</i><br />
Erin Block<br />
Alex Landeen<br />
Pete McDonald<br />
Miles Nolte<br />
Tom Reed<br />
Tom Sadler<br />
Bruce Smithhammer<br />
April Vokey<br />
Bob White<br />
Steve Zakur<br />
Jay Zimmerman<br />
<i>aka</i><br />
<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=awesome%20sauce" target="_blank">Awesome Sauce</a><br />
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Available on:<br />
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Amazon Kindle<br />
Apple iPad<br />
B&N Nook<br />
Kobo Reader<br />
Android device (via the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=165849822" target="_blank">Kindle App for Android </a>or the <a href="http://www.kobo.com/apps" target="_blank">Kobo Reading App</a>)<br />
Mac computer (via iTunes + iBooks App, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000464931" target="_blank">Kindle App for Mac</a>, or the <a href="http://www.kobo.com/apps" target="_blank">Kobo Reading App</a>)<br />
Windows computer (via the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000426311" target="_blank">Kindle App for PC</a> or the <a href="http://www.kobo.com/apps" target="_blank">Kobo Reading App</a>)<br />
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Get it.<br />
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-Saucier Alex de'Awesome<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-23632194473857829762013-11-25T20:13:00.000-07:002013-11-25T20:13:16.589-07:00#Ahoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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#wouldn'tfightherforthebow<br />
#thingsIwoulddowiththatpadel<br />
#linestraighteningpriorities<br />
#placesIwouldratherbe<br />
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#Alexwhoiscoldrightnow<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-89562239370767761872013-11-07T17:32:00.002-07:002013-11-07T17:32:41.519-07:00San Juan Skills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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-Alex the fish wrangler.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-81302975217389854522013-10-22T13:46:00.001-07:002013-10-22T23:09:33.767-07:00For Luzzie: Smoke on the Water.<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar.</i><br />
-Mark Twain.</blockquote>
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The subject: <b><a href="http://www.neptunecigar.com/pr/trinidad_reserve_siglo_vi_sampler_with_ashtray.aspx">Trinidad Habana Reserve Siglo VI</a></b><br />
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Initial inspection proved this to be a handsome cigar. The wrap was smooth and head/cap were finished nicely, which lead to a neat cut. The initial draw was pleasurable and smooth, and the pre-light flavors were earthy, with hints of something sweet, almost cake-like.<br />
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It lit very easily, and needed no touching up. The earthy tones remained accompanied by a nutty undertone. Maybe almonds? (Maybe Hazelnut?-If I may be so bold.) The draw remained smooth and the taste, while hovering in the light to medium range, was soothing as the Cubano wrapper was sweet in the mouth.</div>
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The burn was vain: near perfect, showing an excessively high opinion of itself as it wound down into the final third and the spice and pepper intensified along with the heat and quantity of smoke. I would say that this is generally my least favorite part of any cigar, and in this case I found myself wanting the medium light flavors from the beginning, but fearing that my pallet had now passed the point where I could appreciate those flavors again even if given the chance. </div>
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Sitting squarely in the $7 dollar range, I think they are a good deal, and a nice smoke if you are like me and enjoy a hassle-free smoke with rich flavors but like to remain on the lighter side of things. My father said it reminded him of a Fuente 858. I wouldn't know anything about that.</div>
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Thanks to Luzzie at <a href="http://www.neptunecigar.com/">Neptune Cigars</a> for providing the nicotine buzz.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-20525445671191074902013-10-09T19:39:00.001-07:002013-10-09T20:36:57.509-07:00Recent places: Lees Ferry/Marble Canyon "Float That Shit" ep.2 - Defying Death.The tire blew. The tread, which had apparently spent the last couple hundred miles slowly detaching itself from the cap piles, belts, and carcass, slammed like a gunshot as it bent the bumper and dented the fender before flying to rest somewhere in the road; most likely to be tossed aside by a passing highway patrolman where it would live with its previously shorn brethren dotting the sides of Interstate 17.<br />
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We were thrown from the right lane across the passing lane and onto the sloped rock shoulder of the median. Marvin held the drift as the bed of the truck lost traction, sliding out to the left and down the hill at near 70mph. I tensed, gripping the armrest. Marvin, both hands on the wheel keeping the truck half on and half off the blacktop, said, "hold on" as polished steel front bumper ate a shoulder marker; its gray metal body and small white square reflective head disappearing under the truck with a thunk.<br />
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We lived a lifetime in that moment. The heavy rumble of the ruined tire, rocks pounding, thrown away and up into the undercarrage: chaos which seemed a stark contrast to the clear bright beauty of the morning seen through the windshield. In moments like this they say that your life flashes before your eyes. I cannot say that was the case in this instance. In fact, I am a little embarrassed and slightly concerned to tell you that the only thought that I can clearly remember thinking as we walked that gravitational and frictional tightrope was "this is going to make us late for fishing."<br />
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The tires still in contact with the pavement caught and the vehicle straightened out with a wobbly snap. Marvin steered the truck back across the lanes to the right shoulder and brought us to a stop where we surveyed the damage and swapped the tire with the spare in a rush; partly still twitchy as the last adrenaline was processed from out bodies, and partly because the backhaul up Marble Canyon left at 2:30, and our soft time cushion was diminishing by the minute. The job done, and with a quick still-alive-high-five, we continued out journey north with slightly raised levels of appreciation for just about everything. I ate the remainder of my subway sandwich as we talked loudly. It was abnormally delicious.<br />
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Discount tire in Flagstaf spit us out just in time to make it to the boat ramp at Lees Ferry as the CRD guide boats were loading people for backhaul. All was well and good.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People look cooler touching fish while wearing hats. Just sayin.</td></tr>
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-Alex who likes a little excitement now and again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-59057919284481868042013-09-30T13:10:00.002-07:002013-09-30T13:10:48.221-07:00Lost count.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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-Alex who reminds you to drink less if prone to spins during prolonged contemplation of the night sky.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-51522750955898896772013-09-20T21:54:00.001-07:002013-09-20T21:54:22.144-07:00Don't Bite Me, AssholeI was doing some late night yard work, an as I grab the hose I got bit by a Diamond back rattle snake. So he had to die.<br />
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The asshole<br />
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The Bite marks<br />
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gutting<br />
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I killed it so I must put it to use<br />
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this is lunch<br />
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now a gift the the Fiancee, showing her what happens if she bites me<br />
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_Kyle, who is feeling a bit sick. Maybe I should have gone to the Hospital first.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-59150321703853181392013-09-18T09:10:00.003-07:002013-09-18T09:10:58.982-07:00Trophy RoomNot mine, but I wish.<br />
This is the extension built onto Rusty Ulmer's house because he needed more room for more heads.<br />
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I just put the cat on the last pic because he was in a funny position.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-33708259559523312302013-08-06T10:55:00.000-07:002013-08-07T08:49:24.708-07:00This is where.This is where the writing goes.<br />
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This is where I talk sunburnt shoulders and cold toes; about canyons and thin sky and clear water and sandstone rocks that fall and splash into the river at night and the cicadas that fall and splash into the river and get eaten by rainbow trouts.<br />
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This is where I talk about river backhauls with Holly the Hauler and bags of wine, rain and waterfalls, sandy tent floors and pan seared strip steaks, pontoons and five weights, sink tips with olive cone-head buggers, floating line with big black foam creatures; hoppers and droppers and stoppers and floppers.<br />
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This is where I talk about my father and my uncle, family and good times, learning and teaching and how important they all are.<br />
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This is where you look at pictures.<br />
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This is where I write -A.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-6987439174912337942013-07-30T23:35:00.002-07:002013-07-30T23:36:11.264-07:00Vermilion morning glory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Floated that shit.<br />
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Stuff to come.<br />
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For reals this time.<br />
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No bullshit.<br />
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Seriously.<br />
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-AAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-19858985829292595352013-07-24T11:36:00.000-07:002013-07-24T11:36:57.097-07:00float that shit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a float, brother.</div>
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Pack that shit and get to the flowing river, brother.</div>
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What is that thing? You don't need that shit. Throw that shit out, brother.</div>
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You got some pants and a fly rod? Then you all good, brother.</div>
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No, Brave Little Grater... this is no place for you, brother. We will get our quesadilla on hardcore when I get home, I promise.<br />
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-Alex who finally filled his Patagucci Black Holer duffel-n-stuffs.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-61317039373967045712013-07-10T22:30:00.002-07:002013-07-10T22:30:21.949-07:00four.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You sit in a small boat floating in the pacific.<br />
Behind you a miles long trail of fish oil and blended parts, identifiable above the waterline as a boat-width calm strip that undulates slowly toward the horizon as a shark swims close and eats the man-up's fly. The guide says something then hold up four fingers, you take a photo and the moment passes, quickly forgotten.<br />
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You sit in an office chair working at your computer.<br />
The room smells warm. An AC unit buzzes and shakes in the wall and your face glows in the dark with light from the screens as you scroll through images then stop. There on the screen is what looks like a question. Four. Four what? Who cares. But you leave and make food or to go work or masterbate to porn on your phone but you can't stop thinking about it so you write some nonsense on the internet.<br />
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The End.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-74098128561140862232013-07-06T00:59:00.000-07:002013-07-06T01:00:21.111-07:00Your CureAre you feeling tired?<br />
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-Alex who only wants the best for you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-54904028522122903522013-06-27T19:30:00.003-07:002013-06-28T22:23:20.351-07:00Mikesells Makos: A Video<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KZ-WCqm_Kfg?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>
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I have more to say about the subject of sharks and fly rods, but for now I leave you with this videographic deliciousness, edited from last weekends gopro footage.<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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Also, be sure to check out <a href="http://troutsflyfishing.com/news/mako-madness-with-rick-mikesell/" target="_blank">Rick's play-by-play write-up</a> over at Trouts.<br />
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-AAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-65675659704765387632013-06-23T20:14:00.002-07:002013-06-23T20:17:10.624-07:00a slight bitch and a preview of things to come v-8.2I must have done something wrong like thanking the incorrect deity post trophy-fish netting or running over some old gypsy woman or something because this feel like some brand of voodoo.<br />
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First it was the the week-long PM steelhead trip where the first day I began an apocalyptic sinus head-fuck cold/flu/snot-fest that kept me in bed and out of the drift boat for the first few days.<br />
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Now it was strep throat for the San Diego shark trip; fever, body aches, headache, prescription antibiotics, the whole shebang.<br />
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And if that isn't silly enough, two years ago when I had a day scheduled with Conway Bowman (the guide we had for this trip) who at the last minute had to pass the trip to Dave Trimble because he was sick with, get this, strep throat.<br />
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Seriously. I havn't had strep since I was like 8, and now it shows up on the day before a trip with a guy who had to bail because of it two years ago?<br />
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Two out of state trips this year, two sicknesses that could not have been planned better for maximum shittyness. Yeah. Voodoo.<br />
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But you know what? Fuck it. In Michigan I stuck steelhead and yesterday Makos felt the cold steel so eat a dick, illness. You have to do better than that to keep my fly out of the water, you bastard.<br />
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There is GoPro footage to edit, and I am going to bed so hard right now but I will leave you with this little tasty screenshot.<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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-Alex who will probably be enjoying soft foods for a few more days.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-38820977411372015282013-06-19T12:32:00.001-07:002013-06-19T12:32:36.380-07:00not talkin' 'bout pleasure boatin' or day sailin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy fathers day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-31107988355158528022013-06-14T13:28:00.001-07:002013-06-14T14:37:51.808-07:00Thoughts, renderings, and Pulp Fly: Vol. 2 in the multiverseAs the modern age pushes another little bundle of joyful ones and zeros out into the electronic existence, I sit thinking of Morgan Freeman. In the multiverse, and its set of infinite possible universes that together "comprise everything that exists and can exist: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them," these things which you see before you do exist, physically, somewhere:<br />
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In one reality humans consume information in a literal sense, and someone soon will be taking a nice big cold swig of extra pulpy Vol. 2, basking in the refreshing deliciousness of fresh fly fishing content. While they wipe some tasty prose from their chin with the back of their once sun-beaten forearm they stare out an office window and thank their deity for the shared experience of others.<br />
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A few realities away a child sits on a old pine bench on the porch of a cabin. He holds in his little hands a weathered book, he opens the cover and flips through a few chapters, letting the thick, rough edged pages fall between his fingers. His discarded waders and boots piled near his feet, which swing enthusiastically above the wooden deck.<br />
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An old man appears at the screen door holding a mixing bowl with sweet smelling , unknown contents.<br />
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The child looks up through the door. "You wrote this, grandpa?"<br />
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"No, just a part of it."<br />
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"Well, I bet it is the best part," the child replies and continues flipping through the old pages.<br />
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The old man smiles through the dusty screen as the sun pokes its orange fingers through the last remaining gaps in the tall trees that line the high mountain lake.<br />
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So finally we end with our own occasionally boring yet magnificently awesome reality, where right now the crack (or cracked out) editorial staff of Pulp Fly is working around the clock to bring you, valued reader, the newest, freshest, most bestest yet <a href="http://pulpfly.com/volume-2/" target="_blank">Pulp Fly yet: Volume Two</a>, of which I am grateful to be a part:<br />
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As updates become available I will give them to you. For now, just try not to melt your brain thinking of all the awesomeness existing elsewhere, and focus more on the awesomeness existing here.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245535671955409800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693777.post-36543433350014678762013-05-29T20:19:00.002-07:002013-05-29T20:19:45.341-07:00Getting around to it.I know... I am tired of hearing about and I got your emails. It has been over a week and I am still suffering from PASD, (Post Altitude Stress Disorder), which is common for me upon returning from the mountains however it seems that this is a worse case than usual. <div>
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