MLSRB

Dates: May 17, 2009
Location: Canyon
Air temp: ?
Water temp: ?
Hatches: ?
Fish landed: 1

Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:

QuickDraw
Booter
Xan
TAFKAY
Scooter
McGlory

As is the trend these days, another member of the Guild, Scooter, has decided to procreate. To celebrate this conception, we gathered the canoes to float the Canyon. Considering how much Scooter fishes without child, we were also celebrating his final day of fishing ever. A retirement ceremony of his BWO will follow.

We left the Cities on a beautiful Sunday morning, gathering at McD's to eat and shit. Once those matters were settled, we drove to the river to start our day. It was planned that we would not start fishing until we had floated past trail accessible areas. Booter and I were in his canoe, and found ourselves to be much faster than the other slugs. After creating a sizable lead, we stopped just upstream of the Alpha hole to let the others catch up. It was here that I found a nice, smooth branch which I used to hit rocks. I called this game, stick-rock-ball. This game would provide much entertainment for nearly all involed, including a near scalping of TAFKAY at the hands (or lack thereof) of Booter.

Floating down a bit further, we setup shop by a nice looking run and the others took turns fishing it while I played stick-rock-ball. Despite the flogging the water took, multiple people were able to land fish.

We continued on to the beach, where we ate sandwiches, fished, and took turns hitting rocks.

So the day went, floating, fishing, and hitting rocks. A few more fish were caught, and many rocks were slapped around. We enjoyed a beautiful day on the river and no one sustained a massive head injury. Good times all around.