Fair Weather Dog

   As most of my readers know, I grew up in Nebraska and so was cursed into becoming a Husker fan but what you might not know is that growing up a Husker fan most years ended up with the same whiney quotes that would get us Husker fans through til the next year. “ Well, at least our team is classy, or smart , or our biggest claim to fame was that we were the most loyal fans in the world, yep no “fair weather fans” here”. I remember in the early nineties I met a former Husker linebacker and at that time a Bronco player named Mark Munford in Winter Park. I got to tell him what a huge fan of him that I was and we got to talk for a little while about the fair weather CU fans. He told me about some of the CU fans that would come up to him and get in his face about how the Buffs kicked their butts this year. Mark just laughed and said “I am sure you were one of the three thousand fans in the stadium when his Husker team was there”. Ninety Four through Ninety seven were great years in the O'Grady household strutting around with my Husker gear looking like a prized rooster pheasant. Well as time went on, I realized I was becomung one of those fair weather fans as well. Osborne left and Solich wasn’t the answer and then they hired Callahan. A loss to Texas Tech when the Huskers gave up over seventy and it all made sense to me, it’s no fun watching crappy sports. Rocktober was great and Cat and I did everything we could to get World Series tickets but have not watched a game since. So why am I thinking about these things?

  Most of our readers have seen the pictures and videos of my second most faithful companion Winston. Golden Retrievers may be the most amazing pets in the world. My kids have many times complained that I have more pics of my dogs than my kids. Winston follows me around the house, he sleeps next to me at night and when we go fishing he never seems to wander much more than a few feet from me. Walking around the river with my trusty and loyal sidekick Winston makes me bubble a little with pride. The rod bends and he is next to me making sure my technique is correct. When Cat is there, Winston will occasionally walk over to her and then very quickly come back to my side. On Thursday I got to fish with my son Brandon and it all started out normal but as we were walking up the river Brandon got hot, he hooked five fish in a row and then I saw it. Winston left my side and was sitting next to Brandon. I don’t think the Huskers, Broncos, or Rockies really care if I am a fair weather fan but it sure hit me hard when I realized that my Winston was a “fair weather dog”.

  Well luckily for me the Huskers hired a new coach and we had more river to fish. Around the next corner the universe returned to normal with me hooking fish and my faithful, fair weather dog at my side. I am still waiting for the return of the Huskers…..

 

 

  Fishing is definitely interesting right now. The flow has been cut to about forty coming out of the dam and doesn’t look like there is any relief in sight. The low clear water requires quality casts and perfectly drag free drifts. We are still seeing tricos returning to the water at any given time, I also saw a few very small BWO’s late in the afternoon. Midges are always on the table with the cream and black being the most common, did not see many caddis on Thursday. Fishing right now can still be good but I would not put it into the easy category. Get out and enjoy, thanks for reading Connell