Sibling Non Rivalry!!!

  Hello all and thanks for reading. We want to wish all our readers an incredible holiday season. This year I got to spend Thanksgiving with my older brother and his family. Growing up my oldest brother Hugh M. O’Grady was just old enough so that our paths didn’t cross all that much. Even as the family aged, Hugh waited a little longer in life before he started his family so our kids didn’t get much of a chance to bond. Hugh was the oldest son and had the classic first born tendencies. He is an engineer and was always the responsible one, but his appreciation for humor was 100% O’Grady. When Hugh was younger people would ask him what his middle initial M. stood for. His answer was classic O’Grady; He would put his hands on his waist, give an ever so slight pelvic thrust, and with a **it eating grin, his answer was “mungus”. Hugh was part of the original trips to the Taylor, twenty plus years ago, but due to health issues and a really busy family life he hasn’t been able to fly fish in a few years. Today was the perfect day to share my love for flyfishing.

  Hugh picked it up real quick and hooked several fish today and got 4 all the way to the net, 14 inches was the prize. The most exciting part of the day was when Hugh hooked about a 17 incher and fought him for several minutes. His idiot guide never mentioned to him to try and work the fish into a little deeper water so the guide could get the net under the fish so unfortunately the fish was lost right near the net. Didn't see a lot of bugs today and the rig of choice was a FOD, Skinny Minnie, and a Bling..

   I hope it’s not another several years before I get to spend the day fishing with Hugh again, but if it is I hope he enjoyed the day fully. I think when he gets back to Omaha, his answer might change a little when people ask what the M. stands for. He can now remove his hands from his waist, put 17inches apart, add another 4 (fisherman lie inches), and in a totally adult way say “Mungus”.