Hello all and thanks for checking in at the O’Grady Fly
Fishing Adventures blog. When Cat and I first began writing this blog several
years ago, we really had no idea what it would grow into. Some of our earliest
blogs would get 15 or 20 readers throughout the week. Cat had always wanted to
be a writer but as for me I couldn’t understand why anyone would ever want to
sit down and write. Then one day it hit me, I could share jokes, stories, I
could tease others and I could even talk about great new cool gear and throw in
a tip or two, and maybe the greatest thing about the blog is that no one can
ever cut me off, the stage is mine(hehe). We have probably written to much
personal info but it seems that we have really developed a personal relationship
with our readers. Now every once in a while, something from the blog will come
back at us and all we can do is blush.
Yesterday
I walked into the shop and a reader and friend was in and said that he had
something for me. I immediately felt a little sheepish and then he went on to
remind me about my run-in with the killer beaver this summer( http://ogradyflyfishing.blogspot.com/2016/07/taking-advantage.html ) and then said it may be a little late because I’m walking so well now. He pulled it
from around his back and it was a walking stick that he had carved from
scratch. The staff has a beaver holding a fish carved out of the top, it has
flies carved into the wood and then has Winston and Cat eyes burned into the
wood. The final touches were the flies burned in throughout the staff. Now I
have to admit, I had no idea how to take this and it absolutely blew me away.
This project was incredible and had to have taken months to complete, while
looking it over I was stunned, I don’t think I had ever received a gift that
had taken that much time to complete. I asked Joe why he did this and he said
that he felt like we helped him learn how to fish. I got it home last night and
I kept finding myself walking into the other room and checking it out. Now I have
never been very good and taking compliments or even more so gifts so in my best
Connellesque way, I will put my humor into this. It seems that our blog has
touched people enough over the years that readers and friends want to give us
gifts. I wanted to start by saying that Joe has set the bar awfully high and it
may be very difficult to equal, but just in case you want to try, tickets to
Belize might be pretty cool(hehe). Okay that was my joke, but thank you so much
Joe, the staff is incredible.
Now on
to the fishing, as with most of the fall, fishing has been real hit and miss, my
trip out on Wednesday was fantastic with several big fish hookups and four
sixteen inchers to the net. Thursday I fished by myself and hooked one good
fish and several dinks. Today’s trip was a little slow with a breakoff, a few
losses and a couple of quality fish to the net. Today we got to meet up with
Steve and Cajun and Winston got to hang out with a new friend on the river. I think
the problem we are dealing with is that with the warmth of the water, there is
just too much food in the water to really get the fish gorging at any one time.
If you are thinking about a learning guide trip then the next two weeks should
be the perfect time to get it done. The river crowds will really pick up right
around Thanksgiving so right now is a great time to cover a lot of the river.
Fish were taken on FOD’s, Black emergers and Cream Blings. As always, Connell,
Cat, Winston, Joe and the Drift Fly Shop want to thank you for reading…
From Today
From Today
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