Monday Morning Coffee- June 20

"I have hair in places other people don't have places"- Coyote Luke

 

Aaaaahhhhhheeeewwweuuuupphhhgghhh!  Is that a sound? Cuz I just made it.  Don't try to sound it out because you'll just hurt yourself.  Monday. Again.  Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore, I worked yesterday afternoon.  There's no such thing as a Monday for me anymore.  I'm not feeling sorry for myself though, because I did have a Saturday.  For those of you who wanted to fish with me Saturday and I said "no, I have to work"- I didn't get my office work done until afternoon, at which point I messaged my customer and let them know I'd come Sunday, and went and did what I intend... oh heck, just trust me that I wasn't ditching you.  Intentionally, anyhow.  And I did work on Sunday.

Well today's cup is again brought to you by Robert Vaughan and Roast & Toast.  I'll have to go back and check the suggestion box as to coffees to order.  It's time to switch it up a bit. This coffee is good, but I'm ready for something a little more exotic.

Hex spotting

Well, let's see.  Hmmm.  Not much to report.  I just had the most amazing kayak-bass fishing-carp on the flats trip of my life, but that will have to be a post.  All I can say is, it was the trip of a lifetime, 30 minutes from my house.  I'm going back, to stay I think.  The hexes should start in earnest this week.  For me this week will be one of 12 hour work days, so I wouldn't bet on an FR hex post.  I don't care- I think the Hex hatch is overrated.  October streamer fishing?  That gets me going.

a fish from the weekend

If you haven't seen the post, Phil finished his boat.   It looks amazing, and because I had to work I turned down an inaugural float last night- what is wrong with me?  I'll recover.  Phil will too.  I have no big plans in the outdoors but I'm sure I'll get out at least once this week.  Phil tells me he's floating today with a couple of clients- jealous.  I can't wait to hear how the new hull design performs.  Initial tests were positive, but it's always nice to get it out on a river and give it a good run.  What I didn't mention in the post is that this boat weighs less than 200 pounds- two men can lift it rather easily in fact, so it may weigh closer to 150-160.  Try and do that with a Hyde.  There is of course a place for bigger, heavier drift boats, but these are designed for our smaller rivers up North.

just one more photo, I can't help it.

Well, I've lingered at this far too long, and I have a long day, long week ahead.  I'll leave you with one last photo from the weekend.

my kayak on an unnamed reef half a mile offshore

Have a great week.  I'll try to have a post up tomorrow about the smallmouth and carp fishing on Lake Michigan.  It was fantastic, and for more reasons than just the fishing.