[streamer]

Here’s my take on the Fall Show ………….

As usual, it was good to see the regulars. It was cool to meet the new guys as well. Talented tyers, casters, fishermen. Fun to spend time with all of them.

Spaghetti, Beef Stew, Shrimp Gumbo, Bacon/Sausage/Egg Breakfast, Gooormay coffee. Thanks to DD, JT, Bamboo 10, and all the helpers for making the meals and cleaning up.

Thanks to all the Strawbosses for organizing and bein’ bosses without being Bast*#@&*s.

Fishing with Southernfly and La Trucha was a blast. Fishing and exploring with JT was a pleasure. We had as much driving around and scouting as we did fooling the fish on the Tuck.

McGinty showed up at the campfire.

I bought a print of Fleming13’s beautiful brown trout drawing. Even more dazzling up close.

We cast a boatload of rods……..long, short, heavy, light, limber, stiff, cane, ‘glass, graphite, boron………each with its own charms.

Casting elegance from Bamboo 10, and Bill Res. Powerful long distance casts from T.E. Shuler and Peddler. Accurate little darts from Brandon, Fleming 13, Pictureman, and others. Brandy and Lady Overbrook learning a little more.

Great flies to see from the vises of Fleming13, Supafly, and Overbrook. Man, some of that stuff has got to be Voodoo!

La Trucha faithfully building and maintaining a great campfire every night.

Snoring……..Lots of snoring…….

DD’s monster brown…..Attaboy DD!

Quote of the week: “Put yo’ A$$ up here in the prime position!”

Pics later.
All in all, a great weekend. It was filled with all of the things that we want from these events. Fun, fish, food, and fellowship.

Thanks, y’all. I had a blast.

Streamer

[supaflyGSR]

man oh man...where to start

first of all, i don't know what it is about our get togethers, but come sunday i feel like it would be alrite to put off life for awhile and just stay there and fish

i think if our chefs started a restaurant it would be world class! Heck i'd eat there everytime i could scrounge up change to afford it!

Thanks to the strawbosses for making everything operate smoothly

Bob-thanks so much for the flies and the advice, it was great fishing with you...but i swear if you hook one more pig i'm gonna raid your fly box and cut all the hook points off your flies... so thats what a boo rod looks like with a 3lb fish on the end

Gary- Its always great talkin to you and casting your rods...its amazing that your "mistake" rods can cast like that! LOL we may have to work on that trade for a boo'

Eugene- It was nice seein' you again and thats for helping brandy, we both really appreciate it. Lets get some practices goin!

Jack- I'll trade you my eagle claw for one of your winstons for a weekend Thanks for the casting lessons and all the laughs

Jule- Thanks for helpin' brandy on sunday and for showin us how to tie a flash dancer! McGinty was quite the character, i was laughin about that on the whole long drive home!

Tom- It was great seein you again and meeting the lady that can put up with you We need to get up sometime and fish..although i'm stayin away from sheep... P.S No more field parties for you!

Dick- It was great fishin' with you again...man have you progressed in leaps and bounds! Thanks for appetizers on thursdays we owe you one! This guys probably knows the history of the gorge better than anyone, it was awesome hearing stories for your yakin days!

Jason- Thanks for the flies and the tips on the big D, your art is amazing man! Lemme know if you need some company sometime when you're fishin'!

man it was great seeing everyone!

brandon and todd we gotta get on eugene and get the gang started again! hope you guys kept bob straight when you were fishin!

fernando and his beautiful campfires and great stories

Jt and his awesome gumbo great stories and infinite wisdom

Bill and his super graceful casting...he also has a way of standing around a pot for 2 hours stirring dinner seem hilarious!

We had a great bunch there, Brandy and i couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

i'll try and get some pics up later!

thanks again everyone, yall were great!

-josh

[J_Thomas]

My Take

Thanks to DD and Scum for straw Bossing the Show -- good Job for sure
Thanks to TeacherTec for the long fireside chat about saving a creek
Thanks to the great Cooks -- Streamer and Bamboo10.
Thanks for my great cooking crew --Billres,Supfly and Brandy

My Short Bytes

Matuka's
Coffee Addicts
Eugene's long casts -impressive
PCole Stomp
DD's Hawg
Mo Lead
The Tuck
Streamers
BillRes' Pottery
LT's Great Fire --Excellent
Turtle stew Stroke
October Caddis
My loosing grudge match with a 6-7 lb trout
Brandy Ripping Trout
Bhall's hat
Fleming13 's tying
Anise error

The most amazing thing about the trip was that Streamer did not fall in all day long

Thx for the fun and the memories

Stone Man

[Pictureman]

What a great time! I was one of the new guys there, and I couldn't have been more comfortable. I got to hang out with a great bunch of people.

A special thanks to Creek Scum, Devinsdad and others for all of the work that went into the event. I'm sure it took a lot of time.

Thanks to JT, Bamboo 10 and Devinsdad for the food. Amazing what you guys did. Great food.

Thanks to the token Puerto Rican and resident Fire Whisperer, LaTrucha. Great fires man. You think that dude ever found Muffy?

Great to see Teachertec and Mrs. Teachertec again. Teachertec, next time we go fishing we'll leave the flasher at home. That guy has a real problem.

JT, I'm glad that you are a friendly giant. I enjoyed passing the jar to you.

Pcole, you are one of the most laid back dudes I think I've ever met. Let's fish the park when the water returns.

Bamboo 10, I'm PMing you my address for the 4 wt. I'll break down and pay the shipping.

Peddler, you live up to (or down to) your reputation. It was great to meet you.

Scubafish, thanks for finally cluing me into the fact that hot is cold and cold is hot. Who knew? Come up to the mountains and we'll fish.

SupaflyGSR, Brandywine, Tbryan and Bhall15, it was nice to meet you guys. Supafly, you'd better hold onto that girl.

Southernfly, you need to get some glasses so you don't have to stand so close to the tree to read the sign.

Overbrook and LadyOverbrook, it was nice to meet you both. Overbrook ties beautiful flies.

McStreamer, that's got to be the hardest I've laughed in a long time. You should be in the entertainment biz.

ZZDruid, thanks for taking time to fish with the new guy. I had a blast. Now lets see if we can get you some help for that little problem you have.

To anyone I missed, it was great hanging out with you. I'm already looking forward to the next show.

[supaflyGSR]

wow i only took 3 pictures i guess i got caught up in the fishin' and bs'in!


eugene showin us how its done!



Bob with one of the piggies from the Tuck



and goodness look at the line brandy was throwin!

[La_Trucha]

A great weekend as usual. It is amazing how the time flies when you have friends around you and you are having a great time.

Rain makers strike Thursday.
Thanks for the StrawBosses, they are a fine group of people.
Love to see old faces (Yes Peddler, yours too) and it is always great to see new faces.
The food, ohh, the food, it is always great! Thanks DD, Streamer and JT. Many thanks to the cook assistance, cleaning crew and those last minute volunteers.
Fishing with Southernfly, great we could do that again bud! We need to hit them smalies before they get turn off.
Fishing with Streamer, always a pleasure and a learning experience.
Thanks to Teachertec for the 2 fire pokers, I would have never been able to manage them fires on without them. Thanks for the drilling/welding tips.
Thanks to Mrs. Teachertec for great conversation at the fire.
Friday night fire UFO’s and ghost stories.
Saturday night fire great conversation and McGinty showing up.
Brandy, LadyOverbrook and Mrs Teachertec, thank you for putting up with us guys and our joke and such. All 3 of you are good in my book!
JT, thanks for the rod paste. I might finally be able to stop “spearfishing” fish with my rod tip now!
Stomp, sweet stomp.
Pictureman, nice meeting you. I do think muffy is still lost. He was calling for her Sunday also! Muffy, come back here!
There are many more people and many more memories, too many to share here. Thanks y’all for making this another memorable event.

I will get pictures and videos as soon as I can, work is calling!

Ready for the next one!

Cheers...

[Phil]

You guys are killing me. I wanted to come to the show Sooo Bad.
Unfortunately, I was unable to take off work.

[bhall15]

Boy oh boy! What an AWESOME weekend! First I want to say thank you very much to everyone who took the time to put this show together. Thanks for all your hard work and time! Thanks to all the cooks and the people who helped prepare the meals. The food was GREAT!

Thanks to Bill Res, Jule, and Jack for the help on casting with a double haul. I will def. be practicing so I can get better at that. Thank you all for the flies you guys gave me. I will put them to good use. Jule I did already fish the adams para dun on Sunday and the trout on Indian Creek loved it! I had a great time fishing with Bob, Josh, Brandy and Dick. Dick you are doing great for just beginning! Keep on practicing. LT thanks for the fires. Tom, Jack, and JT thanks for the many laughs around the fire! It was good meeting Brad, Pictureman, Jason, Marty, Gary, Bill, Paul, and Dick. It was good seeing Jule, Tom, Tony, and David again. Thanks Eugene for the casting show! Maybe one day I will be able to cast like you!

I hope I am not forgetting anyone. It was a fantastic weekend. I had a great time! Can't wait for the next show!

[Devinsdad]

Another great one for the books....

A couple of things stuck in my mind this weekend...

Flashdancer, Flashdancer, Flashdancer
Mo lead, Mo' lead, Mo'lead

LaTrucha is right.... Thursday on the way in....



Thanks goes to everyone and I do mean everyone ( even Jack) because there was not a person who did not do something to help out. It made mine and David's job easy. Thank you all.

There were a few folks whose presence was missed... Don, just wasn't the same.... Disco we were thinking about ya...

Ralph.. just wasn't the same without you either.....PHG and the sore knee, and Damselfly galavantin the countryside..... sheeesh......

Great Cooks ( thank you guys) and great food, Jule's Friday Stew, and JT's Bodacious Gumbo, and Gary's rib sticking breakfast. Man we ate like Kings. GOOOOD Groceries for sure

Great fireside chats, being amongst friends, and laughing our butts off.

Abusing Peddler

Thanks to Gary for letting me fish Bamboo all weekend.

At "The Hole" on the Nanty, first cast, first fish, of the trip, on a Golden Horseshoe...... good moment..

One of many Brookies



Had a great time fishing Thursday Afternnon with Eugene and Brandy and Josh. Best Moment of the afternoon, Hey Eugene, come show us how to catch this big one....two casts later ....Bam! Pretty Impressive..... Czech Nymphing really works....



No more pics from Thursday as the camera took a swim. Thanks Scubafish for the water proof case.....and for takin pity on a fool


A great day on Friday fishing with Todd and Brandon, I enjoyed it guys....tremendously....them boys know how to catch a few fish. Trout Candy is the ticket......

Watching Scubafish and Josh and Brandy rip some lips under the bridge.



Bhall15 with one of many from the Nanty





Saturday found us combat fishing on the Tuck... I had another great day....

The story of the 3 little pigs.... DD style

One...


Two...



Three.... and a half


Got a visit from the boss who pulled over to say howdy to a bunch of us on River Road


After another great day of fishing.... back to camp to do all the things that make these outings so special...

Seldom Seen the Gumbo stirin' Machine..... Bill , geez it was good to see you brother.... I got your water jug by the way.



Tying and Lying....





JT says "Why how do Miss?? I believe we's has some Gumbo!"



Firemarshall Nando...Good job Bud! ..Calling Mr. McGinty






Where we going tomorrow Gary??


Peddler,Tbryan and Bhall.....



Charlie holdin Court


Casting Casting and More Casting.....even in the fog...







Packin 'er up



Group SHot...missing a couple... LaTrucha and I trying to coordinate camera's



Last Man standing in the cleared out camp




Big Thanks to PCole for being my Tuck guide.... What a good guy... I enjoyed our time together, we need to do it again. Thanks for all your help with the final cleanup.

Thanks to Mr and Mrs Teachertech for the good desert.

Thanks to all the folks who helped pack up the cook Tent and straighten out the campground... Jule, JT, Overbrook, big kudos to Tony for haulin all the stuff ...up and back.

Todd and Brandon, thanks for jumping in and helping with cleanup... Special thanks to all the shrimp cleaners....

If JT says " strawboss, strawboss, we need a strawboss!!!" just one more time....... he he he

And just exactly whose AZZ was he referring too

[fleming13]

What a blast!! It was an absolute pleasure to meet everybody. Nice to see the real people behind the screen here. Thanks to Creekscum and DD for putting this thing together. Thanks to all the cooks and anyone who pitched in to work around camp. The weekend went very smoothly with all the help. Here are some of the better quotes.

"Dang, I should have banned Ditch before I left."
"I caught an awfull lot of streambred fish in the Nanty DH today." "You killed em I hope."
"LT, more wood on the fire man."
"Sure, make the brown man do the work."
"full contact fly fishing."
"Do they call me Mcginty the roofmaker, Ni! But...."
"You draw that?"
"You're not nearly as big a @@@@ in person as you are on the board" you know who you are.
"Jack, is the coffee ready?" "No but the orange juice is"
"Brandy gets the Peddler award."
"Gonna meet a friend of mine and take him fly fishing. Give him another expensive hobby he doesn't need."

Too much fun and not nearly enough space to share it. I can't wait till I can get back to another one. Two unfortunate things did happen, I now have the urge to tie more flies and get more fly boxes, and the bamboo bug may have bitten. I don't know if I can afford the cure! I'm gonna work on the video and post it later.