Does taking a friend into an especially productive hole at 0-dark-30 for his first time, stepping into the head of the run and beginning to fish only be corked by a couple spinner guys (we had the bug rods that day) that bang a nice big buck right in front of us count?

So I'm pissed and climbing the trail at Mach 5 to get to another spot when a couple rocks gave way that instantly led to 2 nice breaks in an otherwise perfectly good left shoulder <ouch!>

I did learn something from that day - the madder you get, the worse you day is likely to turn out!

After my not so lengthy rehab (Bob snapped a pic of me with a fish in one hand and the other arm in a sling about 1 month later), I've been getting better at not letting the Ignoranus Factor ruin my days on the river!

Tight Lines and Long Fuses!

Brian