Stonefish,

That's f'n nuts! Not surprised you had the place to yourself. My wife's fair weather nature must be getting to me. I happily decided to forego actually fishing and opted to visit the fly fishing show in Lynnwood.

Picked up some tidbits like buffs for the next tropical trip in April and some sample flies to copy, like sculpins and saltwater baitfish. Oh and talked with the rep from Sweetgrass and got to play with the rod I took a likin' to when we visited the shop on our last Montana trip. And since I'll only live once, I took the plunge and ordered it. I better get that Spey blank built up that I started a few weeks ago before I get the call that the new grass stick is ready, or Mrs. Salmo will think I've gone off the deep end fer sure. I'm not sure how to merge this with the decision to replace my old fishin' buggy this week. I think I'll try the "0% interest more than offsets the cost of the new cane, right?"

After Bantam dried off from his morning sojourn on the river he dropped by the show, and we drooled all over the Stream Tech raft that was set up in the display. That's a seriously nice ride for water with an ultra huge pucker factor.

Sg