It's true. The river is right there. About 2 minutes' walk from where I type this.
"The river was there." Ernest Hemingway, Big Two-Hearted River
I'm willing to trade sleep for fishing. I've done it before. Loads of times. When I was bartending, it was a fact of life: finish counts & cash out, grab gear, grab coffee and go. Fish most of the day, and repeat.
But not this time. I'm gonna sit this one out.
Sleep deprivation and high, fast, chocolate-coloured water aren't my thing just yet.
Give me another three or four days to reach a sufficient level of desperation and depression.
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| West Fork of the Tolovana River, near Livengood, AK |
Video streaming websites are blocked on this project. I blame drillers and their porn sites. It's always the drillers' fault. Unfortunately this means no tunes appended to posts. If you need a music recommendation, go listen to Matthew Good's Lights of Endangered Species. It's good. Trust me.
4 comments:
That's gorgeous country Mat. Let's have a fishing report soon.
I'm workin' on it, Howard! I'm guessing my reluctance for high water & sleep deprivation will be worn down by desires to fish within the next 24-48 hours.... :)
Gotta love the rig pigs and their porn addictions. Don't bother floggin unproductive water, get your sleep. Having spent a significant amount of time in the "land of the midnight sun" myself, I can assure you will need it once the rivers are fishable. I love fishing at midnight when the sun is still up.
I took your advice. The creek's flowing at 800cfs right now after another heavy rainstorm yesterday. I figure it needs to be about 150-200cfs to be clear & fun. Unless I get blindsided by another unannounced company-wide safety meeting due to the aforementioned 'rig pigs' continuously hurting themselves, I might go check out some small lakes tomorrow AM. Stay tuned...
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