Mom bought me a new fishing license

Hello ROFFers,

Well, it is pretty chilly here in sunny California- only at night.

Actually today it was very warm out there from 11am till about 4pm in the
warm sunlight. PM-night-AM will freeze your tofu.

I went down to Watt Avenue on the lower American River today. First, I tied
on a #32 BWO on some special new FC 9x tippet that I produce myself daily so
it is really fresh. Knowing were "all" the fish hold in "my river" it is
getting pretty boring now. I made a 123' cast with my new 11' one piece 12
sided split cane rod I built last night while watching the Letterman show. I
put an aerial mend into it about 97 feet from the tip of the line and then
threw in about 50 stack mends. After a 70 foot drift free float a small 23
pound fresh run wild steelhead took my perfectly tied, perfectly presented,
free drifting bug. After 3 hours of fighting this smaller than average size
steelhead (for me naturally) I was able to slide it onto the bank and
quickly eat it with some wasabi and bug juice.

After that I like to catch a nice striper too. I tied on a 12" baby Rainbow
trout imitation with a battery powered system so it makes a sound like a
wounded little fish. Before I could make a cast a ~60 pound female striper
soon was making big wakes all around me and barking like a dog. She knows I
will release her because we don't eat stripers from the river system. I just
gave up and moved on.

I heard there were some small ~50 pound Yellowfin tuna in the lower part of
the river because we have had lots of salt water intrusion lately. I took my
trusty 16 weight helium filled titanium composite rod that I built myself in
my lab in Beijing. I have a new FC tippet that I blend with tofu so it is
tasteless. I made a few casts from my 35 foot center console cigar boat and
wouldn't you know it, I hooked a large striped blue marlin. Well, I did not
have time to fight him so I just pointed the rod at him and said "sayonara
baby".

I guess I already got my moneys worth out of that new fishing license so I
can relax now till the Roosterfish start coming into the Sacramento Delta
this spring.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

Bill wrote;snipI went down to Watt Avenue on the lower American River today.
First, I tied
on a #32 BWO on some special new FC 9x tippet that I produce myself daily so
it is really fresh

Looks lke they still have some pretty good drugs out there on the left coast.
Thanks for the entertaining report.

Big Dale

"Bill Kiene" wrote


Well, it is pretty chilly here in sunny California- only at night.

Actually today it was very warm out there from 11am till about 4pm in the
warm sunlight. PM-night-AM will freeze your tofu.



Today's weather is my favorite type we get here in the valley .... partly
because I used to hunt ducks so much and this is "goose weather" .... indeed
I had 20 Honkers on my pond this morning for a while ... obviously fresh in
from someplace north, tired, wary, they circled the area several times
before choosing a landing, but more tired than wary .... I didn't bother
them but something did and they left after an hour or so


Great report, btw G

Hello ROFFers,
I made a 123' cast with my new 11' one piece 12
sided split cane rod I built last night while watching the Letterman show.

I miss George sometimes, don't the rest of you?

=)

In article , Larry
wrote:

Hello ROFFers,
I made a 123' cast with my new 11' one piece 12
sided split cane rod I built last night while watching the Letterman show.

I miss George sometimes, don't the rest of you?

=)

Must have a hell of a living room.

Allen

Larry wrote:



Hello ROFFers,
I made a 123' cast with my new 11' one piece 12
sided split cane rod I built last night while watching the Letterman
show.


I miss George sometimes, don't the rest of you?

=)


I thought Bill's spoof was a dead on parody of ROFF, in at least of some
of its aspects.

And yes, I miss George sometimes. On ROFF he was an ass, but in person
he was a kind and decent man. The Internet mode of communication brings
out the worst in some people.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Bill Kiene wrote:

..... Before I could make a cast a ~60 pound female striper
soon was making big wakes all around me and barking like a dog.

g One of the better lines written here in a while.

JR
(but you misspelled stripper)