I hate my job!!!!

Well, perhaps I dont hate it, but I do seriously dislike it. I cant get home long enough to go fishing, and I can't stand tying flies on the road. The reason being is simple...ever had to take ur work home with you? Ya feel like ya cant escape it right?
Thats the feeling I have when I take my vise on the road to tie some flies. It relaxes me, and takes away the stress on the road. But, then I get home, and want to relax after dinner by tying some flies and guess what?
I feel like I'm back in the truck, and to be honest with ya, I cant stand that. Thats the reason I come home, to relax. I'm only home for a day, and a half. And, when ur sleepin for half of it, your really not getting any fun in it at all.
Tonite though, Im tying....BASS BUGS!! It's been awhile, so its gonna be new to me again. Although I'm lookin forward to it. I dont think I've tied up a bass bug in about a yr or better. Hopefully it goes well, cause I'm really jonsen for some fresh flies to fill the boxes.

first fish of 09'

Man what a way to start off the 09' season!! First cast I make I land a 14" bow. He put up one hell of a fight too. At first I thought it was just gonna be a small one from the way he started playin me. But, after about 2 minutes of a good fight he decides to do a leap, and that's when I saw him.
Big, fat, and aiming for the fryin pan!!! after about I'd say a fight of about 15 minutes or so I finally got him landed. Was I ever suprised when I did, minus the net I forgot at home, cause he was around 14 inches, and FAT!! I even took a picture, but thats when murpheys law hit me.
I had brought him up on shore to take a pic with my camera phone, and when I went to place him back in the water....I FORGOT TO SAVE THE PIC!!! So after I released him, and realized I wanted to get another pic, and save it this time, I didnt get a bit the rest of the morning. Oh well, even though I didnt get the pic, I still have the memory of the first nice fish of 09'.

almost winter

I say almost cause it's January, but not yet snowing. The ponds in the area are still full of water, and not ice, yet its cold enough to where being in the water gives ya the chills to the point of wanting to get out of the water. Being in the truck all the time, I dont really feel like tying any flies anymore. I come home, and tying makes me think of being on the truck, with all the time spent tying in there lately.
Good news is that we're finally getting to move into the house we've been waiting on for (get ready for this one...)the past 3yrs. what can I say, our friend took her time building the new place. I'll have to post pics when I get in there. I get a loft all to myself, so there will be lots of room to tie flies, and hopefully get into building rods as well.
I cant wait till I actually get a set area to tie flies, and not worry about everything else getting thrown on the desk, cause it wont be in an area where it's community property.The thing I love about it, is that I get a window looking out towards the barn, and I have a great big fireplace downstairs, so it will always be nice and toasty warm when Im tying flies.
Hope to post more later, but I need to be getting goin so I can get up early in the morning, and get to moving into the new place.

taneycomo trip

Well, I've been pretty busy with work lately so this is the first time I've had to get online and talk about my 1st trip to taneycomo. The trip itself was awesome. We had a blast in Branson, although the fishing was not the greatest. The water temps were up about 15 degrees to high, making the fishing horrible. I got a few bites, but nothing was caught. I seen the biggest trout I've ever seen in person, swimming around my feet, but unfortunatly, wasnt able to hook a single one.

I got to ride a duck, an amphibiouscraft used by the military, that was retrofitted in branson, awhole lot of em, to give tours of tablerock lake, lake taneycomo, and areas of branson. Got to go to my first ever IMAX show! It was about the decline of the Colorado river. Very informative, and yet very sad. The decline of the river over the past hundred or more years is just devastaing, and makes me want to do more to help preserve the wild for future generations.

They had a 1/4 scale replica of the Titanic, that sheryl, and I went to see. It was phenominal. The pictures they had to show, along with peoples real life accounts of the sinking, made it that much more of an experience. Something I think alot of people should get a chance to see, if given the opportunity.

I spent WAY more then I wanted to for the 4 day trip, but it was in a sense a mini vacation, that myself,and sheryl needed, and was a blast! Although now that playtime is over, its hard work, and buckling down on expenses for a few weeks due to it. 4 nights of expensive dinners, and breakfast. A good amount of money spent at local fly shops, and an all around blast was had.

Hope to go back in a few weeks, although we have a spring tuner set up there in april, or may to get set for the big trip to Yellowstone this upcoming summer.

1st Blog.

Well, this is my 1st blog. As I write this, I am also packing up for a very long awaited trip to lake taneycomo for the weekend. Financially things have been pretty tough, with the way the ecomomy is, so all my fishing has been done on farm ponds in the area, as well as the few lakes nearby as well.
I'm hoping I have all the right flies for the trip. If not, I guess thats what the fly shops, and my vise are for (lol). I'm taking my g.f. on the trip. Dont know if this is a good thing, or bad thing. She said I'm goin there to fish, so we're not packing much at all. Hopefully the next post will be a good one on the fishing down there, and then a few from the road, along with a few good pics.
Well, I'm outta here to go do some serious fishin for a few days, so tight lines and welcome.