OLD SKOOL

I found this old picture of me (I’m the geek in the middle with the Hodgeman neoprenes and sandals) and pals Ty Shalley (L) and Jeff McDonald (R) after a day of fishing on the American River from waaaaay back. In those days, we’d load up my 15-foot Westcoaster Widebody and back-bounce brown eggs (we never bled our fish back then) and, oddly enough, catch the hell outta kings. Could be that there were a lot fewer people on the river and there were more fish, but I like to think it was my deft boat control (yea, right!).

Anyway, I sometimes miss those days when there was plenty of time for fun fishing and hanging with the homies. Somehow, life seems to get more busy by the year with jobs, kids, etc…

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