More outings for the message group
Great idea, Bill.
Five years ago a board outing in the Delta introduced me to Striper fishing. That weekend started me down the path to a new addiction and I met some great folks with whom I have since fished many times (not just for Stripers, but for bass and small stream trout too). Now I've got multiple 7- and 8-weight rods, and boxes full of clousers, whistlers, poppers, and pole dancers, plus lots of great memories of days I have spent on the water with my dad and my friends. (Thanks again Paul and Robin Egan for the ride and instruction on that Saturday and multiple follow up trips since, and to Jerry Neuburger (Jerry in Lodi) for the instructive ride that Sunday that turned into a great tour of the Central Delta.
I've met a few other BB members since at shop events and would enjoy more opportunities to fish with both the greatly experienced and the less experienced who participate here. It's always fun to learn from the former and to pay it forward to the latter.
If you are planning multiple outings, I would suggest a mixture of day trips and over nighters. The two Delta outings were particularly great because so many stayed not only for the Saturday afternoon BBQs but for the long evening BS session over beers.
The second time we did it, I joined a bunch of guys over breakfast before we attacked Piper Slough in a flotilla of small craft (pontoons, prams, and my 12-foot boat).
Mike
Life is too short to drink bad beer.
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