Another year has come and gone. This year’s Lout Fest was our highest attended to date with an unprecedented 16 Louts including some newbies. Returning from a one-year hiatus were Simpson, Staid and Doherty. Lots of laughs were had by all and we actually finished the trip with some un-opened bottles (a topic of discussion for another day perhaps?).
Fishing, as it always is, was tough. Damned near impossible on float day. I was shown the skunk’s backside that day for my first ever zero on a float. Saturday, however, was my redemption. Wearing my finest new bowtie, I was able to stick and land some very nice fish. Perhaps the highlight for yours truly was a cold martini - shaken, not stirred - a few seconds after releasing a nice fish (caught on what else other than a rusty spinner) while standing waist deep in the big pool behind the cabins. Many thanks, Doc! You’re out of control with that 2 piece stemware!!!
Here’s the 2008 Louts (Simpson and Doherty represented with smiley plates)
Martini anyone?
Saturday’s payback
Bob Sutton said:
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Nice fish, Brian, but isn’t that the same fish that’s been hanging in the lodge these last several years?
I’m in the middle of a software upgrade, but as soon as my new Photoshop is up, I’ll post some of the pictures I took on T-night.
Rusty Spinner said:
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Yeah - I had DeBie cast that shadow over the fish so you wouldn’t see the taxidermist’s seam, but guess you weren’t fooled. Or is that f*%k you?
Can’t wait to see some of your campfire shots. By the way, how long did it take for those bowties to register with me??? I thought I was a little quicker on the uptake, but apparently I was wrong.
Bob Sutton said:
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
The worst of it that a dozen of us gamely wore those bow ties for a full hour before you came off the river and noticed them. If they hadn’t been clip-ons, we’d have spent the hour tying each other instead of drinking your share of the good whisky.
I’m sure the great man, himself, never wears a bow for more than the time it takes to record those enigmatic photos. Could be worse, though. He might’ve been disposed to cowboy hats!
Rusty Spinner said:
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 am
Had you all been sitting around the fire wearing cowboy hats as I came off the river that evening, I might have calmly walked into my cabin, gathered up my gear, and quietly driven off to find some new Louts - ones that don’t remind me of the Village People.