The wife & kid were out of town on Saturday and most of Sunday. With no agenda other than making sure our newly "rescued" dog didn't use our carpets as a toilet, I had a little time to do some things on Saturday; such as clean up some unwashed dishes that were sitting in the kitchen sink and starting to smell, get my hair cut, and watch meaningless college football. How about those Nittany Lions?
However, I did get a few fishing-centric activities in; the first being that I stopped by the Floodtide Festival at Blackfly Outfitter...
Afterward, I spent the rest of the evening downing a Jersey Mike's Sub and finished up my tenkara rod build.
Both were pretty fun, but the
On Sunday, I snuck out in the morning to try the tenkara rod out on some local bass...
Yes, I'm probably holding that second one "wrong" and it's jaw will never recover from being held at such an angle... Go ahead, call BASS, or even PETA on me...
Anyway, as for the rod, it's a bit heavier in hand than what I've been fishing with lately, but far from unyielding. It tosses a #3 level line like a champ. The Winn grip performed well too. It's actually more sensitive to vibration than I thought it would be, and since I tend to hold my tenkara rods with the butt end in my palm, the short length of the grip didn't pose a problem. I'm pleased with the build, and will happily put the rod in my normal rotation.
The rest of the day I went over to a co-worker's house for some backyard food, drink, & games. I'll spare you the pics of dudes in the swimming pool. I left a bit before the party was over as the wife & kid were due home around 8PM. So curtain closed on Sunday.
Monday. Labor Day. We all pretty much slept in...well, except Lilly who woke up early to sneak on the computer and watch Minecraft YouTube videos. I don't know if any of you have kids who like this Stampy Cat character, but holy crap...FML...
Not going to tolerate a "video game day," we packed everything up and went to the beach after lunch...
The surf was pretty rough (although it doesn't look too bad in the pics), and kicked all of our butts...we didn't last too long, instead retreating for dinner of chicken tenders and Coke Freestyle machine...which is by far the best invention in the history of soft drink dispensing. They really need to make a home version. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Now, it's Monday night, I'm knocking out this blog post while my wife is downstairs watching the Unauthorized "Saved By The Bell" Story on TV. I guess my efforts to block the Lifetime Channel from our cable service when we moved down here were unsuccessful. *Sigh*
And that was it. Long weekend over. Gone too soon...and not exactly enthusiastic for the work week ahead. At least we've got the NFL to look forward to...which kicks off on Thursday with the Packers & Seahawks...but more importantly (once again for me) is the Eagles vs. Jags on Sunday. Original hometown vs. current hometown. Go Birds!
Eh...who am I kidding...I'd probably rather be fishing.
Boy and I thought my Labor Day weekend was sad and embarrassing. However, the Floodtide whoop-t-do sounds like a lot of fun. What's a Nittany?
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