On Sunday I made Kahlua brownies with candied pecans and honey oatmeal pecan cookies. I had 2 thermos' of French Roast coffee too. They went quick! I was trying to woo Nicole from the Patagonia/Chile/Argentina outfitters into a date and long fishing trip
with my good cooking but her homely boyfriend showed up Sunday afternoon ( I could take him easily). I guess she likes the ones that their mom had to tie a pork chop around their necks. He probably drives a Prius and fishes Helios rods too!
For a combo rod/reel system, those Gary Borger rods sure were smooth.
I really like the new Sage ZXL series, the 490-4 is SWEET!
The best part of weekend... the Northern California/Northern Nevada Council Federation of Flyfishers had a Hall of Fame induction dinner/fundraiser on Saturday night. About 180+/- people were there, many friends who I rarely get to see anymore except at events like this.
Great wine at dinner ( La Crema, K.J.)AWESOME PRIME RIB (best I've ever had, SORRY MOM)and chicken, killer raspberry/walnut/greens salad, ceasar salad, garlic Mashed potatoes, broccolli, prawns and some little cheese/meat sandwich for hor de vors, cake for dessert...I couldn't eat it all... and then we got to watch Ed Rice get inducted into the Hall of Fame. What a great man. He sure has done a lot for flyfishing.
I won another spey reel in the bucket auction, nothing on the silent auction, the live auction was fast and furious and most things went out of my price range, but I really wanted several things. A trip for 2 to Alaska to fish for silvers and dollies for 6 days went for $2500 to $3k ( I lost count after a while) a Sage 4100-4 Z-axis, 10 foot, #4 weight, 4 piece rod,Model 2540 reel and Performance Taper fly line went for $900, and a Whiting Grizzly full mount rooster went for $500.
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