A New Float Tube

Well, I have not been doing much fishing. A combination of laziness and crappy weather has kept me off the water for the last couple of weeks. It is raining again today with the prediction of a thunder storm later on. It has been the wettest June I can remember.

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Of course anyone who knows me will tell you that my memory is not the greatest. For example; I remember catching a 17 inch trout in Long Lake one time while fishing with my Dad and brother Dave.

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No one else seems to remember that but, that time when we were twelve that I lost the worms just as the fishing was getting great, well, everyone seems to remember but me.

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My buddy Brad can remember every detail of every trip we have ever taken. Me, I just remember a montage of salmon takes and leaping trout. Usually the events of the trips get jumbled together into one long and pleasant reverie rather than a linear account of particulars. Of course there are certain things I remember vividly, such as rowing the length of Grand Lake once because someone figured we had enough gas to make the trip. We didn’t as it turned out.

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Anyway, memories of fishing trips are suspect as anyone who has ever listened to a fishing story will tell you. For today I’ll keep one eye on the weather and the other on my book as I look for a chance to get out and try for some bass in the new float tube I picked up second-hand last evening.

It is a Tout Unlimited, Kennebec model. Looks like it will be very comfortable. With an extra float tube, I can invite someone else to come along on a tubing trip, instead of always having to go alone.