Fellow E-10ers:
Well, thunder, lightening and nearly blinding rain along Rock Creek last evening was Mother Nature's and God's Own Backyard's way of giving fair cry that exactly one month (that's thirty [30], count 'em) days from this very day, the Ignoble Ones will be descending into Extravaganzaland marking the commencement of our eighth annual (ad)venture into the glories and wonders of Montana.
Befittingly, yesterday your Hostess With The Mostess, Kocktail Kathy, and I spend most of the day in Missoula meeting with the many purveyors that make each year's Extravaganza just what it is . For you rookies out there, as in prior years, as you pack be sure to leave (plenty of) room in your bags as, as in each of those prior years, KK and I reserve the right to treat you extravagantly upon your arrival(s) and, as in the past, you will be [substantially] more laden with E-10 bling as you wing/drive your way back home.
Appropriately as well, with rising temperatures and a boost from the bursts from the skies, as we could tell from its glorious sound as we awoke on adjoining banks this morning, Rock Creek is substantially on the rise (check Der Blog for daily updates) and has now clouded with turbidity to the point that what was a small stream that, just a few days ago, was very fishable has quickly swollen into a potent force of nature to be reckoned with (and avoided if you are a wade fisherperson)...indeed, the runoff has officially begun and now we carefully watch for its crest and then subsidence within the next 30 day period...bravo, bravo, bravo!
So gang, now is the official time to (a) recheck your flight reservations and email our Extravaganza Coordinator Extraordinaire Patty Gallia with those updates, (b) complete the allergies and booze preference forms [the replies to date, according to Patty, have been "most creative", btw], (c) pull out the Camp List and begin assembling your assemblage what will accompany you here, and (d) start looking with a careful daily eye at just what this year's runoff will bring, as the baseline of your E-10 fishing fortunes are directly tied to its progress.
[Much} more to come in the days ahead...doesn't it seem like it was just Christmas?? Well, Christmas does come twice for each of you this year, as your E-10 presents are now on-site, carefully wrapped and bestowed between Montana's surrounding trees...all that is missing is your presence, something that we will rectify in now a matter of days.
Best to all from the scene of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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