Bamboozle
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With apologies to Freewheeling Franklin, "Alcohol will get you times of no fish better than fish will get you through times of no alcohol..."
With a few exceptions I always have a cooler with beer at the car. One, maybe two before I start and one, maybe two when I'm done. Because I never take water with me when fishing, it's always a comfort to know those two cold beers are waiting for me... 😉
On a few occasions when fishing with friends on 12+ hour excursions we've met up for lunch at a predetermined spot and will set up a small camping table & chairs with a checked tablecloth and a centerpiece. We'll eat lunch and enjoy a bottle of wine complete with plastic stemmed wine glasses.
It is actually a lot of fun and worth the reactions you get when someone pulls up and sees you in waders sitting at a small camping table at parking spot, sipping wine like a couple of fruitcakes... We even have a name for these dainty lunches which is wrong, offensive and inappropriate...
But if you use your imagination, you can probably figure it out... 😎
Speaking of flasks, when I downsized my kit, I also downsized from my old Orvis 8 oz. flask to a small 3 oz pewter job that is filled with 100 proof bourbon or rye. I cant tell you how many times a tiny sip from that flask has whetted my whistle enough persevere through the remainder of a day's fishing in anticipation of those beers in my cooler. 🙂
With a few exceptions I always have a cooler with beer at the car. One, maybe two before I start and one, maybe two when I'm done. Because I never take water with me when fishing, it's always a comfort to know those two cold beers are waiting for me... 😉
On a few occasions when fishing with friends on 12+ hour excursions we've met up for lunch at a predetermined spot and will set up a small camping table & chairs with a checked tablecloth and a centerpiece. We'll eat lunch and enjoy a bottle of wine complete with plastic stemmed wine glasses.
It is actually a lot of fun and worth the reactions you get when someone pulls up and sees you in waders sitting at a small camping table at parking spot, sipping wine like a couple of fruitcakes... We even have a name for these dainty lunches which is wrong, offensive and inappropriate...
But if you use your imagination, you can probably figure it out... 😎
Speaking of flasks, when I downsized my kit, I also downsized from my old Orvis 8 oz. flask to a small 3 oz pewter job that is filled with 100 proof bourbon or rye. I cant tell you how many times a tiny sip from that flask has whetted my whistle enough persevere through the remainder of a day's fishing in anticipation of those beers in my cooler. 🙂
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