Prepping, Cleaning, Sorting and Piling

All these things go into the annual planning and packing for a Smith River trip. It has begun, we started tonight by sorting all the clothing, as I call it, the presort, before, the final selection. trying on the summer clothing, making sure there are no last minute items that do not need to be purchased and items fit after the diet, yea, we do get a few new things. Tonight and tomorrow will be the clothing, Thursday we will dig into the coolers and dry boxes and do some cleaning and sorting. Can't forget the Big Agnes gear, but that is all in good shape and stored nicely.  Our camp set up and gear is very easy as the outfitter will be doing all the hard work, all we have to do is row and fish.

Weekend will be reserved for a visit to Charlies Flybox for flylines, leaders and any misc. flies that I may need, and do not want to tie before the trip, I will have to make sure the supply of cigars are ordered and in the humidor prior to the trip for proper humidification, and our stop to the liquor store has already taken place.

As you can tell I am anal about packing and being prepared well ahead of a trip, well that is why they are always so fun and successful. Better to be safe than sorry.

Will take some pictures along the way of the mounting piles of stuff.

Happy Highwater!!!

Photo's from the Weekend

Getting ready for the whitewater float, water flowing at 3480 cfs.

Saturday offered the chance to read the new edition of "The Drake,
have a Cigar and enjoy a couple of ice cold PBR's

Lizard stand off on the patio.

Random refrigerator art

Fighting the Fish- Picture of the Day

I think I gottem,  No Wait! Crap

New Toy, recycled from an old toy!!

It's great to have too many toys, that once in a while you actually sell one
of the old one's to get a new one. In this case, we had an old boat frame hanging
in the garage for many years, was recycled in too this beautiful new
Engel Cooler. This is number two for the Floatfisher household, and boy
do we love them. Ice does not melt in these and worth every cent.