The thirty day prep:
By June 30:
✅Order flies
Inspect fishing gear:
✅ Fly lines (make sink tip)
✅Reels lubed, lines cleaned and wound
✅ Flourocarbon leader material (15-20 lb)
Decide on how to stow flies. Thinking about slim box with hook stow
✅Inspect waders (purchase new glue thing)
✅Test boots, know how to lace and changs soles
✅Buy a cool new shirt for better pictures
Decide on new camera. ( tell the wife its for shooting kids on wakeboard). Leaning toward Olympus 860
✅Compulsively obsess
July 1-10
Pre stage
Stack gear and clothes on staging table
Make final clothes decisions
Review toiletries and meds, refresh as needed
✅Buy line crockies
✅Test IK and pump transportation method. Using old wheeled luggage, not bringing pump, put other gear in there to slimline carry ons.
Order more flies (floating egg, small mouse, something strange)
Designs for Rod caddie finished and approved, built? NOT DONE YET
Review last two years packing list
Buy something else you don't need: new reel, crocs
Compulsively obsess. (Reread journals, watch film, act insane (great at that )
July 11-19
Final Stage
Prepack, make sure everything fits
Buy license ( print and stow)
Pack ( Hondo film packing, pretend your les stroud)
Print boarding passes
July 20 board plane,
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Be safe and have Fun!
Thanks Tony, wondering if your crew got out this year?
we are doing the Alagnak Aug 23 - Sept 3....
Tony
Awesome! You guys should be rocking the silver's eh? Great time to hit the "Branch", you floating?
yes floating...10 days on the river.
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