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While I’ve never actually fished a Burkeimer rod, Kerry was kind enough to donate one to a fundraiser I coordinated last summer for Catch A Dream.

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I have one question though…how do you figure you have your summers off? Aren’t you still guiding on the Koot?

By day, I’m a mild-mannered school guidance counselor.  By summer, I still guide the Kootenai for both Kootenai River Outfitters and Linehan Outfitting Company.

Truth be told, the economy is kicking our butts, and my normally busy summer guiding schedule is, well, not so busy these days.  Actually, that’s pretty fine with me for two reasons:

1)  I get to fish more myself.

2)  Three of my four kids are in college.  IF I lose money in the summer, it drives down my adjusted gross income.  The lower my adjusted gross, the more the kids get in financial aid.

It’s a great problem to have.

BTW, the Koot’ was on FIRE today.  We fished a Swisher parachute Madame X

all
day
long.

It’s nice when it works that way.   😉

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That boat looks slippery, Ill bring my cleats!

This made me laugh out loud.

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