[Zach Matthews]

Oh ho, says the man who never shows up at the river without a Buff in his favorite gang colors.

[Zach Matthews]

Dudes, that’s my hot-spotting tool.

[Zach Matthews]

“…but I am still no Carter Simcoe…grizzled man of the woods and beach.

[Zach Matthews]

I think LL Bean stays more on the down-low because it is a direct retailer rather than a manufacturer supplying fly shops.

[Zach Matthews]

Tim, I think may be you draw conclusions here that aren’t really well-founded.

[Zach Matthews]

Is that over in Slovenia, Mike?  I have never had it satisfactorily explained why the water there has a greenish-white tinge.  It looks very similar to pictures I’ve seen of New Zealand.

Zach

Edit: Added ‘never’ so this entire thing made sense.

[Zach Matthews]

Ok, let’s try it.

____ you, Neal.

🙂

Zach

PS Yup.  All turned off now. Hahahaha.

[Zach Matthews]

I think the idea is to make it easier to live your extreme lifestyle without compromising your coolness, but I’m sure it works how you said too.

[Zach Matthews]

Some is borrowed, some is bought.

[Zach Matthews]

Mike –

I saw some of those at the show, not just the plaid but with other sort of wild snow-board-y designs, too.

Zach

[Zach Matthews]

Hmm.

[Zach Matthews]

Tim –

They’re waist high waders.

[Zach Matthews]

Tim –

Look at the other post about the new Cloudveil Hellroaring products.

Zach

[Zach Matthews]

David –

Costa Del Mar tells me they do not currently have a distributor in Australia, although you can easily order their product online.

[Zach Matthews]

Wow, we don’t look like a very fun crew to fish with do we?

[Zach Matthews]

Great fish and great post, as always, Travis.

[Zach Matthews]

The five layer goes up the front like shin guards; the seat is still four layer.

[Zach Matthews]

Like I said, I was constrained on my lens choice and we were pressed for time, so I didn’t get any jumping shark shots, but we did get a few blues in the boat.

Richie pulling on that ninety pound mako.

Captain Dave Trimble demonstrates how to sink a hook into a mako’s jaw.

Eating the chum bucket.

Actual sharkskin.

Zach

[Zach Matthews]

Very jaunty, no?

The new Cloudveil Hellroaring Wading Pants.

The new wading jacket.

Zach

[Zach Matthews]

Well deserved, Will.

Zach

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