Great Opening Day!

took my 11yr old son out on our annual father son opening day outing... caught enough for our annual mid afternoon fish cookout.... nothing like fresh trout over an open fire wrapped in foil,,, we hav been doin this 4 5 yrs now and I LOVE IT hes becoming quite the angler

Good day...:)
Landed3 bows and 2 browns.
2 horseheads. One slipped from my grasp and drove the trailer fly into my finger, broke the traler line off , 
brought it back to hand and released it. Asked a guy standing below me to pull the string I wrapped around the hook
as I pushed down on the fly. Pop,out it came, with a little flesh on the barb.
Took off this morning with my rain coat on the cp chair.
By 1200 I looked like I fell in and my teeth were chattering a mile a minute.
Went home and threw my close in the dryer and stood by the wood burner.
Threw my dry close on and by then the rain had stopped...so back I go.
The creek now looked like coffee and cream.
Snagged one carp, done at 7.
Good day.

watched a bunch of guys come in and crowd me and my boy at our spot.  didn't see those kids they were lucky.  two guys almost fought, were screaming, over a snagged palamonio trout.  fish was over 20 it was a biggie.  my boy got 8, i got 2.  all browies.  we picked crawlers the night before, it was fun.  wife had breakfast for us on the table before we left around 6. 

talked to a kid who was wearing some type of special jacket.  he told me if i got one, i wouldn't go back to vests.  said he stays dry all day and has enough room to not have a vest.  looked pretty fancy. thinkin probly expensive gear??

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talked to a kid who was wearing some type of special jacket. he told me if i got one, i wouldn't go back to vests. said he stays dry all day and has enough room to not have a vest. looked pretty fancy. thinkin probly expensive gear??



Not necessarily expensive. Bought a completely waterproof wading jacket on clearance 50% off, was normally priced at $100, Redington brand. Been using for 4 years and still kept all the rain off me and enough pockets for everything a vest could hold. Shop around in the off season to find best deals.

I like using a cheap Hodgman jacket that I bought for $50 (full price) a couple years ago.  It's completely wind/waterproof with a fully adjustable roll up hood in the collar, and has plenty of pockets built in.  I didn't see any in the fish erie tackle shop, but you can easily find them by searching the internet for "Hodgman fishing jacket". Looks like this:

Nice!