I couldn't afford to replace a '63 Jazz Bass, you're north of 10K for that axe now!  Sorry to hear that another player has been victimized by the sleaze!
 
Thx for the prayers, it was a church gig, so I got paid in goose eggs (Quadruple scale on Holy Days!).  Around here, if you lean on a tree, at least one guitar player falls out and hits you in the head.  You might have to lean on 10 trees to get hit by a bass player!
 
2Bob said it was a couple fish here and a couple there below the Staircase area.  It sounds like they are running DSR, then  stopping as soon as they reach Little Black, the Black, the Long bridge, or  town, which ever is next when  it gets light, for the remainder of the day, before heading upstream at night.  2B took a daytrip Sunday (I was building my goose egg collection), and there were fish being played in Trestle.  This is the last big year class  if the naysayers on the stocking cuts are correct, but I think you'll still see great runs in future years because no matter how many boats are out there, they barely scratch the surface of the total King population going into the lake.  Or, if it dies down in the next weeks, mid September is the new Columbus Day.
 
 
Unless you shaved, you're a piece of cake to pick out, Fichy!  I'm also blue as I had hoped to come up for the Columbus Day weekend fling at the Altmar, and sit in with Joe Battle, and I won't be holding a guitar pick by then. 
 
Tight lines to all of you when  you get up there.

Saw them being played in Tressel Sun as well. 
Saw nothing off the bridge in Altmar.
Hey- can anyone please tell me the purpose of the 'changes' to Ellis ??
With all those-clearly placed- stumps and logs along the road side fishing there will be difficult at best. Also it looks deeper.
Likely kinda ok on a float trip but the wader is in for some real fun if a fish runs anywhere near a bank.

We checked that out last week, that is what is known as "soft" bank hardening, the matted vegetation should sprout, also looks like some basket willow incorporated, trees and root balls incorporated, it should armor the banks through there without impacting other biota in the way that large stone armoring would, and I think it is less expensive.  My question was whether it would withstand the number of feet it will see over the next two months, and of course some of those folks may decide to modify it to suit their purposes.

Lucky good grief neighbor, I'm sure sorry to hear of your injury.

Follow r3's advice and do as the doc says. Be patient let things heal properly, "a stitch in time saves nine". ughhh, that was bad😣

Godspeed

Bummer L-13 and sad to hear of the mess.
As for quacks, I mean drs , pay no mind to those pass through take my money and revisit our other quacks for follow ups.
Man up and put a 8 mill nitrile rubber glove on and get out there fishing, if the glove don't work just wrap the things with electrical tape. lol.
Pretty much what I'd do, not necessarily the best advice .
Hope your back in action soon

Thanks, RS, but after spending 55 years training the things, I'm not going to risk losing use for a few weeks of sammins!  It will heal and I'll get some shots at chrome.  I played bass for a little while today, using the second and third fingers.  But I still keep my right hand above my heart most of the time. 
 
" Doctor, will I ever play like Phil Lesh again?" " yes, you'll get it all back."  Well that's great 'cuase I could never play like Phil Lesh before!" 

Peeps - Here are some fish observations for Sat. 9-14-19.  From the Long Bridge, counted 40 fishermen and two fish (about 11 AM). The Ballpark had similar numbers/ratio. Pineville lot was completely full and had a crowd of people, but I saw no fish. Below there in back of Maple Grove (is that Hemlock Hole?) a group had several fish on stringers, but there was no ongoing run or action. Saw 1-2 moving through while walking down. In Altmar I saw half a dozen kings lounging in the soft water in the lower fly zone, which opens tomorrow. Saw many NJ and CT license plates in the parking areas, so the fishermen migration is in full swing, even if the salmon run is not quite there yet.
 
I also saw the stream improvements the DEC did from Sportsman's to Ellis Cove. They used tree stumps and stone/gravel to block the side channels. I predict the first good 10,000 cfs spring flood will take them all out. The stonework around lower Ellis is a plus in my opinion given the foot traffic there.
 
Didn't do any serious fishing, but did try out a new rod/line combo..
 
P.S. Lucky13 wish you a speedy recovery.
 

Thank you, sir.  I see the Doctor this afternoon for the first checkup.
 
Does sound like the circus has arrived, remember to bring your own bread and beer for the next few weeks!