With Extravaganza 2011 now officially in the record books, take a gander at the cumulative damage done on the Twenty Inch Club board during this year’s event. Each year I order two boards (just in case we need an extra, as we have several times in the past). Well, as shown above, this year, mid-Extravaganza, I doubled down on that order and it was a good thing that I did, as we filled all four of the Twenty Inch Club boards ordered for E-11.
The Ones started the pace with a total of 23 twenty inchers (filling the first of the four boards), and they were followed by the Tattoos (who filled out the second of the shown four) with 35 entries only to be followed by Them Threes who needed those extra two boards just for themselves, racking up 19 twenty inchers on their Day One, 15 more on Day Two and then [count ’em!] a(nother) 19 on Day Three, bringing the Three’s total twenty inchers to 53.
Hmmm….let me see here: if the Ones tallied 23 twenties, and if the Tattoos added 35 to that number and then Them Threes posted an additional 53, that brings E-11’s total to a stunning 111 twenty inchers!!!
Whether you are a One, a Tattoo or a Three, you hereby each receive the doff of my E-11 cap for a job stupendously well done. Indeed, during all of E-11, (a) to the Mo we came and went, (b) to the Mo saw and (c) to the Mo we conquered—one wonderful group after another with increased success even as the water of the Mo continued to rise. When the Ones arrived, the Mo was flowing at 10,400 cfs; upon the Two’s arrivals that flow had more than doubled to 21,000 cfs, and while the Threes feasted on their bounty the flow increased to 22,400 cfs…the normal result of which would be a decrease in fish production but, in our case, saw an counter-cyclical increase…attesting further to the prowess of our wonderful Double Up Outfitter John “The Great But Propaneless” Gould an to each of his cadre of special fishing guides, many of whom came to learn, know and conquer the Mo just as did each of you.
Bravo, bravo, bravo, all---E-11 will be forever known as “the year of the motor coach”, “the year of the big water”, “the year of the Mo” and, because of you, “the year of the twenty inchers”.
Best to all from the now closing scent of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
---<’///><
No comments:
Post a Comment