Day Three, Group Two

Two twenties highlighted Day Three of fishing for the Tattoos, leading off with “Wee Brandon” Sweeny shown above signing in on the Twenty Inch Club board with his 20” Bitterroot brown immediately followed by Mardi “CT” Rodgers for her Yellow Shirt and Yellow Hat winning 23 ¼” Bitterroot brown—putting her in high cotton along with her E-15 MIA sister, Alia “Snowflake” Rodgers who was in the Central Valley attending a pig show (of all diverse things) where, amongst the 150 other piggers, she won best of show and a whole bunch of pig-related gear, including a pick-up truck drop in pig hauler, not to mention a wad of cash—these two gals are both super stars and it is nice for them to each be amply rewarded, though they may be a bit harder to live with as a result!!

Eight (count ‘em!) of the Day Three Two boats found their way to the famed “A River Runs Through It” Blackfoot River where Mother Nature dealt different sets of cards. Aces were dealt to (a) the indomitable pair of Shanna “Banana” Rodgers and Lori “Fawn Lady” Ware who boated fifty two (yes, 52) fish with the largest being an 18 incher and who now refer to each other as “The Set Sisters” under the tutelage of their veteran guide Chris Stroup; (b) the duo of Zane “Coyote” Wiley and John “Little Enchilada” Reynolds with their 20 fish, the largest being a 16 incher; solo fisherman John “Big Enchilada” McGhee with his 19 fish (the largest being of 16 inches); and lower cards being dealt to (c) the SS Miller with a father-son combo with a mid-teen fish yield and son Jack “Crushed Him” Jack saying of father Brad “Maven” Miller “I crushed him again with my 10 fish on board”; (d) to the duet of Al “Good Earth” Baylacq and Matt “Politician” Brown whose caught trout of the day added up to 30 inches; (e) to the fishing pair of Tom “sockeye” Thornhill and Chris “No Name” Holland whose 9 canyon fish did not match the spectacular view that they enjoyed; (f) and Joe ”Compari” Ciatti fishing with Adam “Iron Man” Eichorn sporting 20 Blackfoot fish with the largest being an 18 incher; and (phew!) (g) finally, the SS Panteleo where father “Jerry The Juice” fished with son “Tony No Neck” to tantalize a dozen fish in the 14-16” category.

In addition to the Twenty Inch landing vessels noted above, our final boat was on the Bitterroot with that dynamic duo of boats, with Patagonia, Chile’s Eduardo “The Pisco Kid” and Greg “Good Living” Livengood fishing with our Double Up Outfitter to yield over 20 root-a-toot fish with the largest being an 18 incher and the feat of the day being Eduardo’s cast over a log to feeding fish only to hook one, have it jump over the log towards him and then into that now well-used Double Up net—bravo, mi amigo!!

So there it is folks, the final report of the final day of the Tattoos—oh, did I forget to mention that yours truly was the winner of the nightly Tattoo Cry Dye kerchief for my mention (at least a dozen times) during the boat report how Brad “Maven” Miller kindly left my lent-to-him primo rod in Hooters!!

Congrats, Tattoos, on a job well done!

Best to all from the scene of it all,

Rock Creek Ron---<’///:><