Posted on August 27 2021
Knowing full well that my raincoat is hanging up in the cellar back home, I checked the hourly weather forecast for Hancock. "No rain until after midnight", it said. Left for Deposit at 5:30 hoping to again find fish feeding on olives. By the time I got to the Troutfitter it was raining so hard I didn't even get out of the car. When it let up a little I ducked into the shop to see if I could borrow a raincoat. David didn't have his there. Headed towards a place where I could fish within 50 yards from the car only to find the road blocked because a tree had knocked down the power lines. The rain then picked up in intensity. Finally realized that it just wasn't meant to be and headed back to the Lordville Estate where I can spend some more time looking for the size 20 olive that I tied and then dropped on the braided rug where it remained hidden for my full ten minute search this afternoon.
It’s a long season. Good days and bad days. With a little luck the good days will prevail.
Man you have had a rough week: flooded basement, a multi paragraph blog evaporated and a lost olive.
Maybe your luck will turn around soon!! Heading to the system tomorrow- hopefully the cloudy day will be good for the non lost olives in my box.