I saw the above post while surfing Facebook after work today. Of course my buddy Abe made the vessel complete with the name bright and bold along the pontoons. The "S.S" Archer" sits on the shores of Menemsha Pond in Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard. It really belongs there and I'm glad Abe and his boys made it happen. There's a chance I might pay her a visit in a little over a month if I can pull it off. I'd be catching the last week of the famed Martha's Vineyard
Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. I'd be there for October 4th when it's false albacore Super Saturday, with prizes for the top albies weighed in that day.
And in other news this past weekend Theresa and I went out to spend some quality time with our bud Laura. Laura's was the beauty behind Jim Matson. As you can see we, or I, find her
place out in Pottstown very, very relaxing. The reason I write this is because Laura and I revisited the idea of the BrineFly Grab Bag. If you remember we were going to do it last year but I just got timed out to get it done before the shows. So this year it will happen! 20 people @ $50 a shot will get you a "Grab bag" filled with whatever we deem grab baggable from what remains
of Jim's "stuff". That books, flies, fly tying materials, tools, yada, yada. It will do several things. One, it'll help recoup some of the money Jim spent that Laura didn't know about, two, help her clean out and be able to organize a bit, and three, give you a chance to win some cool stuff. Every person will get a bag which will have the same amount of stuff in it. I know a few people were in last time and I'll include you int he list, in fact I just might throw it up here to make it easy. If you're in drop me a email, colin@theaverageangler.com, or text me, 732 261 7291.
As we searched through the bins and boxes I came across some old original stock of Dave Skok's Mega Mushy material. Dave Skok is one of the best fly designers, and fly anglers, that
