Starting right about right now, rather than pestering y’all with emails, as we do each year, each of you are hereby charged with the solemn duty to frequently check out postings on E-16’s blogsite for further updates from Headquarters, weather reports and conditions, pictures and other general E-16 news, including postings to our Twenty Inch Club, Yellow Hat awardees, and other up to the minute E-16 news. This is also the best way for friends and family to get updates during our event, as the blogsite is available world-wide 24/7.
RCR
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
FW: How Many E-16 Cases of Wine Are There On The Wall??
That would be a lot of wine, pal—you are a bit high and remember the half case!
Group One's John "SOS" Reimann:
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Group One's John "SOS" Reimann:
81
Cock of the Walk!
RCR
How Many E-16 Cases of Wine Are There On The Wall??
Greetings from Headquarters, all!!
Keeping with tradition, a bottle of primo/coveted 2002 Rock Creek Red (Cabernet Sauvignon) to the E-16er who correctly guesses the correct number of primo Napa cases of wine now in our larder, with the only hint being that there is one half case in the mix…first email reply to me with the correct guesstimate is Der Winner!
RCR----<’///:>< (hic!)
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Come Play With Us, E-16ers!!
Well, after a two day delay (thank goodness for my building in a buffer time the week before each Extravaganza, about the time you were thinking ab out stirring (yes, even those of you on the East Coast), Ma’am (your black lab E-16 mascot) and I were [finally!!] rolling down Headquarters’ driveway after a 19 hour 1,150 mile drive to begin our stay here in Extravaganzaland. And, wow, as the attached photos depict, our first class ground crew of Peanut, Larry, his brother “Seattle Ed” in from Las Vegas (you should have seen all of the Seahawks gear that he had on, Group Two Hawker Seattle’s Brad “Maven” Miller—ya woulda been proud!) and landscaper Eric Nystrom (shown above watering his gaggle of newly planted flowers) have this place shaped up like you wouldn’t believe. We are literally out in the middle of nowhere here, gang, and, each year, I am pleasantly surprised/stunned what Eric has done to make this wonderful place the botanical display that it is.
Weather-wise, it is a hot time in the old town today, with temps in the high 80’s and schedule to taper off come the arrival of Dem Ones this Saturday. I will get a more up to date fishing report which I will relay to you tomorrow, but, simply stated, I sure like what I saw the last 60 miles of my drive, to wit: a robustly flowing, turbidity-clear Upper Clark Fork River—namely, a river in perfect fishing condition…bueno, bueno, bueno!!
You Ones are to now-recheck your Camp List (which can be located on Der Blog for you missing same) as in just four (count ‘em) days from now you will have already arrived and otherwise just figured out what you have failed to pack! Same goes for you Tattoos and Threes—the Extravaganza is in all of your immediate futures, and that ‘tis a beautiful thing!!
More to follow from Headquarters as we now gear up in earnest for Opening Day!!
Best to all from the scene of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
E-16 Final Reminders (and a few Rookie Surprises!!)
Here we are, gang, right on the cusp of it all, and, as I pack my own bags to begin my annual drive to Montana, here are a few last minute reminders (and a couple of surprises for you Rookies out there—can’t have you think that you are 100% in the know, ya know!):
1. Polarized Sunglasses. These are an absolute must, gang; if you don’t yet have a pair and want to have half a chance to see your fly, go out and procure same!
2. Hawaiian Shirt Day. Day One of our fishing for each group is traditionally Hawaiian Shirt Day—our Double Up Outfitter usually announces this but forgot to do so this year—what the heck, so how big of a deal is 75+ boats during the month of June anyway?!? Grab a shirt, put it in your bag and, if you forget, I have a supply downstairs in the main house.
3. Guide Tips. This year our recommended guide tips are $60/day/person, which should be paid in cash at the end of each fishing day (so the guide can purchase your lunch for the next day!) Your guides will provide a luncheon repast on the river for you each day and, since the vast majority of you will have the same guide for all three days, you can direct traffic and the menu on Days Two and Three.
4. Gag Guide Gifts. Get this, Rookies, on Day One when I introduce you to your guide for the next three days, Extravaganza tradition (heretofore kept secret from ya!) is to present (y)our guide with a gag gift, a choice deemed appropriate on your end and as an excellent way to break the ice with and between you. Past years have seen hand made fish-o-matic measuring devices, potty/toilet seats embedded with lures, salmon rigs with huge spinners, books on fishing, a nice bottle of wine and a complete panacea of unmentionable items that provide for a robust and rousing introductory meeting. Classic of it all is Group One veteran Eddie “Two License” Downer’s presentation of a WTF button to his guide a few years ago, only to later that day have a fish slip out of his hands, fall on the button placed on the guide’s rowing seat and to have the voice within yell out “What The F___?”!
5. Rain Suit/Dry Bag. In response to several inquiries, this year we will not need waders BUT, since I want you to plan on a passing thunderstorm every fishing day, please bring a dry bag to have a change of clothes aboard and a rain suit—don’t worry about the top half of that, however, for, as Extravaganza tradition repeats itself, I have you covered (literally) on that front/top, but do bring a pair of slip over rain pants that you can put over your zip off fishing shorts (see Camp List for further details, as posted to Der Blog).
6. 6 wt fishing rods. If you have ‘em, bring ‘em (along with your bamboo rods that I gave you four years ago), otherwise your guides have you covered and I have a gaggle of rods at the house that you are welcome to use to further enhance your fishing experience.
Well, gang, there you have it—your final, final short list of things to bring!!
Best to all now inside 10 days from it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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