SUP Herd Thinning and the Good Grog

This was a busy (in a good way) Father's Day weekend. Saturday saw us picking up a Bass for Marlon (he'll be taking lessons this summer), washing both vehicles and dropping off the Starboard Blend in Annapolis as it got sold! If I didn't just buy the Hatch reels, I'd be getting a Hooked SUP - but that's okay - I've got a couple of Hatch reels. I will most likely get a Bak Flip for the truck so I can keep stuff locked up in the bed and a front mounted 2" receiver hitch. These couple of mods will make the truck super versatile - carrying stuff up front (bike racks, T-mount for the kayak, cooler basket with surf rod mounts) mostly and having the ability to keep the bed secure from prying eyes and hands. Well with the traffic the way it was on Saturday evening on I-495 North, we didn't get to Annapolis until 1900. We dropped off the board with it's new owner and went over to Eastport to grab some food. We settled on the Boatyard - pretty cool place and the food was great! And so was the beer. Nothing like good grog ;)

Quiver Optimizing

I've been looking at the Aguera Hooked SUP for a while now. I never pulled the trigger because I never saw it in person and when you try to conceptualize the dimensions, I just kept think "behemoth" - 36" wide and the wide square tail... Sure I liked the fact that it does everything - fish, sail, surf, fish, paddle and did I say fish? But I couldn't get over the width. Well when I went SUP flyfishing this past Saturday, I met up with Chris who had one and despite the dimensions, this board looked perfectly proportional! I knew then that one day this board would be mine! Oh yes - it will be mine!!! I broached the topic with La - I told her I would sell the Glide and the Blend and replace them with this - I pointed out that the Hooked SUP does everything the Blend does but better. Then she asked me why I'm going to sell the Glide and I said "to make up the remainder of the cost of the Hooked. Well - the boards are on www.standupzone.com and craigslist. Help a brother out if you know someone who is looking for a board or two - Buy these two boards so I can fulfill my destiny!!!