Arriving at my travel destination without delay or incident is a rarity here at the Underground, but I'm broadcasting to the Undergrounders from the Trout Underground/Man Cave's Temporary World Headquarters - the 18th floor of the Crowne Plaza (nice place, but they lose points for the gratuitous "e").

I thought I'd create a photographic travelogue highlighting none other than... me:


Notice the rich, luxurious carpet. This ain't Motel 6

On the shuttle in from the airport I passed the Wright-McGill/Eagle Claw building, and realized I still harbor a soft spot for Wright-McGill given their connection to Granger bamboo fly rod company.

Today, most all their gear is manufactured offshore, but the company's still here - housed in a long, low brick building (that looks old enough to have once housed the Granger rod mill).

Sadly, my camera was buried in my luggage, else you lucky bastards you'd be looking at pictures of the Wright-McGill building and my feet in the shuttle bus.

Normally, outdoor "journalists" arrive at these things expecting to be fed, paid off and bribed in return for fawning, non-critical coverage, but I'm saddened to say I've been in town for more than an hour, and I have yet to experience a fawned-over moment.

This won't do.

In fact, things have become so desperate, I'm being forced to go buy my own lunch before heading to the show (oh, the humanity).

See you at FFR, Tom Chandler.

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