Ladies & Gentlemen, Cool Eddie has returned.
Given the state of fly fishing today, he’s not a moment too soon. If you don’t know, Cool Eddie first appeared on the Underground years ago (we’ve been doing this more than four years), and he keeps popping in.
Not exactly a card-carrying member of the Tweed Establishment, it’s hard to imagine the extreme types would claim him either.
Some people say he makes them shoot coffee out their nose. Others are simply not amused.
The only constant has been the following: I’m not Cool Eddie.
Without further embellishment:
Hey Dude!
Long-time no-hear! Things got a little dicey for me there for a while. Got into a little trouble with the long arm of the law. Again. Guy told me about “stranger insurance” and I tried it out a couple of times.
I didn’t spend too much of the money, so I got it plead down to a few misdemeaner counts. Had to make restitution, and all that. I was afraid I’d end up in the joint again, but all I got was the electronic bracelet.
So I finally got into town and logged on to your site. Man you are doing such a great job! I really got a chuckle out of the tear drop trailer thingy, cause I live in something close to that shape. But it’s a tent. I don’t know if you have heard about Slab City, but I been hanging out there for the last few months. The weather is getting too hot, and the flies are just terrible. Nobody covers their shit and it is a real bummer with the smell and the flies. So time to head north.
Still thinking about the guide thing. I been talking to a guy down here who used to do a lot of that in Europe. He says his name is Ed Zachery, but he doesn’t look like no Ed to me. Maybe Abdulla or Ali. But I don’t profile. Heh heh.
Anyway, he says the French nymphing and Czech nymphing stuff is “passe”. (I don’t know really what that means, but he uses that word like all the time.) and the hot rod setup is the German nymphing technique. It’s called “Flankenfokker”. Sounds cool. Kinda like fartgenugen or whatever VW says, you know? Have you heard of it? He says a lot of guides up your way use it. He says the key to the system is red plastic beads and tooth picks. Maybe you could ask around for me?
Well anyway, I gotta go for now. The guy that is letting me use his computer is coming back to the table. My laptop that Mom gave me got confiscated during the last run in I had with the cops. It sucks not being able to write to you more often. But hey, like I said, I’m coming north. Maybe I could like show up around Mt. Shasta and hang with you? There must be some cheap camp grounds up there, no?
And maybe you could like fix me up with some of the local guides? Tell em I know Flankenfokker! Man I could be the best! And I heard you dudes are going bugshit with the dope up there, too. That’s cool with me. I know how to trim buds, too! Yea, that’s me, a bud-trimmin Flankenfokker! Man is this gonna be a cool summer for me or what?
Peace,
Cool Eddie
p.s. – Cool Eddie explains his aversion to art in the comments here. Don’t shoot coffee out your nose.
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