Observations from the week.

No fish photos here but here are the other cool things I saw this past week.  My old hometown, old bridges I like to cross, wading shoes with mileage on them,  an old creek with big roots, hopeful eyes of my son, the start of something elegant, ninjas serving sushi, old paintings that still inspire, old game played in a new stadium, and a familiar smile of an old friend that makes the whole thing meaningful. 

 

Fishing with life long friend

Yoonho and I've come a long way as anglers and friends.  We had been fishing together since 2008. Not very long time considering we've been friends for 25 years.  I am truly grateful the fact that we are able to maintain our friendship regardless of our differences.  Particularly in politics. ;p

If I have to pick only one person to fish with, I wouldn't hesitate to pick Yoonho.  The fact that we can be as silly and goofy as we can be together while we are fishing makes him the perfect candidate. All the  cheesy acts and comments to one another makes any of our trip together something to cherish even long after the trip.  As I write this blog, things we've said and did (too embarrassed to mention in public) brings a smile to my face.

 Yoonho was able to take a day off from the family and able to fish with me on a small stream.

 Off the bet, Yoonho landed a hefty brown.

 Made our way up to the top watching each other fishing thinking how I am so much better than Yoonho...

 It was very intriguing the fact we've caught unusually big browns for this stream.

 Yoonho thoroughly enjoyed the hiking aspect of the fishing.

It is very disappointing the fact that you now live out of the state.  However, through this trip, I can see our friendship growing stronger and more maturely. Good to fishing with you again and hope to see you and your lovely family soon. 

Building of Wooden Kayak

It's been about 5 years since I've built the last wooden kayak.  I've purchased this kayak kit for wonjae a few years back but never got around to get at it until this weekend (Sorry wonjae!).  I guess I got too tired of looking at the unopened box lying around in my garage.

The kit is manufactured by Chesapeake Light Craft co.  You will need to add some of your elbow grease and about 100+ hours, but the process of building a kayak can be very therapeutic.    Tedious and repetitive nature of the boat building process will let you forget about everything.

When I first built the kayak shown above, wasn't sure if it would float so I had one of my less favorite adventurous friend take it for spin and the result was astonishing.  Not only it floated but had a true-tracking performance as well.  

I will continue to put up progress of making this kayak and yes wonjae, you will get to use it once it's done!