Last month I had one of the most ill-fated hunting/fishing trips of my life, which is saying a lot, because last fall my truck brakes blew up coming down a mountain in BFE, WY.
Long story short, Sun Country Airlines lost my luggage that contained all my fishing gear and a Glock 20 on my flight to Spokane, WA. They kept saying they would get it to me the next day, until day 5 of a 7 day trip I told them to stop and just keep it in Minneapolis and I'd pick it up when I flew home. It was some mickey mouse club level incompetency, just doing things like forgetting to bring it to the FedEx pick-up multiple days in a row.
I ended up having to buy new underwear and socks every day, buy all new flies and fishing gear, rain gear etc. The folks at Northwest Outfitters in CDA took pity on me and let me use a pair of shop waders for a week for free. Can't say enough good things about that fly shop. The real positive that came out of this was I was able to get Sun Country to pay for a new Hardy fly rod, reel and line, so I'll give them credit for that. Fishing was pretty good overall! Since I only had one rod, I had to commit to the dry fly. There was very little relaxing about this trip and I think I went home more stressed than when I left, but overall it was a good time.
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