second to last day, second time at the "gong show".  Yesterday, people were friendlier.  TtotheE and I went to check out the bar further up, and were sayin "good morning" to people.  out of 5, only 1 replied...the others either ignored us, then there were the 2 yahoos, who thought we were gonna take this one spot and ran right in front of us, to get there...  so thats what happens when the official closing date gets released!  On a brighter note, i became brave and headed back up to the area just right of the gravel bar.  TtotheE got one right away, and a 2nd pretty quickly after.  My other brother, got him a beauty of a spring.  Then my turn, a nice sock.  Only I almost killed this old guy for casting just above me while i was still playing the darn thing!   I gave him a quick "If your line ends up on my line, I'm gonna be a little upset sir."  a while later, i got a "fake spring"....tailed sock!!!! dang, did it ever run!  everyone around me convinced me it was a spring and that i should walk it down, so there I went.  Dragonspeed took a picture of me fighting it....then broke the news.  oh well....at least i came home with a sock.  before proceeding home, i made my group do a quick garbage pickup in the area we were fishing.  dang thats a lot of line!  I dont think i'll be making it this weekend for the cleanup, and wanted to do my bit anyways.  Nice to have met ya, Brian!