Guess where I am today

Hint: it's not behind a mic in Washington, D.C.

Send me your guess!

You won't win a prize (I’m too cheap for that) but you might rate a mention in next weekend’s newsletter.

Here’s another hint — think brook trout, Porte's favorite fish.

And then picture me standing below this pool and either successfully casting into it or getting my line tangled up in a stand of mountain laurel that grows wild and uncontrolled here. Probably both, but the latter seems more likely.

In any case, THAT'S where I am — fishing a mountain stream for brook trout and desperately trying to avoid tripping over a rock and faceplanting myself in the water. I scouted this location yesterday and am looking forward to fishing it today.

I don't have a whole lot of time to devote to this weekend’s newsletter, but I will give you another hint — my wife and I drove nine hours to get here. We're spending the weekend with her old college gang and having a smoking good time (another hint).

I’ll have a trip report for you next weekend.

Stay hydrated.

PS: here's a link to an applejack cocktail to try now that things are finally cooling down.