I can’t remember a time with so much rain. It seems like it’s been raining for six weeks, ever since the hurricane near-miss that swamped the coastal area of South Carolina and drenched us, flooding our basement. Since then, we haven’t had a week that I can remember without at least one day of rain, which means any drought we were having has been settled and then some. This has been especially true during the weekends: rain, rain, rain. And that leaves us with few options but sitting inside and fishing.

But eventually, we have to go out. Even if it’s only for a few minutes, with umbrellas, we cannot possibly stay in the house the entire weekend.