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The picture if of one of my favorite fishing grounds.  Located in the mountains in Idaho.  Seems to never disappoint.  This is the North Fork of the Boise River.  Fish & Game does plant trout in the river but can still find native trout as well.

Well, here it is 12:15am and I’m up dealing with a bad case of restless leg syndrome.  Yes, RLS is another wonderful part of life I have the displeasure of dealing with.  I would say yay for modern medicine, and normally that would be the case, however, tonight it isn’t helping.  Even tried doubling up on the med.  Also tried a RLS cream and some melatonin but no luck.  My last-ditch effort is a nice stiff drink.  Actually it’s 7-Up mixed with a little huckleberry vodka.  If this doesn’t work then it looks like I’ll be up pacing for most of the night.  Oh, I figured I may as well get some writing done while I’m up and sipping my drink. 

Yesterday I attended a new support group consisting of those who have suffered a stroke mixed with survivors of traumatic brain injury.  Had found most attending are those who have suffered a stroke.  This was a bit disappointing.  The group meets at a local hospital not far from where I live, so would have been convenient.  Needless to say, I wasn’t comfortable and felt there wasn’t anything useful to me or anything I could contribute to the group.  So, it’s doubtful I’ll return to that group.  There is another group, just for survivors of TBI, that meets at a different hospital several miles away.  Had attended that group meeting once and found the facilitator is pretty good.  The group was very small, at least at the meeting I made it to.  There’s a good chance I’ll try that one again, and it meets twice each month. 

Still haven’t made it fishing again.  Found myself a little reluctant after 4 trips with no fish caught.  At the same time, I have decided to have new fishing line put on both fishing reels I use.  It is recommended this be done each year.  So, I’ll get that done and then consider where I want to try fishing next.  There are a few other supplies I want to get as well (bobbers, more powerbait, etc.).  Thankfully, I can get all that done at the same store/location.   When I have all this done I’ll check the Fish & Game website for the locations where they’ve planted fish recently and go from there.