Silver and Bleak

Being a Raider fan is either a blessing or a curse, depending on what year it is.  In the 70's and 80's, life was pretty good in Raider land.  In the 90's they were just plain bad.  In the early 00's things were beginning to look up, and then Al Davis traded his coach to Tampa Bay.  It's funny, but I can't ever remember a team trading a coach.  

Last night, the Raider faithful are wondering of 0-16 is truly possible.  They looked like a JV High School football team.  It was freaking pathetic.  After paying top dollar to bring in that headcase Angelo (sp?) Hall, some rookie wide receiver used him like soap.  The denver quarterback never even touched a black jersey.  Their top draft choices of the last couple years are marginally effective behind their porous offensive line.

In other words, there is no hope, until Al Davis relinquishes control of the team.  I don't care if he sells the team or hires somebody, but he needs to understand that he had his last hurrah in 2002.  Since then they have 19 wins.  If it wasn't for the 49ers and Dolphins, they would run away with the worst organization in the league award.

Once you bleed silver and black, you can't root for another team, so I guess I'll just stop watching the NFL.

I'm too depressed to post a fly, and I can't think of one that starts or ends with "loser".

Tight Lines,

Dave 

Beadhead Caddis Puppa

Not too much that I can say about this one.

Biggest fishing day I've ever had standing in a river. Once I put this badboy on, it was all over. Even as I was pulling it out of the water to show my buddy what I had on, another fish bit it. Sometimes you just guess at the right fly...

Here is an example, courtesy of the nice people at The Fish Sniffer

Click the image for the tying instructions.

Tight Lines,

Dave