the hybrid sniper

So Rob and I set out to pretty much ruin Chris. The poor bastard seems to have a great life with a swell family and a good job. The last thing he needs is to be spending time on the river with misfits like Rob and I. But Chris's personal best hybrid was something like 19 inches. Now 19 inches is an okay smallmouth bass, a 19 inch hybrid you don't even even take a picture of. I think Rob had to pretty much pretend he didn't know him if they met out in public. For Rob, along with Greg and Seth is part of the trio of guys who pretty much are the kings of Ohio striper fishing. I might know a couple things about catching smallmouth bass but I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to stripers compared to these guys. So the goal was to get Chris a respectable hybrid striper. To that end Rob had brought a surf rod, a launcher rig and a spotting scope. This wasn't that spot everyone thinks of when launcher fishing in SW Ohio is mentioned. No...this puppy was WAY out there. I think Rob said 102 yards or maybe it was 120. It might as well have been 1200 yards as far as most people were concerned but not Rob. If you haven't met Rob, he is fast on his way to becoming a legend around here on the striper scene. Mention any hybrid spot within a reasonable drive of Cincinnati and chances are Rob has been there in the last week. And every striper fisherman you run into knows the guy. Anyways back to the story. So I'm just hanging out watching, Chris is on the rod and Rob is working the spotting scope. "Okay now let out two feet of line. now reel, reel, reel, let out a foot" All the while giving running commentary on what the fish are doing out there in that infectious excited way that only Rob can. "let out a little more line, a little more...SET THE HOOK!!!!"  It was easily the most fun I've had in a long long time. If you thought listening to the Marty and the Cowboy doing the play by play on the Red's game is awesome wait till you hear Rob call a cast. Anyways I think we got the job done in getting Chris a hybrid, I just hope the guy isn't ruint....