"Trey" with a tiny peacock.

Here’s a pic from the archives. The dude in camera is one of my best buds, so I blotted out his face, altered his beard to make him look Amish, and will refer to him henceforth by the code name Trey Anastasio. We ran the ditches this one time in FLA, and he caught this small yet robust butterfly peacock in super terrific spot #13, south section. Besides documenting a catch not worth bragging about, here’s what’s wrong with this hero shot:

1. It is a hero shot. Been played more than Stairway during Get The Led Out at Zep Ten O’Clock during Rocktober.

2. His attempt to mock the hero shot concept by dangling small fish as an earring is a gross miscalculation. Like wearing an ironic t-shirt in Brooklyn.

3. Too much Boston Red Sox paraphernalia by a count of two.

4. Small fish held off to the side rather than directly out to the camera with arms extended to make it look huge.

5. Fish taken too far from the water and holding it up by the fly or lip places undo strain on the fish’s mouth and organs, which are now being affected by the pull of gravity. Kills the bigguns.

6. I’m still waiting for Amy’s Farm on CD “Trey”, and the fact that you haven’t burned it for me yet leads to this harassment.