In June this year, I traveled from my home in Los Angeles, California to Boston, Massachusetts to go fishing while meeting angling friends new and old. I wanted to hit it hard and to make it as intense a fishing trip as I could possibly do/endure.

I initially thought about finding a lake to bivy up on for the two weeks but settled on staying mobile by renting a vehicle to rove about in while visiting friends on their home lakes.

I left the possibility of staying in a hotels open but ultimately figured that would waste too much fishing time. So that left the reclining passenger seat of the jeep that ended up being quite comfortable actually…