The men left Gus' house before sunrise to get to Aaron's favorite river spot. They enjoyed having a productive, and relatively clean, urban waterway that provided them an outlet for fishing close to their homes. Both Gus and Aaron were part of different conservation groups working to improve the health of the James River and had dedicated time and dollars to see it re-emerge as a healthy fishery within the last decade. Aaron's spot was just a few miles west of town, at place called Flatwater, between a couple sets of rapids, it was only a 15 minute drive. Gus parked, the guys grabbed their gear, and Aaron led Gus down a trail for a few hundred yards to the river's edge.
Both men looked out across the beautiful river and watched as the light fog started to lift as the sun made itself known. It was time to get some lines wet. Not noticing anyone on the water, or on their way out, they felt comfortable stripping down to their river shoes and fishing naked. The two men spread out about fifty yards from one another and waded in the shallows around some rocks to see what type of damage they could do in the pre-dawn calm.
"There we go!" Gus heard to his right and turned downriver to see Aaron hooked up on a nice fish. He watched him land the first fish of the day, a nice 3lb small mouth. "Hell yeah Marine, nice one!" Gus yelled. Aaron raised the fish up the air, kissed it on the head, and released it back into the river. "I'm winning, furry man!" Aaron chuckled and immediately threw a line back out into the water.
Gus hooked up on one next, it wasn't a bass though, he could tell from the more gradual hit that he had a catfish on the line. He increased the drag a bit on his rod, as the fish started to run and resist the hook pulling it toward the shore. "Got one!" Gus yelled down toward Aaron who turned to see the bend in Gus' rod upriver. "Looks like a big fish, Gus!"
"Feels like one, too," Gus responded, keeping his focus on maintaining tension on the line and letting the fish wear itself out so he could land it. Aaron started making his way back toward Gus and watched him work the fish to shore. "Damn, that's a nice catfish, Gus." Aaron said.
Gus put his hand in the cat's large mouth and held it up in the air. It had to weigh almost thirty pounds, he thought. The fish dangled from his hand held out at nipple height, down below his knee. It was flathead. Aaron picked up Gus' camera, "Smile sexy fisherman." Gus held the fish in front of him and put on a huge smile to compliment his furry nude body. Beams of sunlight reflecting off the clear water through the river valley announced the sunrise downriver to the east and Aaron snapped another picture of his handsome fisherman. "I must have a copy of that picture," Aaron announced, as he turned the camera downriver and snapped a few more of the sunrise.
"Whatcha think, should we start a stringer?" Gus asked Aaron still holding and admiring the large flathead catfish he'd just landed. "Yeah, let's keep some," Aaron replied, "If we catch a few more catfish, we can fry them up for the party this afternoon." Gus took the fish over to the bank and pulled a stringer out of his tackle box. He punctured the catfish's bottom lip and ran the line through the open ring at the end of the stringer, and placed it back in the water near the bank, securing it around a small tree. "If we can get one more that size, or a few more smaller ones, we'll have plenty to fry," Aaron stated, "What are you using for catfish Gus?" Aaron asked.
"It's one of my crappie lures, yellow, small grub, there's a few more in there, feel free to grab one. I'm just bouncing them slowly across the bottom against the current, trying to get them in holes behind rocks. Seems to work okay."
Within thirty minutes the men had five catfish on the stringer. Four smaller 3-4lb channel cats, which they both agreed were the best eating, joined the large flathead, and that task was complete, and it wasn't even 9am yet. They then switched up their lures and started stalking large and small mouth bass again. No one had yet interrupted their peaceful fishing morning and they both stood naked, unashamed in the waters of their home river, admiring the scenery and each other as they enjoyed the morning.
Another hour passed and Gus had successfully pulled in two nice large mouths. Aaron had landed another smallie, and a large mouth as well. He and Aaron were fishing closer to each other and enjoyed making the other pose for a picture with each fish they landed. Their morning was filled with smiles and laughter. As the sun rose higher in the sky, traffic on the river began to appear. First, a canoe, then a couple kayakers, and then the tubers started making their way into the water. Gus and Aaron had both put on a pair of shorts after a woman in the canoe that passed gasped and scolded them.
Around 11:30 the men decided to call it quits for the day. They packed up their gear and fully reclothed. Gus grabbed the stringer and swung it over his shoulder and they made it back to the truck, tossing all their gear, and the fish in the back. Before Gus pulled out of the parking lot, Aaron leaned across the console and gave Gus a nice firm kiss, looking into his eyes, "Thank you," he said, "this has been a wonderful morning." Gus nodded and smiled, and headed back to his house.
Gus and Aaron made quick work of cleaning the fish in Gus' backyard, and tossed them in a ziplock to keep them in the fridge until frying time. Gus retrieved his deep fryer from the fishing den and set it up in the backyard. Aaron prepared a fry batter and by 1pm the men had the fish fried, a cooler packed with beer, and were almost set for their cul-du-sac excursion.
"Come rinse off with me, Marine," Gus commanded as he stripped off all of his clothes and left them in a pile in front of his washing machine. Aaron stripped and followed him up to his master bath steam shower. The two men took joy and pleasure from being able to lather up each other's fur and clean all the hard to reach places on each others bodies. Aaron liked being able to run his fingers through Gus' beard with shampoo and conditioner, stealing kisses throughout. Gus liked teasing Aaron's nipples and grabbing large handfuls of his perky butt, massaging them with soap, and smacking them gently.
Each man got a couple fingers up the other's ass, some nice weight inducing stokes in on each other's cocks, and some good clean fondling of each other's balls, enjoying the teasing nature of it all. Gus pulled Aaron into him and they slid their hairy chests and bellies against one another, using each other's pelts as sponges while they kissed passionately and cleaned each other. Fully rinsed of soap, Gus and Aaron exited the shower and dried each other off. Both men put on a pair of jeans, without bothering with underwear, and a t-shirt. "You're a fucking sexy man, Gus Wolfe," Aaron said admiring each handsome feature of Gus' body. "Thank you, I think you're mighty handsome too, Marine," Gus responded, "You ready for some suburban rowdiness?"
"Guess we'll take it as it comes - let's get to it."
Gus and Aaron got in the truck and headed out to Willow Park, on the way discussing their preference for city living, and how they'd likely not see one willow in the neighborhood. Gus liked that Aaron shared his urbanist and conservation-minded views, they just added to the long list of reasons why he'd fallen head over heels for this married man in such a short period of time. "So, just to reiterate, I don't know if Jake and Bill have anything at all in mind other than just hanging out, but if they do, and we end up naked, you're okay with that?" Gus asked, with a seriousness in his voice. "100% Gus," Aaron responded, winking at him, and placing a hand on his thigh.
"3627 Willowcrest Court, there it is," Aaron pointed out the window to a house that looked like every third house in the neighborhood they'd been meandering through. Gus parked the truck out front - noticing Jake, Bill and a few other people standing just inside the open garage door up the driveway.
"He guys, hows it going?" Jake said making his way down to meet Gus and Aaron making their way up the drive. "Doing well bud, good to see you, this is Aaron - Aaron, this is my friend, Jake." Aaron and Jake shook hands and exchanged hellos. Gus noticed Jake taking in Aaron from head to toe and smiling slightly as the men made their way up to meet all the others.
"We're just about to pull all the stuff out into the cul-du-sac, we were having a couple beers up here in the garage before," Jake stated, "You know Bill, this is James, Patrick, Preston, and Clark - guys this is Gus, my buddy from college, and his friend Aaron."