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September 8, 2008
Fish in the Stream
Friday was, sadly, the first time I've been fishing this year. I visited Middlebury River Gorge, just upstream of the Rt. 125 bridge. This pictures is lovely - imagine I'm in the middle and I'm with my wife and the good daughter...you get the idea, except I was alone and I'm not quite that good looking and we're not quite sure which is the good daughter.
I caught several things including one fish which is always exciting. My friend Paul was out on Sunday and did about 10 times better (actually, exactly 10 times better) than I did. But Paul and I agree that the quality of the day cannot be measured in the count of fish caught. It's more about the number of moments when you're completely in tune with the water and surroundings, of watching and understanding. Some times the fish are hungry and you've floated the right fly by their hang out. Some times it's not like that - it doesn't matter that much.
Posted by pgutwin at September 8, 2008 12:57 PM