WHAT MAKES FLY FISHING FUN FOR ME - Neil - Jan 05, 2015

WHAT MAKES FLY FISHING FUN FOR ME
It's early in the morning and the valley is shrouded in a fog. It twists and rolls as the first early morning breeze stirs in the trees making the scene quite ethereal, almost otherworldly. Everything is covered with dew; like glimmering crystals the tiny droplets catch and scatter the shifting light turning blades of grass into kaleidoscopes reflecting a spectrum of color. The thick fog shrouds the landscape and all of nature is wrapped in a fine gray film like a soft moist blanket.

" The sun was setting in a blaze of reds and golds as I stowed my gear at the end of a very wonderful day. I had spent an entire day completely cutoff from all the hustle and bustle of our modern society. No phone calls interrupted my day; I did not hear any news about some tragedy involving some terrorist, I did not need to try to please anyone except the trout, no politician assailed me with campaign promises, and I witnessed beauty that only God's creation can provide. I love the thrill of seeing a trout rise to my fly but what I love most about fly fishing is that it has the power to take me away from all that I find distressing about the modern world and helps to restore my perspective about what is truly important. "
Amen!
......lee s.

Neil,
That pretty well sums it up!

Nice Brown, by the way. The Brown was icing on the cake, but, a very sweet icing!