Old Poem

This is a start to a poem I copied to parchment paper then framed many years ago, can someone send the finished piece.Was lost over the years
any help would be greatly appreciated.I believe it was in the flyfisherman magazine over forty years ago.

" If it were only trout and I that fought the scuttle war perhaps I would have stand a better chance than I have stood before."

I am interested in this one. I cant find it... that is unusual for me. I am usually a bloodhound for things like this...