Very touching rules of fly fishing.....
While surfing another site I found a very touching article that another fly fisher posted where a good friend had only a few weeks left in this world and wanted his friend to video his last message to his family and this is just a part of it that I feel was very true and I could not have sumed it up any better. I hope this is not infringing on any legal problems. I am not coping the whole thing, just this one part and it does not have any names in it. It is just sort of a list of "rules" on life that I felt were very good and really makes you think about where you are in life and where you should be headed. Some of my friends do not really understand why I fish alone a lot and this pretty much tells it like I could never do. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy fishing with others, but, there is just something about being by yourself in the "other" world that our Creator gave to us that many do not know is there:
- ? Go fishing when your heart needs too
? Give yourself permission to catch fish any way you want too
? But remember to sometimes fish however you love the most ??.even if it isn?t the best way to catch fish
? Go to streams you have never been too before and truly experience them
? Fish your favorite river often enough that- o You know a few fish by name
o You can tell a particular pool, riffle or run by the sound of it alone
o You have your own rock in the middle that is your own private ?thinking? place
? Teach at least one person to fly fish each year
? Take the time to stop when you have caught ?enough? and just listen to the river rolling by
? When you think you have walked far enough and should start fishing now?.. walk fifteen minutes more ?? at least
? Make time to fish with your friends
? Enjoy a drink and a campfire with your true friends
? But, enjoy a campfire and a stream by yourself occasionally
? And lastly enjoy the lights ??. Sunlight, Firelight and Starlight ??? because you never know when they may burn out ???
Warren
Fly fishing and fly tying are two things that I do, and when I am doing them, they are the only 2 things I think about. They clear my mind.