March 20th, 2000 | |||
Fly Fishing by W.J. Mallory
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Fishing is a popular sport; At one with nature is the report;
Most beautiful, in my eyes;
Casting the fly is truly an art;
Ten o'clock-one o'clock, power, power;
Truly finesse, rhythm and grace;
Pick-ups and presentations no longer part the brook;
The experts all agree;
Backcast, forecast, fly on the water;
Oh I know, it's the wrong leader;
Match the hatch, fish the clock, strike with might;
Darkness falls, the hatch is on, fish rising;
What a moment pure and clear;
With years of practice my skill grows;
Novices, I've been watching you;
Roll pick-ups, horizontal casts low in the sky;
Those days all but gone;
I remember a father, son and old rented boat;
I'm not sure what Lefty, Gary, or Rusty would say; ~ W.J. Mallory
About W.J. MalloryW.J. Mallory was born and raised in western Washington around Puget Sound. A retired instructional systems designer from Ford Motor Company, he and his wife own and operate Driftwood Shores Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Bill is also the Secretary-Treasurer of the Au Sable Manistee Action Council, a Michigan-based environmental group. He started writing poetry in 1998. |
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