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A crisp fall morning, and the man is dressed in his tweed jacket and pants,
pipe sticking out of his mouth and he is casting to a small pool 30 ft upstream
and across the stream. He delicately lands the fly just where he wants and
lets it drift across the top of the pool. Just as the fly is about to float beyond
the pool a nice brown comes up, inhales the fly and the battle is on . . .
I don't know about the rest of you, but this is in my mind a lot when I am
out on the stream. I am that man. However, I'm not in a tweed jacket and
pants, and I don't have a pipe. But I do have my fly rod and though my casts
are rarely EXACTLY placed where I want them, generally they are close
enough to entice the trout to strike.
Ever since I watched my first fishing show about fly fishing I have had that
little dream in my head. Or the other little dream that I have is I am on a
world-class trout stream and every cast and every presentation could yield
me that trout of a lifetime. Even though I'm on a small little creek in Nebraska
and the largest fish that I have ever seen come out of it was a 21 inch Brown.
I dream these little dreams because it helps me to relax and enjoy the small
amount of time that I get to fish nowadays.
I feel fly fishing is more aesthetic than catching trout, but when you do
catch a trout, it's that trophy fish you have always been waiting for as long
as you are in the dream. . . Because in reality, it is just a nice 14 inch Rainbow.
And in reality, you're just a tired person taking some time to relax and put aside
your daily troubles that life brings your way.
So the next time you head to the stream or lake for that matter, as you
are setting up your fly rod, start your dream. Enjoy the wildlife around you.
Nothing is more powerful than the human mind. And if you are escaping into
your dream and forgetting about reality, it won't matter that you are not
catching any fish, you will be relaxing and should you catch a fish, it will be
the "trophy" fish that you came to that "world-class" stream for in the first
place.
As you return to the daily grind of life, you will be returning with a clear
mind and relaxed body. . . Sounds like darn good therapy to me.
~Bob Stark (aka Dreamer)
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