Recently I found myself along a local stream, sitting on a large tree that had been shoved up onto the gravel bank during this summer’s heavy storms. I had fished for a couple hours at this point, having already experienced success in bringing to hand several beautiful wild brown trout. My stopping was for no real reason, since I felt neither tired nor hungry at the moment, but the solace of the trees trunk beckoned me toward a comfortable perch with a view. The morning had shaped up well, with little breeze and only the slightest hint of heat or humidity.
When I go fishing, I always take time to view the stream (many times resting my back against a tree), I might spend more than a ?-hour in my mediation above the activity of the water…
As I am observing the water, I always remember what my mentor (Al Campbell) taught me. “Let the pretty girls (fish) show you where they are!”
~Parnelli