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:
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[li]? Go fishing when your heart needs too[/li]? 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
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[li]o You know a few fish by name[/li]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
[/ul]? 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 ???
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