I've got it bad...I used to really try and just fish once a week as I didn't want to get burnt out on it like I did with golf... I've read all the hate about the Vedder and how it sucks...I am a fly fishing bum for most of the year....But I got bit by the bug...Centerpin and gear on the ready..let's go!!
Now I'm not doing well...I'm counting the days till my next one out...I'm not minding the early mornings that I used to dread...Hell I look forward to them... I drive home fishless and still thank God that I'm lucky enough to live within an hours drive of one of the most beautiful and bountiful rivers I've been on!!!!! I actually enjoy talking to other anglers and in some cases talking with them too long and not fishing more...I keep going into my little fly room and checking on my stuff..make sure I got hooks tied and worms and roe ready...and then do again for the fourth time that day...
I've met new people that make me feel young again...That sounds pretty pathetic I know but this was a brutal year for me when my stomach decided to kick my a$$... I've been spending a lot of time fly fishing by myself and just trying to be able to make the drive to do it....It nice to run with guys that make you laugh all day and smoke cigars and just be yourself again...
(even if they are kind of gay...they are off here and SR's...good guys all around )
The steelhead is one incredable fish..it's like the holy grail in some ways...but that said, the time on the river hunting her is equally special, the cold mornings and your boots sticking to the rocks, the thick fog or constant rain not a burden but a blessing. Maybe you can find that perfect run and fish it on your own...The smell of a good cigar drifting down river to you...A hot coffee to warm your frozen hands...(or in my case tea
) Watching BS head for the trees for his morning Constitution?? What's up with that?? OK, maybe not that part!!
Oh well, sorry to ramble...It's Monday, I've called and made sure my rods ready for Thursday..I've got my bait and gear all ready for the most part...Only a few more days and I'm off again!!! One day MAYBE...I'll even catch one
....My wife asked what would happen if you caught one early??? I said, "Well if it was a hatchery and I kept it I'd have to come home."...She asked.."Why don't you do that then?"....I think you guys know the answer...or at least I know some of you do...