Dog Tired
We've hit the dog days of summer. Uncommonly hot temperatures that help create the image of a pack of tired hounds lying around trying to beat the heat. Even though the expression traces it's roots to the star Sirius, (the Dog Star)we use the term to illustrate that time of year when we're "dog tired," hot, and worn out. The dregs of July through the middle of August usually encompass this time to lay low. I don't fly fish much in August. The fish aren't as active during the daytime. They lie deep in the darker cooler areas of lakes and streams. Maybe, if your offering brushed close by they'll nip at it. If you go after them, you bake up top. Sun screen, water, an oversized hat and some breaks now and then are necessary. The fact that the two political conventions take place during this period really adds to the theme this year. We're enduring the process like walking, or rather slogging trough an enormous swamp. August is when teachers