Last night I lost a post I'd written due to a poor internet signal in Central Oregon where I am currently spending a few days. The irony of this jumps high in my face like the huge rainbow trout I also lost, That fish was the subject of the post.
My thought was to get a written description down somewhere because it just might have been the fish of a lifetime. Of course, for a fly fisherman who dutifully practices catch and release, I will always have the memory. That's all we ever have anyway, isn't it. I'll go out there today but it wont be like yesterday because no two days are alike. Perhaps a few hours on the water will help sharpen my description skills. More to come...
The second day arrived a bit cooler with very few clouds and fewer people. I took my camera along mostly to tempt the fates, but was rewarded with a nice pic of the landscape, a surprise selfie, mostly from boredom, and a nice rainbow who pounced on my fly as I was floating peacefully eating an energy bar. They always seem to make contact when my concentration is not 100 %.
So long until next year or perhaps a post Labor Day adventure calls.
My thought was to get a written description down somewhere because it just might have been the fish of a lifetime. Of course, for a fly fisherman who dutifully practices catch and release, I will always have the memory. That's all we ever have anyway, isn't it. I'll go out there today but it wont be like yesterday because no two days are alike. Perhaps a few hours on the water will help sharpen my description skills. More to come...
The second day arrived a bit cooler with very few clouds and fewer people. I took my camera along mostly to tempt the fates, but was rewarded with a nice pic of the landscape, a surprise selfie, mostly from boredom, and a nice rainbow who pounced on my fly as I was floating peacefully eating an energy bar. They always seem to make contact when my concentration is not 100 %.
So long until next year or perhaps a post Labor Day adventure calls.
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