SO I LEARNED A LOT

SO A YEAR HAS GONE . AND I LEARNED A HELL OF A LOT ABOUT MYSELF. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I DID LEARN WAS IT SEEMS THAT FISHING SUITS MY PERSONALITY. I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER MYSELF A TALKER. (although i am defiantly a people person) I LIKE THE QUIETNESS. TRANQUIL AND FREE. MUCH LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT AN WHICH I SPEND A LOT OF MY DAYS AT . (outside of work) THE ONLY NOISE I HEAR ARE THE SOUNDS OF THE RIVER WHISPING ITS CURRENT NORTH TO THE LAKE. THE TREES CREAKING IN THE BREEZE, MY PISSING AND MOANING OF A FLY STUCK IN MY BACK AND THE SLIGHT SIGH OF HAPPINESS WHEN A PERFECTED CAST TURNS INTO A HOOK UP.

ALTHOUGH THEIR IS A LOT MORE....


1.} I LEARNED THAT TAIL WATERS ARE THE NEW WAVE, AND A GREAT INEXPENSIVE WAY TO TURN A BORING WARM-WATER FISHERY INTO A GREAT COLD WATER ADVENTURE. AND MORE STATES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FINANCIALLY.



I ALSO LEARNED THAT BROOKIES AND GET TO 20 LBS.

AND EVEN IN CLEVELAND, 34 DEGREES IN DECEMBER SOME PEOPLE THINK ITS NECESSARY TO PULL UP A LAWN CHAIR WITH THEIR COWBOY BOOTS AND TAKE A NAP. YIKES.

AND EVEN IN OHIO THEIR ARE SOME FISH BIGGER THAN PEOPLE...LOL.SORRY MO!

PINK STONE FLIES ARE KILLER IN WINTER!

AND IF I HAD TO START GOING BACK TO CHURCH,THIS WOULD BE MY SHRINE.

NO MATTER HOW MANY PLACES I HAVE BEEN, I KEEP FINDING HIDDEN GEMS THAT KEEP ME GUESSING .  WE HAVE A LOT MORE COLD WATER IN OHIO THAN SOME EXPERTS WANT TO ADMIT. OR DO THEY CARE? 

AND OUR STEELHEAD REPRODUCTION RATES ARE REALLY CLIMBING. OHIO E.P.A. HAS REALLY STEPPED IT UP.

 

AND THE BATTENKILL IS TRULY THE BEST TROUT STREAM I BELEIVE IN THE EAST. IT HAS LIVED UP TO IT'S NAME. THE UPPER DELAWARE MIGHT BE A CLOSE SECOND. BUT THE BATTENKILL HAS A TREASURED HISTORY. THE LOCALS INCLUDING ORVIS HEADQUARTERS JUST GET IT. AND THEY DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.

 

SOME OF THE BEST PLACES, ARE NOT THAT FAR FROM HOME..........................................

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