What describes a fishing day as amazing? Certainly it seems to be something more than
the number or size of fish caught.
“Some-thing” more amazing than us and our abilities and expectations, must
define the day. Some times guides such as my self are slow to learn this truth.
Today I took a couple out to Deckers that had never trout
fished before. They certainly did not
know anything of how the river was before the big fire or during earlier
decades. I remembered those former amazing days even as we fished. Those
memories flowed down the river and gave way to a new day.
This couple found this day to be most amazing as they hooked
beautiful rainbows and browns. One Brown catapulted out of the river 8 times
before surrendering to the net. One deep
bodied rainbow went 18-19 inches. These were amazing battles from amazing fish
that made my clients chase fish down river.
A morning of multiple landings and break offs and pullouts
of good fish.
After each fish was landed this fine couple said “thank
you”. I mean, they said those words out
loud. They deeply appreciated the beauty of each fish, the amazing sky and the
river. They kept saying, “This place is beautiful; this place is amazing. Thank
you”.
And then I too, who am a bit slow to be grateful realized it
had indeed been a most amazing day. This fine couple with grateful hearts had
made it so and I shared it with them.
I too could say thank you. Thank You.
“I thank you God for
this most amazing day, for leaping greenly spirits of trees, for a true blue
dream of sky above; for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which
is, yes”.
e.e. Cummings
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