Provided by Gary Webb.
When, at last, my father strolled up the river bank, walking, to his shame,
much nearer the water than a good fisherman should, my nerves were jumpy from
apprehension.
"Come along. Food's ready. Done any good?" said he.
Again it was to his discredit that he put food before sport, but I told him I
had had a wonderful morning, and he was glad.
"What do you want to do this afternoon, old man?" he asked.
"Fish," I said.
"But you can't always fish," he said.
I told him I could, and I was right, and have proved it for thirty years and
more.
"Well, well," he said: "Please yourself, but isn't it dull not catching
anything?"
And I said, as I've said a thousand times since: "As if it could be."
-Roland Pertwee, from "The River God"
-- JIMMY D. MOORE Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS" Please click on the URL immediately below for information on my new book how to order it http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html Jimmy D. Moore 9409 Mesa Verde Circle Woodway, TX 76712 "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a Quarterback."
