" There comes a time in a day's trout fishing when, standing in the
ever-pushing water, you become aware of how tired you are. The dull ache
at the back of your neck, your belt leaning heavy on your hip bones, toes
cold and numb in the end of your brogues, fingers cramped, and eyes tired.
Climb out, with your legs and feet as weighted as in a nightmare escape,
and walk into the woods until the sound of the stream becomes background.
There you will find a round carpet of pine needles, deep and sun-warmed,
and a good broad trunk to ease between your shoulder blades. Now tobacco
smoke pulled deep into your lungs, warmth coming through on your stretched-out
calves, and quiet. If you wait long enough the quiet will pass and all the
woods noises, stilled by your lumbering passage, will begin again. A chickadee
will surely come close and stand upside down on a twig for you, and you will
hear delicate foot rustlings like the fast sliver of a needle through dark
cloth with the pause for slow-drawn thread. "
Sparse Grey Hackle
Have a wonderful Christmas,
JIMMY D
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Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.)
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Humorist, half-assed poet, and sometimes red-neck Texan.
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"Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback."
Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004]
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