Jimmy and Ed, Thanks for the quote and the last line. Those words always hit me at the soul level.
JG Jerry Goldsmith Altamonte Springs, Fl [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bonner > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY > > > >"Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of > >course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some > friends think I shouldn't. > >Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are > >almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until > the cool of > >the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, > all existence > >fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big > >Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a > fish will rise." The River was cut by the worlds great flood and runs over the > rocks from the basement of time, under the rocks are the > words and the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters. > > > >Norman Fitzroy McLean
