Jeff said, when I get older---
I am 73, been retired for 12 years, I fished every chance I got throughout
my life and now that I can go any time that I want there still will be not
enough time if I live to be 100.
Just got back from 4 days of floating the Couer D' Alene river with my
pontoon boat, doing my own shuttle by bicycle. The fishing and catching was
great, with Cutthroat of 18" the biggest. So beg, borrow or steal as much
time as you go thru life for fishing and other pursuits that you enjoy.
Dell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Neuenschwander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jeff Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: When I get older
> Great post, Jeff, and a great reminder to make the time now for the
> things we like best. Take it from a"50+ year older", spare time doesn't
> get any easier to find with age.
>
> -Wes
>
> Date forwarded: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:45:43 -0700
> From: Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: When I get older
> Date sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:34:10 -0700
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> > I think we all will remember this phrase from our younger days. When I
get
> > older I will have more time fish when I want. Now I am not that old, 27
to
> > be exact, but I remember all to well saying this when I was in High
School
> > and busy with football. I would dedicate my summers, winters, and
springs
> > to training rather then fishing the various rivers around my home in
> > Vancouver for my most beloved fish the steelhead. I still have only
taken
> > fish on the gear out of the East Fork and nothing out of the Kalama or
> > Washougal. You have to put in your time and I never did. During
college,
> > at PLU in Tacoma, I thought I had to work so much in the summer time
that I
> > actually went one year with out going to my "home" river the North
Umpqua.
> > The school years were filled with time in class as an engineering major
I
> > thought I didn't have time to do anything else. I didn't realize had
the
> > Green, Sky, Sno, Stilly, Skagit, and Sauk all within 2 hours. I did
manage
> > to take my first winter steelhead on a fly during college on the Green
but
> > that would be the only winter fish I took in 4 years of school. Then I
take
> > a job with Microsoft, finally time to fish for my beloved silver sided
> > bullets. We all know how that goes. There never is enough time with
work
> > to fish as much as you want. I haven't been blessed with a wife and
family
> > yet so I have that time commitment hopefully still ahead of me.
> >
> > I get my time on the river now more then I ever have but it doesn't seem
to
> > matter, I always long for more. I get a day or two every month and more
in
> > the spring. I don't catch a ton of fish, but I get a few. My thoughts
are
> > always seemed filled with thoughts of the most magnificent fish that I
can
> > think of. Now we all know that fishing isn't all about catching. It is
> > about getting on a river, feeling the river running around you, watching
the
> > bald eagles or the water ouzels do what they have done for years, it is
> > about getting in a casting rhythm, it is about tying that next great
fly,
> > and it is about that all too familiar tug that comes when you least
expect
> > it.
> >
> > Summer time always turns my thoughts to the summer silver flashes of the
> > North Umpqua. This is my home river even though I live in the Seattle
area.
> > It is where I learned to fly fish for steelhead. It is where I caught
my
> > first fly caught steelhead in 1989. It is where my dad and I plan a
trip
> > every year. It is the river that my entire fishing calendar year is
set.
> > It is now June 20 something. The fish are 4 weeks away from being
present
> > in good numbers. It won't be long until they are holding in the Racks,
or
> > cable crossing, upper Clay creek. Then by the second week of August
they
> > are up in Swamp creek, Williams creek, Ledges, Rattlesnake, etc. My
> > thoughts go something like this, "When is the next time I get to fish
the
> > Umpqua?" That is how time is measured to me.
> >
> > When I get older never seems to come. I am learning to appreciate the
time
> > I do get to fish and go after my passion. Steelheading is truly and
> > addiction that can't be explained. My friends don't understand why I
love
> > to fish when I don't catch fish all the time. Heck the summer in
Seattle is
> > tough on my I still haven't landed a fish on the Sno in two summers
trying.
> > That is my goal this year to hit a summer fish or two up here in this
area.
> >
> >
> > Steelhead Dreaming
> >
> > JJ
> >
>
>
>
> Wes Neuenschwander
> Seattle, WA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
