>From: Sean Grier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 11:41 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: where have all the reports gone? > > >We're in a stressful time right now; recession, high (relatively) unemployment, >fear of our mail, fear of terrorism. Our retreat from all of this over the last >few months has been flyfishing. It's not unexpected that we would stress over >anything that appears to impact that. Patrick, my guess is that your expressions >of frustrations are connected to this, and not really a diatribe against newbies >or the "unwashed masses". Let's ALL try to be more accepting and understanding. >To paraphrase the General on Good Morning Vietnam: "Besides, this is just >fishing...."
Ever since Sept. 11th I've actually spent quite a bit of time on the water as many of you know, it is the way I deal with the situation. Actually I was on the Yakima on Sept. 11th with a friend and we heard the news just as we were pulling into a parking place. Figuring 'we are here might as well fish' we did though we kept up on the news all day and made sure family at home was alright. Since that time I've realized I'm going to do what I love doing in case the shit totally hits the fan and what I enjoy is wading on rivers, fishing for trout. Life is pretty simple on a trout river. In the past two months I've fished with blue herons and ospreys, I've waded with deer, I've watched thousands upon thousands of mayflys happily hatching oblivious to the fact that they may be suddenly eaten alive, and I've caught more than my share of nice trout. There are no terrorists on trout streams. Even being out on the river though there are reminders of what is going on. When I was camping in Oregon I was scared half out of my sleeping bag one night as a military jet flew overhead very low. Going to Ellensburg I've now seen convoys of military personel, tanks, big artillery guns, etc... taking I-90 back and forth. I've heard tales of helicopters flying 'missions' up the Yakima Canyon, geez that would scare me out of my waders. The world is definately not the same place for us humans in America but to the mayflies and trout, not to mention the herons, ospreys, bighorn sheep, deer, and everything else living along the rivers it is the same. Going to the rivers lets me go back to a simpler time again immerse myself into the flow of the water and the whole cycle of life. Tim
