On The Trail
I went fishing this week. And it sure felt good to be on a streamside trail again. It's been over a month since I've been able to float a fly and fool a trout. I missed it, for sure. Yeah, I'm not doing any stealthy type of fishing...yet. But that day will come. Today was an opportunity to test my endurance following major surgery, and Sylvia joined me to ensure I was ready for my return to home waters. I did okay, but will need to build my endurance back to where it needs to be, especially for the kind of fly fishing I enjoy in mountainous terrains. We've mapped out a daily exercise routine to get me back in shape. When I was rigging up my rod at the trailhead, a young native girl, who was part of a group of teens, walked around my truck and suggested I tie on an ant. She said the trout really liked them in this stream's location. I smiled, and showed her what I had just tied on my tippet. Yup, a black ant dry fly. She liked that we were thinking the same thing. W...
