Tactical Advantage, Three Legged Dog, and Lightning

How do you get someone to photograph and "film" trips and activities for a weblog?...

And, from the "Not to Sound Redundant" file.....I went out and fished- This page isn't meant to be about fishing really, but summer is on, the fishing is good, and we've had a really good year so far- the big Green Drakes were on the water in the morning, and a sparse Pale Morning Dun hatch in the afternoon kept the fish looking up...In fact so far since April I haven't "had" to resort to nymphs or streamers at all.. This trip I found the Browns on my home water- at least the ones I've been catching seem bigger than I remember in seasons past.(If you can call water that can only be reached after a hundred mile drive "home water" that is...But what the fuck- Good fishing is good fishing, and my claimed home creek is - as far as I'm concerned, the best dry fly fishing in the state, as well as having a family history in the area- so sue me - I don't like to widen my carbon footprint either, but even a commie environmentalist needs to have a good time- I pick up extra trash as an offset- and believe me - If anyone will make a hydrogen or electric pickup truck that'll get me into the wilds reliably- I'm all ears..)
I knew the weather was going to be overcast, verging on stormy, so even if wanted to do something else, I probably would have fished anyway....
My goal for this year has been to fish sneakier and with longer casts- It seems to be working, but It probably looks ridiculous- I'm making sixty foot casts on a stream that's barely thirty feet wide in the largest beaver pool... but overall my goals for being stealthier have gotten results- I think I hook more and better fish by merely choosing colors that are found in nature, trying to eliminate glare from the gear( I'm considering spraying some of the shinier stuff with a flat clear varnish of some kind...If I ever get around to making my own rods as I plan- gloss finishes and varnish are NOT going to be standard equipment!...), sneaking to a position ( in the water, or on the bank) that puts something between me and the fish...and I try to go to whatever lengths I have to to gain Tactical Advantage BEFORE I cast, rather than shooting from the hip.
Nothing terribly unusual to report though..I saw a 5 point buck go too deep in the creek and panic a little, Saw a kingfisher...a couple of "water-snakes"( Garter snakes for you non-natives)..I caught a Cutt-Bow(a rainbow/cutthroat hybrid) saw a three legged dog( he bites- according to the owner...) found an elk pelvis in the tailout of a beaver dam... I dunno whats up with that...I'm gonna make a Wildlife List ( and a Roadkill List!...) a regular feature- (Yes, I go the extra mile for my readers- it's just who I am...)
OH!...yeah, man!... the one thing that happened is that I almost got hit by lightning...I was headed back to the truck when the lightning started creeping over the ridge. I was staying low, moving quick, I start getting the 'electrical feeling" and then the world went white- the BOOM! made me think I was deaf- but then I was happy- because that meant I was alive- I had to check my parts and found them intact-sprinted the rest of the way back to the truck- promptly jumped out again because I had to piss...(adrenaline reaction) ...then I drove home...

Nature Lovers Unite!...and maybe ENJOY nature LESS...and protect her More!...
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/5622/




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