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09-26-2013, 06:58 AM #1
My Happy Place...
Since I am far from Utah and mainly consume information from this board rather than add to it, I thought I'd try and share something that might bring a smile to a fisherman or two. Here is a post I made on the Washington Fly fishing board in response to a request to describe my favorite "secret place" after I made a post describing my reaching my goal of catching trout in 100 different streams in Washington. The requester was not asking for a location, just a description. Here is what I posted in response.
As we all know, no place is really secret. But I'm sure we all have a happy place or two we return to again and again, both in mind and body. That place where your heart starts beating faster as you round the last bend or crest the hill and you sigh with relief when you see the empty pullout and know you'll have it all to yourself. Here is one of mine:
From the parking area, you look down onto a small stream in a desert canyon, sagebrush hills rising steeply on either side, the crystal clear water slipping over the rounded basalt and falling into deep pools. Upstream of these swimming holes, the little stream flows gently through the overhanging brush and that awful grass, whose leaning stems by summer's end almost touch at the midpoint of the stream, leaving a tiny strip of open water where you must carefully and accurately lay your fly. The scent of mock orange fills the canyon with a heavy sweetness in the stillness of the hot, summer evening. Approaching the first opening in the grass and brush, you look down through the clear water to the moss-covered rocks below. You don't see any fish, but you know they are there; they always are.
Last edited by pigburner; 09-26-2013 at 07:00 AM. Reason: fix layout problems
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09-26-2013 06:58 AM # ADS
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09-26-2013, 07:11 PM #2
Thanks for the great post! My happy place for fishing is just 15 minutes from home, but on a weekday I can have the place to myself. Well, myself and my boys. There is a fresh blanket of snow there tonight.
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09-27-2013, 05:43 AM #3
Great write-up! That's a beautiful canyon. Catching trout in desert settings makes me tingle.
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