Standing in a River Waving a Stick

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“I’m an instinctive caster and use whatever elements of the formal casts I need to get a good drift. I think it’s best to be inventive and flexible…I’ll cast upstream, downstream or sideways; whichever direction gets me the drift I want.”– John Gierach, Author, Trout Bum

SOME NIGHTS HAVE BEEN COLD. I HEAR the furnace kicking-in in the wee hours. Rivers are cooling down. There are fewer late afternoon rising fish. They are retreating. Bottom hugging. The big sleep is coming. I just read John Gierach passed away. A big loss. If you are a fly fisher you know whom I talking about.

A few season end images. It has been a good one. Glad I covered a lot of moving water. Glad I stood in a river and waved a stick….

7 thoughts on “Standing in a River Waving a Stick”

  1. A bittersweet end to the season. Good fishing or mediocre, they all fly by. As do friends, including the ones we’ve never met. We think we have All the Time in the World.

    Thanks for taking us along on your journeys.

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    • You are welcome Greg re: journeys. Hope you had a good season on your local rivers and caught some good ones. And best of luck for next year. Thanks for commenting on post. We do think we have All the Time in the World but don’t…

      bob

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  3. “The big sleep is coming.” I like that, and I’m seeing it as well, though probably slower than in your neck of the woods. A little taste of late fall/early winter is on its way to us courtesy of our northwest friends too. Squeeze a few more in.

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  4. Jim: It looks pretty much over up here. Few bugs, only little risers on streams I’ve been on. Good luck rest of season and in Campeche if you go again. I’m going to venture down to Texas coast and try and catch a few Redfish on a sand flat region I’ve been to in past. I always enjoy the environment and shallow water challenge.

    bob

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