Gloom & Doom on the Missourri this summer

"Mark Tinsky" wrote


While things could be worse, they re not great.

A few years back I decided it was time to semi-retire and start spending
some long periods fly fishing each summer. This has been a dream for years.
My job has taken me to Montdahoming most summers, and I've fished many
'famous' places, but my fishing has always been stuck between other things I
wanted to get done on those trips, nearly always with a "gotta quit by 'noon
and meet the clients" hanging over my head. Fishing never satisfies me when
it's on a schedule, indeed you can quote me, "If you have to check your
watch, you ain't really fishing." I've longed for a more intimate, in
depth relationship with some places I dearly love, time to just sit, watch
and learn.

I've been very fortunate in life and although I don't have too many of
Wolfgang's shiny nickels to rub together, I have spent a large percentage of
my time in life doing things I loved and really wanted to do. Now it is
time for me to concentrate on fulfilling my desires to learn more about
places like Silver Creek, Henry's Fork, the Firehole, the Madison and the
Missouri.

As you may guess, from my posts, catching fish is only a small part of my
reason for fly fishing. Mainly, I love the immersion in Nature and Her
processes and I love the learning.

But, that said, I admit (shamefully) that I'm a bit ****ed at
whatever god it is that has decided to make nearly every one of my favorite
fishin' holes go into decline coinciding with me finally having the time to
really pursue my love for them. Seems to me that the gods could have just
as easily arranged for now and the next few years to be glory times of
plentiful fish, record hatches and ... small crowds g. I know I'm
being greedy, yet, somehow it just don't seem fair .... (picture a fat old
man making a pouty, spoiled brat style, little stomp with his foot :-)

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Gloom and doom or not, I plan to go to the Missouri again this summer for a
week or two. I'll have a couple extra kickboats with me if anybody cares to
join me and help with shuttle.

"Larry L" wrote in message
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...I don't have too many of
Wolfgang's shiny nickels to rub together...

Well, I haven't exactly cornered the market, but I'd be happy to send a
hundred or so if you'll give me an address.

Wolfgang
hell, the rest of that post was worth at least that much.