Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Winter Months

The winter provides many of it's own challenges. The fly fishing is still good this time of the year but the weather, and the cold make for a brutal detriment to guiding. Therefore, I find it necessary to pursue another line of employment to keep my bills paid. This winter I am driving a hot shot truck in the oil fields of Northeast Utah. I find that the further I drift into the off season the more I look forward to mid-March and the promise of a new season of guiding on the Green, my home. 

For the last two years I have found what I believe makes me truly happy. To guide clients on the Green a river that I have truly fallen in love with every thing that it holds. It is a true pleasure to show my clientele the wonders of this river. I look forward to this coming season where I will get to spend more quality time on the river with clients that I have met over the previous two seasons. As well as I am looking forward to the many new faces that I will have in my boat. I look forward to the friendships that will develop out of these trips. 

Unfortunately I have been unable to get on the river to go fishing much over the past month or so. The only day that I have had available over the last few weeks to go fishing was instead occupied by the need to winterize my boat. However, my next days off I definitely intend to, rain or shine, at least get out for a couple of hours walk wading, if not for a whole day of floating throwing streamers. And when I do get out there, I will write in here as many details of my day that I can including some pictures of the days endeavors. 

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