I haven't been fully bitten by the Steelhead thing but had my path turned down this road a quarter century ago I could clearly envision how my life would have been consumed by standing in swift water swing flies on long rods waiting for the tug that seldom came.
A stunning video about one man's experience (via Gary W.)
One in Winter from ryan peterson on Vimeo.
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Hell yeah.
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DeleteI liked that one a lot. And I mean that in the old, traditional sense of "like", which is the only form of the word I really know. My understanding is that there is another one, widely in use among those who frequent FaceSpace or MyBook, or whatever.
ReplyDeleteLike I really liked it to but I couldn't like it cause there was no like button but like then thought I don't like, you know, have to press a button cause liking it is as easy as just saying, like, I like it.
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I'm glad the guy got hooked up. This epitomizes what I imagine steelheading is like, cold rainy days mixed with equal parts of "damn I got skunked again."
ReplyDeleteYeah, it really captures what I imagine what it's all about.
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