Sunday, July 1, 2012

An Early Summer Morning

Sunrise in the woods
My wife, kids and I went home (my home....upstate) to visit family this weekend.  And like any trip home I usually take a quick trip to the woods to do a little hiking or fishing (or both).  This weekend was no different. I woke up at around 5 am and headed out to find some wild brookies.  It was one of those typical early summer mornings.  It was quiet, a little humid, and with warm breeze...nothing uncomfortable though.  Insects could could be seen flitting from here to there.  A squirrel could be seen going about it's business and black-throated green warblers could be heard singing in the hemlocks.  It didn't take long to find what I was looking for, some peace and quiet......and some brook trout.

First brookie of the day


None of these brook trout or any of the others I caught this morning are going to wind up on the cover of a fly fishing magazine or mounted over a fireplace but that does not matter.  Each and every one is a remarkable work of Nature and a trophy to me.  The opportunity to be out in the woods and stream side on a beautiful summer morning like this is what matters most. I, for one, do not take these moments for granted.


7 comments:

  1. Wonderful write up, with words so true.
    The brook trout speak for themselves.

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  2. Thanks Brt Trt. My only regret about a trip like that is that I can't do it nearly as often as I would like to! (...but I will take what I can get)

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  3. Great trip report! What a great way to spend a summer morning.

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  4. It's nice to get out for a quick fishing trip, isn't it? Especially if you have brookies that cooperate.

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  5. Gotta love those brookies. Wonderful to look at and so eager to the fly.

    Catching them in a native stream is just icing on the cake.

    The Tenkara Ambassador

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  6. Thanks tenkara ambassador! To me, there is nothing better than catching wild brookies in a small mountain stream. Sometimes I can put the rod down and just watch them go about their business for an hour. They are truly beautiful creatures.

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