WELL, IT'S ANOTHER YEAR,  WHERE DO WE GO,  WITH WHO  AND WHAT DO WE FIND?

THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE DEPICTED ON THESE PAGES OVER THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS.

FOR SURE WE WILL BE GOING TO: UTAH'S GREEN RIVER, MONTANA'S SMITH RIVER, INTO THE HIGH SIERRAS FOR GOLDEN TROUT AND IN AUGUST I WILL REVISIT THE DESCHUTES RIVER IN OREGON HOPEFULLY TO CATCH SUMMER STEELHEAD ON THE SURFACE.. YOU WILL FIND THAT THE USUAL CAST OF FISHING CHARACTERS ALONG ON MOST OF THESE TRIPS AS WELL AS SOME WHO HAVE NOT APPEARED ON THIS SITE BEFORE.

PAGES WILL BE ADDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO CHECK BACK OFTEN TO CATCH UP ON THE ADDITIONS, YOU MAY EVEN FIND YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HERE.

"MEMORIES ARE A MAJOR PART OF FISHING. THEIR PLEASURES REACH BACK THROUGH THE YEARS TO FAVORITE RIVERS AND FAMILIAR POOLS. THE MIND IS A RICH ASSEMBLAGE OF RECOLLECTIONS, PLANNING TACTICS FOR THE FUTURE AND REMEMBERING THE COMPANIONS OF OTHER SEASONS. SOME OF THESE COMPANIONS WILL NO LONGER JOIN US FOR THE FLY-HATCHES OF THE COMING SPRING, AND THE CONTINUING LIFE OF THE RIVER IS A YEARLY REMINDER OF OUR OWN MORTALITY.

THERE ARE MEMORIES OF BOTH FISH AND FISHING. SOMETIMES FISH ARE TAKEN AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE LOST. ANGLERS OFTEN REMEMBER LOST FISH MORE CLEARLY THAN THOSE THAT SURRENDERED, AND FISHLESS DAYS REMAIN AS STUBBORNLY IN THE MIND AS THE HAPPIER MEMORIES OF SUCCESS.

FISHING MEMORIES ARE NEVER LIMITED TO FISH, SINCE THERE ARE OTHER LESSONS ALONG RIVERS. THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY IS MIRRORED IN THE LIFE OF EACH MAN, AND A FLY-FISHING LIFE IS NO EXCEPTION."