Father's Day Weekend

This has been a wild weekend already. My youngest bought me a fly fishing net from L.L. Bean. I had asked for the small Pleasant River net version, but the sales person was extremely effective. My poor wife and daughter did not have a chance. My oldest requested a set of new flies for me among my favorites is a Brite Wing Parachute Mayfly. She also picked me up a thermal travel mug.

Tomorrow morning I plan to get up at 4:30 and head to the Pleasant River and fish down through the Pope Road area. I brought my very first fish to hand in this section of the river: a tiny six inch brook trout. It was a thrill, but since the fish was so small it did not seem right to count as my first landing. That honor goes to a fifteen inch landlocked salmon I caught in front of a rock on Spencer Stream. It was delicious, rolled in foil and roasted in the coals of our camp fire.

I am looking forward to getting in the water again. I have to make more time for fishing in the off hours.