Wednesday, November 9, 2011

corporate brown trout

milwaukee river brown trout
During the fall while I work, mind begins to wander to places far more cold, wet, and trout like. I can picture the exact runs where the fish are holding. The constant buzz of the water numbs my brain. My fingers run through the streamer box knowing exactly where they will stop. The air smells fresh and clean on my lungs and drives my adrenaline harder and faster. I know where to put my first cast and when to insert the appropriate mends. The take comes quick but not quick enough to get the feeling that it was easy by any means. Even in my own mind, the fishing is never fast. With a quick snap, I put a bend to my rod. It takes the length of a deep breath before I can feel the throb of a fish throwing headshakes up the line.

Day dreaming sometimes just isn't enough. I'm very thankful that my job has allowed me more recently to have a little more freedom. The brown trout was caught from the Milwaukee River last week after work. I day dreamed about him all day and knew exactly what to do, once I got there, to catch him.

8 comments:

  1. Well done. What did take? On the swing?

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  2. purple bunny leech, you can kinda see it sitting on the rocks just under his chin. Yes sir, on the swing...

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  3. Nice work! hopefully i'll get one of those this weekend!

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  4. I hope we all get some. I think conditions should be optimum

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  5. That's great when something you have been thinking about happens just as it you imagined!

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  6. Wow that Brown is beautiful. I love the dark black color to its fins. Definitely a dream come true. Nice Job. Tight Lines.

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  7. Day dreaming about the outdoors at work? I do it all the time. Sometimes i forget i am at work. The trout is very impressive. Nice WORK.

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  8. Well done sir...well done. Looking at a picture like this in my cube is making me awfully jealous right now...great fish!

    Cheers.

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