Trout Fisher Magazine

Out of Lockdown!

As much as I would love to be talking about the early run plus sized browns that have been swung up in the shade of the summer’s setting sun, simplicity is more my angle now and a fish far more average, just as special in other ways, but an average fish, nonetheless. With that said, a fish with special regard as it made plans come together like the glasses toasting its success.

Saltwater fly fishing helped, but it was not easy being locked in an urban cage watching the freshwater world go by. That initial motivation to fill fly boxes in anticipation of wading non-saline water started to flatline and those Spey casting practices on the lawn had waned. Trouty imagery circulating like a sweet virus through social media spurred the green-eyed monster but gave hope

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