Fly Fishing/The Wheels on THIS Fish Ain't Goin 'Round and 'Round Anymo'

Monga Merry Times Newspaper
5lb. 4oz, 23 inch TROUT, caught, June 23, 1994, East Lake

My computer is in a little office-type room adjacent to the kitchen. In this little "office" is my computer, the washer and the dryer, various books and "stuff" and hanging on the wall is MY TROUT. It isn't that kind of TROUT that you push the button and it sings "DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY," it is (or used to be) the REAL thing!!

More later on how the trout came to reside in my office.

LATER:
Fly fishing isn't like regular worm or stinky bait fishing.

Fly fishing is a constant work in progress. First you need to decide what you think the fish would like to eat and then determine a "fly" that looks like thier favorite meal. As the weather changes, wind picks up, or the trout just aren't biting, you have to reacess your original "fly" strategy. Fly fishing, my favorite kind of fishing, with deepsea, a close second, rates high on the list because it is often done in the quiet little streams that surround mountains. The views are fantastic and I have seen the purple mountain majesties more than once.

My trout represents that time and place in my life. It hangs here to remind me of those peaceful and beautiful Wyoming streams next to gorgeous mountains, and a love of the outdoors and Wonderful Wyoming.