Calm day, mid-70's. A great day for fishing.

However, not good for catching.

#fishing #flyfishing #bassfishing #trout #pike #outdoors #fishingfriday

If you pay attention, you can learn some useful life skills such as caution, judgement, and how to feel confident within your own limitations. At some point -usuallly after you made some notable mistakes, you no longer have to ponder am I a wuss if I go in now or am I a fool to stay out? It's like wondering if you should quit drinking: If the it comes up, you probably should.

-John Gierach

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At best, courtesy is like a chess game. At worst, it's like too many hungry rats in a small cage. Having a whole stream to yourself for a day means that for once, it means you don't have to think about it [courtesy]. Plus you can talk to yourself, pee where you like, scratch where it itches, laugh at particularly amusing rocks, yell at birds, and relax in a profound way.

-John Gierach

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For some reason we still often shrug at game violators. We Americans have always admired our outlaw - at least at a distance - so maybe we still want the local poacher to be nothing more than a loveable rascal, even though he's really just another petty criminal. Poaching may not be a gateway to burglary and mugging, but the motive is the same and real harm is done.

-John Gierach

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Pan-fried rainbow Trout combines the delicate flavors of the trout with the rich and nutty taste of butter and garlic. #trout #seafood #food #recipe

https://www.askchefdennis.com/pan-fried-rainbow-trout/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Delicious Seafood recipes @delicious-seafood-recipes-askchefdennis

OnlineFirst - "Bodies in Landscapes: Entanglements of trout and waters in South Africa" by Knut G Nustad, Duncan Brown, and Heather Anne Swanson:

#ecologicalfitness #colonialspeciestransfers #multispecieslandscapes #trout #SouthAfrica

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251365166

Getting Skunked 2

The fact is most blanked days are the ones, when for one reason or another you shouldn't have gone fishing in the first place if all you wanted to do was catch something.

-John Gierach

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Fishermen probably *are* liars, but if we make the good stuff better than it really was, we also make the bad stuff worse, and we believe in the long run, that balances out to be something very much like the truth.

-John Gierach

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