North Meets South
A few years back now I met a person from the United States, Sandpoint Idaho to be specific. His name is Dwayne K Parsons. My writing skills were weak at best and I needed a lot of work and help in the writing department. I could fish no problem but when it came to writing about it there was a great deal to learn. By chance this man from Idaho was a writer/editor who wrote for popular fishing magazines in the U.S. He was gracious and offered me his help by editing my unrefined chicken peck’s I called articles. Wow did I ever learn a lot from him in those early days of writing articles for my Blog. I remember him asking me why all the words in my article were piled jointly into one huge disorder of words. It took me back to basic high school English classes.
After working with me for numerous months and helping me with my entries, I was off to a slow start. For me it wasn’t so much about the writing it was more about the fishing and sharing with the world my journeys on the Bow River and elsewhere. Man things sure do change. I realize now to stay around for a long time you need to add content that captivates the reader. Articles that bring the reader with you through written word’s, to the river you are fishing that day. The main intent now is to share my experiences and bring you with me wherever I fish.
I finally met my writing mentor this past Friday night when I met him at his hotel room here in Calgary. We shook hands and greeted each other before we sat down on our computers and shared a few hours doing business for our new website seen at www.youronthehook.com. We planned strategies on who we wanted to interview in the 2011 fishing season and then it was off back home to sleep as we were fishing the Bow River the next day. I picked Dwayne up the next morning at his hotel and then we were off to Policeman’s Flats to jump in Todd’s boat for a rip up and down the murky stained water of the Bow River. We all piled into the Zodiac and burned down river for some Bow River Brown Trout. I wanted Dwayne to catch at least one or two big bow river trout to make his outing a memorable one. We entered a slow deep hole and Dwayne fired his lure into the top of the hole. A few tweaks later and Dwayne was into a huge Brown Trout. He battled hard but the fish battled harder and got off at the boat as we were just about to net the trout. He did however land a few nice rainbows and a Rocky Mountain Whitefish to end his day.
I asked Dwayne how he liked the river and he stated “I will be back for more very soon”. I am grateful Dwayne was able to make it to Calgary and fish with me on the Bow River. What a great day! I am sure this will be the first of many fishing trips together with the southerner. Fish on Dwayne, fish on!
