When you dream, dream BIG
When we daydream or dream while slumbering, we might as well dream big, big like the fish you see in the image above. When the lure meets the water, whether it hits the back eddy, the seam from a corner or the bucket, most of us want at least one massive fish before the days have all expired. Today was a day where reveries materialized, where that vision had been allowed.
I was cheering on Adam from the start of our float. Derek was cleaning up on the hungry rainbows and amassed quite a lead for the first hour. Adam hooked and landed a few fish later but had a mini dry spell going. I was not counting the amount of fish Derek caught, ok I admit I was counting, and was cheering Adam on from the bankside. I kept saying, 26 inch Brown, 26 inch Brown. Adam had a sweet rainbow locked up but it popped off on him before it reached the boat, do those count? I don’t think so! Then we pulled off the river again in a nice area of the river where three channels of the river converge. I docked the boat and we all jumped out apprising Derek and Adam that there should be a few dandy fish hanging along the bank just before the two channels of the river met up. The water was back pooling here with a nice gentle seam making its way into the head of the pool, the location was just screaming big fish. Derek’s forth cast was rewarded, a voracious rainbow took hold and flew out of the water to spit Derek’s rainbow Rapala minnow imitation. No way was Derek letting this fish slip off. He coaxed the trout to a location where he could step down and land his prize. That’s one more fish to hand for Derek. Continue reading
