Now my best days on the river include the learning that comes from overcoming obstacles. Growth combined with the rest of it. Always trying to progress and get better. That struggle is what I judge a days fishing on now more than anything. It is always there if you look for it, whether you catch fish or not.
There comes a time when it feels like you've tried everything. We had fished fast and slow water. Skinny runs and deep pools. Off the banks and in the middle. Dries and wet flies, both big and small. Nymphs, emergers, dry droppers, hopper droppers, two flies, one fly, weighted flies, with and without split shot. Swinging, stripping, tightlining, dead drifting. Up and down, left to right, and all over that water, you name it, we’d fished it!
It felt good to be fishing and catching fish.



